who has the most carries per game on average in cfb history

Ed Marinaro has the most career rush attempts per game played, with 34.

NAMEATT/GPATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
34
918
27
4,715
5.1
174.6
50
232
23
10.1
8.6
2
2O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
31.05
621
20
3,124
5.0
156.2
33
235
28
8.4
11.8
0
3Steve Owens
S. Owens
30.17
905
30
3,867
4.3
128.9
56
136
16
8.5
4.5
0
4Herschel Walker
H. Walker
30.12
994
33
5,259
5.3
159.4
49
243
26
9.3
7.4
3
5Leon Burns
L. Burns
28.41
625
22
2,692
4.3
122.4
45
238
15
15.9
10.8
2
6Steve Bartalo
S. Bartalo
28.16
1,211
43
4,813
4.0
111.9
46
1,079
132
8.2
25.1
3
7Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
27
324
12
1,567
4.8
130.6
13
70
9
7.8
5.8
0
8LeShon Johnson
L. Johnson
26.91
592
22
3,314
5.6
150.6
18
110
19
5.8
5.0
0
9Dwayne Crutchfield
D. Crutchfield
26.86
591
22
2,501
4.2
113.7
28
241
32
7.5
11.0
0
10Alex Smith
A. Smith
26.78
723
27
3,492
4.8
129.3
21
249
37
6.7
9.2
0
11Lee Bouggess
L. Bouggess
26.7
267
10
1,064
4.0
106.4
6
16
5
3.2
1.6
0
12Bob Hitchens
B. Hitchens
26.66
773
29
3,118
4.0
107.5
34
44
6
7.3
1.5
0
13Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
25.93
1,115
43
6,397
5.7
148.8
63
304
31
9.8
7.1
0
14Pete Robertson
P. Robertson
25.9
259
10
891
3.4
89.1
10
74
11
6.7
7.4
0
15Travis Prentice
T. Prentice
25.86
1,138
44
5,596
4.9
127.2
73
522
54
9.7
11.9
5
16Vaughn Dunbar
V. Dunbar
25.68
565
22
2,842
5.0
129.2
24
370
42
8.8
16.8
0
17George Jones
G. Jones
25.58
486
19
2,810
5.8
147.9
34
238
34
7.0
12.5
0
18Paul Miles
P. Miles
25.57
767
30
3,239
4.2
108.0
25
102
16
6.4
3.4
0
19Jerome Persell
J. Persell
25.52
842
33
4,190
5.0
127.0
39
137
17
8.1
4.2
0
20Darrell Lipford
D. Lipford
25.45
280
11
1,318
4.7
119.8
16
194
18
10.8
17.6
2
21Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
25.45
509
20
2,723
5.3
136.2
25
389
51
7.6
19.5
4
22Troy Davis
T. Davis
25.23
782
31
4,382
5.6
141.4
36
258
33
7.8
8.3
1
23Dave Alexander
D. Alexander
25.22
227
9
1,029
4.5
114.3
15
87
3
29.0
9.7
1
24Kevin Smith
K. Smith
25.14
905
36
4,679
5.2
130.0
45
444
55
8.1
12.3
1
25Gary Kosins
G. Kosins
25.13
779
31
2,812
3.6
90.7
39
195
20
9.8
6.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1956 season.

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