single season rushing leaders in college for virginia

Thomas Jones has the most rushing yards for Virginia in a season, with 1,798 yards in 1999.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,798	1999	UVA	11	334	5.4	163.5	16	239	22		10.9	21.7	1
2	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,397	1995	UVA	12	265	5.3	116.4	14	216	22		9.8	18.0	2
3	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,360	1996	UVA	11	250	5.4	123.6	14	258	22		11.7	23.5	0
4	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,303	1998	UVA	11	238	5.5	118.5	13	179	28		6.4	16.3	2
5	Barry Word B. Word	1,224	1985	UVA	11	207	5.9	111.3	6	76	11		6.9	6.9	0
6	Frank Quayle F. Quayle	1,213	1968	UVA	10	175	6.9	121.3	12	426	30		14.2	42.6	2
7	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	1,130	1992	UVA	8	175	6.5	141.3	6	241	28		8.6	30.1	2
8	Marcus Wilson M. Wilson	1,098	1989	UVA	12	233	4.7	91.5	4	161	20		8.1	13.4	2
9	J'Mari Taylor J. Taylor	1,062	2025	UVA	13	222	4.8	81.7	14	253	43	58	5.9	19.5	1
10	Tom Vigorito T. Vigorito	1,044	1979	UVA	11	184	5.7	94.9	6	58	5		11.6	5.3	1
11	Alvin Pearman A. Pearman	1,037	2004	UVA	12	195	5.3	86.4	10	402	29		13.9	33.5	1
12	Kevin Parks K. Parks	1,031	2013	UVA	12	227	4.5	85.9	11	329	38	45	8.7	27.4	1
13	Antwoine Womack A. Womack	1,028	2000	UVA	11	210	4.9	93.5	9	81	8		10.1	7.4	0
14	Jordan Ellis J. Ellis	1,026	2018	UVA	13	215	4.8	78.9	10	69	7	7	9.9	5.3	0
15	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	1,020	1990	UVA	11	165	6.2	92.7	7	324	33		9.8	29.5	4
16	Taquan Mizzell T. Mizzell	940	2016	UVA	12	187	5.0	78.3	5	404	52	68	7.8	33.7	2
17	Greg Taylor G. Taylor	933	1979	UVA	11	166	5.6	84.8	9	182	9		20.2	16.5	2
18	Wali Lundy W. Lundy	929	2003	UVA	12	227	4.1	77.4	10	253	29		8.7	21.1	4
19	Bryce Perkins B. Perkins	923	2018	UVA	13	212	4.4	71.0	9	9	1	2	9.0	0.7	0
20	Perry Jones P. Jones	915	2011	UVA	13	184	5.0	70.4	5	506	48		10.5	38.9	3
21	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	887	1991	UVA	11	164	5.4	80.6	7	406	37		11.0	36.9	2
22	Jim Bakhtiar J. Bakhtiar	879	1956	UVA	10	203	4.3	87.9	2	15	2		7.5	1.5	0
23	Jerrod Washington J. Washington	871	1993	UVA	11	162	5.4	79.2	5	72	14		5.1	6.5	3
24	Wali Lundy W. Lundy	864	2004	UVA	12	175	4.9	72.0	17	145	12		12.1	12.1	0
25	Gary Helman G. Helman	851	1969	UVA	10	229	3.7	85.1	7	86	9		9.6	8.6	0

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More Virginia Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

793

Pribula

RUSH

177

Middlebrook

REC

166

Courtney

Team Rankings

PPG

40.5

21st

OPP PPG

13.0

17th

RUSH YDS/G

192.8

41st

PASS YDS/G

254.5

54th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Pittsburgh	1-0	4-0
5	Virginia Tech	1-0	4-0
6	Virginia	1-0	3-1
7	Wake Forest	1-1	3-1
8	Louisville	1-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UVA	@	FSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	SYR	@	UVA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UVA	@	SMU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DUKE	@	UVA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UVA	@	WAKE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Delaware

2 - 2

Final

Virginia

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250