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

1,301

Johnson

RUSH

462

Johnson

REC

268

Tibbs

Team Rankings

PPG

35.5

34th

OPP PPG

20.0

43rd

RUSH YDS/G

239.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

224.8

90th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Iowa State	1-2	3-3
11	UCF	1-2	3-3
12	Kansas State	1-2	4-2
13	Colorado	0-2	2-3
14	Kansas	0-3	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 11/21	ARIZ	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas

2 - 4

Final

Kansas State

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

984

Smith

932

Legree

741

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

19

Sayin

18

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

186.5

Carr

185.9

Stockton

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

44.0

43.4

43.0

42.9

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

12.9

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

522.3

521.4

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

299.4

272.4

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

334.4

325.2

323.1

322.4

Sack Leaders

29.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

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	6	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	2	.667
9	Arizona State	3	3	.500
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	4	2	.667
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	4	.333
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
4	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
5	Buffalo	4	3	.571
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
8	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
9	UMass	4	3	.571
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	6	.143
12	Ball State	2	5	.286
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Alabama	5	2	.714
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
5	Missouri	5	2	.714
6	Tennessee	6	1	.857
7	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	5	2	.714
10	Texas	4	2	.667
11	LSU	5	2	.714
12	Auburn	4	2	.667
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	1	.857
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	6	1	.857
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	5	1	.833
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	4	2	.667
15	Rutgers	2	4	.333
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	4	2	.667
4	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
5	SMU	5	1	.833
6	Virginia	4	3	.571
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	2	.667
11	North Carolina	4	2	.667
12	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	3	3	.500
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	3	.571
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	5	1	.833
5	Wyoming	4	3	.571
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	4	2	.667
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Rice	1	6	.143
14	Charlotte	1	6	.143

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