most rushing yards per game in college career minimum 2500 yards

Ed Marinaro has the most career rushing yards per game when rushing for 2,500+ yards, with 174.6 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game by a player in college career minimum 2500 rushing yards
NAMERUSH YDS/GRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
174.6
4,715
27
918
5.1
50
232
23
10.1
8.6
2
2Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
159.8
5,434
34
849
6.4
54
588
58
10.1
17.3
5
3Herschel Walker
H. Walker
159.4
5,259
33
994
5.3
49
243
26
9.3
7.4
3
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
156.2
3,124
20
621
5.0
33
235
28
8.4
11.8
0
5LeShon Johnson
L. Johnson
150.6
3,314
22
592
5.6
18
110
19
5.8
5.0
0
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
150.6
6,174
41
926
6.7
50
407
42
67
9.7
9.9
5
7Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
148.8
6,397
43
1,115
5.7
63
304
31
9.8
7.1
0
8George Jones
G. Jones
147.9
2,810
19
486
5.8
34
238
34
7.0
12.5
0
9Troy Davis
T. Davis
141.4
4,382
31
782
5.6
36
258
33
7.8
8.3
1
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
138.2
6,082
44
1,074
5.7
55
404
38
10.6
9.2
4
11LaMichael James
L. James
137.4
5,082
37
771
6.6
53
586
51
11.5
15.8
4
12DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
137.0
6,026
44
969
6.2
55
723
70
10.3
16.4
5
13Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
136.6
4,780
35
668
7.2
49
216
20
10.8
6.2
2
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
136.5
6,279
46
1,011
6.2
72
927
85
10.9
20.2
3
15Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
136.2
2,723
20
509
5.3
25
389
51
7.6
19.5
4
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
131.1
4,589
35
766
6.0
57
973
82
11.9
27.8
5
17Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
130.5
4,045
31
747
5.4
41
198
24
8.3
6.4
1
18Amos Zereoue
A. Zereoue
130.2
3,907
30
726
5.4
38
310
48
6.5
10.3
1
19Kevin Smith
K. Smith
130.0
4,679
36
905
5.2
45
444
55
8.1
12.3
1
20Ryan Benjamin
R. Benjamin
130.0
3,119
24
473
6.6
26
1,064
100
10.6
44.3
3
21Ray Rice
R. Rice
129.6
4,926
38
910
5.4
49
334
37
9.0
8.8
1
22Alex Smith
A. Smith
129.3
3,492
27
723
4.8
21
249
37
6.7
9.2
0
23Vaughn Dunbar
V. Dunbar
129.2
2,842
22
565
5.0
24
370
42
8.8
16.8
0
24Steve Owens
S. Owens
128.9
3,867
30
905
4.3
56
136
16
8.5
4.5
0
25Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
127.3
2,800
22
482
5.8
25
275
34
8.1
12.5
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per game going back to the 1956 season.

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