INDIVIDUAL CAREER PUNT RETURNS Player 1. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 2. Carl Smith (1980-83) 3. Maurice Stringer (1993-96) 4. Ronnie Shelley (1967-69) 5. Heyward Skipper (2000-02) William Covington (1991-92) 7. Julius Pittman (1987-90) 8. Virgil Seay (1978-79) 9. Justin Albert (2011-12) Greg Harris (1984-87) 11. Rayshun Reed (1999-2003) 12. Tony Myrick (1971-74) 13. John Raburn (1972-74) 14. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 15. Danny Grant (1966-69) 16. Andy Swafford (1995-97) 17. Cornelius Williams (2006-09) 18. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 19. Sherman Wilkinson (1977-80) 20. Demetric Shipman (1993-96)
Ret 112 74 71 54 49 49 48 47 46 46 44 43 40 34 33 32 31 29 26 24
PUNT RETURN YARDS Player 1. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 2. Maurice Stringer (1993-96) 3. Carl Smith (1980-83) 4. Virgil Seay (1978-79) 5. Heyward Skipper (2000-02) 6. Ronnie Shelley (1967-69) 7. John Raburn (1972-74) 8. William Covington (1991-92) 9. Tony Myrick (1971-74) 10. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 11. Julius Pittman (1987-90) 12. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 13. Justin Albert (2011-12) 14. Rayshun Reed (1999-2003) 15. Andy Swafford (1995-97) 16. Danny Grant (1966-69) 17. Greg Harris (1984-87) 18. Demetric Shipman (1993-96) 19. Sherman Wilkinson (1977-80) 20. Travis Bozeman (1999-2000)
Yds 1471 854 852 783 577 573 530 479 476 470 420 372 371 332 322 317 279 231 196 181
AVERAGE YARDS PER RETURN (min 15 attempts) Player Ret Yds Avg. 1. Virgil Seay (1978-79) 47 783 16.66 2. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 34 470 13.82 3. John Raburn (1972-74) 40 530 13.25 4. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 112 1471 13.13 5. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 29 372 12.83 6. Maurice Stringer (1993-96) 71 854 12.03 7. Heyward Skipper (2000-02) 49 577 11.78 8. Carl Smith (1980-83) 74 852 11.51 9. Tony Myrick (1971-74) 43 476 11.07 10. Ronnie Shelley (1967-69) 54 573 10.61 11. Danny O’Toole (1983-86) 16 164 10.25 12. Andy Swafford (1995-97) 32 322 10.06 13. Jorrick Calvin (2008) 15 149 9.93 14. William Covington (1991-92) 49 479 9.78 15. Demetric Shipman (1993-96) 24 231 9.63 16. Danny Grant (1966-69) 33 317 9.61 17. Julius Pittman (1987-90) 48 420 8.75 18. Jack Smith (1969-70) 20 171 8.55 19. Andrew Amerson (2002) 17 142 8.35 Mike Funderburk (1970-71) 17 142 8.35 PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS Player 1. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 2. Virgil Seay (1978-79) 3. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 4. Tony Myrick (1971-74) John Raburn (1972-74) Sherman Wilkinson (1977-80)
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Leodis McKelvin is Troy’s career record holder in punt returns, punt return yards, punt return touchdowns, kickoff returns and kick return yards 9.
Carl Smith (1980-83) Heyward Skipper (2000-02) Danny Grant (1966-69) Rufus Cox (1982-84) Danny O’Toole (1983-86) Greg Harris (1984-87) Doug Mims (1987-89) Julius Pittman (1987-90) William Covington (1991-92) Andy Swafford (1995-97) Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10)
KICK RETURNS Player 1. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 2. Titus Dixon (1985-88) 3. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 4. Carl Smith (1980-83) 5. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 6. Jimmie Haywood (1982-85) 7. Chandler Worthy (2011-pr.) 8. Robert Kilow (1991-94) 9. Arrid Gregory (1993-96) 10. Andy Swafford (1993-96) 12. Mareno Philyaw (1996-99) 13. Jack Smith (1969-70) Johnny Grimes (1971-73) Jorrick Calvin (2008) 15. Eric Sloan (1997-99) 16. William Covington (1991-92) Demontray Carter (2000-01) 18. Breck Upshaw (1978-81) 19. Toris Rutledge (2002-06) Derrick Moore (1989-90) KICK RETURN YARDS Player 1. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 2. Titus Dixon (1985-88) 3. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 4. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 5. Carl Smith (1980-83) 6. Chandler Worthy (2011-pr.) 7. Jimmie Haywood (1982-85)
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Arrid Gregory (1993-96) Robert Kilow (1991-94) Andy Swafford (1993-96) Mareno Philyaw (1996-99) Johnny Grimes (1971-73) Demontray Carter (2000-01) William Covington (1991-92) Jorrick Calvin (2008) Jack Smith (1969-70) Danny Grant (1966-69) Eric Sloan (1997-99) Virgil Seay (1978-79) Billy Dixon (1975-77)
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1124 987 860 788 754 762 694 693 651 648 601 466 460
Ret 99 74 67 66 59 56 54 41 40 37 31 27 27 27 26 25 25 23 22 22
AVERAGE YARDS PER RETURN (min 15 attempts) Player Ret Yds Avg. 1. Danny Grant (1966-69) 21 648 30.86 2. Demontray Carter (2000-01) 25 762 29.04 3. Arrid Gregory (1993-96) 40 1124 28.10 4. Johnny Grimes (1971-73) 27 754 27.93 25 694 27.76 5. William Covington (1991-92) 6. Michael Ransaw (1990) 16 412 25.75 7. Jorrick Calvin (2008) 27 693 25.67 8. Mareno Philyaw (1996-99) 31 788 25.42 9. Titus Dixon (1985-88) 74 1798 24.30 10. Billy Dixon (1975-77) 19 460 24.21 11. Jack Smith (1969-70) 27 651 24.11 12. Robert Kilow (1991-94) 41 987 24.07 13. Leodis McKelvin (2004-07) 99 2346 23.70 14. Jerrel Jernigan (2007-10) 67 1580 23.58 59 1375 23.31 15. Perry Griggs (1973-76) 16. Virgil Seay (1978-79) 20 466 23.30 17. Andy Swafford (1993-96) 37 860 23.24 18. Chris Day (2000-02) 16 371 23.19 19. Eric Sloan (1997-99) 26 601 23.12 20. Chandler Worthy (2011-pr.) 54 1215 22.50 Ret Yds 99 2346 KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWNS Player Ret TD 74 1798 N/A 3 67 1580 1. Frank Sadler (1957-59) 25 2 59 1375 2. Demontray Carter (2000-01) 27 1 66 1300 3. Johnny Grimes (1971-73) Perry Griggs (1973-76) 59 1 54 1215 Billy Dixon (1975-77) 19 1 56 1186
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