college football running yards leaders 2025 as freshman

Caleb Hawkins had the most rushing yards by a freshman in 2025, with 1,434 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	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	13	146	3.6	40.5	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	6	108	4.6	82.2	5	64	4	4	16.0	10.7	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,379

Mestemaker

RUSH

1,434

Hawkins

REC

1,264

Young

Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

1st

OPP PPG

24.9

78th

RUSH YDS/G

181.1

46th

PASS YDS/G

323.2

5th

2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Texas	7-1	12-2
2	Tulane	7-1	11-3
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HCU	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

1 - 0

Final

San Diego State

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

1,276

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