University of Minnesota Athletics
Year-By-Year Punt Return Leaders
| Year | Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1964 | Bill Crockett | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 |
| 1965 | Gordon Condo | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 1966 | Gordon Condo | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 1967 | Gordon Condo | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 1968 | Doug Roalstad | 18 | 184 | 10.2 | 2 |
| 1969 | Jeff Wright | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 1970 | Walter Bowser | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 1971 | Paul Wright | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 1972 | Mike White | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 1973 | Rick Upchurch | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 1974 | Rick Upchurch | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 1975 | Tom Luckemeyer | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 1976 | Bobby Weber | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 1977 | Bobby Weber | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 1978 | Elmer Bailey | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 1979 | Elmer Bailey | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 1980 | Glenn Cardelli | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 1981 | Jack Schlichting | 20 | 128 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 1982 | Terrence Henderson | 29 | 264 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 1983 | Fred Hartwig | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 1984 | Gary Couch | 15 | 162 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 1985 | Andy Hare | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 1986 | Roselle Richardson | 19 | 144 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 1987 | Chris Gaiters | 14 | 132 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 1988 | Chris Gaiters | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 1989 | Chris Gaiters | 20 | 231 | 11.6 | 0 |
| 1990 | Sean Lumpkin | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 1991 | Lewis Garrison | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 1992 | Lewis Garrison | 27 | 242 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 1993 | Aaron Osterman | 21 | 182 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 1994 | Rodney Heath | 22 | 208 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 1995 | Rodney Heath | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 1996 | Rodney Heath | 14 | 144 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 1997 | Tutu Atwell | 23 | 296 | 12.9 | 0 |
| 1998 | Luke Leverson | 35 | 257 | 7.3 | 1 |
| 1999 | Tyrone Carter | 30 | 356 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2000 | Tellis Redmon | 24 | 315 | 13.1 | 1 |
| 2001 | Tellis Redmon | 19 | 202 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2002 | Danny Upchurch | 40 | 287 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Marion Barber III | 28 | 405 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2004 | Marion Barber III | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2005 | Dominic Jones | 12 | 120 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Dominic Jones | 19 | 218 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 2007 | Harold Howell | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2008 | Marcus Sherels | 15 | 179 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2009 | Bryant Allen | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2010 | Bryant Allen | 4 | 49 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Brandon Green | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2012 | A.J. Barker | 19 | 135 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Marcus Jones | 11 | 115 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 2014 | Craig James | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2015 | KiAnte Hardin | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2016 | Jalen Myrick | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | Drew Hmielewski | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Demetrius Douglas | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 2019 | Demetrius Douglas | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2020 | Phillip Howard | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Brock Annexstad | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | Quentin Redding | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Quentin Redding | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Koi Perich | 20 | 188 | 9.4 | 0 |


