most yds scrimmage by running back 2001 to 2003

From 2001 through 2003, Michael Turner rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 3,958 yards.

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NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Turner
M. Turner
3,958
34
740
5.3
116.4
36
406
39
10.4
11.9
3
2Cedric Benson
C. Benson
3,706
36
786
4.7
102.9
45
442
47
9.4
12.3
2
3Anthony Davis
A. Davis
3,703
32
707
5.2
115.7
31
102
9
11.3
3.2
0
4Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
3,661
34
571
6.4
107.7
34
386
34
11.4
11.4
2
5Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
3,625
35
743
4.9
103.6
39
680
66
10.3
19.4
6
6Derrick Knight
D. Knight
3,490
33
656
5.3
105.8
24
700
72
9.7
21.2
2
7Kevin Jones
K. Jones
3,475
37
616
5.6
93.9
35
229
24
9.5
6.2
0
8Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
3,474
34
736
4.7
102.2
19
1,709
156
11.0
50.3
14
9Chris Perry
C. Perry
3,240
36
717
4.5
90.0
34
569
64
8.9
15.8
2
10Tatum Bell
T. Bell
3,158
32
585
5.4
98.7
33
216
31
7.0
6.8
2
11Avon Cobourne
A. Cobourne
3,008
24
602
5.0
125.3
26
270
38
7.1
11.3
0
12Keylon Kincade
K. Kincade
2,980
33
737
4.0
90.3
12
473
48
9.9
14.3
1
13Chance Kretschmer
C. Kretschmer
2,969
25
574
5.2
118.8
28
179
25
7.2
7.2
0
14Marcus Merriweather
M. Merriweather
2,862
22
600
4.8
130.1
24
223
26
8.6
10.1
3
15Patrick Cobbs
P. Cobbs
2,840
35
559
5.1
81.1
30
242
19
12.7
6.9
1
16Bobby Hendry
B. Hendry
2,821
32
599
4.7
88.2
32
326
35
9.3
10.2
1
17Brock Forsey
B. Forsey
2,818
25
541
5.2
112.7
39
651
71
9.2
26.0
9
18Chris Brown
C. Brown
2,787
23
493
5.7
121.2
35
76
11
6.9
3.3
0
19Fred Russell
F. Russell
2,760
31
523
5.3
89.0
17
45
8
5.6
1.5
0
20Zack Abron
Z. Abron
2,696
35
552
4.9
77.0
35
228
34
6.7
6.5
2
21Quentin Griffin
Q. Griffin
2,688
26
469
5.7
103.4
24
704
90
7.8
27.1
5
22Carnell Williams
C. Williams
2,666
30
502
5.3
88.9
33
190
24
7.9
6.3
0
23Jason Wright
J. Wright
2,625
31
489
5.4
84.7
32
565
52
10.9
18.2
2
24Walter Reyes
W. Reyes
2,621
35
477
5.5
74.9
38
437
45
9.7
12.5
1
25Chris Douglas
C. Douglas
2,619
34
585
4.5
77.0
15
699
67
10.4
20.6
4
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Team Leaders

PASS

1,364

Dickens

Taron Dickens

RUSH

502

Johnson

Telly Johnson Jr.

REC

537

Rogers

DeAree Rogers
Team Rankings

PPG

15.1

156th

OPP PPG

38.6

170th

RUSH YDS/G

100.1

167th

PASS YDS/G

201.6

113th

2026 MWC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
6
Nevada Nevada
2-2
3-4
7
San Jose State San Jose State
2-2
4-4
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1-4
2-6
9
UTEP UTEP
0-3
1-6
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0-3
0-7
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/31
NIU NIU
@
UNLV UNLV
10:30 PM
Sat
11/7
NIU NIU
@
SJSU SJSU
4:00 PM
Sat
11/14
NEV NEV
@
NIU NIU
3:30 PM
Sat
11/21
NIU NIU
@
NDSU NDSU
4:00 PM
Sat
11/28
UTEP UTEP
@
NIU NIU
3:30 PM
Last Game
HAW Hawai'i

