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

1,490

Flores

RUSH

614

Fields

REC

481

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14.2

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OPP PPG

33.3

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RUSH YDS/G

118.3

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PASS YDS/G

174.1

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2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Kansas	3-6	5-7
13	UCF	2-7	5-7
14	West Virginia	2-7	4-8
15	Colorado	1-8	3-9
16	Oklahoma State	0-9	1-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	OKST	@	TLSA	3:45 PM
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

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Final

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Sat 29 Nov 2025

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Pass Yards Leaders

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3,973

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3,937

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1,659

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1,649

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1,567

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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Pass TD Leaders

41

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Rec TD Leaders

15

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14

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

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9.3

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13.3

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

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313.3

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Sack Leaders

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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