Wes Welker has gained the most career punt-return yards, with 1,761 yards.

Interpreted as:

most yards per punt return by a player

	NAME	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,761	49	21	341	16.2	7.0	0	152	11.6	35.9	8
2	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	1,755	52	90	2,166	24.1	41.7	0	123	14.3	33.8	7
3	Ryne Robinson R. Robinson	1,677	50	8	135	16.9	2.7	0	121	13.9	33.5	7
4	David Allen D. Allen	1,645	40	10	269	26.9	6.7	0	103	16.0	41.1	7
5	Steve Breaston S. Breaston	1,599	53	81	1,993	24.6	37.6	1	127	12.6	30.2	4
6	Leodis McKelvin L. McKelvin	1,471	45	99	2,346	23.7	52.1	1	112	13.1	32.7	7
7	Tyrone Thurman T. Thurman	1,466	44	37	743	20.1	16.9	0	126	11.6	33.3	4
8	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	1,445	39	20	319	16.0	8.2	0	113	12.8	37.1	8
9	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	1,429	44	1	26	26.0	0.6	0	126	11.3	32.5	3
10	Brandon James B. James	1,383	52	115	2,796	24.3	53.8	1	118	11.7	26.6	4
11	Jim Leonhard J. Leonhard	1,347	39						105	12.8	34.5	3
12	Greg Myers G. Myers	1,333	43	6	75	12.5	1.7	0	101	13.2	31.0	3
13	Tony James T. James	1,332	44	78	1,862	23.9	42.3	0	121	11.0	30.3	3
14	Tim Gilligan T. Gilligan	1,329	43						116	11.5	30.9	1
15	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	1,312	49	42	973	23.2	19.9	0	153	8.6	26.8	3
16	Joe Burnett J. Burnett	1,304	49	28	791	28.3	16.1	2	96	13.6	26.6	3
17	Dexter Wynn D. Wynn	1,301	42	73	1,982	27.2	47.2	2	90	14.5	31.0	1
18	Jeremy Kerley J. Kerley	1,299	45	37	1,006	27.2	22.4	0	94	13.8	28.9	2
19	Eddie Royal E. Royal	1,296	51	59	1,386	23.5	27.2	0	111	11.7	25.4	3
20	Nathan Vasher N. Vasher	1,294	38	2	58	29.0	1.5	0	93	13.9	34.1	2
21	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	1,283	49	17	290	17.1	5.9	0	116	11.1	26.2	1
22	Andrew Mott A. Mott	1,280	44	54	1,150	21.3	26.1	0	117	10.9	29.1	3
23	Dante Pettis D. Pettis	1,274	53	0	0		0.0	0	90	14.2	24.0	9
24	Damien Gary D. Gary	1,273	47	8	143	17.9	3.0	1	115	11.1	27.1	2
25	Steve Suter S. Suter	1,271	36	52	1,259	24.2	35.0	0	121	10.5	35.3	6

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,780

Morton

RUSH

1,126

Dickey

REC

846

Douglas

Team Rankings

PPG

42.5

3rd

OPP PPG

10.9

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

190.9

31st

PASS YDS/G

289.4

16th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Texas Tech	8-1	12-2
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	AC	@	TTU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/12	TTU	@	ORST	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	SHSU	@	TTU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TTU	@	COLO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oregon

2 - 0

Final

Texas Tech

0 - 1

Thu 1 Jan 2026

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