record for most fumble returns in a ncaa career

5 players fumbled 8 times in their careers. The first three are Darius Phillips, Isaiah Rodgers and Austin Conway.

Interpreted as:

record for most fumble returns by a player in a ncaa career

	NAME	FUM	RET	LOST	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	8	177	2	51	129	3,145	24.4	61.7	5	32	327	10.2	6.4	1
2	Janarion Grant J. Grant	6	170	4	49	118	2,872	24.3	58.6	5	52	587	11.3	12.0	3
3	CJ Sanders	7	169	4	54	127	3,166	24.9	58.6	5	40	323	8.1	6.0	1
4	Sean Riley S. Riley	6	167	4	49	115	2,427	21.1	49.5	0	50	563	11.3	11.5	1
5	Greg Stroman G. Stroman	6	165	0	51	23	478	20.8	9.4	0	128	1,108	8.7	21.7	4
6	William Likely W. Likely	10	164	5	43	87	2,207	25.4	51.3	2	65	871	13.4	20.3	4
7	Marcus Jones M. Jones	6	152	3	45	77	2,167	28.1	48.2	6	63	895	14.2	19.9	3
8	Jordan Byrd J. Byrd	10	148	9	56	80	2,020	25.3	36.1	3	68	445	6.5	7.9	1
9	Blaise Taylor B. Taylor	7	146	1	48	24	576	24.0	12.0	1	110	1,151	10.5	24.0	4
10	V'Angelo Bentley V. Bentley	5	142	3	34	87	1,864	21.4	54.8	1	50	550	11.0	16.2	1
11	Velus Jones Jr. V. Jones Jr.	5	141	2	59	122	2,973	24.4	50.4	2	18	272	15.1	4.6	0
12	Isaiah Rodgers I. Rodgers	8	138	3	42	99	2,238	22.6	53.3	0	21	156	7.4	3.7	1
13	Adoree' Jackson A. Jackson	3	135	1	40	79	2,141	27.1	53.5	4	46	578	12.6	14.5	4
14	Maurice Thomas M. Thomas	4	133	2	48	114	2,525	22.1	52.6	1	19	239	12.6	5.0	0
15	Avery Williams A. Williams	5	132	3	48	39	1,076	27.6	22.4	3	87	948	10.9	19.8	6
16	Isaiah Wright I. Wright	11	131	4	50	84	2,029	24.2	40.6	2	43	444	10.3	8.9	3
17	Ishmael Adams I. Adams	5	130	1	41	75	1,813	24.2	44.2	1	43	323	7.5	7.9	0
18	Victor Bolden V. Bolden	10	130	4	48	107	2,423	22.6	50.5	3	19	186	9.8	3.9	1
19	Aron Cruickshank A. Cruickshank	9	129	5	55	107	2,564	24.0	46.6	4	21	210	10.0	3.8	1
20	Britain Covey B. Covey	6	126	4	48	34	855	25.1	17.8	1	92	1,092	11.9	22.8	4
21	Charles Nelson C. Nelson	9	126	4	48	99	2,424	24.5	50.5	2	23	304	13.2	6.3	2
22	Smoke Harris S. Harris	11	125	3	59	42	1,037	24.7	17.6	0	82	829	10.1	14.1	1
23	KaVontae Turpin K. Turpin	5	125	2	42	71	1,985	28.0	47.3	2	52	741	14.3	17.6	4
24	Kylen Towner K. Towner	12	125	7	50	100	2,758	27.6	55.2	3	23	220	9.6	4.4	1
25	Charlie Jones C. Jones	4	123	2	50	45	1,002	22.3	20.0	1	78	618	7.9	12.4	1

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196.6

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1	Western Michigan	7-1	10-4
2	Miami (OH)	6-2	7-7
3	Ohio	6-2	9-4
4	Toledo	6-2	8-5
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Sat 9/5	WMU	@	MICH	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	MONM	@	WMU	6:30 PM
Sat 9/19	WMU	@	RICE	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BSU	@	WMU	1:00 PM
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	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

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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

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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

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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

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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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

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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