runningbacks with most yards per carry in a season

Larry Grimes and Ken Hebert are tied for the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 61.0 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Larry Grimes L. Grimes	61.0	1985	OHIO	11	61	1	5.5	1
2	Ken Hebert K. Hebert	61.0	1965	HOU	10	61	1	6.1	0	359	24		15.0	35.9	4
3	Garland Jean Batiste G. Jean Batiste	58.0	1983	LSU	1	58	1	58.0	0
4	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	51.0	2022	AFA	6	102	2	17.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Tajay Ahmed T. Ahmed	44.0	2020	BUFF	3	44	1	14.7	1
6	Donald Garron D. Garron	44.0	1981	BC	11	44	1	4.0	1
7	Cameron Young C. Young	43.5	2020	CIN	2	87	2	43.5	1
8	Mike Gaechter M. Gaechter	42.0	1959	ORE	10	84	2	8.4	0
9	Tony Ferrainolo T. Ferrainolo	39.5	1965	NOVA	9	79	2	8.8	0	5	1		5.0	0.6	0
10	Joe Egan J. Egan	35.0	1959	PENN	9	70	2	7.8	0
11	Jonathan Shaub J. Shaub	34.0	1999	VAN	11	34	1	3.1	0
12	Trent Pennix T. Pennix	33.5	2023	NCST	12	67	2	5.6	1	190	15	21	12.7	15.8	3
13	Chris Warren C. Warren	33.0	1985	UVA	11	33	1	3.0	0
14	Tye Smith-Lindsey T. Smith-Lindsey	32.0	2020	UAB	1	32	1	32.0	0
15	Walt Cureton W. Cureton	31.5	1960	ALA	10	63	2	6.3	1	41	3		13.7	4.1	0
16	Josh Balloon J. Balloon	30.0	2004	USF	1	30	1	30.0	0
17	Tore White T. White	30.0	2001	CLEM	1	30	1	30.0	0
18	Ronnie Smith R. Smith	29.5	2005	UNLV	8	59	2	7.4	0	17	2		8.5	2.1	0
19	Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	29.0	1986	COLO	10	145	5	14.5	2
20	Chris Ivory C. Ivory	28.3	2006	WSU	2	85	3	42.5	1
21	Brothel Cole B. Cole	28.3	1978	FUR	11	113	4	10.3	0
22	J.D. Hill	27.9	1970	ASU	10	195	7	19.5	3	908	58		15.7	90.8	10
23	Treshaun Ward T. Ward	27.0	2020	FSU	2	54	2	27.0	1	6	1	1	6.0	3.0	0
24	James Potts J. Potts	27.0	2012	BUFF	2	54	2	27.0	1	-1	1		-1.0	-0.5	0
25	Danny Nelson D. Nelson	27.0	2006	UCLA	9	27	1	3.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,375

Navarro

RUSH

1,392

Bangura

REC

1,037

Hendricks

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

66th

OPP PPG

22.9

58th

RUSH YDS/G

228.8

9th

PASS YDS/G

187.6

132nd

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Western Michigan	7-1	10-4
2	Miami (OH)	6-2	7-7
3	Ohio	6-2	9-4
4	Toledo	6-2	8-5
5	Central Michigan	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	OHIO	@	NEB	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	JVST	@	OHIO	6:00 PM
Sat 9/19	OHIO	@	USA	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	STNH	@	OHIO	3:30 PM
Sat 10/3	OHIO	@	KENT	1:00 PM

Last Game

UNLV

0 - 1

Final

Ohio

1 - 0

Tue 23 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