COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2021: Individual Kickoff Returns
| Rank | Player | Cl | Pos | G | KO Ret | KO Ret Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Zonovan Knight, NC State (ACC) | So. | RB | 12 | 16 | 550 | 34.4 |
| 2 | Bryan Massey, SMU (AAC) | So. | S | 12 | 20 | 686 | 34.3 |
| 3 | Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi St. (SEC) | So. | WR | 10 | 13 | 440 | 33.8 |
| 4 | Malik Knowles, Kansas St. (Big 12) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 20 | 662 | 33.1 |
| 5 | Brian Battie, South Fla. (AAC) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 20 | 650 | 32.5 |
| 6 | Jalen Virgil, App State (Sun Belt) | Sr. | WR | 12 | 26 | 781 | 30.0 |
| 7 | Brian Brewton, UConn (FBS Independent) | Fr. | RB | 11 | 24 | 717 | 29.9 |
| 8 | Derius Davis, TCU (Big 12) | Sr. | WR | 12 | 16 | 473 | 29.6 |
| 9 | LaMareon James, Old Dominion (C-USA) | Fr. | CB | 13 | 18 | 529 | 29.4 |
| 10 | Kazmeir Allen, UCLA (Pac-12) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 21 | 612 | 29.1 |
| 11 | Nikko Remigio, California (Pac-12) | Sr. | WR | 11 | 17 | 494 | 29.1 |
| 12 | Emeka Egbuka, Ohio St. (Big Ten) | Fr. | WR | 10 | 20 | 580 | 29.0 |
| 13 | Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas (Big 12) | Jr. | S | 12 | 15 | 419 | 27.9 |
| 14 | Brenden Rice, Colorado (Pac-12) | So. | WR | 11 | 17 | 469 | 27.6 |
| 15 | Travis Levy, Boston College (ACC) | Sr. | RB | 12 | 17 | 468 | 27.5 |
| 16 | Jordan Byrd, San Diego St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | RB | 14 | 22 | 601 | 27.3 |
| 17 | Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee (SEC) | Sr. | WR | 13 | 23 | 628 | 27.3 |
| 18 | Will Shipley, Clemson (ACC) | Fr. | RB | 10 | 14 | 380 | 27.1 |
| 19 | Winston Wright, West Virginia (Big 12) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 23 | 618 | 26.9 |
| 20 | Juju McDowell, South Carolina (SEC) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 15 | 394 | 26.3 |
| 21 | Gary Bryant Jr., Southern California (Pac-12) | So. | WR | 10 | 16 | 413 | 25.8 |
| 22 | Thomas Pannunzio, Colorado St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | WR | 12 | 18 | 461 | 25.6 |
| 23 | Jahmyr Gibbs, Georgia Tech (ACC) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 23 | 589 | 25.6 |
| 24 | Camron Harrell, Southern Miss. (C-USA) | Jr. | DB | 12 | 26 | 662 | 25.5 |
| 25 | Charlie Jones, Iowa (Big Ten) | Sr. | WR | 14 | 25 | 635 | 25.4 |
| 26 | Tre Tucker, Cincinnati (AAC) | Jr. | WR | 14 | 22 | 557 | 25.3 |
| 27 | Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Ill. (MAC) | So. | WR | 14 | 18 | 451 | 25.1 |
| 28 | Gabriel Rogers, Memphis (AAC) | Sr. | RB | 9 | 22 | 549 | 25.0 |
| 29 | Nathaniel Peat, Stanford (Pac-12) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 27 | 663 | 24.6 |
| 30 | Beanie Bishop, Western Ky. (C-USA) | So. | DB | 13 | 27 | 658 | 24.4 |
| 31 | Alan Lamar, Arkansas St. (Sun Belt) | Sr. | RB | 12 | 55 | 1,333 | 24.2 |
| 32 | Michael Mathison, Akron (MAC) | Jr. | WR | 11 | 19 | 459 | 24.2 |
| 33 | Jaylen Stinson, Duke (ACC) | So. | S | 12 | 34 | 818 | 24.1 |
| 34 | Savon Scarver, Utah St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | WR | 14 | 24 | 566 | 23.6 |
| 35 | Ja'Shaun Poke, Kent St. (MAC) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 24 | 565 | 23.5 |
| 36 | Jayden Reed, Michigan St. (Big Ten) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 16 | 376 | 23.5 |
| 37 | Giles Jackson, Washington (Pac-12) | So. | WR | 12 | 19 | 442 | 23.3 |
| 38 | Jamaal Bell, Nevada (Mountain West) | So. | WR | 13 | 27 | 628 | 23.3 |
| 39 | Marion Lukes, Central Mich. (MAC) | Fr. | RB | 13 | 21 | 485 | 23.1 |
| 40 | Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri (SEC) | So. | DB | 13 | 21 | 484 | 23.0 |
| 41 | Shadrick Byrd, Charlotte (C-USA) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 27 | 616 | 22.8 |
| 42 | Trestan Ebner, Baylor (Big 12) | Sr. | RB | 14 | 24 | 538 | 22.4 |
| 43 | D'Shawn Jamison, Texas (Big 12) | Sr. | DB | 12 | 19 | 424 | 22.3 |
| 44 | Tyler Snead, East Carolina (AAC) | So. | WR | 12 | 17 | 378 | 22.2 |
| 45 | Taron Keith, Bowling Green (MAC) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 23 | 500 | 21.7 |
| 46 | Tayvian Cunningham, Arizona (Pac-12) | Sr. | WR | 10 | 15 | 319 | 21.3 |
| 47 | Travell Harris, Washington St. (Pac-12) | Sr. | WR | 13 | 20 | 424 | 21.2 |
| 48 | Jha'Quan Jackson, Tulane (AAC) | So. | WR | 12 | 26 | 551 | 21.2 |
| 49 | D.J. Taylor, Arizona St. (Pac-12) | Fr. | DB | 12 | 25 | 525 | 21.0 |
| 50 | Ron Cook, Buffalo (MAC) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 28 | 587 | 21.0 |
| 51 | Chris Smith, Louisiana (Sun Belt) | So. | RB | 13 | 23 | 481 | 20.9 |
| 52 | Lexington Joseph, FIU (C-USA) | So. | RB | 12 | 23 | 474 | 20.6 |
| 53 | Amad Anderson Jr., Temple (AAC) | Jr. | WR | 11 | 16 | 327 | 20.4 |
| 54 | Luke Wysong, New Mexico (Mountain West) | Fr. | WR | 11 | 15 | 304 | 20.3 |
| 55 | De'Montre Tuggle, Ohio (MAC) | Sr. | RB | 12 | 25 | 506 | 20.2 |
| 56 | Shedro Louis, Liberty (FBS Independent) | So. | RB | 13 | 21 | 423 | 20.1 |
| 57 | Juwaun Price, New Mexico St. (FBS Independent) | So. | RB | 12 | 20 | 398 | 19.9 |
| 58 | Shamar Garrett, San Jose St. (Mountain West) | So. | RB | 11 | 17 | 327 | 19.2 |
| 59 | Dennis Barnes, UTEP (C-USA) | Jr. | DB | 13 | 22 | 384 | 17.5 |
| 60 | Khaleb Hood, Ga. Southern (Sun Belt) | Jr. | WR | 12 | 17 | 296 | 17.4 |
| 61 | Caleb Twyford, Texas St. (Sun Belt) | Sr. | RB | 10 | 21 | 351 | 16.7 |