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Leaderboard

Year-by-year rushing rate leaders

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Type
Leaderboard
Section
All-Time Individual Leaders on Offense
Group
RUSHING
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Ed Marinaro

Cornell

1970

#1
Games
9
Carries
285
Yards
1,425
Yards/game
158.3

Ed Marinaro

Cornell

1971

#2
Games
9
Carries
356
Yards
1,881
Yards/game
209.0

Pete VanValkenburg

BYU

1972

#3
Games
10
Carries
232
Yards
1,386
Yards/game
138.6

Mark Kellar

NIU

1973

#4
Games
11
Carries
291
Yards
1,719
Yards/game
156.3

Louie Giammona

Utah St.

1974

#5
Games
10
Carries
329
Yards
1,534
Yards/game
153.4

Ricky Bell

Southern California

1975

#6
Games
11
Carries
357
Yards
1,875
Yards/game
170.5

Tony Dorsett

Pittsburgh

1976

#7
Games
11
Carries
338
Yards
1,948
Yards/game
177.1

Earl Campbell

Texas

1977

#8
Games
11
Carries
267
Yards
1,744
Yards/game
158.5

Billy Sims

Oklahoma

1978

#9
Games
11
Carries
231
Yards
1,762
Yards/game
160.2

Charles White

Southern California

1979

#10
Games
10
Carries
293
Yards
1,803
Yards/game
180.3

George Rogers

South Carolina

1980

#11
Games
11
Carries
297
Yards
1,781
Yards/game
161.9

Marcus Allen

Southern California

1981

#12
Games
11
Carries
403
Yards
2,342
Yards/game
212.9

Ernest Anderson

Oklahoma St.

1982

#13
Games
11
Carries
353
Yards
1,877
Yards/game
170.6

Mike Rozier

Nebraska

1983

#14
Games
12
Carries
275
Yards
2,148
Yards/game
179.0

Keith Byars

Ohio St.

1984

#15
Games
11
Carries
313
Yards
1,655
Yards/game
150.5

Lorenzo White

Michigan St.

1985

#16
Games
11
Carries
386
Yards
1,908
Yards/game
173.5

Paul Palmer

Temple

1986

#17
Games
11
Carries
346
Yards
1,866
Yards/game
169.6

Elbert “Ickey” Woods

UNLV

1987

#18
Games
11
Carries
259
Yards
1,658
Yards/game
150.7

Barry Sanders

Oklahoma St.

1988

#19
Games
11
Carries
344
Yards
2,628
Yards/game
238.9

Anthony Thompson

Indiana

1989

#20
Games
11
Carries
358
Yards
1,793
Yards/game
163.0

Gerald Hudson

Oklahoma St.

1990

#21
Games
11
Carries
279
Yards
1,642
Yards/game
149.3

Marshall Faulk

San Diego St.

1991

#22
Games
9
Carries
201
Yards
1,429
Yards/game
158.8

Marshall Faulk

San Diego St.

1992

#23
Games
10
Carries
265
Yards
1,630
Yards/game
163.0

LeShon Johnson

NIU

1993

#24
Games
11
Carries
327
Yards
1,976
Yards/game
179.6

Rashaan Salaam

Colorado

1994

#25
Games
11
Carries
298
Yards
2,055
Yards/game
186.8

Troy Davis

Iowa St.

1995

#26
Games
11
Carries
345
Yards
2,010
Yards/game
182.7

Troy Davis

Iowa St.

1996

#27
Games
11
Carries
402
Yards
2,185
Yards/game
198.6

Ricky Williams

Texas

1997

#28
Games
11
Carries
279
Yards
1,893
Yards/game
172.1

Ricky Williams

Texas

1998

#29
Games
11
Carries
361
Yards
2,124
Yards/game
193.1

LaDainian Tomlinson

TCU

1999

#30
Games
11
Carries
268
Yards
1,850
Yards/game
168.2

LaDainian Tomlinson

TCU

2000

#31
Games
11
Carries
369
Yards
2,158
Yards/game
196.2

Chance Kretschmer

Nevada

2001

#32
Games
11
Carries
302
Yards
1,732
Yards/game
157.5

Larry Johnson

Penn St.

2002

#33
Games
13
Carries
271
Yards
2,087
Yards/game
160.5

Patrick Cobbs

North Texas

2003

#34
Games
11
Carries
307
Yards
1,680
Yards/game
152.7

Jamario Thomas

North Texas

2004

#35
Games
10
Carries
285
Yards
1,801
Yards/game
180.1

DeAngelo Williams

Memphis

2005

#36
Games
11
Carries
310
Yards
1,964
Yards/game
178.5

Garrett Wolfe

NIU

2006

#37
Games
13
Carries
309
Yards
1,928
Yards/game
148.3

Kevin Smith

UCF

2007

#38
Games
14
Carries
450
Yards
2,567
Yards/game
183.4

Donald Brown

UConn

2008

#39
Games
13
Carries
367
Yards
2,083
Yards/game
160.2

Ryan Matthews

Fresno St.

2009

#40
Games
12
Carries
276
Yards
1,808
Yards/game
150.7

LaMichael James

Oregon

2010

#41
Games
12
Carries
294
Yards
1,731
Yards/game
144.3

LaMichael James

Oregon

2011

#42
Games
12
Carries
247
Yards
1,805
Yards/game
150.4

Ka’Deem Carey

Arizona

2012

#43
Games
13
Carries
303
Yards
1,929
Yards/game
148.4

Andre Williams

Boston College

2013

#44
Games
13
Carries
355
Yards
2,177
Yards/game
167.5

Melvin Gordon

Wisconsin

2014

#45
Games
14
Carries
343
Yards
2,587
Yards/game
184.8

Leonard Fournette

LSU

2015

#46
Games
12
Carries
300
Yards
1,953
Yards/game
162.8

D’Onta Foreman

Texas

2016

#47
Games
11
Carries
323
Yards
2,028
Yards/game
184.4

Rashaad Penny

San Diego St.

2017

#48
Games
13
Carries
289
Yards
2,248
Yards/game
172.9

Jonathan Taylor

Wisconsin

2018

#49
Games
13
Carries
307
Yards
2,194
Yards/game
168.8

Chuba Hubbard

Oklahoma St.

2019

#50
Games
13
Carries
328
Yards
2,094
Yards/game
161.1

Jared Patterson

Buffalo

2020

#51
Games
6
Carries
141
Yards
1,072
Yards/game
178.7

Lew Nichols

Central Mich.

2021

#52
Games
13
Carries
341
Yards
1,848
Yards/game
142.2

DeWayne McBride

UAB

2022

#53
Games
11
Carries
233
Yards
1,713
Yards/game
155.7

Cody Schrader

Missouri

2023

#54
Games
13
Carries
276
Yards
1,627
Yards/game
125.2

Ashton Jeanty

Boise St.

2024

#55
Games
14
Carries
374
Yards
2,601
Yards/game
185.8

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