most punt return touchdowns in a cfb season

Ryan Switzer and Chad Owens are tied for the most punt-return touchdowns in a season, with 5 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most punt return touchdowns by a player in a cfb season

		NAME	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1		Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	5	2013	UNC	13	2	44	22.0	3.4	0	23	483	21.0	37.2
2		Chad Owens C. Owens	5	2004	HAW	13	2	45	22.5	3.5	0	36	531	14.8	40.8
3		Dante Pettis D. Pettis	4	2017	WASH	13						21	428	20.4	32.9
4		Cyrus Jones C. Jones	4	2015	ALA	15	1	24	24.0	1.6	0	42	530	12.6	35.3
5		Joe Adams J. Adams	4	2011	ARK	12						19	321	16.9	26.8
6		Cliff Harris C. Harris	4	2010	ORE	13	7	143	20.4	11.0	0	27	560	20.7	43.1
7		Desean Jackson D. Jackson	4	2006	CAL	13	2	38	19.0	2.9	0	25	455	18.2	35.0
8		Ted Ginn Jr. T. Ginn Jr.	4	2004	OSU	12	2	40	20.0	3.3	0	15	384	25.6	32.0
9		Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2003	OKLA	14	8	112	14.0	8.0	0	53	642	12.1	45.9
10		Derek Abney D. Abney	4	2002	UK	12	30	804	26.8	67.0	2	36	544	15.1	45.3
11		Dejuan Groce D. Groce	4	2002	NEB	14						43	732	17.0	52.3
12		Steve Suter S. Suter	4	2002	MD	14	22	546	24.8	39.0	0	56	771	13.8	55.1
13		Santana Moss S. Moss	4	2000	MIA	11						36	655	18.2	59.5
14		David Allen D. Allen	4	1998	KSU	12	2	53	26.5	4.4	0	33	729	22.1	60.8
15		Quinton Spotwood Q. Spotwood	4	1997	SYR	12						31	463	14.9	38.6
16		Tinker Keck T. Keck	4	1997	CIN	11						38	577	15.2	52.5
17		James Henry J. Henry	4	1987	USM	11	1	23	23.0	2.1	0	41	556	13.6	50.5
18		Vicari Swain V. Swain	3	2025	SC	8	0	0		0.0	0	16	298	18.6	37.3
19		Christian Kirk C. Kirk	3	2016	TAMU	13	6	173	28.8	13.3	0	13	282	21.7	21.7
20		Kaelin Clay K. Clay	3	2014	UTAH	13	22	548	24.9	42.2	1	23	346	15.0	26.6
21		De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	3	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	596	17.5	45.8
22		Marcus Murphy M. Murphy	3	2012	MIZ	12	19	458	24.1	38.2	1	27	374	13.9	31.2
23		LaVon Brazill L. Brazill	3	2009	OHIO	13						26	350	13.5	26.9
24		Javier Arenas J. Arenas	3	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	650	15.9	46.4
25		Kyle Wilson K. Wilson	3	2008	BSU	13						33	470	14.2	36.2

StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return touchdowns going back to the 1977 season.

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