most ncaa rushing tds in a game by a freshman qb

Avery Johnson has the most rushing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 5 touchdowns against Texas Tech on October 14, 2023.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	REC YDS	REC	TRG	REC TD
1	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	5	10/14/2023	KSU	@	TTU	90	13	6.9
2	Will Wilson W. Wilson	4	11/29/2025	NCST	vs	UNC	54	12	4.5	0	0	0	0
3	Deuce Knight D. Knight	4	11/22/2025	AUB	vs	MER	162	9	18.0	0	0	0	0
4	Jase Bauer J. Bauer	4	9/23/2023	CMU	@	USA	55	15	3.7
5	Levi Williams L. Williams	4	12/21/2021	WYO	vs	KENT	200	16	12.5	0	0	0	0
6	Gunnar Holmberg G. Holmberg	4	9/25/2021	DUKE	vs	KU	88	17	5.2
7	Matt Corral M. Corral	4	9/18/2021	MISS	vs	TULN	68	13	5.2
8	John Rhys Plumlee J. Rhys Plumlee	4	11/16/2019	MISS	vs	LSU	212	21	10.1
9	Johnathan Lewis J. Lewis	4	9/16/2017	RUTG	vs	MORG	58	11	5.3
10	Mitch Leidner M. Leidner	4	9/21/2013	MINN	vs	SJSU	151	24	6.3
11	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3	11/29/2025	TXST	vs	USA	113	13	8.7	0	0	0	0
12	Byrd Ficklin B. Ficklin	3	11/22/2025	UTAH	vs	KSU	54	7	7.7	0	0	0	0
13	Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	3	11/8/2025	MSST	vs	UGA	53	12	4.4	0	0	0	0
14	CJ Bailey	3	11/21/2024	NCST	@	GT	83	9	9.2	0	0	0	0
15	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	3	11/16/2024	ODU	vs	JMU	35	13	2.7	0	0	0	0
16	Marcel Reed M. Reed	3	10/26/2024	TAMU	vs	LSU	62	9	6.9	0	0	0	0
17	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	3	10/19/2024	ODU	vs	TXST	111	16	6.9	0	0	0	0
18	Nico Iamaleava N. Iamaleava	3	1/1/2024	TENN	vs	IOWA	27	15	1.8	0	0	0	0
19	Billy Edwards Jr. B. Edwards Jr.	3	11/18/2023	MD	vs	MICH	3	4	0.8
20	Garrett Greene G. Greene	3	11/18/2023	WVU	vs	CIN	154	11	14.0
21	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	3	11/11/2023	ALA	@	UK	36	8	4.5
22	Garrett Greene G. Greene	3	10/28/2023	WVU	@	UCF	55	11	5.0
23	Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt	3	10/21/2023	RUTG	@	IND	143	16	8.9
24	Ja'Quinden Jackson J. Jackson	3	11/26/2022	UTAH	@	COLO	117	10	11.7
25	Bert Emanuel Jr. B. Emanuel Jr.	3	11/25/2022	CMU	@	EMU	75	16	4.7

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Team Leaders

PASS

910

Johnson

RUSH

291

Johnson

REC

178

Salley

Team Rankings

PPG

40.5

20th

OPP PPG

15.3

25th

RUSH YDS/G

240.8

15th

PASS YDS/G

239.5

73rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	UCF	1-1	3-2
11	Arizona State	1-1	2-2
12	Kansas State	0-1	3-1
13	Kansas	0-1	2-2
14	West Virginia	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	KU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	KSU	@	ASU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas State

3 - 1

Final

Cincinnati

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	14-22
Sat 9/19	MER	@	GT	11-44
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	35-49
Sat 9/19	ASU	@	KU	24-17
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	3-59

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	USM	@	TROY	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	JVST	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	NMSU	@	FIU	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	SHSU	@	LIB	7:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM

Avery Johnson has the most rushing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 5 touchdowns against Texas Tech on October 14, 2023.

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