most rushing yards by a freshman runningback in a single college football season ohio state

J.K. Dobbins has rushed for the most yards by a freshman Ohio State running back in a season, with 1,403 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		J.K. Dobbins	1,403	2017	OSU	14	194	7.2	100.2	7	135	22	26	6.1	9.6	1
2		TreVeyon Henderson T. Henderson	1,248	2021	OSU	13	183	6.8	96.0	15	312	27	30	11.6	24.0	4
3		Robert Smith R. Smith	1,064	1990	OSU	11	164	6.5	96.7	7	93	8		11.6	8.5	0
4		Bo Jackson B. Jackson	835	2025	OSU	10	129	6.5	83.5	5	138	13	14	10.6	13.8	1
5		Jaymes Bryant J. Bryant	653	1986	OSU	11	139	4.7	59.4	3	34	5		6.8	3.1	0
6		Dallan Hayden D. Hayden	553	2022	OSU	10	111	5.0	55.3	5	23	4	4	5.8	2.3	0
7		Miyan Williams M. Williams	508	2021	OSU	11	71	7.2	46.2	3	74	9	11	8.2	6.7	0
8		Dante Lee D. Lee	503	1989	OSU	11	81	6.2	45.7	6	42	3		14.0	3.8	0
9		Curtis Samuel C. Samuel	383	2014	OSU	14	58	6.6	27.4	6	95	11	14	8.6	6.8	0
10		Carlos Snow C. Snow	381	1987	OSU	11	99	3.8	34.6	4	172	9		19.1	15.6	2
11		Pepe Pearson P. Pearson	338	1994	OSU	10	85	4.0	33.8	2	13	2		6.5	1.3	0
12		Vince Workman V. Workman	298	1985	OSU	11	63	4.7	27.1	3	39	5		7.8	3.5	0
13		Isaiah West I. West	286	2025	OSU	8	50	5.7	35.8	2	12	2	2	6.0	1.5	0
14		Demario McCall D. McCall	270	2016	OSU	5	49	5.5	54.0	3	84	4	6	21.0	16.8	1
15		Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	262	2013	OSU	8	30	8.7	32.8	2	23	3	4	7.7	2.9	1
16		Dontre Wilson D. Wilson	250	2013	OSU	14	31	8.1	17.9	1	210	22	28	9.5	15.0	2
17		Marcus Crowley M. Crowley	237	2019	OSU	7	25	9.5	33.9	1	7	1	1	7.0	1.0	1
18		Ray Griffin R. Griffin	223	1974	OSU	11	43	5.2	20.3	3	23	2		11.5	2.1	1
19		Butler By'not'e B. By'not'e	220	1990	OSU	7	48	4.6	31.4	1	8	4		2.0	1.1	0
20		Tim Spencer T. Spencer	206	1979	OSU	11	33	6.2	18.7	2
21		Jermon Jackson J. Jackson	202	1994	OSU	8	45	4.5	25.3	3	6	1		6.0	0.8	0
22		James Peoples J. Peoples	197	2024	OSU	8	49	4.0	24.6	2	-2	1	3	-2.0	-0.3	0
23		Eddie George E. George	176	1992	OSU	10	37	4.8	17.6	5
24		Jonathan Wells J. Wells	167	1998	OSU	11	34	4.9	15.2	2	11	1		11.0	1.0	0
25		Michael Wiley M. Wiley	144	1996	OSU	9	16	9.0	16.0	1	194	6		32.3	21.6	3

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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3	Oregon	7-1	10-1
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1	Ohio State	11	0	1.000
2	Indiana	11	0	1.000

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1	North Texas	10	1	.909
2	Tulane	9	2	.818

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1	Notre Dame	9	2	.818
2	UConn	9	3	.750

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
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2	Washington State	5	6	.455

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	San Diego State	9	2	.818
2	Boise State	7	4	.636

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1	Texas A&M	11	0	1.000
2	Georgia	10	1	.909

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	10	1	.909
2	BYU	10	1	.909

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1	Miami	9	2	.818
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 10/31	RUTG	@	ILL	13-35
Fri 10/31	NAVY	@	UNT	17-31
Fri 10/31	MIA	@	SMU	20-26
Fri 10/31	VAN	@	TEX	31-34
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