Kevin Smith has gained the most yards from scrimmage in a season, with 2,809 yards in 2007.

Interpreted as:

most yards from scrimmage by a player in a season

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Kevin Smith K. Smith	2,809	2007	UCF	14	2,567	450	5.7	183.4	29	242	24		10.1	17.3	1
2	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	2,740	2014	WIS	14	2,587	343	7.5	184.8	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
3	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	2,739	2024	BSU	14	2,601	374	7.0	185.8	29	138	23	35	6.0	9.9	1
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,734	1988	OKST	11	2,628	344	7.6	238.9	37	106	19		5.6	9.6	0
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	2,664	2015	STAN	14	2,019	337	6.0	144.2	8	645	45	54	14.3	46.1	5
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,559	1981	USC	11	2,342	403	5.8	212.9	22	217	29		7.5	19.7	1
7	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	2,436	2002	PSU	13	2,087	271	7.7	160.5	20	349	41		8.5	26.8	3
8	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	2,423	2018	MEM	14	2,119	230	9.2	151.4	25	304	21	27	14.5	21.7	3
9	Matt Forte M. Forte	2,409	2007	TULN	12	2,127	361	5.9	177.3	23	282	32		8.8	23.5	0
10	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,386	1998	TEX	11	2,124	361	5.9	193.1	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
11	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	2,383	2017	SDSU	13	2,248	289	7.8	172.9	23	135	19	27	7.1	10.4	2
12	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	2,364	2016	SDSU	14	2,133	349	6.1	152.4	17	231	27	39	8.6	16.5	0
13	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	2,358	2014	BSU	14	1,823	347	5.3	130.2	28	535	50	57	10.7	38.2	4
14	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	2,349	1994	COLO	11	2,055	298	6.9	186.8	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
15	Cam Skattebo C. Skattebo	2,316	2024	ASU	13	1,711	293	5.8	131.6	21	605	45	54	13.4	46.5	3
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,310	2015	ALA	15	2,219	395	5.6	147.9	28	91	11	17	8.3	6.1	0
17	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	2,292	2019	OKST	13	2,094	328	6.4	161.1	21	198	23	30	8.6	15.2	0
18	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	2,273	2003	KSU	15	1,986	306	6.5	132.4	16	287	25		11.5	19.1	2
19	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,255	2019	WIS	14	2,003	320	6.3	143.1	21	252	26	39	9.7	18.0	5
20	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,254	2018	WIS	13	2,194	307	7.1	168.8	16	60	8	14	7.5	4.6	0
21	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	2,254	1983	NEB	12	2,148	275	7.8	179.0	29	106	10		10.6	8.8	0
22	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	2,253	2016	FSU	13	1,765	288	6.1	135.8	19	488	33	48	14.8	37.5	1
23	Ray Rice R. Rice	2,251	2007	RUTG	13	2,012	380	5.3	154.8	24	239	25		9.6	18.4	1
24	J.K. Dobbins	2,250	2019	OSU	14	2,003	301	6.7	143.1	21	247	23	31	10.7	17.6	2
25	Troy Davis T. Davis	2,249	1996	ISU	11	2,185	402	5.4	198.6	21	64	13		4.9	5.8	0