Top Return Yardage Leaders
Below are the local area Top 25 football players in Kickoff Return Yardage, Punt Return Yardage, and Total Kickoff/Punt Return Yardage in 2013. Return yardage stats from Maxpreps for the 92 football teams in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk Counties.
Top 25 Kickoff Return Yardage Leaders
| Name | Class | School | KR Yds | KR Att | KR Yds/Att |
| La’Darrian Bowman | 2014 | Jenkins | 624 | 12 | 52.0 |
| James Bethea | 2014 | Spoto | 610 | 18 | 33.9 |
| Dominick Bonelli | 2014 | Palm Harbor University | 533 | 24 | 22.2 |
| Trevor Duke | 2015 | River Ridge | 487 | 19 | 25.6 |
| Maurice Turner | 2014 | Tarpon Spring | 480 | 16 | 30.0 |
| Roosevelt Lawrence | 2015 | Alonso | 479 | 13 | 36.8 |
| Montel Johnson | 2014 | Tarpon Spring | 474 | 14 | 33.9 |
| Marcus Smith | 2015 | Dixie Hollins | 453 | 18 | 25.2 |
| Elias Earley | 2015 | Carrollwood Day | 447 | 13 | 34.4 |
| Kezio Snelling | 2015 | Steinbrenner | 429 | 12 | 35.8 |
| Juwan Burgess | 2017 | Blake | 399 | 13 | 30.7 |
| Chris Bryant | 2015 | Newsome | 380 | 12 | 31.7 |
| Trenton Soto | 2015 | Fivay | 376 | 19 | 19.8 |
| Jeremy Jefferson | 2014 | Wharton | 348 | 13 | 26.8 |
| Robbie Shell | 2014 | Seffner Christian | 334 | 8 | 41.8 |
| Doug Sandberg | 2015 | Bloomingdale | 321 | 13 | 24.7 |
| Charles Cooper | 2015 | Riverview | 321 | 17 | 18.9 |
| Tajee Fullwood | 2014 | Tampa Bay Tech | 317 | 10 | 31.7 |
| Mark LaBarbera | 2014 | Wesley Chapel | 316 | 14 | 22.6 |
| Jordan Roberts | 2014 | Zephyrhills | 315 | 11 | 28.6 |
| Christian Angulo | 2015 | East Bay | 310 | 14 | 22.1 |
| Leundray Rhodes | 2015 | Clearwater | 295 | 13 | 22.7 |
| Josh Hyde | 2014 | Strawberry Crest | 286 | 9 | 31.8 |
| Alexander Jackson | 2014 | Plant | 279 | 11 | 25.4 |
| Marcus Walker | 2015 | Lake Wales | 279 | 14 | 19.9 |
Top 25 Punt Return Yardage Leaders
| Name | Class | School | PR Yds | PR Att | PR Yds/Att |
| Kezio Snelling | 2015 | Steinbrenner | 297 | 12 | 24.8 |
| Brandon Peters | 2014 | Robinson | 284 | 16 | 17.8 |
| Artavis Scott | 2014 | East Lake | 256 | 7 | 36.6 |
| La’Darrian Bowman | 2014 | Jenkins | 245 | 10 | 24.5 |
| Damian King | 2015 | Indian Rocks Christian | 239 | 11 | 21.7 |
| CJ Cotman | 2017 | Clearwater Central Catholic | 230 | 13 | 17.7 |
| Alexander Jackson | 2014 | Plant | 212 | 15 | 14.1 |
| Bentlee Sanders | 2017 | Tampa Catholic | 211 | 19 | 11.1 |
| Christian Ashford | 2014 | East Bay | 210 | 5 | 42 |
| Xavier Jackson | 2017 | Calvary Christian | 189 | 6 | 31.5 |
| Elijah Spann | 2014 | Tampa Bay Tech | 186 | 8 | 23.3 |
| Malik Johns | 2014 | Pasco | 169 | 10 | 16.9 |
| Kendall Gant | 2014 | Lake Gibson | 169 | 9 | 18.8 |
| Jeremy Jefferson | 2014 | Wharton | 160 | 7 | 22.9 |
| Joshua Engram | 2015 | Strawberry Crest | 156 | 13 | 12 |
| Jake Moore | 2015 | St. Petersburg | 154 | 10 | 15.4 |
| Montel Johnson | 2014 | Tarpon Spring | 146 | 5 | 29.2 |
| Darion Staten | 2015 | Lake Wales | 138 | 5 | 27.6 |
| Juwan Burgess | 2017 | Blake | 137 | 8 | 17.1 |
| Giomani Davis | 2014 | Wiregrass Ranch | 134 | 15 | 8.9 |
| Derrick Walker | 2016 | Alonso | 131 | 4 | 32.8 |
| Javin Tandy | 2014 | Land O’ Lakes | 128 | 10 | 12.8 |
| Mark LaBarbera | 2014 | Wesley Chapel | 115 | 6 | 19.2 |
| Jordan Reed | 2015 | Plant | 109 | 10 | 10.9 |
| Nick Stein | 2015 | Cambridge Christian | 107 | 5 | 21.4 |
Top 25 Total Kickoff/Punt Return Yardage Leaders
| Name | Class | School | Ret Tot | KR Yds | PR Yds |
| La’Darrian Bowman | 2014 | Jenkins | 869 | 624 | 245 |
| Kezio Snelling | 2015 | Steinbrenner | 726 | 429 | 297 |
| James Bethea | 2014 | Spoto | 669 | 610 | 59 |
| Montel Johnson | 2014 | Tarpon Spring | 620 | 474 | 146 |
| Dominick Bonelli | 2014 | Palm Harbor University | 569 | 533 | 36 |
| Trevor Duke | 2015 | River Ridge | 541 | 487 | 54 |
| Roosevelt Lawrence | 2015 | Alonso | 539 | 479 | 60 |
| Juwan Burgess | 2017 | Blake | 536 | 399 | 137 |
| Elias Earley | 2015 | Carrollwood Day | 531 | 447 | 84 |
| Marcus Smith | 2015 | Dixie Hollins | 522 | 453 | 69 |
| Jeremy Jefferson | 2014 | Wharton | 508 | 348 | 160 |
| Alexander Jackson | 2014 | Plant | 491 | 279 | 212 |
| Maurice Turner | 2014 | Tarpon Spring | 484 | 480 | 4 |
| Damian King | 2015 | Indian Rocks Christian | 438 | 199 | 239 |
| Mark LaBarbera | 2014 | Wesley Chapel | 431 | 316 | 115 |
| Artavis Scott | 2014 | East Lake | 428 | 172 | 256 |
| Brandon Peters | 2014 | Robinson | 401 | 117 | 284 |
| Malik Johns | 2014 | Pasco | 389 | 220 | 169 |
| Darion Staten | 2015 | Lake Wales | 386 | 248 | 138 |
| Chris Bryant | 2015 | Newsome | 380 | 380 | |
| Doug Sandberg | 2015 | Bloomingdale | 376 | 321 | 55 |
| Trenton Soto | 2015 | Fivay | 376 | 376 | |
| Marcus Walker | 2015 | Lake Wales | 367 | 279 | 88 |
| Josh Hyde | 2014 | Strawberry Crest | 357 | 286 | 71 |
| Bentlee Sanders | 2017 | Tampa Catholic | 353 | 142 | 211 |
| Tajee Fullwood | 2014 | Tampa Bay Tech | 353 | 317 | 36 |