college football running yards leaders 2025 as freshman

Caleb Hawkins had the most rushing yards by a freshman in 2025, with 1,434 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	1,434	2025	UNT	13	231	6.2	110.3	25	370	32	39	11.6	28.5	4
2	Nate Sheppard N. Sheppard	1,132	2025	DUKE	14	200	5.7	80.9	11	286	37	47	7.7	20.4	1
3	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,090	2025	OSU	13	179	6.1	83.8	6	200	19	20	10.5	15.4	1
4	King Miller K. Miller	972	2025	USC	13	156	6.2	74.8	8	111	16	19	6.9	8.5	0
5	Will Henderson III W. Henderson III	866	2025	UTSA	13	125	6.9	66.6	6	132	19	25	6.9	10.2	2
6	Sire Gaines S. Gaines	811	2025	BSU	14	161	5.0	57.9	8	72	11	15	6.5	5.1	1
7	Ja'Kyrian Turner J. Turner	745	2025	PITT	12	140	5.3	62.1	7	150	25	31	6.0	12.5	0
8	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	744	2025	TXST	13	174	4.3	57.2	17	-2	0	0		-0.2	0
9	Jordon Davison J. Davison	667	2025	ORE	14	112	6.0	47.6	15	62	12	13	5.2	4.4	0
10	Dierre Hill Jr. D. Hill Jr.	656	2025	ORE	15	75	8.7	43.7	5	137	16	20	8.6	9.1	1
11	Jaquari Lewis J. Lewis	618	2025	APP	13	140	4.4	47.5	6	192	32	36	6.0	14.8	0
12	Rodney Fields Jr. R. Fields Jr.	614	2025	OKST	9	124	5.0	68.2	1	276	28	36	9.9	30.7	1
13	Duke Scott D. Scott	581	2025	NCST	13	106	5.5	44.7	4	132	15	18	8.8	10.2	0
14	Marvis Parrish M. Parrish	576	2025	WKU	13	106	5.4	44.3	1	203	36	46	5.6	15.6	1
15	Ashten Emory A. Emory	569	2025	UTEP	12	119	4.8	47.4	4	103	16	20	6.4	8.6	2
16	Samuel Harris S. Harris	558	2025	WYO	11	100	5.6	50.7	1	184	16	22	11.5	16.7	0
17	Jamauri McClure J. McClure	540	2025	TULN	13	83	6.5	41.5	2	8	3	4	2.7	0.6	0
18	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	527	2025	BYU	14	147	3.6	37.6	11	3	1	2	3.0	0.2	0
19	Chauncey Bowens C. Bowens	526	2025	UGA	13	103	5.1	40.5	6	82	14	16	5.9	6.3	0
20	Javin Gordon J. Gordon	516	2025	TULN	14	128	4.0	36.9	5	93	13	19	7.2	6.6	1
21	Byrd Ficklin B. Ficklin	513	2025	UTAH	12	61	8.4	42.8	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jalen Dupree J. Dupree	508	2025	CSU	9	102	5.0	56.4	2	83	12	18	6.9	9.2	0
23	Khobie Martin K. Martin	505	2025	IND	14	78	6.5	36.1	6	14	1	1	14.0	1.0	0
24	DeJuan Williams D. Williams	501	2025	MD	12	128	3.9	41.8	3	426	45	65	9.5	35.5	1
25	Austyn Dendy A. Dendy	493	2025	BGSU	5	108	4.6	98.6	5	64	4	4	16.0	12.8	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,173

Jackson

RUSH

861

White

REC

662

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

43.1

2nd

OPP PPG

30.6

126th

RUSH YDS/G

184.7

48th

PASS YDS/G

341.0

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UTSA	4-0	7-1
2	North Texas	3-0	5-2
3	Army	4-1	5-2
4	Memphis	3-1	6-2
5	Florida Atlantic	2-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	FAU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UNT	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNT	@	TULN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UAB	@	UNT	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

5 - 2

Final

Navy

2 - 5

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286