most rushing yards by a college fb in a career

Donnel Pumphrey has rushed for the most career yards, with 6,405 yards.

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most rushing yards by a player by a college fb in a career

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	6,405	54	1,059	6.0	118.6	62	1,041	100	124	10.4	19.3	5
2	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	6,397	43	1,115	5.7	148.8	63	304	31		9.8	7.1	0
3	Ricky Williams R. Williams	6,279	46	1,011	6.2	136.5	72	927	85		10.9	20.2	3
4	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	6,174	41	926	6.7	150.6	50	407	42	67	9.7	9.9	5
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	6,082	44	1,074	5.7	138.2	55	404	38		10.6	9.2	4
6	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	6,026	44	969	6.2	137.0	55	723	70		10.3	16.4	5
7	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	5,621	51	947	5.9	110.2	60	814	79	91	10.3	16.0	4
8	Charles White C. White	5,598	45	1,023	5.5	124.4	46	507	54		9.4	11.3	3
9	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	5,596	44	1,138	4.9	127.2	73	522	54		9.7	11.9	5
10	Cedric Benson C. Benson	5,540	48	1,112	5.0	115.4	64	621	69		9.0	12.9	3
11	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	5,440	51	1,142	4.8	106.7	41	858	122	165	7.0	16.8	1
12	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	5,434	34	849	6.4	159.8	54	588	58		10.1	17.3	5
13	Myles Gaskin M. Gaskin	5,323	52	945	5.6	102.4	57	465	65	91	7.2	8.9	5
14	Damion Fletcher D. Fletcher	5,302	50	1,009	5.3	106.0	44	904	109		8.3	18.1	2
15	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5,263	44	907	5.8	119.6	54	238	39		6.1	5.4	0
16	Herschel Walker H. Walker	5,259	33	994	5.3	159.4	49	243	26		9.3	7.4	3
17	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	5,177	42	845	6.1	123.3	25	286	25		11.4	6.8	1
18	Montee Ball M. Ball	5,140	49	924	5.6	104.9	77	598	59		10.1	12.2	6
19	Marquez Cooper M. Cooper	5,135	54	1,101	4.7	95.1	45	496	57	79	8.7	9.2	2
20	LaMichael James L. James	5,082	37	771	6.6	137.4	53	586	51		11.5	15.8	4
21	Michael Hart M. Hart	5,040	43	1,015	5.0	117.2	41	566	67		8.4	13.2	2
22	Avon Cobourne A. Cobourne	5,039	43	1,023	4.9	117.2	42	459	57		8.1	10.7	0
23	Darren Lewis D. Lewis	5,012	46	909	5.5	109.0	44	126	25		5.0	2.7	1
24	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4,979	45	815	6.1	110.6	45	609	66		9.2	13.5	2
25	Dontrell Moore D. Moore	4,973	48	1,028	4.8	103.6	51	857	92		9.3	17.9	8

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,807

Denegal

RUSH

1,297

Sutton

REC

629

Napier

Team Rankings

PPG

24.7

93rd

OPP PPG

12.6

5th

RUSH YDS/G

188.1

37th

PASS YDS/G

153.7

163rd

2025 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UNLV	6-2	10-4
2	New Mexico	6-2	9-4
3	San Diego State	6-2	9-4
4	Boise State	6-2	9-5
5	Fresno State	5-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	PRST	@	SDSU	9:30 PM
Sat 9/12	SDSU	@	UCLA	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	JMU	@	SDSU	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	SDSU	@	TOL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TXST	@	SDSU	10:30 PM

Last Game

North Texas

1 - 0

Final

San Diego State

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167