college football qb rushing yards leaders 2023

Jayden Daniels rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in 2023, with 1,134 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	1,134	2023	LSU	12	135	8.4	94.5	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Tommy Castellanos T. Castellanos	1,113	2023	BC	13	215	5.2	85.6	13	-11	2	2	-5.5	-0.8	0
3	Kaidon Salter K. Salter	1,089	2023	LIB	14	163	6.7	77.8	12	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Diego Pavia D. Pavia	925	2023	NMSU	15	175	5.3	61.7	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Bryson Daily B. Daily	901	2023	ARMY	11	215	4.2	81.9	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Kyron Drones K. Drones	818	2023	VT	13	166	4.9	62.9	5	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0
7	Byrum Brown B. Brown	809	2023	USF	13	203	4.0	62.2	11	36	2	2	18.0	2.8	0
8	Ja'Quinden Jackson J. Jackson	797	2023	UTAH	12	161	5.0	66.4	4	53	9	15	5.9	4.4	0
9	Garrett Greene G. Greene	772	2023	WVU	12	120	6.4	64.3	13	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Haynes King H. King	737	2023	GT	13	120	6.1	56.7	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Darren Grainger D. Grainger	736	2023	GAST	13	159	4.6	56.6	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Kiael Kelly K. Kelly	724	2023	BALL	12	135	5.4	60.3	7	39	6	6	6.5	3.3	0
13	Zion Webb Z. Webb	708	2023	JVST	12	132	5.4	59.0	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	665	2023	NCST	12	143	4.7	55.4	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Zachary Larrier Z. Larrier	605	2023	AFA	11	142	4.3	55.0	6	-8	1	1	-8.0	-0.7	0
16	Dequan Finn D. Finn	596	2023	TOL	14	136	4.4	42.6	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Emory Jones E. Jones	560	2023	CIN	12	155	3.6	46.7	4	0	0	1		0.0	0
18	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	531	2023	ALA	13	161	3.3	40.8	12	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jalen Mayden J. Mayden	528	2023	SDSU	12	128	4.1	44.0	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Taylen Green T. Green	524	2023	BSU	14	85	6.2	37.4	11	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Payton Thorne P. Thorne	515	2023	AUB	13	134	3.8	39.6	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	John Rhys Plumlee J. Rhys Plumlee	505	2023	UCF	10	106	4.8	50.5	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt	497	2023	RUTG	13	131	3.8	38.2	11	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Brendon Lewis B. Lewis	495	2023	NEV	12	120	4.1	41.3	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Zeon Chriss-Gremillion Z. Chriss-Gremillion	492	2023	UL	8	73	6.7	61.5	6	0	0	0		0.0	0

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More LSU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,927

Nussmeier

RUSH

505

Durham

REC

532

Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

21.8

118th

OPP PPG

18.3

15th

RUSH YDS/G

106.3

153rd

PASS YDS/G

226.4

81st

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Missouri	4-4	8-5
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5
10	LSU	3-5	7-6
11	Kentucky	2-6	5-7
12	Florida	2-6	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	CLEM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	LT	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	LSU	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	TXAM	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

LSU

0 - 1

Final

Houston

1 - 0

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

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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