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Punts Returned

Career	100	Pat Chester	1978-82
Season	35	Jimmy Lesane	1951
Game	9	Eddie Bryant vs. Hampden-Sydney	1942

Punt Return Yardage

Career	808	Pat Chester	1978-82
Season	481	Bill Dudley	1941
Game	140	Jimmy Lesane vs. Virginia Tech	1951

Longest Punt Returns

95	Harry Martin to Bus Male to Harry Martin	Maryland	1935
89	Bill Dudley	Lafayette	1941
79	Terry Sieg	Virginia Tech	1962
79+	Jason Wallace	Clemson	1990
76	Chris Warren	Navy	1986
75+	Gene Schroeder	Pennsylvania	1950
75+	Steve Sroba	Maryland	1972
74	Tiki Barber	Navy	1994
74	Tiki Barber	NC State	1996
72	Eddie Knowles	Virginia Tech	1952
70	Bobby Freeman	Wake Forest	1961
70	Gerard Mullins	Vanderbilt	1971
70	Pat Chester	Duke	1980
70	Alvin Pearman	Temple	2004
+ Non-scoring play

Annual Punt Return Leaders

Year	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
1940	Eddie Bryant	28	421	15.0	2
1941	Bill Dudley	28	481	17.2	1
1942	Eddie Bryant	13	112	8.6	0
1944	Charlie Ellis	12	137	11.4	0
1946	Billy Pennel	5	68	13.6	0
1947	Billy Pennel	10	164	16.4	1
1948	Barney Gill	14	215	15.4	0
1949	Steve Osisek	12	173	14.4	0
1950	Gene Schroeder	14	205	14.6	0
1951	Jimmy Lesane	35	387	11.1	0
1952	Eddie Knowles	32	365	11.4	3
1953	Eddie Knowles	4	114	28.5	1
1954	Eddie Knowles	9	72	8.0	0
1955	Nick Lawyer	4	70	17.5	1
1956	Ralph Kneeland	4	67	16.8	0
1957	Sonny Randle	5	46	9.2	0
1958	Sonny Randle	5	47	9.4	0
1959	Fred Trainor	5	42	8.4	0
1960	Carl Kuhn	4	74	18.5	0
1961	Bobby Freeman	4	81	20.3	1
1962	Terry Sieg	6	157	26.2	1
1963	Gene Angle	4	54	13.5	0
1964	Roger Davis	10	89	8.9	0
1965	John Pincavage	12	135	11.3	0
1966	George Stetter	18	182	10.1	0
1967	Paul Klingensmith	12	125	10.4	0
1968	Chuck Mooser	9	127	14.1	1
1969	Chuck Mooser	8	85	10.6	0
1970	Dave Sullivan	17	125	7.4	0
1971	Gerard Mullins	31	298	9.6	1
1972	Gerard Mullins	16	183	11.4	0
1973	Gerard Mullins	17	107	6.3	0
1974	Tom Fadden	19	109	5.7	0
1975	Joe Sroba	8	59	7.4	0
1976	Derrick Glasper	11	61	5.5	0
1977	Mickey Spady	16	64	4.0	0
1978	Pat Chester	31	190	6.1	0
1979	Pat Chester (led ACC)	25	248	9.9	2
1980	Pat Chester (led ACC)	19	192	10.1	1
1981	Bob Sweeney	13	41	3.2	0
1982	Pat Chester	19	128	6.7	0
1983	Bart Farinholt	15	105	7.0	0
1984	Ray Daly	20	161	8.1	0
1985	Chris Warren	26	168	6.5	0
1986	Chris Warren	17	136	8.0	1
1987	Tim Finkelston	25	182	7.3	0
1988	Tim Finkelston	25	177	7.1	0
1989	Tim Finkelston	22	159	7.2	0
1990	Jason Wallace	32	403	12.6	1
1991	Larry Holmes	26	219	8.4	0
1992	Jerrod Washington	20	87	4.4	0
1993	Larry Holmes	13	104	8.0	0
1994	Tiki Barber	17	181	10.6	1
1995	Tiki Barber	32	272	8.5	0
1996	Tiki Barber (led ACC)	19	241	12.7	1
1997	Terrence Wilkins	17	94	5.5	0
1998	Terrence Wilkins	17	165	9.7	0
1999	Arlen Harris	16	198	12.4	0
2000	James Johnson	20	115	5.8	0
2001	Alvin Pearman	27	247	9.1	0
2002	Marques Hagans	29	262	9.0	1
2003	Marques Hagans	28	269	9.6	0
2004	Alvin Pearman	28	314	11.2	1
2005	Emmanuel Byers	8	81	10.1	0
2006	Mike Brown	14	134	9.6	0
2007	Vic Hall	23	230	10.0	0
2008	Vic Hall	16	102	6.4	0
2009	Chase Minnifield	20	88	4.4	0
2010	Chase Minnifield	13	84	6.5	0
2011	Dominique Terrell*	14	61	4.4	0
2012	Khalek Shepherd*	23	89	3.3	0
*indicates active player