top 50 most rushing yards in ncaa history by a running back

Cedric Benson has rushed for the most career yards by a running back when in the AP top 50, with 5,540 yards.

		NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1		Cedric Benson C. Benson	5,540	49	1,112	5.0	113.1	64	621	69		9.0	12.7	3
2		Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	5,135	36	800	6.4	142.6	42	369	40	63	9.2	10.3	5
3		Travis Etienne T. Etienne	4,952	55	686	7.2	90.0	70	1,155	102	128	11.3	21.0	8
4		LaMichael James L. James	4,756	34	714	6.7	139.9	51	583	50		11.7	17.1	4
5		Dalvin Cook D. Cook	4,464	38	687	6.5	117.5	46	935	79	107	11.8	24.6	2
6		J.K. Dobbins	4,459	42	725	6.2	106.2	38	645	71	91	9.1	15.4	5
7		Nick Chubb N. Chubb	4,064	39	618	6.6	104.2	39	287	27	34	10.6	7.4	3
8		Stepfan Taylor S. Taylor	4,048	42	793	5.1	96.4	38	680	94		7.2	16.2	4
9		Shock Linwood S. Linwood	4,005	44	665	6.0	91.0	35	184	21	26	8.8	4.2	1
10		Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	3,961	35	592	6.7	113.2	43	449	58	66	7.7	12.8	1
11		Myles Gaskin M. Gaskin	3,873	38	690	5.6	101.9	42	446	59	81	7.6	11.7	5
12		Najee Harris N. Harris	3,843	51	638	6.0	75.4	46	781	80	107	9.8	15.3	11
13		TreVeyon Henderson T. Henderson	3,761	47	590	6.4	80.0	42	853	77	96	11.1	18.1	6
14		Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	3,697	29	479	7.7	127.5	32	146	16		9.1	5.0	3
15		Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	3,694	41	716	5.2	90.1	45	426	57	74	7.5	10.4	5
16		Michael Hart M. Hart	3,678	33	742	5.0	111.5	28	461	52		8.9	14.0	2
17		Samaje Perine S. Perine	3,677	33	620	5.9	111.4	44	296	35	41	8.5	9.0	2
18		Chris Perry C. Perry	3,657	45	794	4.6	81.3	39	569	64		8.9	12.6	2
19		Derrick Henry D. Henry	3,591	38	603	6.0	94.5	42	285	17	28	16.8	7.5	3
20		Travis Dye T. Dye	3,540	52	584	6.1	68.1	28	1,043	96	118	10.9	20.1	6
21		Kenjon Barner K. Barner	3,535	46	559	6.3	76.8	40	591	54		10.9	12.8	7
22		Demarco Murray D. Murray	3,492	46	701	5.0	75.9	47	1,375	144		9.5	29.9	11
23		Quentin Griffin Q. Griffin	3,471	38	658	5.3	91.3	40	1,110	135		8.2	29.2	5
24		Steve Slaton S. Slaton	3,464	31	589	5.9	111.7	44	724	56		12.9	23.4	4
25		Doug Martin D. Martin	3,435	50	616	5.6	68.7	43	715	67		10.7	14.3	4

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