most rushing yards in a season by a heisman winner

Barry Sanders has rushed for the most yards by a Heisman Trophy winner in a season, with 2,628 yards in 1988.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards in a season by a heisman by a player winner

	NAME	RUSH YDS	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,628	1	1988	OKST	11	344	7.6	238.9	37	106	19		5.6	9.6	0
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,342	1	1981	USC	11	403	5.8	212.9	22	217	29		7.5	19.7	1
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,219	1	2015	ALA	15	395	5.6	147.9	28	91	11	17	8.3	6.1	0
4	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	2,148	1	1983	NEB	12	275	7.8	179.0	29	106	10		10.6	8.8	0
5	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,124	1	1998	TEX	11	361	5.9	193.1	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
6	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	2,055	1	1994	COLO	11	298	6.9	186.8	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,948	1	1976	PITT	11	338	5.8	177.1	21	73	7		10.4	6.6	1
8	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,834	1	1999	WIS	11	303	6.1	166.7	19	9	1		9.0	0.8	0
9	Eddie George E. George	1,826	1	1995	OSU	12	303	6.0	152.2	23	399	44		9.1	33.3	1
10	Charles White C. White	1,803	1	1979	USC	11	293	6.2	163.9	18	138	20		6.9	12.5	0
11	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,786	1	1985	AUB	11	278	6.4	162.4	17	73	4		18.3	6.6	0
12	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,781	1	1980	SC	11	297	6.0	161.9	14	23	7		3.3	2.1	0
13	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,762	1	1978	OKLA	11	231	7.6	160.2	20	35	1		35.0	3.2	0
14	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,752	1	1982	UGA	11	335	5.2	159.3	16	89	5		17.8	8.1	1
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,744	1	1977	TEX	11	267	6.5	158.5	18	111	5		22.2	10.1	1
16	Reggie Bush R. Bush	1,740	1	2005	USC	13	200	8.7	133.8	16	478	37		12.9	36.8	2
17	O.J. Simpson	1,709	1	1968	USC	10	355	4.8	170.9	22	126	18		7.0	12.6	0
18	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,658	1	2009	ALA	14	271	6.1	118.4	17	334	32		10.4	23.9	3
19	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	1,620	1	1974	OSU	11	236	6.9	147.3	12	52	3		17.3	4.7	0
20	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	1,571	1	2016	LOU	13	260	6.0	120.8	21
21	Steve Owens S. Owens	1,523	1	1969	OKLA	10	358	4.3	152.3	23	32	4		8.0	3.2	0
22	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	1,522	1	1973	PSU	11	286	5.3	138.4	17	69	6		11.5	6.3	0
23	Cam Newton C. Newton	1,473	1	2010	AUB	14	264	5.6	105.2	20	42	2		21.0	3.0	1
24	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	1,440	1	1965	USC	10	267	5.4	144.0	13	94	9		10.4	9.4	1
25	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	1,410	1	2012	TAMU	13	201	7.0	108.5	21

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PASS

241

Mestemaker

RUSH

79

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REC

84

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Team Rankings

PPG

10.0

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OPP PPG

24.0

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RUSH YDS/G

127.0

104th

PASS YDS/G

241.0

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2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Utah	0-0	1-0
13	West Virginia	0-0	1-0
14	Baylor	0-0	0-1
15	Oklahoma State	0-0	0-1
16	TCU	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	MURR	@	OKST	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	OKST	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 1

Final

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1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

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	2	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