Sam Kirkland has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season, with 86.0 per attempt in 2009.

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Sam Kirkland S. Kirkland	86.0	2009	KENT	8	86	1	10.8	1	154	18		8.6	19.3	0
2	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	83.0	2018	MEM	3	83	1	27.7	1	24	2	5	12.0	8.0	0
3	Bill Marinangel B. Marinangel	81.0	1996	VAN	11	81	1	7.4	1
4	LeRoy Butler L. Butler	78.0	1988	FSU	11	78	1	7.1	0
5	Rick Chase R. Chase	77.0	1984	WSU	11	77	1	7.0	1	282	21		13.4	25.6	0
6	Robert Woods R. Woods	76.0	2012	USC	12	76	1	6.3	0	849	74		11.5	70.8	11
7	John Sacca J. Sacca	75.0	1991	PSU	12	75	1	6.3	1
8	Dave Johnson D. Johnson	74.0	1976	COR	9	74	1	8.2	1
9	Craig Fischer C. Fischer	73.0	1994	CMU	11	73	1	6.6	1
10	Jaron Bentrude J. Bentrude	72.0	2013	USU	14	72	1	5.1	1	0	0			0.0	0
11	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	69.0	2021	MEM	12	69	1	5.8	1	1,149	74	126	15.5	95.8	8
12	Trey McBride T. McBride	69.0	2021	CSU	12	69	1	5.8	1	1,121	90	132	12.5	93.4	1
13	Scott Kovanda S. Kovanda	68.0	2011	BALL	12	68	1	5.7	0
14	Bucky Brooks B. Brooks	68.0	1992	UNC	11	68	1	6.2	0	400	21		19.0	36.4	3
15	Rodney Hardrick R. Hardrick	66.0	2013	ORE	9	66	1	7.3	0
16	Josh Schaffer J. Schaffer	66.0	2012	WMU	11	66	1	6.0	0	570	43		13.3	51.8	3
17	Jeyson Wilson J. Wilson	66.0	1993	SYR	9	66	1	7.3	1	124	9		13.8	13.8	0
18	Harry Douglas H. Douglas	65.0	2004	LOU	8	65	1	8.1	1	43	5		8.6	5.4	0
19	Michael Clay M. Clay	64.0	2010	ORE	13	64	1	4.9	0
20	Craig Robertson C. Robertson	64.0	2010	UNT	12	64	1	5.3	0
21	Matt Clizbe M. Clizbe	62.0	1994	CAL	11	62	1	5.6	1
22	Brett Heber B. Heber	62.0	1986	UNM	12	62	1	5.2	0	13	1		13.0	1.1	1
23	Nate Terhune N. Terhune	61.0	2013	KENT	8	61	1	7.6	1	0	0			0.0	0
24	Jonathan Baldwin J. Baldwin	61.0	2009	PITT	13	61	1	4.7	0	1,111	57		19.5	85.5	8
25	Anthony Heygood A. Heygood	61.0	2008	PUR	12	61	1	5.1	0

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More Kent State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,030

DeShields

RUSH

647

Garcia

REC

509

Wolford

Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

125th

OPP PPG

33.6

138th

RUSH YDS/G

97.3

167th

PASS YDS/G

197.1

122nd

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Akron	4-4	5-7
7	Buffalo	4-4	5-7
8	Kent State	4-4	5-7
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	KENT	@	SCAR	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BALL	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OHIO	@	KENT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kent State

5 - 7

Final

Northern Illinois

3 - 9

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