most rushing yards per carry for a qb in a college season

John Sacca has the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season, with 75.0 per attempt in 1991.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Sacca J. Sacca	75.0	1991	PSU	12	75	1	6.3	1
2	Darrell Shepard D. Shepard	60.0	1979	OKLA	11	60	1	5.5	1
3	Keisean Henderson K. Henderson	54.0	2026	HOU	2	54	1	27.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	C.J. Stroud	48.0	2020	OSU	2	48	1	24.0	1
5	Jake Garcia J. Garcia	45.0	2021	MIA	1	45	1	45.0	0
6	Evan Orth E. Orth	41.0	2017	USA	2	41	1	20.5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jake Barlage J. Barlage	37.0	2022	NEV	1	37	1	37.0	0
8	Neil Caudle N. Caudle	35.0	2010	AUB	3	35	1	11.7	0
9	Steve Mullins S. Mullins	34.0	1999	USU	11	34	1	3.1	0
10	Malik Rosier M. Rosier	32.5	2016	MIA	3	65	2	21.7	1
11	Matthew Caldwell M. Caldwell	32.0	2025	TEX	7	64	2	9.1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Mason Magleby M. Magleby	31.0	2010	NEV	2	31	1	15.5	0
13	Dakereon Joyner D. Joyner	30.5	2020	SC	10	61	2	6.1	1	55	7	11	7.9	5.5	1
14	Chris Ganter C. Ganter	30.0	2002	PSU	4	30	1	7.5	1
15	Ryan Puglisi R. Puglisi	28.3	2026	UGA	6	85	3	14.2	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Josiah Johnson J. Johnson	28.0	2019	MASS	8	28	1	3.5	0	139	12	21	11.6	17.4	2
17	Andrew Peasley A. Peasley	27.7	2019	USU	1	83	3	83.0	1
18	Blake Stenstrom B. Stenstrom	27.0	2019	COLO	3	27	1	9.0	0
19	Quinton McCown Q. McCown	27.0	2014	UNM	1	27	1	27.0	1
20	Rob Peters R. Peters	27.0	1996	TTU	9	27	1	3.0	0
21	Jeff Houghtaling J. Houghtaling	27.0	1994	UNM	12	27	1	2.3	0
22	Chuck Bishop C. Bishop	27.0	1980	ECU	11	27	1	2.5	0
23	Neil Caudle N. Caudle	26.5	2009	AUB	3	53	2	17.7	1
24	Tony Solliday T. Solliday	26.0	1994	NAVY	11	26	1	2.4	1
25	Keithen McCant K. McCant	26.0	1989	NEB	4	52	2	13.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,664

Becht

RUSH

278

Hansen

REC

510

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

71st

OPP PPG

18.9

31st

RUSH YDS/G

130.7

125th

PASS YDS/G

253.4

45th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Washington	1-3	4-3
15	Rutgers	1-3	2-5
16	Penn State	0-4	3-4
17	Maryland	0-4	2-5
18	Michigan State	0-5	2-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	4:15 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 4

Final

Michigan

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125