list of active ncaa career rushing yard leaders 2025

Cam Cook had the most rushing yards by an active player in 2025, with 1,659 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	Cam Cook C. Cook	1,659	2025	JVST	13	295	5.6	127.6	16	286	30	45	9.5	22.0	0
2	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	1,649	2025	MIZ	13	256	6.4	126.8	16	22	6	8	3.7	1.7	0
3	Kewan Lacy K. Lacy	1,567	2025	MISS	15	306	5.1	104.5	24	177	29	37	6.1	11.8	0
4	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	1,434	2025	UNT	13	231	6.2	110.3	25	370	32	39	11.6	28.5	4
5	Wayne Knight W. Knight	1,373	2025	JMU	14	207	6.6	98.1	9	397	40	60	9.9	28.4	1
6	Evan Dickens E. Dickens	1,339	2025	LIB	11	229	5.8	121.7	16	61	5	6	12.2	5.5	1
7	LJ Martin	1,305	2025	BYU	13	236	5.5	100.4	12	255	36	41	7.1	19.6	0
8	Lucky Sutton L. Sutton	1,297	2025	SDSU	13	254	5.1	99.8	10	3	5	12	0.6	0.2	0
9	Antwan Raymond A. Raymond	1,241	2025	RUTG	12	244	5.1	103.4	13	225	18	26	12.5	18.8	2
10	Cam Edwards C. Edwards	1,240	2025	CONN	13	210	5.9	95.4	15	187	19	23	9.8	14.4	1
11	Cale Hellums C. Hellums	1,223	2025	ARMY	13	304	4.0	94.1	18	7	0	0		0.5	0
12	Mark Fletcher Jr. M. Fletcher Jr.	1,192	2025	MIA	14	216	5.5	85.1	12	140	17	24	8.2	10.0	2
13	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	1,170	2025	FLA	12	220	5.3	97.5	8	210	33	42	6.4	17.5	2
14	Raleek Brown R. Brown	1,141	2025	ASU	12	186	6.1	95.1	4	239	34	46	7.0	19.9	2
15	Nate Sheppard N. Sheppard	1,132	2025	DUKE	14	200	5.7	80.9	11	286	37	47	7.7	20.4	1
16	Cameron Dickey C. Dickey	1,126	2025	TTU	14	210	5.4	80.4	14	224	25	36	9.0	16.0	2
17	Dylan Riley D. Riley	1,125	2025	BSU	14	195	5.8	80.4	10	149	15	20	9.9	10.6	2
18	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,090	2025	OSU	13	179	6.1	83.8	6	200	19	20	10.5	15.4	1
19	DeSean Bishop D. Bishop	1,076	2025	TENN	13	182	5.9	82.8	16	135	15	21	9.0	10.4	0
20	Caden Creel C. Creel	1,076	2025	JVST	14	183	5.9	76.9	7	4	1	2	4.0	0.3	0
21	Jai'Den Thomas J. Thomas	1,036	2025	UNLV	13	148	7.0	79.7	12	233	38	49	6.1	17.9	1
22	Jordan Gant J. Gant	1,032	2025	AKR	12	213	4.8	86.0	6	48	9	17	5.3	4.0	1
23	Byrum Brown B. Brown	1,008	2025	USF	12	175	5.8	84.0	14	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	1,007	2025	ODU	12	158	6.4	83.9	13	5	1	1	5.0	0.4	0
25	Jalen Buckley J. Buckley	1,003	2025	WMU	13	179	5.6	77.2	9	75	12	19	6.3	5.8	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,112

Creel

RUSH

375

Creel

REC

231

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

91st

OPP PPG

21.8

68th

RUSH YDS/G

160.8

77th

PASS YDS/G

231.6

82nd

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Delaware	0-0	2-2
3	Middle Tennessee	0-1	2-2
4	Jacksonville State	1-0	3-2
5	Florida International	0-0	2-2
6	Kennesaw State	0-0	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	JVST	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Tue 10/13	FIU	@	JVST	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	JVST	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Sat 11/7	SHSU	@	JVST	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

2 - 2

Final

Jacksonville State

3 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	3	1	.750
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	4	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	1	.750
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	3	1	.750
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	3	1	.750
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	2	2	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	3	.250
6	UTEP	1	3	.250
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	2	1	.667
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250