most rushing yards in a season by a heisman winner

Barry Sanders has the most rushing 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

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RUSH

614

Fields

REC

481

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Team Rankings

PPG

14.2

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OPP PPG

33.3

136th

RUSH YDS/G

118.3

134th

PASS YDS/G

174.1

144th

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	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

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,464

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

23

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Sarratt

13

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QB Rating Leaders

184.7

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

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CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

10.3

11.8

13.1

13.3

15.1

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

496.2

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

315.9

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	1	.929
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	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
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