most combined yds per game by a rb in first 6 seasons of career

Dave Alexander had the most total yards per game played by a running back in his first 6 seasons, with 186.

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

	NAME	TOTALYDS/GP	TOTALYDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dave Alexander D. Alexander	186	1,674	9	46	76	60.5	558	7.3	62.0	4	4	129.0	5.3	5.3
2	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	183.22	4,947	27	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Ryan Benjamin R. Benjamin	174.29	4,183	24	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	O.J. Simpson	170.35	3,407	20	4	8	50.0	48	6.0	2.4	3	0	224.2	37.5	0.0
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	166.73	5,502	33	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
6	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	160.51	6,581	41	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
7	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	158.91	5,562	35	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	Ricky Williams R. Williams	157.24	7,233	46	1	3	33.3	27	9.0	0.6	1	1	152.3	33.3	33.3
9	LeShon Johnson L. Johnson	155.64	3,424	22	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
10	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	155.6	3,112	20	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Keith Byars K. Byars	154.36	3,859	25	1	1	100.0	35	35.0	1.4	1	0	724.0	100.0	0.0
12	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	153.39	6,749	44	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Gerald Willhite G. Willhite	152.91	3,364	22	2	2	100.0	73	36.5	3.3	1	0	571.6	50.0	0.0
14	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	152.45	5,031	33	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Bill Ransdell B. Ransdell	149.82	1,648	11	151	256	59.0	1,610	6.3	146.4	3	9	108.6	1.2	3.5
16	Troy Davis T. Davis	149.68	4,640	31	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	Demario Brown D. Brown	149.57	4,188	28	1	1	100.0	43	43.0	1.5	0	0	461.2	0.0	0.0
18	Devontae Booker D. Booker	148.78	3,422	23	1	1	100.0	25	25.0	1.1	1	0	640.0	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	147.41	6,486	44	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	146.3	6,437	44	1	4	25.0	14	3.5	0.3	0	0	54.4	0.0	0.0
21	Vaughn Dunbar V. Dunbar	146	3,212	22	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	145.86	3,063	21	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
23	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	145.48	6,401	44	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
24	Kevin Smith K. Smith	142.64	5,135	36	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	0.3	1	0	530.8	100.0	0.0
25	Cam Skattebo C. Skattebo	142.28	3,557	25	7	17	41.2	172	10.1	6.9	2	1	153.2	11.8	5.9	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

753

Griffis

RUSH

689

Engleman

REC

303

Joseph

Team Rankings

PPG

24.0

98th

OPP PPG

24.1

71st

RUSH YDS/G

163.8

70th

PASS YDS/G

186.5

137th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	UAB	2-2	4-4
7	Florida Atlantic	2-2	5-3
8	East Carolina	2-2	4-4
9	Tulane	2-2	4-4
10	Charlotte	1-3	1-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/6	USF	@	ECU	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	ECU	@	CHAR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ECU	@	ARMY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/28	FAU	@	ECU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Temple

2 - 6

Final

East Carolina

4 - 4

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375