COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2022: Individual Kickoff Returns
| Rank | Player | Cl | Pos | G | KO Ret | KO Ret Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi St. (SEC) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 19 | 613 | 32.3 |
| 2 | Milan Tucker, App State (Sun Belt) | So. | DB | 12 | 22 | 620 | 28.2 |
| 3 | Jaylin Lucas, Indiana (Big Ten) | Fr. | RB | 11 | 21 | 591 | 28.1 |
| 4 | Barion Brown, Kentucky (SEC) | Fr. | WR | 13 | 16 | 440 | 27.5 |
| 5 | Ta'ron Keith, Bowling Green (MAC) | So. | RB | 12 | 18 | 491 | 27.3 |
| 6 | Silas Bolden, Oregon St. (Pac-12) | So. | WR | 13 | 22 | 599 | 27.2 |
| 7 | Smoke Harris, Louisiana Tech (C-USA) | Jr. | WR | 12 | 19 | 517 | 27.2 |
| 8 | Lawrence Keys III, Tulane (AAC) | Sr. | WR | 13 | 23 | 624 | 27.1 |
| 9 | Christian Washington, New Mexico (Mountain West) | Fr. | RB | 10 | 16 | 427 | 26.7 |
| 10 | Terrell Vaughn, Utah St. (Mountain West) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 19 | 503 | 26.5 |
| 11 | Kaylon Horton, North Texas (C-USA) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 27 | 699 | 25.9 |
| 12 | Malik Knowles, Kansas St. (Big 12) | Sr. | WR | 14 | 23 | 592 | 25.7 |
| 13 | Jayce Rogers, Houston (AAC) | Sr. | DB | 12 | 17 | 437 | 25.7 |
| 14 | Quentin Redding, Minnesota (Big Ten) | Fr. | WR | 13 | 20 | 508 | 25.4 |
| 15 | Keilan Robinson, Texas (Big 12) | Jr. | RB | 13 | 16 | 403 | 25.2 |
| 16 | Daniyel Ngata, Arizona St. (Pac-12) | So. | RB | 11 | 18 | 451 | 25.1 |
| 17 | Jermaine Brown Jr., UAB (C-USA) | Jr. | RB | 13 | 19 | 475 | 25.0 |
| 18 | Jordan Byrd, San Diego St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | RB | 13 | 23 | 571 | 24.8 |
| 18 | Jaylon Jackson, Eastern Mich. (MAC) | Jr. | RB | 13 | 23 | 571 | 24.8 |
| 20 | Trevor Etienne, Florida (SEC) | Fr. | RB | 13 | 17 | 421 | 24.8 |
| 21 | Kazmeir Allen, UCLA (Pac-12) | Jr. | WR | 11 | 18 | 442 | 24.6 |
| 22 | Shedro Louis, Liberty (FBS Independent) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 19 | 461 | 24.3 |
| 23 | Jayden McGowan, Vanderbilt (SEC) | Fr. | WR | 12 | 16 | 384 | 24.0 |
| 24 | Johnnie Lang, Arkansas St. (Sun Belt) | Sr. | RB | 12 | 37 | 886 | 23.9 |
| 25 | Isaac Guerendo, Wisconsin (Big Ten) | Sr. | RB | 12 | 19 | 454 | 23.9 |
| 26 | Julian Gray, NC State (ACC) | Fr. | WR | 13 | 16 | 380 | 23.8 |
| 27 | Keegan Wilburn, Ohio (MAC) | So. | WR | 13 | 31 | 734 | 23.7 |
| 28 | Amechi Uzodinma, Ball St. (MAC) | Sr. | CB | 12 | 16 | 374 | 23.4 |
| 29 | Blake Hester, Akron (MAC) | So. | RB | 12 | 20 | 464 | 23.2 |
| 30 | Sean Tyler, Western Mich. (MAC) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 27 | 624 | 23.1 |
| 31 | Braylon McReynolds, South Alabama (Sun Belt) | Fr. | RB | 11 | 16 | 369 | 23.1 |
