most rushing attempts by a college freshman ever in a season

Lew Nichols has the most carries by a freshman in a season, with 341 rush attempts in 2021.

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lew Nichols L. Nichols	341	2021	CMU	13	1,848	5.4	142.2	16	338	40	52	8.5	26.0	2
2	Jarvion Franklin J. Franklin	306	2014	WMU	13	1,551	5.1	119.3	24	168	15	18	11.2	12.9	1
3	AJ Dillon	300	2017	BC	13	1,589	5.3	122.2	14
4	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	299	2017	WIS	14	1,977	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
5	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	295	1996	WIS	12	1,863	6.3	155.3	18	133	14		9.5	11.1	0
6	Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	274	2022	MISS	13	1,567	5.7	120.5	16	132	15	20	8.8	10.2	1
7	Herschel Walker H. Walker	274	1980	UGA	11	1,616	5.9	146.9	15	70	7		10.0	6.4	0
8	Samaje Perine S. Perine	263	2014	OKLA	13	1,713	6.5	131.8	21	108	15	16	7.2	8.3	0
9	Makhi Hughes M. Hughes	258	2023	TULN	14	1,378	5.3	98.4	7	67	11	12	6.1	4.8	0
10	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	252	2014	ORE	15	1,365	5.4	91.0	18	158	16	17	9.9	10.5	1
11	Rasheen Ali R. Ali	250	2021	MRSH	13	1,401	5.6	107.8	23	334	45	57	7.4	25.7	1
12	Spencer Brown S. Brown	250	2017	UAB	13	1,329	5.3	102.2	10	42	4	4	10.5	3.2	0
13	Marquis Williams M. Williams	250	1993	ARST	11	1,060	4.2	96.4	5	97	8		12.1	8.8	1
14	Sean Tucker S. Tucker	246	2021	SYR	12	1,496	6.1	124.7	12	255	20	27	12.8	21.3	2
15	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	245	2014	NW	12	1,187	4.8	98.9	10	201	22	26	9.1	16.8	1
16	Michael Ramseur M. Ramseur	245	1982	WAKE	11	966	3.9	87.8	8	82	21		3.9	7.5	0
17	Greg Hill G. Hill	240	1991	TA&M	11	1,216	5.1	110.5	12	121	8		15.1	11.0	0
18	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	239	2018	ORST	12	1,380	5.8	115.0	12	147	25	31	5.9	12.3	0
19	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	237	2024	ULM	12	1,351	5.7	112.6	13	72	8	10	9.0	6.0	0
20	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	237	1987	TENN	12	1,197	5.1	99.8	17	198	13		15.2	16.5	3
21	Nick Wilson N. Wilson	236	2014	ARIZ	13	1,375	5.8	105.8	16	90	12	15	7.5	6.9	1
22	Allen Harvin A. Harvin	233	1978	CIN	11	1,283	5.5	116.6	6	150	21		7.1	13.6	1
23	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	231	2019	MEM	14	1,459	6.3	104.2	13	610	51	60	12.0	43.6	3
24	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	229	1987	FLA	11	1,341	5.9	121.9	13	184	25		7.4	16.7	0
25	Stevie Scott S. Scott	228	2018	IND	12	1,137	5.0	94.8	10	86	16	18	5.4	7.2	1