single season college football rushing leaders for purdue

Mike Alstott has the most rushing yards by a Purdue player in a season, with 1,436 yards in 1995.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	1,436	1995	PUR	11	243	5.9	130.5	11	162	25		6.5	14.7	0
2	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,361	1972	PUR	11	243	5.6	123.7	9	55	6		9.2	5.0	0
3	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	1,188	1994	PUR	11	202	5.9	108.0	14	298	23		13.0	27.1	0
4	Kory Sheets K. Sheets	1,131	2008	PUR	12	234	4.8	94.3	16	253	37		6.8	21.1	1
5	Joey Harris J. Harris	1,115	2002	PUR	13	250	4.5	85.8	8	185	12		15.4	14.2	1
6	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,009	1970	PUR	10	213	4.7	100.9	2	148	13		11.4	14.8	1
7	Leroy Keyes L. Keyes	1,003	1968	PUR	10	193	5.2	100.3	14	428	33		13.0	42.8	1
8	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	1,000	1976	PUR	11	201	5.0	90.9	11	92	8		11.5	8.4	0
9	Leroy Keyes L. Keyes	986	1967	PUR	10	149	6.6	98.6	13	758	45		16.8	75.8	6
10	Devin Mockobee D. Mockobee	968	2022	PUR	13	195	5.0	74.5	9	274	32	47	8.6	21.1	0
11	Jerod Void J. Void	952	2003	PUR	13	235	4.1	73.2	13	62	6		10.3	4.8	0
12	Akeem Hunt A. Hunt	949	2014	PUR	12	173	5.5	79.1	6	293	48	66	6.1	24.4	2
13	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	945	1971	PUR	10	214	4.4	94.5	6	186	17		10.9	18.6	4
14	Ralph Bolden R. Bolden	935	2009	PUR	12	200	4.7	77.9	9	261	20		13.1	21.8	2
15	Montrell Lowe M. Lowe	919	2000	PUR	11	206	4.5	83.5	6	16	2		8.0	1.5	0
16	Mel Gray M. Gray	916	1982	PUR	11	195	4.7	83.3	6	299	38		7.9	27.2	0
17	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	914	1975	PUR	11	180	5.1	83.1	7	125	9		13.9	11.4	0
18	John Macon J. Macon	913	1978	PUR	11	225	4.1	83.0	4	162	20		8.1	14.7	0
19	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	899	1975	PUR	11	217	4.1	81.7	3	62	8		7.8	5.6	0
20	Edwin Watson E. Watson	886	1997	PUR	11	162	5.5	80.5	11	309	26		11.9	28.1	2
21	D.J. Knox	883	2018	PUR	13	157	5.6	67.9	8	180	27	31	6.7	13.8	1
22	Markell Jones M. Jones	875	2015	PUR	12	168	5.2	72.9	10	239	34	48	7.0	19.9	1
23	Melvin Dillard M. Dillard	873	1956	PUR	9	193	4.5	97.0	7	99	10		9.9	11.0	1
24	Akeem Shavers A. Shavers	871	2012	PUR	13	181	4.8	67.0	6	370	18		20.6	28.5	3
25	John Skibinski J. Skibinski	871	1976	PUR	11	173	5.0	79.2	4	118	13		9.1	10.7	0

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More Purdue Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,153

Browne

RUSH

521

Mockobee

REC

570

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

18.8

138th

OPP PPG

31.8

128th

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

123rd

PASS YDS/G

217.2

99th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7
15	Wisconsin	2-7	4-8
16	Maryland	1-8	4-8
17	Michigan State	1-8	4-8
18	Purdue	0-9	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	INST	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WAKE	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	PUR	@	UCLA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ND	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

12 - 0

Final

Purdue

2 - 10

Fri 28 Nov 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

246.7

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