most punt return touchdowns single season ncaa

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

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most punt return touchdowns by a player single season ncaa

	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	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	3	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	563	26.8	43.3
19	Vicari Swain V. Swain	3	2025	SC	12	0	0		0.0	0	19	302	15.9	25.2
20	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	3	2016	TAMU	13	6	173	28.8	13.3	0	13	282	21.7	21.7
21	Kaelin Clay K. Clay	3	2014	UTAH	13	22	548	24.9	42.2	1	23	346	15.0	26.6
22	De'Mornay Pierson-El D. Pierson-El	3	2014	NEB	13	11	147	13.4	11.3	0	34	596	17.5	45.8
23	Marcus Murphy M. Murphy	3	2012	MIZ	12	19	458	24.1	38.2	1	27	374	13.9	31.2
24	LaVon Brazill L. Brazill	3	2009	OHIO	13						26	350	13.5	26.9
25	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	3	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	650	15.9	46.4

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24.5

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105.2

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183.9

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2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Stanford	3-5	4-8
13	Florida State	2-6	5-7
14	North Carolina	2-6	4-8
15	Virginia Tech	2-6	3-9
16	Boston College	1-7	2-10

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4,379

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3,973

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3,937

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

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1,649

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1,567

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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1,276

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1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

41

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34

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34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

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24

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18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

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14

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13

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

Tucker

12.5

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

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13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

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

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