most rushing yards this season college football

Nate Sheppard has the most rushing yards this season, with 644 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Nate Sheppard N. Sheppard	644	2026	DUKE	4	91	7.1	161.0	6	70	10	12	7.0	17.5	3
2	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	600	2026	FLA	4	83	7.2	150.0	11	18	2	3	9.0	4.5	0
3	Dylan Riley D. Riley	592	2026	BSU	4	90	6.6	148.0	3	49	6	8	8.2	12.3	0
4	Jahiem White J. White	582	2026	UNT	5	84	6.9	116.4	8	155	21	26	7.4	31.0	2
5	Torrance Burgess Jr. T. Burgess Jr.	537	2026	TXST	4	63	8.5	134.3	1	12	4	4	3.0	3.0	0
6	Cam Cook C. Cook	510	2026	WVU	4	99	5.2	127.5	3	38	5	7	7.6	9.5	0
7	James Jones J. Jones	510	2026	NMSU	5	77	6.6	102.0	3	31	5	8	6.2	6.2	1
8	Kam Davis K. Davis	457	2026	LIB	5	64	7.1	91.4	3	9	3	5	3.0	1.8	1
9	Jeffrey Overton Jr. J. Overton Jr.	455	2026	VT	5	77	5.9	91.0	4	150	15	18	10.0	30.0	1
10	Wayne Knight W. Knight	445	2026	UCLA	4	49	9.1	111.3	9	88	8	9	11.0	22.0	0
11	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	441	2026	OKST	4	83	5.3	110.3	2	43	11	18	3.9	10.8	0
12	Antwan Raymond A. Raymond	438	2026	RUTG	4	78	5.6	109.5	4	65	7	8	9.3	16.3	1
13	Jaylin Carter J. Carter	437	2026	MEM	4	55	7.9	109.3	6	48	3	3	16.0	12.0	1
14	Michael Hawkins Jr. M. Hawkins Jr.	425	2026	WVU	4	72	5.9	106.3	9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jabari Bates J. Bates	413	2026	SJSU	4	77	5.4	103.3	0	44	5	8	8.8	11.0	0
16	King Miller K. Miller	412	2026	USC	5	77	5.4	82.4	3	16	3	4	5.3	3.2	0
17	Fluff Bothwell F. Bothwell	402	2026	MSST	4	73	5.5	100.5	3	96	9	11	10.7	24.0	1
18	Jacurri Brown J. Brown	399	2026	RICE	4	71	5.6	99.8	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Lee Beebe Jr. L. Beebe Jr.	398	2026	IND	4	71	5.6	99.5	3	4	2	4	2.0	1.0	0
20	Ousmane Kromah O. Kromah	397	2026	FSU	4	64	6.2	99.3	5	41	5	6	8.2	10.3	0
21	Jamal Roberts J. Roberts	395	2026	MIZZ	4	89	4.4	98.8	3	47	5	6	9.4	11.8	0
22	Justice Haynes J. Haynes	393	2026	GT	4	73	5.4	98.3	3	47	11	13	4.3	11.8	2
23	Matt Fuller M. Fuller	384	2026	SCAR	4	57	6.7	96.0	4	113	13	14	8.7	28.3	1
24	Turbo Richard T. Richard	383	2026	IND	4	50	7.7	95.8	4	43	2	2	21.5	10.8	0
25	Aiden Flora A. Flora	382	2026	ISU	4	51	7.5	95.5	3	66	8	12	8.3	16.5	0

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More Duke Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

721

Eget

RUSH

644

Sheppard

REC

195

Hasley

Team Rankings

PPG

36.3

37th

OPP PPG

11.0

7th

RUSH YDS/G

243.5

15th

PASS YDS/G

222.8

92nd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Miami	2-0	4-0
3	Clemson	2-0	3-1
4	Duke	1-0	4-0
5	Virginia	1-0	3-1
6	Wake Forest	1-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	DUKE	@	GT	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DUKE	@	UVA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	BC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	DUKE	@	NCST	1:00 PM

Last Game

William & Mary

0 - 1

Final

Duke

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250