most rushing attempts by a college freshman ever

Lew Nichols has the most career carries by a freshman, with 438 rush attempts.

		NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1		Lew Nichols L. Nichols	438	23	2,445	5.6	106.3	20	447	50	65	8.9	19.4	3
2		Sean Tucker S. Tucker	383	21	2,122	5.5	101.0	16	368	28	45	13.1	17.5	2
3		Jarvion Franklin J. Franklin	306	13	1,551	5.1	119.3	24	168	15	18	11.2	12.9	1
4		Frank Gore Jr. F. Gore Jr.	300	22	1,509	5.0	68.6	7	252	29	33	8.7	11.5	1
5		AJ Dillon	300	13	1,589	5.3	122.2	14
6		Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	299	14	1,977	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
7		Ron Dayne R. Dayne	295	12	1,863	6.3	155.3	18	133	14		9.5	11.1	0
8		Rahjai Harris R. Harris	292	20	1,217	4.2	60.9	8	193	30	35	6.4	9.7	2
9		Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	274	13	1,567	5.7	120.5	16	132	15	20	8.8	10.2	1
10		Herschel Walker H. Walker	274	11	1,616	5.9	146.9	15	70	7		10.0	6.4	0
11		Samaje Perine S. Perine	263	13	1,713	6.5	131.8	21	108	15	16	7.2	8.3	0
12		Keaton Mitchell K. Mitchell	262	21	1,575	6.0	75.0	11	332	33	40	10.1	15.8	2
13		Makhi Hughes M. Hughes	258	14	1,378	5.3	98.4	7	67	11	12	6.1	4.8	0
14		Rasheen Ali R. Ali	255	18	1,423	5.6	79.1	23	334	45	57	7.4	18.6	1
15		Kimani Vidal K. Vidal	252	20	1,217	4.8	60.9	9	359	48	65	7.5	18.0	0
16		Royce Freeman R. Freeman	252	15	1,365	5.4	91.0	18	158	16	17	9.9	10.5	1
17		Deion Hankins D. Hankins	250	21	1,086	4.3	51.7	15	27	5	6	5.4	1.3	0
18		Spencer Brown S. Brown	250	13	1,329	5.3	102.2	10	42	4	4	10.5	3.2	0
19		Marquis Williams M. Williams	250	11	1,060	4.2	96.4	5	97	8		12.1	8.8	1
20		Calvin Hill C. Hill	245	28	1,269	5.2	45.3	9	320	48	54	6.7	11.4	0
21		Christopher Brooks C. Brooks	245	23	1,062	4.3	46.2	9	197	27	31	7.3	8.6	4
22		Justin Jackson J. Jackson	245	12	1,187	4.8	98.9	10	201	22	26	9.1	16.8	1
23		Michael Ramseur M. Ramseur	245	11	966	3.9	87.8	8	82	21		3.9	7.5	0
24		Greg Hill G. Hill	240	11	1,216	5.1	110.5	12	121	8		15.1	11.0	0
25		Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	239	12	1,380	5.8	115.0	12	147	25	31	5.9	12.3	0

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