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

PPG

18.3

141st

OPP PPG

23.9

68th

RUSH YDS/G

110.9

143rd

PASS YDS/G

169.0

148th

2025 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
13
NC State NC State
1-3
4-4
14
Syracuse Syracuse
1-4
3-5
15
North Carolina North Carolina
0-3
2-5
16
Florida State Florida State
0-4
3-4
17
Boston College Boston College
0-5
1-7
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/31
UNC UNC
@
SYR SYR
7:30 PM
Sat
11/8
STAN STAN
@
UNC UNC
4:30 PM
Sat
11/15
UNC UNC
@
WAKE WAKE
1:00 PM
Sat
11/22
DUKE DUKE
@
UNC UNC
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
UNC UNC
@
NCST NCST
1:00 PM
Last Game
UVA Virginia

7 - 1

17

Final

16

Sat 25 Oct 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
2
.750
2
San Diego State San Diego State
6
1
.857
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
7
1
.875
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
7
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
3
.625
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
2
.714
2
UConn UConn
5
3
.625
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
0
1.000
2
Memphis Memphis
7
1
.875
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
4
4
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Southern Miss Southern Miss
6
2
.750
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
3
.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/3
ARMY ARMY
@
UAB UAB
31-13
Fri
10/3
ILL ILL
@
PUR PUR
43-27
Fri
10/3
KSU KSU
@
BAY BAY
34-35
Fri
10/3
ISU ISU
@
CIN CIN
30-38
Fri
10/3
UK UK
@
UGA UGA
14-35

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/31
MEM MEM
@
RICE RICE
7:00 PM
Fri
10/31
UNC UNC
@
SYR SYR
7:30 PM
Fri
10/31
SHSU SHSU
@
LT LT
8:00 PM
Sat
11/1
BUFF BUFF
@
BGSU BGSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
PSU PSU
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM