most rushing yards in a season by a florida gator freshman

Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards for Florida by a freshman in a season, with 1,341 yards in 1987.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,341	1987	FLA	11	229	5.9	121.9	13	184	25		7.4	16.7	0
2	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	873	1994	FLA	12	171	5.1	72.8	8	271	29		9.3	22.6	0
3	Tony Green T. Green	856	1974	FLA	11	133	6.4	77.8	6	96	9		10.7	8.7	1
4	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	845	1990	FLA	11	148	5.7	76.8	4	198	22		9.0	18.0	1
5	Terry Jackson T. Jackson	780	1995	FLA	12	122	6.4	65.0	6	188	20		9.4	15.7	0
6	Trevor Etienne T. Etienne	719	2022	FLA	13	118	6.1	55.3	6	66	9	9	7.3	5.1	0
7	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	673	2024	FLA	13	133	5.1	51.8	7	33	4	8	8.3	2.5	1
8	James Jones J. Jones	657	1980	FLA	11	150	4.4	59.7	4	96	12		8.0	8.7	0
9	Earnest Graham E. Graham	654	1999	FLA	9	117	5.6	72.7	5	37	6		6.2	4.1	0
10	Elijah Williams E. Williams	652	1994	FLA	11	123	5.3	59.3	4	312	27		11.6	28.4	1
11	Octavius Gould O. Gould	562	1986	FLA	11	156	3.6	51.1	4	235	21		11.2	21.4	0
12	Malik Davis M. Davis	526	2017	FLA	7	79	6.7	75.1	2	58	7	7	8.3	8.3	0
13	Kelvin Taylor K. Taylor	508	2013	FLA	9	111	4.6	56.4	4	37	5	10	7.4	4.1	0
14	Calvin Davis C. Davis	497	1978	FLA	11	126	3.9	45.2	1	87	8		10.9	7.9	0
15	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	449	1982	FLA	8	82	5.5	56.1	6	53	6		8.8	6.6	0
16	Dameon Pierce D. Pierce	424	2018	FLA	11	69	6.1	38.5	2	20	5	6	4.0	1.8	1
17	Lamical Perine L. Perine	421	2016	FLA	13	91	4.6	32.4	1	161	9	11	17.9	12.4	1
18	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	404	1982	FLA	8	73	5.5	50.5	4	65	10		6.5	8.1	0
19	Anthony Richardson A. Richardson	401	2021	FLA	9	51	7.9	44.6	3	0	0	1		0.0	0
20	Treon Harris T. Harris	332	2014	FLA	9	75	4.4	36.9	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Willie McClendon W. McClendon	319	1988	FLA	11	86	3.7	29.0	4	94	9		10.4	8.5	0
22	Bo Carroll B. Carroll	317	1997	FLA	11	42	7.5	28.8	2	120	7		17.1	10.9	3
23	Robert Gillespie R. Gillespie	310	1998	FLA	11	71	4.4	28.2	2	272	17		16.0	24.7	1
24	Johnell Brown J. Brown	306	1979	FLA	11	104	2.9	27.8	0	89	12		7.4	8.1	0
25	Eugene McCaslin E. McCaslin	290	1996	FLA	9	41	7.1	32.2	4	40	3		13.3	4.4	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

517

Philo

RUSH

296

Baugh

REC

160

Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

59.0

5th

OPP PPG

12.0

34th

RUSH YDS/G

247.5

26th

PASS YDS/G

321.5

26th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Arkansas	0-0	1-0
4	Auburn	0-0	1-0
5	Florida	0-0	2-0
6	Georgia	0-0	2-0
7	Kentucky	0-1	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	FLA	@	AUB	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MISS	@	FLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	FLA	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	SCAR	@	FLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	1:00 PM

Last Game

Campbell

0 - 1

Final

Florida

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

767

Jennings

668

Kohl

665

Heintschel

Rush Yards Leaders

374

Sheppard

296

Baugh

280

Carter

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

5

Baugh

4

Hawkins

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

3.5

Kinsler

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

3.0

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

671.0

645.0

644.0

638.0

633.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

431.0

394.0

364.0

329.0

323.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

434.0

427.0

376.5

376.0

373.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	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	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	2	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
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	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	Buffalo	1	1	.500
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
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	1	.500
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	1	.500
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	2	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	1	1	.500
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	1	1	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Duke	2	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	1	.500
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	1	1	.500
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	2	.333
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	2	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	1	.500
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	1	.500
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	1	.500
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
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	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000