highest yards per rushing attempt by a runningback career

Ken Hebert has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back, with 61.0 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ken Hebert K. Hebert	61.0	10	61	1	6.1	0	359	24		15.0	35.9	4
2	Donald Garron D. Garron	44.0	11	44	1	4.0	1
3	Cameron Young C. Young	43.5	2	87	2	43.5	1
4	Jonathan Shaub J. Shaub	34.0	11	34	1	3.1	0
5	Walt Cureton W. Cureton	31.5	10	63	2	6.3	1	41	3		13.7	4.1	0
6	Josh Balloon J. Balloon	30.0	1	30	1	30.0	0
7	Tore White T. White	30.0	1	30	1	30.0	0
8	Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	29.0	10	145	5	14.5	2
9	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	27.3	18	109	4	6.1	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Danny Nelson D. Nelson	27.0	21	27	1	1.3	0
11	Steve Jones S. Jones	27.0	11	27	1	2.5	0
12	Joe Yager J. Yager	26.3	10	79	3	7.9	0
13	Nikki Kemp N. Kemp	26.0	3	26	1	8.7	0
14	Gary Washington G. Washington	26.0	11	78	3	7.1	1
15	Joe Blocker J. Blocker	25.5	9	51	2	5.7	0	0	1		0.0	0.0	0
16	Jerry Crawford J. Crawford	25.3	10	76	3	7.6	1
17	Connor Newhouse C. Newhouse	25.0	2	25	1	12.5	0
18	Johnny Williams J. Williams	25.0	1	50	2	50.0	0
19	Steve Tasker S. Tasker	25.0	10	50	2	5.0	0	19	1		19.0	1.9	0
20	Dorian Hendrix D. Hendrix	24.0	9	24	1	2.7	0	68	10	10	6.8	7.6	3
21	Keith Wilkerson K. Wilkerson	24.0	9	24	1	2.7	1
22	Tom Krempasky T. Krempasky	24.0	10	24	1	2.4	0
23	Don Livingston D. Livingston	24.0	10	24	1	2.4	0	178	9		19.8	17.8	0
24	Cam Crooks C. Crooks	23.5	2	47	2	23.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Bill Marinangel B. Marinangel	23.0	11	23	1	2.1	0

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RUSH YDS/G

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2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4
6	Arizona State	6-3	8-5

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3,973

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1,661

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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1,276

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Pass TD Leaders

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Mendoza

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Mensah

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

184.7

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177.5

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14.5

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PPG Rankings

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42.0

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10.3

11.8

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Total Yards Rankings

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496.2

488.7

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	1	.929
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	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
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