Kaden Wetjen gained the most return yards in 2025, with 1,039 yards.

Interpreted as:

most return yards by a player 2025

	NAME	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	1,039	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	563	26.8	43.3	3
2	Ryan Niblett R. Niblett	738	2025	TEX	13	13	262	20.2	20.2	0	21	476	22.7	36.6	2
3	Caullin Lacy C. Lacy	705	2025	LOU	13	12	251	20.9	19.3	0	25	454	18.2	34.9	2
4	Kole Wilson K. Wilson	705	2025	BAY	12	30	705	23.5	58.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Brandon Hills B. Hills	663	2025	AKR	11	28	663	23.7	60.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Quentin Gibson Q. Gibson	626	2025	COLO	12	25	597	23.9	49.8	0	4	29	7.3	2.4	0
7	Jaylen Jenkins J. Jenkins	622	2025	TXST	13	23	622	27.0	47.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jacob De Jesus J. De Jesus	622	2025	CAL	13	18	363	20.2	27.9	0	22	259	11.8	19.9	0
9	Koi Perich K. Perich	617	2025	MINN	13	19	499	26.3	38.4	0	18	118	6.6	9.1	0
10	Jayshon Platt J. Platt	613	2025	FAU	12	25	613	24.5	51.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Solomon Beebe S. Beebe	600	2025	UAB	12	23	600	26.1	50.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Malik Sherrod M. Sherrod	565	2025	BSU	14	23	492	21.4	35.1	0	14	73	5.2	5.2	0
13	DJ Epps	554	2025	TROY	14	23	554	24.1	39.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Michael Jackson III M. Jackson III	546	2025	PUR	12	22	520	23.6	43.3	0	8	26	3.3	2.2	0
15	Jacory Barney Jr. J. Barney Jr.	545	2025	NEB	13	13	275	21.2	21.2	0	22	270	12.3	20.8	0
16	Chauncy Cobb C. Cobb	538	2025	ARST	13	20	538	26.9	41.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Mekhi Mews M. Mews	519	2025	HOU	13	18	393	21.8	30.2	0	20	126	6.3	9.7	0
18	Xayvion Turner-Bradshaw X. Turner-Bradshaw	508	2025	MRSH	12	23	510	22.2	42.5	0	2	-2	-1.0	-0.2	0
19	Derrick Eley D. Eley	506	2025	CHAR	11	18	501	27.8	45.5	1	2	5	2.5	0.5	0
20	Devin Miles D. Miles	495	2025	WMU	14	21	495	23.6	35.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Terry Bussey T. Bussey	483	2025	TAMU	13	18	421	23.4	32.4	0	7	62	8.9	4.8	0
22	Dalen Cobb D. Cobb	479	2025	GASO	12	18	479	26.6	39.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Devin Gandy D. Gandy	474	2025	LT	13	16	474	29.6	36.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
24	Simeon Evans S. Evans	468	2025	UNT	14	17	453	26.6	32.4	0	2	15	7.5	1.1	0
25	Sahmir Hagans S. Hagans	467	2025	DUKE	14	14	467	33.4	33.4	1	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,741

Gronowski

RUSH

878

Moulton

REC

434

Vonnahme

Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

65th

OPP PPG

15.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

177.8

49th

PASS YDS/G

137.4

181st

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4
7	Illinois	5-4	9-4
8	Minnesota	5-4	8-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	NIU	@	IOWA	4:15 PM
Sat 9/12	ISU	@	IOWA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UNI	@	IOWA	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa

1 - 0

Final

Vanderbilt

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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