college football freshman most rushing yards 2025

Caleb Hawkins rushed for the most yards by a freshman in 2025, with 1,434 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Caleb Hawkins
C. Hawkins
1,434
2025
UNT UNT
13
231
6.2
110.3
25
370
32
39
11.6
28.5
4
2Nate Sheppard
N. Sheppard
1,132
2025
DUKE DUKE
14
200
5.7
80.9
11
286
37
47
7.7
20.4
1
3Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
1,090
2025
OSU OSU
13
179
6.1
83.8
6
200
19
20
10.5
15.4
1
4King Miller
K. Miller
972
2025
USC USC
13
156
6.2
74.8
8
111
16
19
6.9
8.5
0
5Will Henderson III
W. Henderson III
866
2025
UTSA UTSA
13
125
6.9
66.6
6
132
19
25
6.9
10.2
2
6Sire Gaines
S. Gaines
811
2025
BSU BSU
14
161
5.0
57.9
8
72
11
15
6.5
5.1
1
7Ja'Kyrian Turner
J. Turner
745
2025
PITT PITT
12
140
5.3
62.1
7
150
25
31
6.0
12.5
0
8Brad Jackson
B. Jackson
744
2025
TXST TXST
13
174
4.3
57.2
17
-2
0
0
-0.2
0
9Jordon Davison
J. Davison
667
2025
ORE ORE
14
112
6.0
47.6
15
62
12
13
5.2
4.4
0
10Dierre Hill Jr.
D. Hill Jr.
656
2025
ORE ORE
15
75
8.7
43.7
5
137
16
20
8.6
9.1
1
11Jaquari Lewis
J. Lewis
618
2025
APP APP
13
140
4.4
47.5
6
192
32
36
6.0
14.8
0
12Rodney Fields Jr.
R. Fields Jr.
614
2025
OKST OKST
9
124
5.0
68.2
1
276
28
36
9.9
30.7
1
13Duke Scott
D. Scott
581
2025
NCST NCST
13
106
5.5
44.7
4
132
15
18
8.8
10.2
0
14Marvis Parrish
M. Parrish
576
2025
WKU WKU
13
106
5.4
44.3
1
203
36
46
5.6
15.6
1
15Ashten Emory
A. Emory
569
2025
UTEP UTEP
12
119
4.8
47.4
4
103
16
20
6.4
8.6
2
16Samuel Harris
S. Harris
558
2025
WYO WYO
11
100
5.6
50.7
1
184
16
22
11.5
16.7
0
17Jamauri McClure
J. McClure
540
2025
TULN TULN
13
83
6.5
41.5
2
8
3
4
2.7
0.6
0
18Bear Bachmeier
B. Bachmeier
527
2025
BYU BYU
13
146
3.6
40.5
11
3
1
2
3.0
0.2
0
19Chauncey Bowens
C. Bowens
526
2025
UGA UGA
13
103
5.1
40.5
6
82
14
16
5.9
6.3
0
20Javin Gordon
J. Gordon
516
2025
TULN TULN
14
128
4.0
36.9
5
93
13
19
7.2
6.6
1
21Byrd Ficklin
B. Ficklin
513
2025
UTAH UTAH
12
61
8.4
42.8
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jalen Dupree
J. Dupree
508
2025
CSU CSU
9
102
5.0
56.4
2
83
12
18
6.9
9.2
0
23Khobie Martin
K. Martin
505
2025
IND IND
14
78
6.5
36.1
6
14
1
1
14.0
1.0
0
24DeJuan Williams
D. Williams
501
2025
MD MD
12
128
3.9
41.8
3
426
45
65
9.5
35.5
1
25Austyn Dendy
A. Dendy
493
2025
BGSU BGSU
5
108
4.6
98.6
5
64
4
4
16.0
12.8
1
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More North Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

425

Jackson

Tayven Jackson

RUSH

185

White

Jahiem White

REC

131

Milliner

Corri Milliner
Team Rankings

PPG

30.0

76th

OPP PPG

29.0

122nd

RUSH YDS/G

167.5

77th

PASS YDS/G

238.0

68th

2026 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
4
UTSA UTSA
0-0
2-0
5
Memphis Memphis
0-0
2-1
6
North Texas North Texas
0-0
1-1
7
Rice Rice
0-0
1-1
8
Temple Temple
0-0
1-1
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/19
UNT UNT
@
TXST TXST
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
HCU HCU
@
UNT UNT
7:30 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Sat
10/10
CHAR CHAR
@
UNT UNT
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
UNT UNT
@
NAVY NAVY
3:30 PM
Last Game
UNLV UNLV

