most rushing yards in a season by a heisman winnerqb

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 winnerqb
NAMERUSH YDSHEISMANSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,628
1
1988
OKST OKST
11
344
7.6
238.9
37
106
19
5.6
9.6
0
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,342
1
1981
USC USC
11
403
5.8
212.9
22
217
29
7.5
19.7
1
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,219
1
2015
ALA ALA
15
395
5.6
147.9
28
91
11
17
8.3
6.1
0
4Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
2,148
1
1983
NEB NEB
12
275
7.8
179.0
29
106
10
10.6
8.8
0
5Ricky Williams
R. Williams
2,124
1
1998
TEX TEX
11
361
5.9
193.1
27
262
24
10.9
23.8
1
6Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
2,055
1
1994
COLO COLO
11
298
6.9
186.8
24
294
24
12.3
26.7
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,948
1
1976
PITT PITT
11
338
5.8
177.1
21
73
7
10.4
6.6
1
8Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
1,834
1
1999
WIS WIS
11
303
6.1
166.7
19
9
1
9.0
0.8
0
9Eddie George
E. George
1,826
1
1995
OSU OSU
12
303
6.0
152.2
23
399
44
9.1
33.3
1
10Charles White
C. White
1,803
1
1979
USC USC
11
293
6.2
163.9
18
138
20
6.9
12.5
0
11Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
1,786
1
1985
AUB AUB
11
278
6.4
162.4
17
73
4
18.3
6.6
0
12George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,781
1
1980
SC SC
11
297
6.0
161.9
14
23
7
3.3
2.1
0
13Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,762
1
1978
OKLA OKLA
11
231
7.6
160.2
20
35
1
35.0
3.2
0
14Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,752
1
1982
UGA UGA
11
335
5.2
159.3
16
89
5
17.8
8.1
1
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,744
1
1977
TEX TEX
11
267
6.5
158.5
18
111
5
22.2
10.1
1
16Reggie Bush
R. Bush
1,740
1
2005
USC USC
13
200
8.7
133.8
16
478
37
12.9
36.8
2
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,709
1
1968
USC USC
10
355
4.8
170.9
22
126
18
7.0
12.6
0
18Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
1,658
1
2009
ALA ALA
14
271
6.1
118.4
17
334
32
10.4
23.9
3
19Archie Griffin
A. Griffin
1,620
1
1974
OSU OSU
11
236
6.9
147.3
12
52
3
17.3
4.7
0
20Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
1,571
1
2016
LOU LOU
13
260
6.0
120.8
21
21Steve Owens
S. Owens
1,523
1
1969
OKLA OKLA
10
358
4.3
152.3
23
32
4
8.0
3.2
0
22John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
1,522
1
1973
PSU PSU
11
286
5.3
138.4
17
69
6
11.5
6.3
0
23Cam Newton
C. Newton
1,473
1
2010
AUB AUB
14
264
5.6
105.2
20
42
2
21.0
3.0
1
24Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
1,440
1
1965
USC USC
10
267
5.4
144.0
13
94
9
10.4
9.4
1
25Johnny Manziel
J. Manziel
1,410
1
2012
TAMU TAMU
13
201
7.0
108.5
21
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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