who has the highest punt return yards per game on average in cfb history

Demarcus Wood has averaged the most career punt-return yards per game, with 46.0 per game.

NAMEPR YDS/GGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Demarcus Wood
D. Wood
46.0
1
2
46
23.0
0
2David Allen
D. Allen
41.1
40
10
269
26.9
6.7
0
103
1,645
16.0
7
3Steve Smith
S. Smith
41.0
21
23
505
22.0
24.0
0
72
860
11.9
4
4Brad Allen
B. Allen
40.8
4
12
163
13.6
0
5Larry Anderson
L. Anderson
40.1
11
14
435
31.1
39.5
2
44
441
10.0
2
6Mana Carvalho
M. Carvalho
40.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
13
200
15.4
1
7Dawon Gentry
D. Gentry
39.8
5
5
118
23.6
23.6
0
16
199
12.4
0
8Josh Hunt
J. Hunt
39.3
3
1
23
23.0
7.7
0
6
118
19.7
1
9Keith Stokes
K. Stokes
39.0
21
51
1,087
21.3
51.8
0
53
820
15.5
2
10Deandrew Rubin
D. Rubin
38.9
27
37
956
25.8
35.4
1
64
1,049
16.4
4
11Antonio Perkins
A. Perkins
37.1
39
20
319
16.0
8.2
0
113
1,445
12.8
8
12Wes Welker
W. Welker
35.9
49
21
341
16.2
7.0
0
152
1,761
11.6
8
13Steve Suter
S. Suter
35.3
36
52
1,259
24.2
35.0
0
121
1,271
10.5
6
14Jim Leonhard
J. Leonhard
34.5
39
105
1,347
12.8
3
15Nathan Vasher
N. Vasher
34.1
38
2
58
29.0
1.5
0
93
1,294
13.9
2
16Damone Williams
D. Williams
34.0
12
3
32
10.7
2.7
0
34
408
12.0
1
17Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
33.8
52
90
2,166
24.1
41.7
0
123
1,755
14.3
7
18Deangelo Hall
D. Hall
33.6
25
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
56
839
15.0
5
19Ryne Robinson
R. Robinson
33.5
50
8
135
16.9
2.7
0
121
1,677
13.9
7
20Joe Conron
J. Conron
33.5
11
2
74
37.0
6.7
0
36
368
10.2
1
21Tyrone Thurman
T. Thurman
33.3
44
37
743
20.1
16.9
0
126
1,466
11.6
4
22Courtney Richins
C. Richins
33.3
4
10
133
13.3
0
23Ryan Roskelly
R. Roskelly
32.7
22
3
78
26.0
3.5
0
70
720
10.3
1
24Leodis McKelvin
L. McKelvin
32.7
45
99
2,346
23.7
52.1
1
112
1,471
13.1
7
25Bruce Branch
B. Branch
32.5
36
3
50
16.7
1.4
0
109
1,171
10.7
4
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards per game going back to the 1977 season.

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