most rushing yards single season lsu player

Leonard Fournette has rushed for the most yards by an LSU player in a season, with 1,953 yards in 2015.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,953	2015	LSU	12	300	6.5	162.8	22	253	19	33	13.3	21.1	1
2	Charles Alexander C. Alexander	1,686	1977	LSU	11	311	5.4	153.3	17	80	12		6.7	7.3	0
3	Clyde Edwards-Helaire C. Edwards-Helaire	1,414	2019	LSU	15	215	6.6	94.3	16	453	55	66	8.2	30.2	1
4	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	1,401	2013	LSU	12	203	6.9	116.8	16	181	18	23	10.1	15.1	0
5	Derrius Guice D. Guice	1,387	2016	LSU	12	183	7.6	115.6	15	106	9	15	11.8	8.8	1
6	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,282	1996	LSU	11	248	5.2	116.5	13	134	10		13.4	12.2	0
7	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,279	1998	LSU	11	229	5.6	116.3	12	287	22		13.0	26.1	3
8	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	1,268	1984	LSU	11	254	5.0	115.3	13	204	24		8.5	18.5	1
9	Derrius Guice D. Guice	1,251	2017	LSU	12	237	5.3	104.3	11	124	18	23	6.9	10.3	2
10	Charles Scott C. Scott	1,174	2008	LSU	13	217	5.4	90.3	18	67	8		8.4	5.2	0
11	Charles Alexander C. Alexander	1,172	1978	LSU	11	281	4.2	106.5	14	263	28		9.4	23.9	2
12	Stevan Ridley S. Ridley	1,147	2010	LSU	13	249	4.6	88.2	15	61	11		5.5	4.7	0
13	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,144	1997	LSU	9	205	5.6	127.1	15	93	16		5.8	10.3	0
14	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	1,134	2023	LSU	12	135	8.4	94.5	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	1,134	1985	LSU	11	258	4.4	103.1	14	313	34		9.2	28.5	0
16	Terry Robiskie T. Robiskie	1,117	1976	LSU	11	224	5.0	101.5	12	109	11		9.9	9.9	0
17	Jacob Hester J. Hester	1,103	2007	LSU	14	225	4.9	78.8	12	106	14		7.6	7.6	1
18	Nick Brossette N. Brossette	1,039	2018	LSU	13	240	4.3	79.9	14	78	14	19	5.6	6.0	0
19	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	1,034	2014	LSU	13	187	5.5	79.5	10	127	7	9	18.1	9.8	0
20	Tyrion Davis-Price T. Davis-Price	1,004	2021	LSU	12	211	4.8	83.7	6	64	10	15	6.4	5.3	0
21	Justin Vincent J. Vincent	1,001	2003	LSU	13	154	6.5	77.0	10	80	8		10.0	6.2	0
22	Harvey Williams H. Williams	1,001	1987	LSU	11	154	6.5	91.0	11	393	29		13.6	35.7	3
23	Labrandon Toefield L. Toefield	992	2001	LSU	12	230	4.3	82.7	19	148	13		11.4	12.3	0
24	Harvey Williams H. Williams	953	1990	LSU	11	205	4.6	86.6	7	152	15		10.1	13.8	1
25	Domanick Davis D. Davis	931	2002	LSU	13	193	4.8	71.6	7	130	16		8.1	10.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,927

Nussmeier

RUSH

505

Durham

REC

532

Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

21.8

118th

OPP PPG

18.3

15th

RUSH YDS/G

106.3

152nd

PASS YDS/G

226.4

81st

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Missouri	4-4	8-5
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5
10	LSU	3-5	7-6
11	Kentucky	2-6	5-7
12	Florida	2-6	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	CLEM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	LT	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	LSU	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	TXAM	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	7:45 PM

Last Game

LSU

0 - 1

Final

Houston

1 - 0

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

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1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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1,278

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1,264

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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

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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

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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

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Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

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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