single season college football rushing leaders for georgia

Herschel Walker has rushed for the most yards for Georgia in a season, with 1,891 yards in 1981.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,891	1981	UGA	11	385	4.9	171.9	18	84	14		6.0	7.6	2
2	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,752	1982	UGA	11	335	5.2	159.3	16	89	5		17.8	8.1	1
3	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,616	1980	UGA	11	274	5.9	146.9	15	70	7		10.0	6.4	0
4	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,547	2014	UGA	13	219	7.1	119.0	14	213	18	21	11.8	16.4	2
5	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	1,547	1992	UGA	11	228	6.8	140.6	19	324	22		14.7	29.5	2
6	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	1,400	2008	UGA	13	250	5.6	107.7	16	392	33		11.9	30.2	2
7	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	1,385	2012	UGA	14	222	6.2	98.9	17	117	16		7.3	8.4	0
8	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,345	2017	UGA	15	223	6.0	89.7	15	30	4	5	7.5	2.0	0
9	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	1,334	2007	UGA	13	248	5.4	102.6	14	253	20		12.7	19.5	0
10	Musa Smith M. Smith	1,324	2002	UGA	13	260	5.1	101.8	8	107	15		7.1	8.2	0
11	Willie McClendon W. McClendon	1,312	1978	UGA	11	287	4.6	119.3	13	27	4		6.8	2.5	0
12	Sony Michel S. Michel	1,227	2017	UGA	14	156	7.9	87.6	16	96	9	16	10.7	6.9	1
13	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	1,218	2019	UGA	14	196	6.2	87.0	7	216	24	30	9.0	15.4	1
14	Tim Worley T. Worley	1,216	1988	UGA	11	191	6.4	110.5	17	37	9		4.1	3.4	0
15	Sony Michel S. Michel	1,161	2015	UGA	13	219	5.3	89.3	8	270	26	35	10.4	20.8	3
16	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,130	2016	UGA	13	224	5.0	86.9	8	86	5	8	17.2	6.6	1
17	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,059	1989	UGA	10	218	4.9	105.9	12	219	26		8.4	21.9	0
18	Kevin McLee K. McLee	1,058	1976	UGA	11	218	4.9	96.2	6	16	2		8.0	1.5	0
19	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	1,049	2018	UGA	14	163	6.4	74.9	10	297	32	43	9.3	21.2	3
20	Elijah Holyfield E. Holyfield	1,018	2018	UGA	14	159	6.4	72.7	7	40	5	8	8.0	2.9	0
21	Lars Tate L. Tate	1,016	1987	UGA	10	208	4.9	101.6	14	149	13		11.5	14.9	0
22	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	989	2013	UGA	10	165	6.0	98.9	10	441	37	47	11.9	44.1	6
23	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	968	1991	UGA	11	153	6.3	88.0	9	177	16		11.1	16.1	0
24	Glynn Harrison G. Harrison	959	1974	UGA	11	149	6.4	87.2	4	154	10		15.4	14.0	2
25	Lars Tate L. Tate	954	1986	UGA	11	188	5.1	86.7	16	214	22		9.7	19.5	1

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More Georgia Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,671

Stockton

RUSH

415

Phillips

REC

349

Dandridge

Team Rankings

PPG

41.0

4th

OPP PPG

14.9

15th

RUSH YDS/G

200.1

29th

PASS YDS/G

250.8

42nd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kentucky	5-1	7-1
2	Georgia	5-1	7-1
3	Alabama	4-2	6-2
4	Florida	3-3	5-3
5	Ole Miss	4-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	UGA	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	MIZZ	@	UGA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UGA	@	SCAR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	GT	@	UGA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida

5 - 3

Final

Georgia

7 - 1

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

982

Gutierrez

972

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.1

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

42.7

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

341.0

295.8

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	5	.375
7	Utah State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	8	1	.889
4	Northwestern	6	2	.750
5	Minnesota	5	3	.625
6	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	5	.375
9	Illinois	5	3	.625
10	Oregon	5	3	.625
11	Iowa	6	2	.750
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	5	3	.625
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	6	.250
16	Penn State	4	4	.500
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	3	.625
5	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	South Carolina	5	3	.625
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	2	.750
3	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	5	3	.625
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	6	2	.750
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	4	4	.500
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	4	4	.500

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	4	.500
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	6	.250
9	South Florida	6	2	.750
10	East Carolina	4	4	.500
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Arizona	6	2	.750
4	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
9	Arizona State	4	4	.500
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	4	.500
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	5	.375
15	TCU	4	4	.500
16	Colorado	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	7	1	.875
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125