most rushing yards in a season by a former texas player

Ricky Williams has rushed for the most yards by a Texas player in a season, with 2,124 yards in 1998.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,124	1998	TEX	11	361	5.9	193.1	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
2	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	2,028	2016	TEX	11	323	6.3	184.4	15	75	7	9	10.7	6.8	0
3	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,893	1997	TEX	11	279	6.8	172.1	25	150	20		7.5	13.6	0
4	Cedric Benson C. Benson	1,834	2004	TEX	12	326	5.6	152.8	19	179	22		8.1	14.9	1
5	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,744	1977	TEX	11	267	6.5	158.5	18	111	5		22.2	10.1	1
6	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	1,619	2007	TEX	13	258	6.3	124.5	18	199	17		11.7	15.3	0
7	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	1,580	2022	TEX	12	258	6.1	131.7	18	314	19	30	16.5	26.2	2
8	Roosevelt Leaks R. Leaks	1,415	1973	TEX	10	229	6.2	141.5	14
9	Cedric Benson C. Benson	1,360	2003	TEX	12	258	5.3	113.3	21	120	9		13.3	10.0	1
10	Hodges Mitchell H. Mitchell	1,343	1999	TEX	13	256	5.2	103.3	9	343	32		10.7	26.4	1
11	Cedric Benson C. Benson	1,293	2002	TEX	13	305	4.2	99.5	12	119	21		5.7	9.2	0
12	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,272	1996	TEX	12	205	6.2	106.0	12	291	25		11.6	24.3	2
13	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	1,161	1987	TEX	11	223	5.2	105.5	10	234	33		7.1	21.3	0
14	Jonathon Brooks J. Brooks	1,139	2023	TEX	12	187	6.1	94.9	10	286	25	28	11.4	23.8	1
15	Chris Gilbert C. Gilbert	1,132	1968	TEX	10	184	6.2	113.2	13	75	3		25.0	7.5	0
16	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	1,127	2021	TEX	10	195	5.8	112.7	11	295	26	33	11.3	29.5	4
17	Hodges Mitchell H. Mitchell	1,118	2000	TEX	11	224	5.0	101.6	8	386	37		10.4	35.1	3
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,118	1975	TEX	11	198	5.6	101.6	13
19	Shon Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,099	1995	TEX	12	176	6.2	91.6	10	43	6		7.2	3.6	0
20	Roosevelt Leaks R. Leaks	1,099	1972	TEX	10	230	4.8	109.9	8	17	2		8.5	1.7	0
21	Chris Gilbert C. Gilbert	1,080	1966	TEX	10	206	5.2	108.0	6	16	2		8.0	1.6	0
22	Vince Young V. Young	1,079	2004	TEX	12	167	6.5	89.9	14	48	1		48.0	4.0	0
23	Quintrevion Wisner Q. Wisner	1,064	2024	TEX	15	226	4.7	70.9	5	311	44	61	7.1	20.7	1
24	Cedric Benson C. Benson	1,053	2001	TEX	11	223	4.7	95.7	12	203	17		11.9	18.5	1
25	Vince Young V. Young	1,050	2005	TEX	13	155	6.8	80.8	12

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,163

Manning

RUSH

597

Wisner

REC

834

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

29.6

56th

OPP PPG

19.8

24th

RUSH YDS/G

129.7

119th

PASS YDS/G

253.2

52nd

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3
6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
7	Vanderbilt	6-2	10-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	TXST	@	TEX	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UTSA	@	TEX	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM

Last Game

Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Texas

1 - 0

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167