most rushing yards in a sophomore season

Jonathan Taylor has the most rushing yards by a sophomore in a season, with 2,194 yards in 2018.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
2,194
2018
WIS WIS
13
307
7.1
168.8
16
60
8
14
7.5
4.6
0
2Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
2,094
2019
OKST OKST
13
328
6.4
161.1
21
198
23
30
8.6
15.2
0
3Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2,019
2015
STAN STAN
14
337
6.0
144.2
8
645
45
54
14.3
46.1
5
4Troy Davis
T. Davis
2,010
1995
ISU ISU
11
345
5.8
182.7
15
159
14
11.4
14.5
1
5Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,953
2015
LSU LSU
12
300
6.5
162.8
22
253
19
33
13.3
21.1
1
6Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
1,920
2017
FAU FAU
14
301
6.4
137.1
32
198
19
24
10.4
14.1
1
7Lorenzo White
L. White
1,908
1985
MSU MSU
11
386
4.9
173.5
17
28
6
4.7
2.5
0
8Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,891
1981
UGA UGA
11
385
4.9
171.9
18
84
14
6.0
7.6
2
9Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,878
2014
OSU OSU
15
273
6.9
125.2
18
220
28
32
7.9
14.7
0
10Donnel Pumphrey
D. Pumphrey
1,867
2014
SDSU SDSU
13
276
6.8
143.6
20
160
23
31
7.0
12.3
0
11Royce Freeman
R. Freeman
1,836
2015
ORE ORE
13
283
6.5
141.2
17
348
26
31
13.4
26.8
2
12Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
1,799
2019
BUFF BUFF
13
312
5.8
138.4
19
209
13
17
16.1
16.1
1
13James Conner
J. Conner
1,765
2014
PITT PITT
13
298
5.9
135.8
26
70
5
6
14.0
5.4
0
14Kapri Bibbs
K. Bibbs
1,741
2013
CSU CSU
14
281
6.2
124.4
31
58
7
4
8.3
4.1
0
15Ollie Gordon II
O. Gordon II
1,732
2023
OKST OKST
14
285
6.1
123.7
21
330
39
60
8.5
23.6
1
16Lawrence Phillips
L. Phillips
1,722
1994
NEB NEB
12
286
6.0
143.5
16
172
22
7.8
14.3
0
17Darren Lewis
D. Lewis
1,692
1988
TA&M TA&M
12
306
5.5
141.0
7
13
5
2.6
1.1
0
18Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1,691
2015
FSU FSU
12
229
7.4
140.9
19
244
24
34
10.2
20.3
1
19Travis Etienne
T. Etienne
1,658
2018
CLEM CLEM
15
204
8.1
110.5
24
78
12
18
6.5
5.2
2
20Larry Rose III
L. Rose III
1,657
2015
NMSU NMSU
12
239
6.9
138.1
14
283
30
43
9.4
23.6
2
21Eno Benjamin
E. Benjamin
1,642
2018
ASU ASU
13
300
5.5
126.3
16
263
35
47
7.5
20.2
2
22Brian Hill
B. Hill
1,631
2015
WYO WYO
12
281
5.8
135.9
6
132
20
24
6.6
11.0
0
23Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,631
2014
TOL TOL
10
205
8.0
163.1
16
39
9
14
4.3
3.9
0
24Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
1,609
2013
WIS WIS
13
206
7.8
123.8
12
10
1
3
10.0
0.8
0
25Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
1,601
2021
BYU BYU
13
276
5.8
123.2
23
199
28
39
7.1
15.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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