most rushing yards in first 6 seasons of career

Donnel Pumphrey rushed for the most yards in his first 6 seasons, with 6,405 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in first 6 seasons of career

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	6,405	54	1,059	6.0	118.6	62	1,041	100	124	10.4	19.3	5
2	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	6,397	43	1,115	5.7	148.8	63	304	31		9.8	7.1	0
3	Ricky Williams R. Williams	6,279	46	1,011	6.2	136.5	72	927	85		10.9	20.2	3
4	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	6,174	41	926	6.7	150.6	50	407	42	67	9.7	9.9	5
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	6,082	44	1,074	5.7	138.2	55	404	38		10.6	9.2	4
6	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	6,026	44	969	6.2	137.0	55	723	70		10.3	16.4	5
7	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	5,621	51	947	5.9	110.2	60	814	79	91	10.3	16.0	4
8	Charles White C. White	5,598	45	1,023	5.5	124.4	46	507	54		9.4	11.3	3
9	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	5,596	44	1,138	4.9	127.2	73	522	54		9.7	11.9	5
10	Cedric Benson C. Benson	5,540	48	1,112	5.0	115.4	64	621	69		9.0	12.9	3
11	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	5,440	51	1,142	4.8	106.7	41	858	122	165	7.0	16.8	1
12	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	5,434	34	849	6.4	159.8	54	588	58		10.1	17.3	5
13	Myles Gaskin M. Gaskin	5,323	52	945	5.6	102.4	57	465	65	91	7.2	8.9	5
14	Damion Fletcher D. Fletcher	5,302	50	1,009	5.3	106.0	44	904	109		8.3	18.1	2
15	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5,263	44	907	5.8	119.6	54	238	39		6.1	5.4	0
16	Herschel Walker H. Walker	5,259	33	994	5.3	159.4	49	243	26		9.3	7.4	3
17	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	5,177	42	845	6.1	123.3	25	286	25		11.4	6.8	1
18	Montee Ball M. Ball	5,140	49	924	5.6	104.9	77	598	59		10.1	12.2	6
19	Marquez Cooper M. Cooper	5,135	54	1,101	4.7	95.1	45	496	57	79	8.7	9.2	2
20	LaMichael James L. James	5,082	37	771	6.6	137.4	53	586	51		11.5	15.8	4
21	Michael Hart M. Hart	5,040	43	1,015	5.0	117.2	41	566	67		8.4	13.2	2
22	Avon Cobourne A. Cobourne	5,039	43	1,023	4.9	117.2	42	459	57		8.1	10.7	0
23	Darren Lewis D. Lewis	5,012	46	909	5.5	109.0	44	126	25		5.0	2.7	1
24	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4,979	45	815	6.1	110.6	45	609	66		9.2	13.5	2
25	Dontrell Moore D. Moore	4,973	48	1,028	4.8	103.6	51	857	92		9.3	17.9	8

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Team Leaders

PASS

182

Denegal

RUSH

139

Sutton

REC

56

Lowe

Team Rankings

PPG

31.5

69th

OPP PPG

24.0

91st

RUSH YDS/G

190.5

55th

PASS YDS/G

101.0

192nd

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Boise State	0-0	1-1
3	Fresno State	0-0	1-1
4	San Diego State	0-0	1-1
5	Oregon State	0-0	0-2
6	Texas State	0-0	0-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	JMU	@	SDSU	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	SDSU	@	TOL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TXST	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/10	SDSU	@	ORST	6:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FRES	@	SDSU	10:30 PM

Last Game

San Diego State

1 - 1

Final

UCLA

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333