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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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Touchdown Returns: player season data complete from 1977

	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	8	18	626	34.8	78.3	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

325

Tibbs

Team Rankings

PPG

32.9

43rd

OPP PPG

21.1

53rd

RUSH YDS/G

217.6

16th

PASS YDS/G

220.4

92nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	UCF	2-2	4-3
11	West Virginia	2-3	5-3
12	Kansas State	1-3	4-3
13	Iowa State	1-3	3-4
14	Kansas	1-3	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	2:00 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
Sat 11/28	KSU	@	ISU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas State

4 - 3

Final

Arizona State

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	59-8
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	9-14
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	56-23
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	17-27
Sat 10/3	WVU	@	ISU	42-45

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	SHSU	@	MOSU	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	KENN	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	JVST	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/29	TROY	@	JMU	7:30 PM

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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