most rushing yards by a freshman in a season

Jonathan Taylor has rushed for the most yards by a freshman in a season, with 1,977 yards in 2017.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,977	2017	WIS	14	299	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
2	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,863	1996	WIS	12	295	6.3	155.3	18	133	14		9.5	11.1	0
3	Lew Nichols L. Nichols	1,848	2021	CMU	13	341	5.4	142.2	16	338	40	52	8.5	26.0	2
4	Samaje Perine S. Perine	1,713	2014	OKLA	13	263	6.5	131.8	21	108	15	16	7.2	8.3	0
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,616	1980	UGA	11	274	5.9	146.9	15	70	7		10.0	6.4	0
6	AJ Dillon	1,589	2017	BC	13	300	5.3	122.2	14
7	Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	1,567	2022	MISS	13	274	5.7	120.5	16	132	15	20	8.8	10.2	1
8	Jarvion Franklin J. Franklin	1,551	2014	WMU	13	306	5.1	119.3	24	168	15	18	11.2	12.9	1
9	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,547	2014	UGA	13	219	7.1	119.0	14	213	18	21	11.8	16.4	2
10	Sean Tucker S. Tucker	1,496	2021	SYR	12	246	6.1	124.7	12	255	20	27	12.8	21.3	2
11	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	1,459	2019	MEM	14	231	6.3	104.2	13	610	51	60	12.0	43.6	3
12	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	1,434	2025	UNT	13	231	6.2	110.3	25	370	32	39	11.6	28.5	4
13	J.K. Dobbins	1,403	2017	OSU	14	194	7.2	100.2	7	135	22	26	6.1	9.6	1
14	Rasheen Ali R. Ali	1,401	2021	MRSH	13	250	5.6	107.8	23	334	45	57	7.4	25.7	1
15	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,380	2018	ORST	12	239	5.8	115.0	12	147	25	31	5.9	12.3	0
16	Makhi Hughes M. Hughes	1,378	2023	TULN	14	258	5.3	98.4	7	67	11	12	6.1	4.8	0
17	Nick Wilson N. Wilson	1,375	2014	ARIZ	13	236	5.8	105.8	16	90	12	15	7.5	6.9	1
18	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	1,365	2014	ORE	15	252	5.4	91.0	18	158	16	17	9.9	10.5	1
19	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	1,351	2024	ULM	12	237	5.7	112.6	13	72	8	10	9.0	6.0	0
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,341	1987	FLA	11	229	5.9	121.9	13	184	25		7.4	16.7	0
21	Mike Warren M. Warren	1,339	2015	ISU	12	227	5.9	111.6	5	70	14	23	5.0	5.8	0
22	Spencer Brown S. Brown	1,329	2017	UAB	13	250	5.3	102.2	10	42	4	4	10.5	3.2	0
23	Myles Gaskin M. Gaskin	1,302	2015	WASH	13	227	5.7	100.2	14	19	6	10	3.2	1.5	0
24	Allen Harvin A. Harvin	1,283	1978	CIN	11	233	5.5	116.6	6	150	21		7.1	13.6	1
25	Braelon Allen B. Allen	1,268	2021	WIS	12	186	6.8	105.7	12	39	8	12	4.9	3.3	0

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PASS

664

Simmons

RUSH

363

Dupree

REC

398

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Team Rankings

PPG

12.8

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OPP PPG

21.6

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RUSH YDS/G

116.7

141st

PASS YDS/G

136.4

182nd

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7
15	Wisconsin	2-7	4-8
16	Maryland	1-8	4-8
17	Michigan State	1-8	4-8

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,464

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

23

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Sarratt

13

Allen

QB Rating Leaders

184.7

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

10.3

11.8

13.1

13.3

15.1

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

496.2

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

315.9

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	1	.929
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	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
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