most rushing yards by a notre dame qb in a season ever

Riley Leonard has rushed for the most yards for Notre Dame by a quarterback in a season, with 906 yards in 2024.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Riley Leonard R. Leonard	906	2024	ND	16	184	4.9	56.6	17	-8	1	1	-8.0	-0.5	0
2	Tony Rice T. Rice	884	1989	ND	12	174	5.1	73.7	7
3	Brandon Wimbush B. Wimbush	803	2017	ND	12	141	5.7	66.9	14
4	Tony Rice T. Rice	700	1988	ND	11	121	5.8	63.6	9
5	Ian Book I. Book	546	2019	ND	13	112	4.9	42.0	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	520	2015	ND	13	134	3.9	40.0	10
7	Ian Book I. Book	485	2020	ND	12	116	4.2	40.4	9	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	472	2016	ND	12	129	3.7	39.3	8	4	1	2	4.0	0.3	0
9	Jarious Jackson J. Jackson	464	1999	ND	12	140	3.3	38.7	7
10	Jarious Jackson J. Jackson	441	1998	ND	11	113	3.9	40.1	3
11	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	420	1956	ND	10	94	4.5	42.0	6	26	3		8.7	2.6	0
12	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	384	1970	ND	10	124	3.1	38.4	4	7	1		7.0	0.7	0
13	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	378	1969	ND	10	116	3.3	37.8	6
14	Tom Clements T. Clements	369	1974	ND	11	95	3.9	33.5	4
15	Tom Clements T. Clements	360	1973	ND	10	89	4.0	36.0	4
16	Tom Clements T. Clements	341	1972	ND	10	86	4.0	34.1	4
17	Tony Rice T. Rice	337	1987	ND	11	89	3.8	30.6	7
18	Tyler Buchner T. Buchner	336	2021	ND	10	46	7.3	33.6	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bill Etter B. Etter	310	1969	ND	10	29	10.7	31.0	3
20	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	306	1991	ND	12	75	4.1	25.5	9	16	1		16.0	1.3	0
21	Matt LoVecchio M. LoVecchio	300	2000	ND	8	72	4.2	37.5	2
22	Everett Golson E. Golson	298	2012	ND	12	94	3.2	24.8	6
23	Everett Golson E. Golson	286	2014	ND	13	114	2.5	22.0	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ian Book I. Book	280	2018	ND	10	95	2.9	28.0	4
25	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	279	1968	ND	10	56	5.0	27.9	4

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

239

Carr

RUSH

90

Williams

REC

81

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

41.0

45th

OPP PPG

13.0

48th

RUSH YDS/G

111.0

115th

PASS YDS/G

239.0

69th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	RICE	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	MSU	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	ND	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM

Last Game

Wisconsin

0 - 1

Final

Notre Dame

1 - 0

Sun 6 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

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

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

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

427.0

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	2	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