most rushing yards in a season by a florida gator freshman

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most 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

3rd

OPP PPG

12.0

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

247.5

21st

PASS YDS/G

321.5

20th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Alabama	1-0	2-0
2	Auburn	0-0	2-0
3	Florida	0-0	2-0
4	Georgia	0-0	2-0
5	LSU	0-0	2-0

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

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.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	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333