1 - 2

6

Final

44

UNT North Texas

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

795

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

794

Alejado

Micah Alejado
Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

Jaylin Carter

374

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

319

Bates

Jabari Bates
Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

Jesse Legree

333

Duff

KJ Duff

330

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

9

Hejny

Hauss Hejny

8

Weaver

Luke Weaver
Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter

6

Knight

Wayne Knight

5

Baugh

Jadan Baugh
Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

KJ Duff

5

Dixon

Collin Dixon

5

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

271.7

Mensah

Darian Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

66.5

Miami

61.0

Florida

59.0

Virginia Tech

58.5

Houston

55.0

Utah

54.5
Opp PPG Rankings
South Carolina

4.5

Penn State

4.5

Kansas State

5.0

Virginia

5.5

Notre Dame

6.5

North Carolina

6.5
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

702.5

Mississippi State

620.5

LSU

586.0

Georgia

576.5

South Carolina

573.5

Florida

569.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

South Carolina

341.5

Cincinnati

336.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

314.0
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

442.0

Miami

427.0

Oregon State

389.5

LSU

358.0

Ohio State

356.0

Pittsburgh

346.0
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

12.0

Vanderbilt

11.0

LSU

11.0

Tennessee

10.0

Maryland

10.0

Old Dominion

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
2
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
0
1.000
3
Florida Florida
2
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
2
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
0
1.000
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
2
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
2
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
2
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
0
1.000
10
Tennessee Tennessee
2
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
2
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
0
1.000
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
2
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
1
.500
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
1
.500
16
Kentucky Kentucky
1
1
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
0
1.000
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
0
1.000
4
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
1
.500
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
1
.500
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
1
.500
8
Louisiana Louisiana
1
1
.500
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
1
.500
10
Marshall Marshall
1
1
.500
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
1
.500
12
South Alabama South Alabama
1
1
.500
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
1
.500
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
2
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
2
0
1.000
2
Cincinnati Cincinnati
2
0
1.000
3
Colorado Colorado
2
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
2
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
2
0
1.000
6
Texas Tech Texas Tech
2
0
1.000
7
Utah Utah
2
0
1.000
8
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
9
Arizona State Arizona State
1
1
.500
10
Baylor Baylor
1
1
.500
11
Iowa State Iowa State
1
1
.500
12
Kansas Kansas
1
1
.500
13
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
1
.500
14
TCU TCU
1
1
.500
15
UCF UCF
1
1
.500
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
0
1.000
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
0
2
.000
7
Utah State Utah State
0
2
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
0
2
.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
2
.333
2
UMass UMass
2
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
1
.500
4
Ball State Ball State
1
1
.500
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
1
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
1
1
.500
7
Kent State Kent State
1
1
.500
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
1
.500
9
Ohio Ohio
1
1
.500
10
Toledo Toledo
1
1
.500
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
1
1
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
2
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
2
.333
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
2
0
1.000
2
SMU SMU
2
0
1.000
3
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
4
California California
1
1
.500
5
Duke Duke
2
0
1.000
6
North Carolina North Carolina
2
0
1.000
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
2
0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
2
0
1.000
9
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
1
1
.500
11
Clemson Clemson
1
1
.500
12
Louisville Louisville
1
1
.500
13
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0
2
.000
14
Florida State Florida State
1
1
.500
15
NC State NC State
1
1
.500
16
Stanford Stanford
1
1
.500
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
1
.500
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
1
1
.500
3
Tulsa Tulsa
2
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
0
1.000
5
Memphis Memphis
2
1
.667
6
North Texas North Texas
1
1
.500
7
Rice Rice
1
1
.500
8
Temple Temple
1
1
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
1
1
.500
10
UAB UAB
1
1
.500
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
2
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
0
2
.000
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
3
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
2
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
2
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
2
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
0
1.000
7
Nebraska Nebraska
2
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
2
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
2
0
1.000
11
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
12
Illinois Illinois
1
1
.500
13
Minnesota Minnesota
1
1
.500
14
Ohio State Ohio State
1
1
.500
15
Oregon Oregon
1
1
.500
16
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
1
1
.500
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
2
.000
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
1
1
.500
2
Florida International Florida International
1
1
.500
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
1
.500
4
Liberty Liberty
1
1
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
1
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
1
.500
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
2
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
2
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
0
1.000
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
UTEP UTEP
1
1
.500
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
1
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
8-34
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
17-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
SYR SYR
@
PITT PITT
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
MIA MIA
@
WAKE WAKE
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
HOU HOU
@
TTU TTU
8:00 PM
Fri
9/18
PRST PRST
@
ORE ORE
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
11:30 AM