most rushing yards in a season by a penn state rb

Larry Johnson has rushed for the most yards by a Penn State running back in a season, with 2,087 yards in 2002.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	2,087	2002	PSU	13	271	7.7	160.5	20	349	41		8.5	26.8	3
2	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,567	1971	PSU	11	254	6.2	142.5	26	154	16		9.6	14.0	3
3	Ki-Jana Carter K. Carter	1,539	1994	PSU	11	198	7.8	139.9	23	123	14		8.8	11.2	0
4	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	1,522	1973	PSU	11	286	5.3	138.4	17	69	6		11.5	6.3	0
5	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,496	2016	PSU	14	272	5.5	106.9	18	402	28	38	14.4	28.7	4
6	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	1,414	1987	PSU	11	268	5.3	128.5	11	300	23		13.0	27.3	2
7	Tony Hunt T. Hunt	1,386	2006	PSU	13	277	5.0	106.6	11	259	27		9.6	19.9	3
8	Curtis Enis C. Enis	1,363	1997	PSU	11	228	6.0	123.9	19	215	25		8.6	19.5	1
9	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	1,341	1989	PSU	11	264	5.1	121.9	5	118	18		6.6	10.7	0
10	Rodney Kinlaw R. Kinlaw	1,329	2007	PSU	13	243	5.5	102.2	10	128	21		6.1	9.8	0
11	Kaytron Allen K. Allen	1,303	2025	PSU	12	210	6.2	108.6	15	68	18	23	3.8	5.7	0
12	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	1,274	2018	PSU	13	220	5.8	98.0	9	139	24	35	5.8	10.7	0
13	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,271	2017	PSU	13	217	5.9	97.8	18	632	54	68	11.7	48.6	3
14	Silas Redd S. Redd	1,241	2011	PSU	13	244	5.1	95.5	7	40	9		4.4	3.1	0
15	Evan Royster E. Royster	1,236	2008	PSU	13	191	6.5	95.1	12	155	17		9.1	11.9	0
16	Curtis Enis C. Enis	1,210	1996	PSU	12	224	5.4	100.8	13	291	32		9.1	24.3	1
17	Evan Royster E. Royster	1,169	2009	PSU	13	205	5.7	89.9	6	187	16		11.7	14.4	2
18	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	1,117	1972	PSU	11	233	4.8	101.5	12	138	16		8.6	12.5	1
19	Kaytron Allen K. Allen	1,108	2024	PSU	16	220	5.0	69.3	8	153	18	28	8.5	9.6	2
20	Nicholas Singleton N. Singleton	1,099	2024	PSU	15	172	6.4	73.3	12	375	41	53	9.1	25.0	5
21	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,076	2015	PSU	11	182	5.9	97.8	7	161	20	32	8.1	14.6	1
22	Nicholas Singleton N. Singleton	1,061	2022	PSU	13	156	6.8	81.6	12	85	11	20	7.7	6.5	1
23	Tony Hunt T. Hunt	1,047	2005	PSU	12	174	6.0	87.3	6	206	20		10.3	17.2	0
24	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,044	1981	PSU	11	171	6.1	94.9	8	106	9		11.8	9.6	0
25	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,041	1982	PSU	11	198	5.3	94.6	8	335	24		14.0	30.5	5

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,339

Grunkemeyer

RUSH

1,303

Allen

REC

552

Pena

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

38th

OPP PPG

21.4

41st

RUSH YDS/G

177.5

50th

PASS YDS/G

181.6

139th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	MRSH	@	PSU	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BUFF	@	PSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	WIS	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

1 - 0

Final

Clemson

0 - 1

Sat 27 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