most rushing yards by a quarterback in college football 2023

Jayden Daniels had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in 2023, with 1,134 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	1,134	2023	LSU	12	135	8.4	94.5	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Thomas Castellanos T. Castellanos	1,113	2023	BC	13	215	5.2	85.6	13	-11	2	2	-5.5	-0.8	0
3	Kaidon Salter K. Salter	1,089	2023	LIB	14	163	6.7	77.8	12	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Diego Pavia D. Pavia	925	2023	NMSU	15	175	5.3	61.7	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Bryson Daily B. Daily	901	2023	ARMY	11	215	4.2	81.9	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Kyron Drones K. Drones	818	2023	VT	13	166	4.9	62.9	5	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0
7	Byrum Brown B. Brown	809	2023	USF	13	203	4.0	62.2	11	36	2	2	18.0	2.8	0
8	Ja'Quinden Jackson J. Jackson	797	2023	UTAH	12	161	5.0	66.4	4	53	9	15	5.9	4.4	0
9	Garrett Greene G. Greene	772	2023	WVU	12	120	6.4	64.3	13	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Haynes King H. King	737	2023	GT	13	120	6.1	56.7	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Darren Grainger D. Grainger	736	2023	GAST	13	159	4.6	56.6	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Kiael Kelly K. Kelly	724	2023	BALL	12	135	5.4	60.3	7	39	6	6	6.5	3.3	0
13	Zion Webb Z. Webb	708	2023	JVST	12	132	5.4	59.0	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	665	2023	NCST	12	143	4.7	55.4	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Zachary Larrier Z. Larrier	605	2023	AFA	11	142	4.3	55.0	6	-8	1	1	-8.0	-0.7	0
16	Dequan Finn D. Finn	596	2023	TOL	14	136	4.4	42.6	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Emory Jones E. Jones	560	2023	CIN	12	155	3.6	46.7	4	0	0	1		0.0	0
18	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	531	2023	ALA	13	161	3.3	40.8	12	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jalen Mayden J. Mayden	528	2023	SDSU	12	128	4.1	44.0	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Taylen Green T. Green	524	2023	BSU	14	85	6.2	37.4	11	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Payton Thorne P. Thorne	515	2023	AUB	13	134	3.8	39.6	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	John Rhys Plumlee J. Rhys Plumlee	505	2023	UCF	10	106	4.8	50.5	5	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Gavin Wimsatt G. Wimsatt	497	2023	RUTG	13	131	3.8	38.2	11	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Brendon Lewis B. Lewis	495	2023	NEV	12	120	4.1	41.3	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Zeon Chriss-Gremillion Z. Chriss-Gremillion	492	2023	UL	8	73	6.7	61.5	6	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,495

Leavitt

RUSH

483

Jones

REC

416

Watkins

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

10th

OPP PPG

18.5

36th

RUSH YDS/G

213.8

28th

PASS YDS/G

311.0

8th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Florida	2-2	4-2
10	Texas	1-1	4-1
11	LSU	1-2	4-2
12	Auburn	1-2	3-2
13	South Carolina	1-3	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	LSU	@	AUB	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TEX	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	LSU	@	TENN	1:00 PM

Last Game

LSU

4 - 2

Final

Kentucky

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	4	.333
7	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333