most yards per carry single season lsu player

Garland Jean Batiste has the most rushing yards per attempt by an LSU player in a season, with 58.0 per attempt in 1983.

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Garland Jean Batiste G. Jean Batiste	58.0	1983	LSU	1	58	1	58.0	0
2	Brad Wing B. Wing	44.0	2011	LSU	12	44	1	3.7	0
3	D.J. Chark	43.0	2015	LSU	2	86	2	43.0	1	0	0			0.0	0
4	Kayshon Boutte K. Boutte	41.0	2022	LSU	12	41	1	3.4	0	645	54	85	11.9	53.8	3
5	Blain Bech B. Bech	35.0	2002	LSU	3	35	1	11.7	1
6	Sammy Grezaffi S. Grezaffi	34.0	1967	LSU	10	34	1	3.4	0
7	Deangelo Peterson D. Peterson	23.0	2010	LSU	8	23	1	2.9	0	199	15		13.3	24.9	0
8	Alvin Lee A. Lee	19.0	1987	LSU	10	19	1	1.9	0	25	2		12.5	2.5	0
9	Brandon Lafell B. Lafell	18.0	2007	LSU	14	18	1	1.3	1	656	50		13.1	46.9	4
10	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	17.5	2001	LSU	12	35	2	2.9	1	754	47		16.0	62.8	6
11	Trent Domingue T. Domingue	16.0	2015	LSU	12	16	1	1.3	1
12	Bradie James B. James	15.5	2002	LSU	3	31	2	10.3	0
13	Lester Dunn L. Dunn	15.3	1979	LSU	2	61	4	30.5	1	11	1		11.0	5.5	0
14	Josh Jasper J. Jasper	15.0	2010	LSU	13	45	3	3.5	0
15	Colt David C. David	15.0	2007	LSU	14	15	1	1.1	1
16	Slip Watkins S. Watkins	15.0	1990	LSU	11	45	3	4.1	0
17	Donte Jackson D. Jackson	14.0	2015	LSU	11	14	1	1.3	0
18	Zach Mettenberger Z. Mettenberger	14.0	2011	LSU	2	28	2	14.0	0
19	Damien James D. James	14.0	2000	LSU	2	14	1	7.0	0
20	Derrick Saulsberry D. Saulsberry	14.0	1986	LSU	11	70	5	6.4	0	58	4		14.5	5.3	0
21	Larry Foster L. Foster	12.6	1996	LSU	10	63	5	6.3	0	446	26		17.2	44.6	4
22	Chris Jackson C. Jackson	12.5	2006	LSU	13	25	2	1.9	0
23	Trindon Holliday T. Holliday	12.3	2006	LSU	10	172	14	17.2	1
24	Miquel James M. James	12.0	2014	LSU	1	24	2	24.0	0
25	Terrence Toliver T. Toliver	12.0	2007	LSU	9	36	3	4.0	0	249	10		24.9	27.7	3

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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

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

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

Smith

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

15.4

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

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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