most rushing yards in nebraska history overall

Ameer Abdullah has rushed for the most career yards by a Nebraska player at home, with 2,794 yards.

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most rushing yards by a player in nebraska history overall

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	2,794	29	461	6.1	96.3	21	463	40		11.6	16.0	4
2	Ahman Green A. Green	2,363	19	313	7.5	124.4		145	21		6.9	7.6
3	Roy Helu Jr. R. Helu Jr.	1,935	29	331	5.8	66.7	16	360	38		9.5	12.4	0
4	Cory Ross C. Ross	1,874	30	376	5.0	62.5	13	485	45		10.8	16.2	4
5	Eric Crouch E. Crouch	1,873	26	373	5.0	72.0		109	3		36.3	4.2
6	Dahrran Diedrick D. Diedrick	1,828	26	334	5.5	70.3		35	7		5.0	1.3
7	Correll Buckhalter C. Buckhalter	1,761	25	272	6.5	70.4		146	17		8.6	5.8
8	Jammal Lord J. Lord	1,717	24	299	5.7	71.5	15
9	Rex Burkhead R. Burkhead	1,608	22	316	5.1	73.1	19	341	34		10.0	15.5	4
10	Taylor Martinez T. Martinez	1,520	23	272	5.6	66.1	14
11	Marlon Lucky M. Lucky	1,519	30	297	5.1	50.6	17	693	73		9.5	23.1	3
12	Emmett Johnson E. Johnson	1,515	24	266	5.7	63.1	13	346	43	56	8.0	14.4	2
13	Terrell Newby T. Newby	1,485	29	303	4.9	51.2	15	240	29	42	8.3	8.3	2
14	Devine Ozigbo D. Ozigbo	1,453	21	264	5.5	69.2	13	309	28	42	11.0	14.7	0
15	Dan Alexander D. Alexander	1,353	22	211	6.4	61.5		27	1		27.0	1.2
16	Imani Cross I. Cross	1,201	30	246	4.9	40.0	22	15	5		3.0	0.5	0
17	Tommy Armstrong Jr. T. Armstrong Jr.	1,192	26	242	4.9	45.8	19	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Adrian Martinez A. Martinez	1,095	20	233	4.7	54.8	15	0	0	1		0.0	0
19	Anthony Grant A. Grant	954	14	198	4.8	68.1	5	46	10	15	4.6	3.3	0
20	Joel Makovicka J. Makovicka	889	25	160	5.6	35.6		104	8		13.0	4.2
21	Scott Frost S. Frost	888	13	146	6.1	68.3		-11	1		-11.0	-0.8
22	Brandon Jackson B. Jackson	730	19	164	4.5	38.4	6	210	15		14.0	11.1	2
23	Quentin Castille Q. Castille	644	16	143	4.5	40.3	6	127	9		14.1	7.9	0
24	Josh Davis J. Davis	634	25	126	5.0	25.4	3	50	7		7.1	2.0	0
25	Dedrick Mills D. Mills	626	9	111	5.6	69.6	5	53	7	12	7.6	5.9	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,000

Raiola

RUSH

1,451

Johnson

REC

617

Hunter

Team Rankings

PPG

29.3

60th

OPP PPG

23.0

59th

RUSH YDS/G

144.7

95th

PASS YDS/G

228.2

79th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Minnesota	5-4	8-5
9	Washington	5-4	9-4
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	OHIO	@	NEB	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	BGSU	@	NEB	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UND	@	NEB	7:15 PM
Sat 9/26	NEB	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MD	@	NEB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

0 - 1

Final

Utah

1 - 0

Wed 31 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