Alvin Lewis had the most all-purpose yards in 1980, with 1,921 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Alvin Lewis A. Lewis	1,921	1980	CSU	11	9	1,047	95.2	8	335	30.5	1	400	36.4	0	139	12.6	0
2	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,805	1980	UGA	11	15	1,616	146.9	15	70	6.4	0	119	10.8	0
3	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,804	1980	SC	11	14	1,781	161.9	14	23	2.1	0
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,794	1980	USC	11	15	1,563	142.1	14	231	21.0	1
5	Rich Diana R. Diana	1,749	1980	YALE	10	8	1,074	107.4	5	212	21.2	3	318	31.8	0	145	14.5	0
6	Gerald Willhite G. Willhite	1,744	1980	SJSU	11	14	1,210	110.0	11	492	44.7	3	42	3.8	0
7	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,704	1980	CIT	11	14	1,647	149.7	14	57	5.2	0
8	James Brooks J. Brooks	1,659	1980	AUB	11	11	1,314	119.5	9	63	5.7	1	226	20.5	1	56	5.1	0
9	Calvin Murray C. Murray	1,625	1980	OSU	11	8	1,192	108.4	7	197	17.9	1	236	21.5	0
10	Tony Collins T. Collins	1,612	1980	ECU	11	9	503	45.7	7	119	10.8	0	990	90.0	2
11	Willie Gittens W. Gittens	1,561	1980	ASU	11	6	759	69.0	6	176	16.0	0	314	28.5	0	312	28.4	0
12	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	1,441	1980	STAN	11	8	889	80.8	4	552	50.2	4
13	James Bettis J. Bettis	1,414	1980	CIN	11	3	1,106	100.5	2	284	25.8	1	24	2.2	0
14	Dwayne Crutchfield D. Crutchfield	1,399	1980	ISU	11	11	1,312	119.3	11	87	7.9	0
15	Malcolm Jones M. Jones	1,394	1980	UNT	11	8	1,144	104.0	7	250	22.7	1
16	Robert Alexander R. Alexander	1,393	1980	WVU	12	5	1,064	88.7	5	329	27.4	0
17	Charlie Wysocki C. Wysocki	1,383	1980	MD	11	11	1,359	123.5	11	24	2.2	0
18	Tony Robinson T. Robinson	1,371	1980	ORST	11	9	882	80.2	8	291	26.5	1	198	18.0	0
19	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,364	1980	PSU	11	8	922	83.8	6	92	8.4	0	350	31.8	2
20	Anthony Carter A. Carter	1,355	1980	MICH	11	13	35	3.2	0	750	68.2	13	411	37.4	0	159	14.5	0
21	Theron McClendon T. McClendon	1,348	1980	MCNS	11	9	1,175	106.8	9	84	7.6	0	89	8.1	0
22	Floyd Allen F. Allen	1,346	1980	VMI	11	7	1,276	116.0	7	70	6.4	0
23	Jim Stone J. Stone	1,281	1980	ND	11	7	908	82.5	7	29	2.6	0	344	31.3	0
24	Tony Carifa T. Carifa	1,280	1980	OHIO	11	7	853	77.5	6	427	38.8	1
25	James Murphy J. Murphy	1,271	1980	USU	11	10	94	8.5	0	996	90.5	10	181	16.5	0