clemson tigers single season rushing yards leader

Travis Etienne has the most rushing yards by a Clemson player in a season, with 1,658 yards in 2018.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Travis Etienne T. Etienne	1,658	2018	CLEM	15	204	8.1	110.5	24	78	12	18	6.5	5.2	2
2	Travis Etienne T. Etienne	1,614	2019	CLEM	15	207	7.8	107.6	19	432	37	43	11.7	28.8	4
3	Wayne Gallman W. Gallman	1,527	2015	CLEM	14	283	5.4	109.1	13	213	21	27	10.1	15.2	1
4	Raymond Priester R. Priester	1,286	1995	CLEM	11	223	5.8	116.9	6	58	10		5.8	5.3	0
5	C.J. Spiller	1,212	2009	CLEM	14	216	5.6	86.6	12	503	36		14.0	35.9	4
6	Raymond Priester R. Priester	1,194	1996	CLEM	11	232	5.1	108.5	6	115	15		7.7	10.5	1
7	James Davis J. Davis	1,187	2006	CLEM	13	203	5.8	91.3	17	115	6		19.2	8.8	0
8	Will Shipley W. Shipley	1,182	2022	CLEM	14	210	5.6	84.4	15	242	38	46	6.4	17.3	0
9	Andre Ellington A. Ellington	1,178	2011	CLEM	13	223	5.3	90.6	11	109	22		5.0	8.4	0
10	Terrence Flagler T. Flagler	1,176	1986	CLEM	11	180	6.5	106.9	10	163	13		12.5	14.8	3
11	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,139	1988	CLEM	11	199	5.7	103.5	9	78	6		13.0	7.1	0
12	Wayne Gallman W. Gallman	1,133	2016	CLEM	15	232	4.9	75.5	17	152	20	26	7.6	10.1	0
13	Phil Mafah P. Mafah	1,115	2024	CLEM	14	216	5.2	79.6	8	103	21	29	4.9	7.4	0
14	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	1,105	2015	CLEM	15	207	5.3	73.7	12
15	Andre Ellington A. Ellington	1,081	2012	CLEM	13	212	5.1	83.2	8	232	14		16.6	17.8	1
16	James Davis J. Davis	1,064	2007	CLEM	13	214	5.0	81.8	10	51	12		4.3	3.9	2
17	Cliff Austin C. Austin	1,064	1982	CLEM	11	197	5.4	96.7	14	15	3		5.0	1.4	0
18	Kenny Flowers K. Flowers	1,052	1985	CLEM	11	200	5.3	95.6	13	26	5		5.2	2.4	0
19	Buddy Gore B. Gore	1,045	1967	CLEM	10	230	4.5	104.5	8	45	3		15.0	4.5	1
20	Roderick McDowell R. McDowell	1,025	2013	CLEM	13	189	5.4	78.8	5	199	29	39	6.9	15.3	2
21	Travis Zachery T. Zachery	1,012	2000	CLEM	11	201	5.0	92.0	13	288	27		10.7	26.2	4
22	Lester Brown L. Brown	1,006	1978	CLEM	11	196	5.1	91.5	17	55	7		7.9	5.0	0
23	Woodrow Dantzler W. Dantzler	1,004	2001	CLEM	11	206	4.9	91.3	10
24	Ray Yauger R. Yauger	968	1969	CLEM	10	223	4.3	96.8	6	130	21		6.2	13.0	5
25	Phil Mafah P. Mafah	965	2023	CLEM	13	179	5.4	74.2	13	108	21	28	5.1	8.3	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,943

Klubnik

RUSH

814

Randall

REC

837

Moore

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

66th

OPP PPG

20.4

31st

RUSH YDS/G

131.3

117th

PASS YDS/G

274.0

26th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Georgia Tech	6-2	9-4
7	California	4-4	7-6
8	Clemson	4-4	7-6
9	NC State	4-4	8-5
10	Louisville	4-4	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	CLEM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	GASO	@	CLEM	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	12:00 PM
Fri 9/25	CLEM	@	CAL	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM

Last Game

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1 - 0

Final

Clemson

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167