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

1,187

Jackson

Tayven Jackson

RUSH

363

White

Jahiem White

REC

281

Stevenson

Justin Stevenson
Team Rankings

PPG

39.5

26th

OPP PPG

30.3

126th

RUSH YDS/G

174.0

62nd

PASS YDS/G

342.0

7th

2026 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
7
UTSA UTSA
0-0
3-1
8
East Carolina East Carolina
0-0
2-2
9
North Texas North Texas
0-0
2-2
10
Tulane Tulane
0-0
2-2
11
Rice Rice
0-0
1-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Sat
10/10
CHAR CHAR
@
UNT UNT
3:30 PM
Sat
10/24
UNT UNT
@
NAVY NAVY
3:30 PM
Thu
10/29
FAU FAU
@
UNT UNT
7:30 PM
Sat
11/7
RICE RICE
@
UNT UNT
1:00 PM
Last Game
HCU Houston Christian

0 - 2

14

Final

63

UNT North Texas

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

333.7

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

347.0
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM