ncaa freshman rushing leaders all time

Lew Nichols has rushed for the most career yards by a freshman, with 2,445 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lew Nichols
L. Nichols
2,445
23
438
5.6
106.3
20
447
50
65
8.9
19.4
3
2Sean Tucker
S. Tucker
2,122
21
383
5.5
101.0
16
368
28
45
13.1
17.5
2
3Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,977
14
299
6.6
141.2
13
95
8
14
11.9
6.8
0
4Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
1,863
12
295
6.3
155.3
18
133
14
9.5
11.1
0
5Samaje Perine
S. Perine
1,713
13
263
6.5
131.8
21
108
15
16
7.2
8.3
0
6Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,616
11
274
5.9
146.9
15
70
7
10.0
6.4
0
7AJ Dillon
AJ Dillon
1,589
13
300
5.3
122.2
14
8Keaton Mitchell
K. Mitchell
1,575
21
262
6.0
75.0
11
332
33
40
10.1
15.8
2
9Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
1,567
13
274
5.7
120.5
16
132
15
20
8.8
10.2
1
10Jarvion Franklin
J. Franklin
1,551
13
306
5.1
119.3
24
168
15
18
11.2
12.9
1
11Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
1,550
17
235
6.6
91.2
14
662
57
67
11.6
38.9
3
12Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,547
13
219
7.1
119.0
14
213
18
21
11.8
16.4
2
13Javian Hawkins
J. Hawkins
1,533
15
266
5.8
102.2
9
62
5
9
12.4
4.1
0
14Frank Gore Jr.
F. Gore Jr.
1,509
22
300
5.0
68.6
7
252
29
33
8.7
11.5
1
15Caleb Hawkins
C. Hawkins
1,434
13
231
6.2
110.3
25
370
32
39
11.6
28.5
4
16Rasheen Ali
R. Ali
1,423
18
255
5.6
79.1
23
334
45
57
7.4
18.6
1
17J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
1,403
14
194
7.2
100.2
7
135
22
26
6.1
9.6
1
18Jermar Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,380
12
239
5.8
115.0
12
147
25
31
5.9
12.3
0
19Makhi Hughes
M. Hughes
1,378
14
258
5.3
98.4
7
67
11
12
6.1
4.8
0
20Nick Wilson
N. Wilson
1,375
13
236
5.8
105.8
16
90
12
15
7.5
6.9
1
21Royce Freeman
R. Freeman
1,365
15
252
5.4
91.0
18
158
16
17
9.9
10.5
1
22Ahmad Hardy
A. Hardy
1,351
12
237
5.7
112.6
13
72
8
10
9.0
6.0
0
23Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,341
11
229
5.9
121.9
13
184
25
7.4
16.7
0
24Mike Warren
M. Warren
1,339
12
227
5.9
111.6
5
70
14
23
5.0
5.8
0
25Tyjae Spears
T. Spears
1,329
20
198
6.7
66.5
12
308
26
37
11.8
15.4
1
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Team Leaders

PASS

475

Flores

Angel Flores

RUSH

618

Flores

Angel Flores

REC

216

Lewis

Langston Lewis
Team Rankings

PPG

16.6

151st

OPP PPG

25.6

92nd

RUSH YDS/G

184.3

50th

PASS YDS/G

108.1

203rd

2026 MAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2-1
4-3
8
Kent State Kent State
1-2
2-5
9
Central Michigan Central Michigan
1-2
3-4
10
Ball State Ball State
1-2
2-5
11
UMass UMass
1-3
4-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/24
M-OH M-OH
@
CMU CMU
1:00 PM
Wed
11/4
CMU CMU
@
EMU EMU
1:00 PM
Wed
11/11
SAC SAC
@
CMU CMU
1:00 PM
Wed
11/18
CMU CMU
@
BUFF BUFF
1:00 PM
Sat
11/28
CMU CMU
@
BALL BALL
12:00 PM
Last Game
WMU Western Michigan

5 - 2

21

Final

14

CMU Central Michigan

3 - 4

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

Jamal Roberts

838

Burgess

Torrance Burgess Jr.

837

Bishop

DeSean Bishop
Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

Jesse Legree

984

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

784

Hatcher

Umari Hatcher
Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

20

Weigman

Conner Weigman

19

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

13

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

13

Hellums

Cale Hellums
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

12

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

9

Duff

KJ Duff
QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

Darian Mensah

185.9

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

Aycen Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

48.5

Georgia

43.0

James Madison

42.9

Oregon State

42.7

North Texas

42.2

Notre Dame

41.1
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

10.5

North Dakota State

11.3

TCU

12.2

Indiana

12.9

Ohio State

13.4

Notre Dame

13.4
Total Yards Rankings
Texas State

562.3

Miami

559.5

North Texas

533.8

Oregon State

527.0

Oklahoma State

517.7

Memphis

512.6
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

357.5

Air Force

343.0

Texas State

303.5

Navy

298.5

West Virginia

272.4

Kansas State

239.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

384.9

North Texas

347.0

Miami

333.0

Oklahoma State

329.5

SMU

325.2

Ohio State

323.1
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

29.0

San Jose State

27.0

LSU

26.0

Indiana

24.0

Virginia Tech

22.0

Georgia

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
6
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
6
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
6
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
6
1
.857
5
Arizona Arizona
5
1
.833
6
Baylor Baylor
4
2
.667
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4
2
.667
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
2
.667
9
UCF UCF
3
3
.500
10
Kansas State Kansas State
4
2
.667
11
Arizona State Arizona State
3
3
.500
12
Iowa State Iowa State
3
3
.500
13
TCU TCU
3
3
.500
14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
3
.571
15
Colorado Colorado
2
4
.333
16
Kansas Kansas
2
4
.333
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
6
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
6
1
.857
3
Indiana Indiana
6
1
.857
4
USC USC
6
1
.857
5
Iowa Iowa
5
1
.833
6
Northwestern Northwestern
5
1
.833
7
Minnesota Minnesota
4
2
.667
8
Oregon Oregon
4
2
.667
9
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
2
.667
10
Nebraska Nebraska
5
2
.714
11
Purdue Purdue
3
4
.429
12
Michigan Michigan
4
2
.667
13
Illinois Illinois
3
3
.500
14
Rutgers Rutgers
2
4
.333
15
Washington Washington
4
3
.571
16
Penn State Penn State
3
4
.429
17
Maryland Maryland
2
5
.286
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
5
.286
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
6
1
.857
2
Kentucky Kentucky
6
1
.857
3
Tennessee Tennessee
6
1
.857
4
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
1
.833
5
Alabama Alabama
5
2
.714
6
Florida Florida
5
2
.714
7
LSU LSU
5
2
.714
8
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
2
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Auburn Auburn
4
2
.667
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
3
3
.500
12
Texas Texas
4
2
.667
13
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
3
.571
14
South Carolina South Carolina
3
3
.500
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
4
.429
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
4
.429
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
6
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
6
1
.857
3
SMU SMU
5
1
.833
4
Clemson Clemson
4
2
.667
5
North Carolina North Carolina
4
2
.667
6
Louisville Louisville
4
3
.571
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
2
.714
8
California California
3
4
.429
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
5
2
.714
10
Virginia Virginia
4
3
.571
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
4
.333
12
Duke Duke
4
2
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
3
3
.500
14
NC State NC State
3
3
.500
15
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
16
Stanford Stanford
3
4
.429
17
Syracuse Syracuse
2
4
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
5
1
.833
2
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
1
.857
3
Air Force Air Force
5
1
.833
4
Wyoming Wyoming
4
3
.571
5
San Jose State San Jose State
4
3
.571
6
UNLV UNLV
4
3
.571
7
Nevada Nevada
2
4
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
6
.000
9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
.143
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
6
.143
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
1
.857
2
UConn UConn
3
3
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
5
2
.714
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
5
2
.714
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
4
.500
4
Buffalo Buffalo
4
3
.571
5
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
5
.286
6
Toledo Toledo
5
2
.714
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
4
3
.571
8
Kent State Kent State
2
5
.286
9
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
4
.429
10
Ball State Ball State
2
5
.286
11
UMass UMass
4
3
.571
12
Akron Akron
1
6
.143
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
6
.143
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
2
.714
2
Boise State Boise State
5
1
.833
3
San Diego State San Diego State
3
4
.429
4
Texas State Texas State
3
3
.500
5
Utah State Utah State
2
4
.333
6
Fresno State Fresno State
4
3
.571
7
Colorado State Colorado State
2
4
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
6
.143
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
6
1
.857
2
North Texas North Texas
4
2
.667
3
Army Army
4
2
.667
4
Memphis Memphis
5
2
.714
5
UAB UAB
4
3
.571
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
2
.667
7
East Carolina East Carolina
3
3
.500
8
Tulane Tulane
3
3
.500
9
Charlotte Charlotte
1
6
.143
10
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
11
South Florida South Florida
5
2
.714
12
Tulsa Tulsa
4
3
.571
13
Navy Navy
2
4
.333
14
Rice Rice
1
6
.143
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
2
.714
2
Liberty Liberty
5
1
.833
3
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
4
.429
4
Florida International Florida International
3
3
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
3
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
2
4
.333
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
4
.333
8
Delaware Delaware
2
4
.333
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
5
.167
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
5
.167
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
7
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
4
2
.667
3
South Alabama South Alabama
4
2
.667
4
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
3
4
.429
5
Louisiana Louisiana
5
2
.714
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
4
2
.667
7
Georgia State Georgia State
4
2
.667
8
Troy Troy
3
3
.500
9
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
.286
10
Arkansas State Arkansas State
3
4
.429
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
5
.286
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
5
.167
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
6
.000
14
Marshall Marshall
3
3
.500

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/26
TEX TEX
@
TENN TENN
20-17
Sat
9/26
UNLV UNLV
@
AKR AKR
38-10
Sat
9/26
ILL ILL
@
OSU OSU
19-42
Sat
9/26
SHSU SHSU
@
TTU TTU
14-49
Sat
9/26
ND ND
@
PUR PUR
49-10

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/20
MTU MTU
@
FIU FIU
7:00 PM
Tue
10/20
MOSU MOSU
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Tue
10/20
USA USA
@
MRSH MRSH
7:30 PM
Wed
10/21
NMSU NMSU
@
SHSU SHSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/22
LIB LIB
@
KENN KENN
7:00 PM