| 32 | Nikko Remigio, Fresno St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | WR | 14 | 21 | 480 | 22.9 |
| 33 | Hobbs Nyberg, BYU (FBS Independent) | So. | WR | 11 | 17 | 388 | 22.8 |
| 34 | Octavian Smith Jr., Maryland (Big Ten) | Fr. | WR | 13 | 17 | 386 | 22.7 |
| 35 | Nikko Reed, Colorado (Pac-12) | So. | CB | 12 | 19 | 430 | 22.6 |
| 36 | Matthew McDoom, Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) | Fr. | CB | 13 | 20 | 451 | 22.6 |
| 37 | Chris Smith, Louisiana (Sun Belt) | Jr. | RB | 11 | 14 | 311 | 22.2 |
| 38 | Michael Mathison, Western Ky. (C-USA) | Jr. | WR | 14 | 21 | 463 | 22.0 |
| 39 | Demick Starling, Virginia (ACC) | Jr. | WR | 9 | 14 | 306 | 21.9 |
| 40 | Kearis Jackson, Georgia (SEC) | Sr. | WR | 15 | 18 | 391 | 21.7 |
| 41 | Ron Cook, Buffalo (MAC) | Sr. | RB | 10 | 19 | 410 | 21.6 |
| 42 | Raleek Brown, Southern California (Pac-12) | Fr. | RB | 14 | 24 | 517 | 21.5 |
| 43 | LaMareon James, Old Dominion (Sun Belt) | So. | CB | 12 | 20 | 425 | 21.2 |
| 44 | Jaelen Gill, Boston College (ACC) | Sr. | WR | 12 | 24 | 509 | 21.2 |
| 45 | Lexington Joseph, FIU (C-USA) | Jr. | RB | 12 | 27 | 566 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Gregory Desrosiers, Massachusetts (FBS Independent) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 29 | 599 | 20.7 |
| 47 | Aron Cruickshank, Rutgers (Big Ten) | Sr. | WR | 12 | 18 | 370 | 20.6 |
| 48 | Derius Davis, TCU (Big 12) | Sr. | WR | 14 | 28 | 572 | 20.4 |
| 49 | Shadrick Byrd, Charlotte (C-USA) | So. | RB | 12 | 32 | 652 | 20.4 |
| 50 | Ryan O'Keefe, UCF (AAC) | Sr. | WR | 13 | 22 | 448 | 20.4 |
| 51 | Lincoln Victor, Washington St. (Pac-12) | Jr. | WR | 13 | 22 | 445 | 20.2 |
| 52 | Donnovan Moorer, Texas St. (Sun Belt) | So. | WR | 11 | 17 | 343 | 20.2 |
| 53 | Brian Battie, South Fla. (AAC) | So. | RB | 12 | 33 | 659 | 20.0 |
| 54 | Jayden Harrison, Marshall (Sun Belt) | Jr. | WR | 12 | 15 | 298 | 19.9 |
| 55 | Anthony Simpson, Arizona (Pac-12) | So. | WR | 11 | 18 | 342 | 19.0 |
| 56 | Victor Rosa, UConn (FBS Independent) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 15 | 283 | 18.9 |
| 57 | Jalen Perdue, Hawaii (Mountain West) | Sr. | DB | 11 | 23 | 432 | 18.8 |
| 58 | Shamar Garrett, San Jose St. (Mountain West) | Jr. | RB | 11 | 16 | 291 | 18.2 |
| 59 | Maquel Haywood, Navy (AAC) | So. | RB | 12 | 17 | 306 | 18.0 |
| 60 | Bentlee Sanders, Nevada (Mountain West) | Sr. | DB | 12 | 19 | 337 | 17.7 |
| 61 | Alred Luke, ULM (Sun Belt) | Fr. | WR | 12 | 23 | 396 | 17.2 |
| 62 | Corey Cuascut-Palmer, Temple (AAC) | Fr. | S | 9 | 14 | 226 | 16.1 |
| 63 | Keegan Holles, Colorado St. (Mountain West) | Fr. | RB | 9 | 11 | 163 | 14.8 |