what are the most kick return touchdowns in a single game in college football

21 players are tied for the most kick-return touchdowns in a game, with 2 touchdowns. The first three are Richard Reese on November 25, 2023, Brian Battie on November 6, 2021 and Jameson Williams on September 25, 2021.

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What are the most kick return touchdowns by a player in a single game in college football?

	NAME	KR TD	DATE	TM		OPP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Richard Reese R. Reese	2	11/25/2023	BAY	vs	WVU	5	247	49.4
2	Brian Battie B. Battie	2	11/6/2021	USF	vs	HOU	3	208	69.3
3	Jameson Williams J. Williams	2	9/25/2021	ALA	vs	USM	3	177	59.0
4	Trestan Ebner T. Ebner	2	9/26/2020	BAY	vs	KU	2	183	91.5	1	0	0.0	0
5	Damond Philyaw-Johnson D. Philyaw-Johnson	2	11/23/2019	DUKE	@	WAKE	5	251	50.2
6	Terrence Horne T. Horne	2	9/8/2018	USF	vs	GT	5	264	52.8
7	Marcus Jones M. Jones	2	11/11/2017	TROY	@	CCU	3	194	64.7	1	1	1.0	0
8	Isaiah Harper I. Harper	2	10/28/2017	ODU	@	UNT	4	235	58.8	0	0		0
9	Raymond Calais R. Calais	2	9/2/2017	UL	vs	SELA	4	229	57.3
10	Keion Davis K. Davis	2	9/2/2017	MRSH	vs	M-OH	3	196	65.3
11	Trevor Davis T. Davis	2	10/4/2014	CAL	@	WSU	2	198	99.0
12	Darrius Sims D. Sims	2	9/20/2014	VAN	vs	SC	3	217	72.3
13	Brandon Smith B. Smith	2	10/5/2013	TXST	@	UL	3	211	70.3	0	0		0
14	Reggie Dunn R. Dunn	2	10/27/2012	UTAH	vs	CAL	3	222	74.0
15	Quincy McDuffie Q. McDuffie	2	10/27/2012	UCF	@	MRSH	2	195	97.5
16	Tommylee Lewis T. Lewis	2	11/1/2011	NIU	@	TOL	4	224	56.0
17	Eric Page E. Page	2	11/26/2010	TOL	vs	CMU	3	215	71.7	1	2	2.0	0
18	Brandon Banks B. Banks	2	9/26/2009	KSU	vs	TNTC	2	183	91.5	2	29	14.5	0
19	Brandon Breazell B. Breazell	2	12/30/2005	UCLA	vs	NW	2	87	43.5
20	Justin Miller J. Miller	2	9/25/2004	CLEM	@	FSU	6	282	47.0
21	Tony Lukins T. Lukins	2	10/6/2001	NMSU	@	TLSA	2	189	94.5
22	Cannon DeVries C. DeVries	1	9/5/2026	BYU	vs	UTU	1	100	100.0	2	73	36.5	0
23	Jaylon Hawkins J. Hawkins	1	9/5/2026	SDSU	vs	PRST	3	141	47.0	0	0		0
24	Rahkeem Smith R. Smith	1	9/3/2026	GT	vs	COLO	2	130	65.0	0	0		0
25	Koredell Bartley K. Bartley	1	1/2/2026	WAKE	@	MSST	2	137	68.5	0	0		0

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	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

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1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

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1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
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1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

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1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

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1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
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12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

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1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000