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Lew Nichols has rushed for the most career yards by a freshman, with 2,445 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Lew Nichols
L. Nichols
2,445
23
438
5.6
106.3
20
447
50
65
8.9
19.4
3
2 Sean Tucker
S. Tucker
2,122
21
383
5.5
101.0
16
368
28
45
13.1
17.5
2
3 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,977
14
299
6.6
141.2
13
95
8
14
11.9
6.8
0
4 Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
1,863
12
295
6.3
155.3
18
133
14
9.5
11.1
0
5 Samaje Perine
S. Perine
1,713
13
263
6.5
131.8
21
108
15
16
7.2
8.3
0
6 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,616
11
274
5.9
146.9
15
70
7
10.0
6.4
0
7 AJ Dillon
AJ Dillon
1,589
13
300
5.3
122.2
14
8 Keaton Mitchell
K. Mitchell
1,575
21
262
6.0
75.0
11
332
33
40
10.1
15.8
2
9 Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
1,567
13
274
5.7
120.5
16
132
15
20
8.8
10.2
1
10 Jarvion Franklin
J. Franklin
1,551
13
306
5.1
119.3
24
168
15
18
11.2
12.9
1
11 Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
1,550
17
235
6.6
91.2
14
662
57
67
11.6
38.9
3
12 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,547
13
219
7.1
119.0
14
213
18
21
11.8
16.4
2
13 Frank Gore Jr.
F. Gore Jr.
1,509
22
300
5.0
68.6
7
252
29
33
8.7
11.5
1
14 Rasheen Ali
R. Ali
1,423
18
255
5.6
79.1
23
334
45
57
7.4
18.6
1
15 J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
1,403
14
194
7.2
100.2
7
135
22
26
6.1
9.6
1
16 Jermar Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,380
12
239
5.8
115.0
12
147
25
31
5.9
12.3
0
17 Makhi Hughes
M. Hughes
1,378
14
258
5.3
98.4
7
67
11
12
6.1
4.8
0
18 Nick Wilson
N. Wilson
1,375
13
236
5.8
105.8
16
90
12
15
7.5
6.9
1
19 Royce Freeman
R. Freeman
1,365
15
252
5.4
91.0
18
158
16
17
9.9
10.5
1
20 Ahmad Hardy
A. Hardy
1,351
12
237
5.7
112.6
13
72
8
10
9.0
6.0
0
21 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,341
11
229
5.9
121.9
13
184
25
7.4
16.7
0
22 Mike Warren
M. Warren
1,339
12
227
5.9
111.6
5
70
14
23
5.0
5.8
0
23 Tyjae Spears
T. Spears
1,329
20
198
6.7
66.5
12
308
26
37
11.8
15.4
1
24 Spencer Brown
S. Brown
1,329
13
250
5.3
102.2
10
42
4
4
10.5
3.2
0
25 Myles Gaskin
M. Gaskin
1,302
13
227
5.7
100.2
14
19
6
10
3.2
1.5
0
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