most rushing yards career college football

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

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player career college football

	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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PASS

137

Denegal

RUSH

79

Kinnard

REC

56

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Team Rankings

PPG

53.0

24th

OPP PPG

20.0

82nd

RUSH YDS/G

237.0

39th

PASS YDS/G

157.0

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2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Colorado State	0-0	1-0
2	San Diego State	0-0	1-0
3	Boise State	0-0	0-1
4	Fresno State	0-0	0-1
5	Oregon State	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 10/10	SDSU	@	ORST	6:00 PM

Last Game

Portland State

0 - 1

Final

San Diego State

1 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

635

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550

Weaver

525

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Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

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Rec Yards Leaders

234

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222

Mosley

196

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Pass TD Leaders

7

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6

Boley

5

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Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

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3

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Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

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QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

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Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

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3.0

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PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

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660.0

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Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

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365.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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434.0

432.0

430.0

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Sack Leaders

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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	1	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