University of Minnesota Athletics
Longest Punt Returns of the Year
| 1971 | 41 | Farrell Sheridan | ||
| 1972 | 26 | Mike Steidl | ||
| 1973 | 51 | Rick Upchurch | ||
| 51 | Paul Glanton# | |||
| 1974 | 31 | Rick Upchurch | ||
| 1975 | 16 | Dick Luckemeyer | ||
| 1976 | 27 | Bob Weber | ||
| 1977 | 45 | Bob Weber | ||
| 1978 | 45 | Keith Edwards | ||
| 1979 | 44 | Elmer Bailey | ||
| 1980 | 36 | Kelvin Jenkins | ||
| 1981 | 25 | Jack Schlichting | ||
| 1982 | 40 | Terrence Henderson | ||
| 1983 | 23 | Fred Hartwig | ||
| 23 | Alan Reid | |||
| 1984 | 35 | Gary Couch | ||
| 1985 | 35 | Andy Hare | ||
| 1986 | 18 | Roselle Richardson | ||
| 1987 | 50 | Chris Gaiters | ||
| 1988 | 79 | Chris Gaiters# | ||
| 1989 | 64 | Chris Gaiters | ||
| 1990 | 21 | Sean Lumpkin | ||
| 1991 | 31 | Lewis Garrison | ||
| 1992 | 41 | Lewis Garrison | ||
| 1993 | 28 | Aaron Osterman | ||
| 1994 | 23 | Lewis Garrison | ||
| 23 | Rodney Heath | |||
| 1995 | 44 | Rodney Heath | ||
| 1996 | 72 | Rodney Heath# | ||
| 1997 | 40 | Tutu Atwell | ||
| 1998 | 68 | Luke Leverson# | ||
| 1999 | 72 | Luke Leverson# | ||
| 2000 | 83 | Tellis Redmon# | ||
| 2001 | 56 | Michael Lehan | ||
| 2002 | 27 | Danny Upchurch | ||
| 2003 | 62 | Marion Barber III | ||
| 2004 | 32 | Logan Payne | ||
| 2005 | 53 | Dominic Jones | ||
| 2006 | 35 | Dominic Jones | ||
| 2007 | 16 | Eric Decker | ||
| 2008 | 34 | Marcus Sherels | ||
| 2009 | 31 | Bryant Allen | ||
| 2010 | 30 | Bryant Allen | ||
| 2011 | 15 | Brandon Green | ||
| 2012 | 27 | Michael Carter | ||
| 2013 | 65 | Marcus Jones# | ||
| 2014 | 32 | Craig James | ||
| 2015 | 20 | KJ Maye | ||
| 2016 | 20 | KiAnte Hardin | ||
| 2017 | 13 | Drew Hmielewski | ||
| 2018 | 76 | Antoine Winfield Jr.# | ||
| 2019 | 19 | Demetrius Douglas | ||
| 2020 | 8 | Phillip Howard | ||
| 2021 | 27 | Trey Potts | ||
| 2022 | 20 | Quentin Redding | ||
| 2023 | 27 | Quentin Redding | ||
| 2024 | 60 | Koi Perich | ||
| # indicates touchdown | ||||