COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
1997
Kick Return Leaders (MIN 1.2 RETURNS PER GAME) NO YDS TD AVG 1 Eric Booth, Southern Miss. --- 22 766 2 34.82 2 Ben Kelly, Colorado ---------- 25 777 1 31.08 3 Pat McGrew, Navy ------------- 15 441 0 29.40 4 Boo Williams, South Caro. ---- 18 527 2 29.28 5 Pat Johnson, Oregon ---------- 16 462 0 28.88 6 Allen Rossum, Notre Dame ----- 20 570 2 28.50 7 Ketric Sanford, Houston ------ 19 530 0 27.89 8 Tony Horne, Clemson ---------- 18 491 0 27.28 9 Damon Dunn, Stanford --------- 21 566 0 26.95 10 Tyrone Carter, Minnesota ----- 17 455 0 26.76 11 Fernando Bryant, Alabama ----- 16 427 0 26.69 12 Sean Williams, Ohio ---------- 18 475 0 26.39 13 R Jay Soward, Southern Cal --- 15 394 1 26.27 14 Az Hakim, San Diego St. ------ 14 367 1 26.21 15 Myles Savage, Wake Forest ---- 20 524 1 26.20 16 Demarrio Jones, Miami (Ohio) - 20 522 1 26.10 17 Joe Walker, Nebraska --------- 15 389 0 25.93 18 Rod Richardson, Army --------- 22 554 0 25.18 19 Leandre Moore, Ball St. ------ 23 576 1 25.04 20 Nate Terry, West Va. --------- 26 650 2 25.00 21 Joey Eloms, Indiana ---------- 20 499 0 24.95 22 Deon Mitchell, Northern Ill. - 33 821 1 24.88 23 Jamie Oliver, New Mexico ----- 15 372 0 24.80 24 Jaron Dabney, Brigham Young -- 26 638 0 24.54 25 Artrell Hawkins, Cincinnati -- 20 489 0 24.45 25 Alvis Whitted, North Caro. St. 20 489 0 24.45 27 Savon Edwards, Eastern Mich. - 20 486 1 24.30 28 Tutu Atwell, Minnesota ------- 32 776 2 24.25 29 John Avery, Mississippi ------ 13 315 1 24.23 30 Lewis Sanders, Maryland ------ 19 460 1 24.21 31 Broderick McGrew, North Texas 22 531 0 24.14 32 Jerome Pathon, Washington ---- 16 386 0 24.13 33 Chris Eberly, Penn St. ------- 22 530 0 24.09 34 Lamont Zachery, Arkansas St. - 21 505 0 24.05 35 Mike Lagasse, Akron ---------- 18 431 0 23.94 36 Chris McAlister, Arizona ----- 14 335 0 23.93 37 Matt Farmer, Air Force ------- 17 406 0 23.88 38 Markeith Cooper, Auburn ------ 20 477 0 23.85 39 Robert Kelly, Western Mich. -- 21 500 0 23.81 40 Jimmy Williams, Vanderbilt --- 20 476 0 23.80 41 Dez White, Georgia Tech ------ 14 330 1 23.57 42 Trent Jones, Miami (Fla.) ---- 15 350 0 23.33 42 Antwan Edwards, Clemson ------ 12 280 0 23.33 44 P.J. Franklin, Tulane -------- 19 443 0 23.32 45 Jeffrey Townsley, Idaho ------ 25 581 0 23.24 46 Saladin McCullough, Oregon --- 19 441 1 23.21 47 Richard Love, Northeast La. -- 21 484 0 23.05 48 Craig Yeast, Kentucky -------- 15 345 1 23.00 48 Corey Nelson, Boise St. ------ 14 322 0 23.00 50 Scottie Montgomery, Duke ----- 26 596 0 22.92