most rushing yards in a season for nebraska freshman running back

Rahmir Johnson has rushed for the most yards for Nebraska by a freshman running back in a season, with 495 yards in 2021.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Rahmir Johnson R. Johnson	495	2021	NEB	10	112	4.4	49.5	4	197	16	21	12.3	19.7	2
2	Maurice Washington M. Washington	455	2018	NEB	11	77	5.9	41.4	3	221	24	28	9.2	20.1	1
3	Emmett Johnson E. Johnson	411	2023	NEB	12	90	4.6	34.3	2	46	7	11	6.6	3.8	0
4	Jamal Rule J. Rule	386	2026	NEB	5	57	6.8	77.2	5	82	4	6	20.5	16.4	1
5	Terrell Newby T. Newby	298	2013	NEB	13	54	5.5	22.9	2	1	3	4	0.3	0.1	0
6	Jaquez Yant J. Yant	294	2021	NEB	7	47	6.3	42.0	1	5	1	1	5.0	0.7	0
7	Devine Ozigbo D. Ozigbo	209	2015	NEB	8	38	5.5	26.1	1	62	5	9	12.4	7.8	0
8	Ajay Allen A. Allen	190	2022	NEB	4	33	5.8	47.5	2	9	1	2	9.0	2.3	0
9	Tre Bryant T. Bryant	172	2016	NEB	12	43	4.0	14.3	1	56	8	8	7.0	4.7	1
10	Mekhi Nelson M. Nelson	147	2025	NEB	12	27	5.4	12.3	2	102	8	9	12.8	8.5	0
11	Gabe Ervin Jr. G. Ervin Jr.	124	2021	NEB	4	37	3.4	31.0	2	6	2	3	3.0	1.5	0
12	Sevion Morrison S. Morrison	116	2021	NEB	6	30	3.9	19.3	3	13	3	7	4.3	2.2	0
13	Isaiah Mozee I. Mozee	115	2025	NEB	13	26	4.4	8.8	0	155	14	17	11.1	11.9	0
14	Gabe Ervin Jr. G. Ervin Jr.	94	2022	NEB	8	20	4.7	11.8	0	8	1	3	8.0	1.0	0
15	Jaylin Bradley J. Bradley	93	2017	NEB	5	24	3.9	18.6	0	38	4	4	9.5	7.6	0
16	Marvin Scott III M. Scott III	66	2021	NEB	3	17	3.9	22.0	2	9	1	1	9.0	3.0	0
17	Rahmir Johnson R. Johnson	64	2019	NEB	2	21	3.0	32.0	1	12	1	4	12.0	6.0	0
18	Marvin Scott III M. Scott III	62	2020	NEB	5	24	2.6	12.4	0	17	2	3	8.5	3.4	0
19	King Frazier K. Frazier	44	2013	NEB	4	12	3.7	11.0	1	0	0			0.0	0
20	Mikale Wilbon M. Wilbon	35	2015	NEB	2	9	3.9	17.5	0	28	2	3	14.0	14.0	0
21	Brody Belt B. Belt	32	2019	NEB	7	5	6.4	4.6	0	0	0	1		0.0	0
22	Rahmir Johnson R. Johnson	30	2020	NEB	6	8	3.8	5.0	1	33	6	9	5.5	5.5	0
23	Maurice McCloney M. McCloney	25	1978	NEB	11	4	6.3	2.3	0	88	2		44.0	8.0	1
24	Ronald Thompkins R. Thompkins	24	2020	NEB	2	5	4.8	12.0	0	10	1	1	10.0	5.0	0
25	Graham Nabity G. Nabity	24	2013	NEB	2	5	4.8	12.0	0

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,406

Colandrea

RUSH

386

Rule

REC

418

Gilmer

Team Rankings

PPG

39.2

20th

OPP PPG

15.2

20th

RUSH YDS/G

213.8

28th

PASS YDS/G

247.8

58th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Purdue	2-1	3-3
7	Iowa	2-1	5-1
8	Nebraska	2-1	5-1
9	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	11:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WASH	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEB	@	RUTG	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

6 - 0

Final

Nebraska

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	4	.333
7	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333