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	Javian Hawkins J. Hawkins	264	2019	LOU	13	1,525	5.8	117.3	9	58	4	8	14.5	4.5	0
9	Samaje Perine S. Perine	263	2014	OKLA	13	1,713	6.5	131.8	21	108	15	16	7.2	8.3	0
10	Makhi Hughes M. Hughes	258	2023	TULN	14	1,378	5.3	98.4	7	67	11	12	6.1	4.8	0
11	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	252	2014	ORE	15	1,365	5.4	91.0	18	158	16	17	9.9	10.5	1
12	Rasheen Ali R. Ali	250	2021	MRSH	13	1,401	5.6	107.8	23	334	45	57	7.4	25.7	1
13	Spencer Brown S. Brown	250	2017	UAB	13	1,329	5.3	102.2	10	42	4	4	10.5	3.2	0
14	Marquis Williams M. Williams	250	1993	ARST	11	1,060	4.2	96.4	5	97	8		12.1	8.8	1
15	Sean Tucker S. Tucker	246	2021	SYR	12	1,496	6.1	124.7	12	255	20	27	12.8	21.3	2
16	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	245	2014	NW	12	1,187	4.8	98.9	10	201	22	26	9.1	16.8	1
17	Michael Ramseur M. Ramseur	245	1982	WAKE	11	966	3.9	87.8	8	82	21		3.9	7.5	0
18	Greg Hill G. Hill	240	1991	TA&M	11	1,216	5.1	110.5	12	121	8		15.1	11.0	0
19	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	239	2018	ORST	12	1,380	5.8	115.0	12	147	25	31	5.9	12.3	0
20	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	237	2024	ULM	12	1,351	5.7	112.6	13	72	8	10	9.0	6.0	0
21	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	237	1987	TENN	12	1,197	5.1	99.8	17	198	13		15.2	16.5	3
22	Nick Wilson N. Wilson	236	2014	ARIZ	13	1,375	5.8	105.8	16	90	12	15	7.5	6.9	1
23	Allen Harvin A. Harvin	233	1978	CIN	11	1,283	5.5	116.6	6	150	21		7.1	13.6	1
24	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	231	2025	UNT	13	1,434	6.2	110.3	25	370	32	39	11.6	28.5	4
25	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	231	2019	MEM	14	1,459	6.3	104.2	13	610	51	60	12.0	43.6	3

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Team Leaders

PASS

16

Glasser

RUSH

27

Flores

REC

11

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

7.0

152nd

OPP PPG

38.0

126th

RUSH YDS/G

119.0

109th

PASS YDS/G

30.0

182nd

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Ball State	0-0	0-1
6	Bowling Green	0-0	0-1
7	Central Michigan	0-0	0-1
8	Kent State	0-0	0-1
9	Miami (OH)	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	COLG	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	WYO	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	AKR	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	CMU	@	OHIO	1:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 1

Final

New Mexico

1 - 0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000