ncaa football target leaders among running backs 2025

Eli Heidenreich was targeted the most times by a running back in 2025, with 81 targets.

	NAME	TRG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Eli Heidenreich E. Heidenreich	81	2025	NAVY	13	51	941	18.5	72.4	6	499	77	6.5	38.4	3
2	DeJuan Williams D. Williams	65	2025	MD	12	45	426	9.5	35.5	1	501	128	3.9	41.8	3
3	Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook	63	2025	MTSU	11	40	412	10.3	37.5	3	752	140	5.4	68.4	4
4	Wayne Knight W. Knight	60	2025	JMU	14	40	397	9.9	28.4	1	1,373	207	6.6	98.1	9
5	Emmett Johnson E. Johnson	60	2025	NEB	12	46	370	8.0	30.8	3	1,451	251	5.8	120.9	12
6	J'Mari Taylor J. Taylor	58	2025	UVA	13	43	253	5.9	19.5	1	1,062	222	4.8	81.7	14
7	Javen Jacobs J. Jacobs	51	2025	USU	13	43	379	8.8	29.2	3	429	65	6.6	33.0	5
8	Adam Randall A. Randall	49	2025	CLEM	13	36	254	7.1	19.5	3	814	168	4.8	62.6	10
9	Darius Taylor D. Taylor	49	2025	MINN	10	34	245	7.2	24.5	0	670	143	4.7	67.0	4
10	Jai'Den Thomas J. Thomas	49	2025	UNLV	13	38	233	6.1	17.9	1	1,036	148	7.0	79.7	12
11	Jamal Haynes J. Haynes	48	2025	GT	13	33	257	7.8	19.8	0	531	124	4.3	40.8	5
12	J'Koby Williams J. Williams	47	2025	TTU	14	35	388	11.1	27.7	2	866	154	5.6	61.9	6
13	Nate Sheppard N. Sheppard	47	2025	DUKE	14	37	286	7.7	20.4	1	1,132	200	5.7	80.9	11
14	Raleek Brown R. Brown	46	2025	ASU	12	34	239	7.0	19.9	2	1,141	186	6.1	95.1	4
15	Kendrick Raphael K. Raphael	46	2025	CAL	13	34	245	7.2	18.8	1	944	233	4.1	72.6	13
16	Marvis Parrish M. Parrish	46	2025	WKU	13	36	203	5.6	15.6	1	576	106	5.4	44.3	1
17	Cam Cook C. Cook	45	2025	JVST	13	30	286	9.5	22.0	0	1,659	295	5.6	127.6	16
18	Gemari Sands G. Sands	45	2025	FAU	12	40	217	5.4	18.1	0	465	105	4.4	38.8	0
19	Landon Sims L. Sims	44	2025	HAW	13	37	272	7.4	20.9	2	559	122	4.6	43.0	3
20	Dontae McMillan D. McMillan	44	2025	EMU	12	33	375	11.4	31.3	3	1,014	177	5.7	84.5	4
21	Hollywood Smothers H. Smothers	44	2025	NCST	11	37	189	5.1	17.2	1	939	160	5.9	85.4	6
22	Mike Washington Jr. M. Washington Jr.	43	2025	ARK	12	28	226	8.1	18.8	1	1,068	168	6.4	89.0	8
23	Coco Brown C. Brown	43	2025	SHSU	12	37	237	6.4	19.8	0	487	84	5.8	40.6	5
24	Rashod Dubinion R. Dubinion	42	2025	APP	12	27	170	6.3	14.2	0	868	174	5.0	72.3	4
25	Dean Connors D. Connors	42	2025	HOU	13	34	254	7.5	19.5	3	977	200	4.9	75.2	6

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,580

Horvath

RUSH

1,200

Horvath

REC

941

Heidenreich

Team Rankings

PPG

31.2

44th

OPP PPG

26.0

82nd

RUSH YDS/G

289.3

1st

PASS YDS/G

131.8

187th

2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Texas	7-1	12-2
2	Tulane	7-1	11-3
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	TOWS	@	NAVY	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	NAVY	@	FAU	1:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NAVY	@	UAB	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TLSA	@	NAVY	1:00 PM

Last Game

Navy

1 - 0

Final

Cincinnati

0 - 1

Fri 2 Jan 2026

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

246.7

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