what are the most return touchdowns in a single season in college football

Morgan Burns, Cliff Harris and Devin Hester are tied for the most touchdown returns in a season, with 5 touchdown returns.

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	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Morgan Burns M. Burns	5	2015	KSU	12	34	1,138	33.5	94.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Cliff Harris C. Harris	5	2010	ORE	13	7	143	20.4	11.0	0	27	560	20.7	43.1	4
3	Devin Hester D. Hester	5	2004	MIA	12	15	389	25.9	32.4	1	19	326	17.2	27.2	3
4	Kaden Wetjen K. Wetjen	4	2025	IOWA	13	16	476	29.8	36.6	1	21	563	26.8	43.3	3
5	Marcus Jones M. Jones	4	2021	HOU	14	19	602	31.7	43.0	2	27	388	14.4	27.7	2
6	Curtis Bolton C. Bolton	4	2018	OKLA	13	0	0		0.0	0	0	9		0.7	2
7	Jackson Abresch J. Abresch	4	2017	NIU	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	13		1.3	2
8	Marcus Green M. Green	4	2017	ULM	12	27	876	32.4	73.0	4	13	101	7.8	8.4	0
9	Mike Hughes M. Hughes	4	2017	UCF	13	20	635	31.8	48.8	2	14	233	16.6	17.9	1
10	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	4	2017	WMU	12	26	683	26.3	56.9	2	13	104	8.0	8.7	0
11	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	4	2017	MEM	13	22	881	40.0	67.8	4	1	2	2.0	0.2	0
12	Adoree' Jackson A. Jackson	4	2016	USC	13	26	767	29.5	59.0	2	20	315	15.8	24.2	2
13	Bryson Abraham B. Abraham	4	2015	LT	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Evan Berry E. Berry	4	2015	TENN	12	21	804	38.3	67.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Cyrus Jones C. Jones	4	2015	ALA	15	1	24	24.0	1.6	0	42	530	12.6	35.3	4
16	Kaelin Clay K. Clay	4	2014	UTAH	13	22	548	24.9	42.2	1	23	346	15.0	26.6	3
17	William Likely W. Likely	4	2014	MD	13	16	496	31.0	38.2	1	20	225	11.3	17.3	1
18	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	4	2008	ALA	14	26	614	23.6	43.9	0	41	650	15.9	46.4	3
19	Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	4	2005	ND	12	1	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0	27	379	14.0	31.6	2
20	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2003	OKLA	14	8	112	14.0	8.0	0	53	642	12.1	45.9	4
21	Darrent Williams D. Williams	4	2003	OKST	10	4	83	20.8	8.3	0	13	233	17.9	23.3	2
22	Antonio Perkins A. Perkins	4	2002	OKLA	14	12	207	17.3	14.8	0	43	647	15.0	46.2	3
23	Jaylon Hawkins J. Hawkins	3	2026	SDSU	6	14	543	38.8	90.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Vicari Swain V. Swain	3	2025	SC	12	0	0		0.0	0	19	302	15.9	25.2	3
25	Rasheem Biles R. Biles	3	2025	PITT	10	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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More Kansas State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,092

Johnson

RUSH

330

Johnson

REC

201

Tibbs

Team Rankings

PPG

35.6

38th

OPP PPG

19.2

43rd

RUSH YDS/G

216.0

26th

PASS YDS/G

228.0

85th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Iowa State	1-2	3-3
11	UCF	1-2	3-3
12	Kansas State	0-2	3-2
13	Colorado	0-2	2-3
14	Kansas	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	KU	@	KSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	KSU	@	ASU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	KSU	@	TCU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

5 - 1

Final

Kansas State

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333