most rushing yards in junior season

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards by a junior in a season, with 2,628 yards in 1988.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,628
1988
11
344
7.6
238.9
37
106
19
5.6
9.6
0
2Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
2,601
2024
14
374
7.0
185.8
29
138
23
35
6.0
9.9
1
3Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
2,587
2014
14
343
7.5
184.8
29
153
19
27
8.1
10.9
3
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,219
2015
15
395
5.6
147.9
28
91
11
17
8.3
6.1
0
5Troy Davis
T. Davis
2,185
1996
11
402
5.4
198.6
21
64
13
4.9
5.8
0
6Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
2,119
2018
14
230
9.2
151.4
25
304
21
27
14.5
21.7
3
7Bryce Love
B. Love
2,118
2017
13
263
8.1
162.9
19
33
6
8
5.5
2.5
0
8Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
2,055
1994
11
298
6.9
186.8
24
294
24
12.3
26.7
0
9Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
2,036
2014
12
270
7.5
169.7
15
141
25
33
5.6
11.8
0
10D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
2,028
2016
11
323
6.3
184.4
15
75
7
9
10.7
6.8
0
11J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
2,003
2019
14
301
6.7
143.1
21
247
23
31
10.7
17.6
2
12Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
2,003
2019
14
320
6.3
143.1
21
252
26
39
9.7
18.0
5
13Byron Hanspard
B. Hanspard
2,000
1996
11
311
6.4
181.8
13
192
17
11.3
17.5
1
14Wasean Tait
W. Tait
1,905
1995
11
357
5.3
173.2
20
183
19
9.6
16.6
0
15Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,893
1997
11
279
6.8
172.1
25
150
20
7.5
13.6
0
16Ka'Deem Carey
K. Carey
1,885
2013
12
349
5.4
157.1
19
173
26
32
6.7
14.4
1
17Ahman Green
A. Green
1,877
1997
12
278
6.8
156.4
22
105
14
7.5
8.8
0
18Ernest Anderson
E. Anderson
1,877
1982
11
353
5.3
170.6
8
103
21
4.9
9.4
1
19Ricky Bell
R. Bell
1,875
1975
11
357
5.3
170.5
13
24
3
8.0
2.2
0
20Bishop Sankey
B. Sankey
1,870
2013
13
327
5.7
143.8
20
304
28
36
10.9
23.4
1
21Brian Hill
B. Hill
1,860
2016
14
349
5.3
132.9
22
67
8
14
8.4
4.8
0
22LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,850
1999
11
268
6.9
168.2
18
55
12
4.6
5.0
0
23Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
1,823
2014
14
347
5.3
130.2
28
535
50
57
10.7
38.2
4
24Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,821
2015
13
289
6.3
140.1
23
206
27
30
7.6
15.8
0
25Tre Mason
T. Mason
1,816
2013
14
317
5.7
129.7
23
163
12
12
13.6
11.6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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