2 - 6

56

Final

21

NIU Northern Illinois

0 - 7

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

Dylan Riley

957

Bishop

DeSean Bishop

923

Cook

Cam Cook
Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

Jesse Legree

984

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

952

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

22

Mensah

Darian Mensah

21

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

16

Hellums

Cale Hellums

13

Baugh

Jadan Baugh
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

12

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

11

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah

185.9

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

Tobi Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

49.0

North Texas

43.1

Georgia

43.0

Oregon State

42.7

James Madison

41.4

Notre Dame

41.1
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

11.3

Indiana

12.0

North Dakota State

12.5

Ohio State

13.4

Notre Dame

13.4

TCU

13.9
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

551.9

Oklahoma State

529.1

Oregon State

527.0

North Texas

525.7

Texas State

517.7

LSU

510.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

345.7

Air Force

337.4

Navy

307.7

Texas State

272.0

Rice

271.4

West Virginia

261.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

384.9

Oklahoma State

341.0

North Texas

341.0

Miami

340.7

Ohio State

323.1

LSU

317.9
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

34.0

LSU

33.0

San Jose State

29.0

Indiana

28.0

Baylor

27.0

Virginia Tech

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
1
.857
2
Oregon State Oregon State
5
2
.714
3
Texas State Texas State
4
3
.571
4
San Diego State San Diego State
3
5
.375
5
Fresno State Fresno State
4
3
.571
6
Colorado State Colorado State
3
4
.429
7
Utah State Utah State
2
5
.286
8
Washington State Washington State
1
7
.125
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
7
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
6
1
.857
3
Indiana Indiana
7
1
.875
4
Northwestern Northwestern
6
1
.857
5
Minnesota Minnesota
5
2
.714
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
5
2
.714
7
USC USC
6
2
.750
8
Purdue Purdue
3
4
.429
9
Illinois Illinois
4
3
.571
10
Oregon Oregon
4
3
.571
11
Iowa Iowa
5
2
.714
12
Nebraska Nebraska
5
2
.714
13
Michigan Michigan
4
3
.571
14
Washington Washington
4
3
.571
15
Rutgers Rutgers
2
5
.286
16
Penn State Penn State
3
4
.429
17
Maryland Maryland
2
5
.286
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
6
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Kentucky Kentucky
7
1
.875
2
Georgia Georgia
6
1
.857
3
Alabama Alabama
6
2
.750
4
Florida Florida
5
2
.714
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
2
.714
6
LSU LSU
6
2
.750
7
Tennessee Tennessee
6
2
.750
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
4
3
.571
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Texas Texas
5
2
.714
11
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
3
.571
12
Auburn Auburn
4
3
.571
13
South Carolina South Carolina
4
3
.571
14
Arkansas Arkansas
3
4
.429
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
4
.500
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
5
.375
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
6
1
.857
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
2
.714
3
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
4
.429
4
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
4
3
.571
5
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
4
.429
6
Delaware Delaware
3
4
.429
7
Florida International Florida International
3
4
.429
8
Missouri State Missouri State
2
5
.286
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
6
.143
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
6
.143
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
5
2
.714
2
James Madison James Madison
7
1
.875
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
2
.714
4
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
3
4
.429
5
South Alabama South Alabama
4
3
.571
6
Louisiana Louisiana
5
3
.625
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
4
.500
8
Georgia State Georgia State
4
3
.571
9
Troy Troy
3
4
.429
10
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
.286
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
2
5
.286
12
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
1
6
.143
13
Marshall Marshall
4
3
.571
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
6
.250
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
7
0
1.000
2
SMU SMU
6
1
.857
3
Wake Forest Wake Forest
6
1
.857
4
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
2
.750
5
Louisville Louisville
4
3
.571
6
Clemson Clemson
4
3
.571
7
North Carolina North Carolina
4
3
.571
8
Duke Duke
5
2
.714
9
Boston College Boston College
4
3
.571
10
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
3
.625
11
Stanford Stanford
4
4
.500
12
Virginia Virginia
4
4
.500
13
California California
3
5
.375
14
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
15
NC State NC State
3
4
.429
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
5
.286
17
Syracuse Syracuse
3
4
.429
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
6
1
.857
2
Wyoming Wyoming
5
3
.625
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
2
.750
4
UNLV UNLV
4
3
.571
5
Air Force Air Force
5
2
.714
6
Nevada Nevada
3
4
.429
7
San Jose State San Jose State
4
4
.500
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
2
6
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
.143
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
7
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
1
.857
2
UConn UConn
4
3
.571
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
6
2
.750
2
Toledo Toledo
6
2
.750
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
5
3
.625
4
Buffalo Buffalo
5
3
.625
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
6
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
5
.444
7
Kent State Kent State
3
5
.375
8
Ball State Ball State
3
5
.375
9
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
6
.250
10
UMass UMass
4
4
.500
11
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
5
.375
12
Akron Akron
1
7
.125
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
7
.125
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
7
1
.875
2
North Texas North Texas
5
2
.714
3
Army Army
5
2
.714
4
Memphis Memphis
6
2
.750
5
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
5
2
.714
6
UAB UAB
4
3
.571
7
Charlotte Charlotte
1
6
.143
8
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
9
South Florida South Florida
5
2
.714
10
East Carolina East Carolina
3
4
.429
11
Tulane Tulane
3
4
.429
12
Tulsa Tulsa
4
4
.500
13
Navy Navy
2
5
.286
14
Rice Rice
1
7
.125
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
7
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
6
1
.857
3
BYU BYU
6
1
.857
4
Houston Houston
6
2
.750
5
Arizona Arizona
6
1
.857
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
5
2
.714
7
Baylor Baylor
4
3
.571
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
2
.714
9
Arizona State Arizona State
4
3
.571
10
UCF UCF
4
3
.571
11
West Virginia West Virginia
5
3
.625
12
Kansas State Kansas State
4
3
.571
13
Iowa State Iowa State
3
4
.429
14
Kansas Kansas
3
4
.429
15
TCU TCU
3
4
.429
16
Colorado Colorado
2
5
.286

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/3
MEM MEM
@
CHAR CHAR
59-8
Sat
10/3
NAVY NAVY
@
AFA AFA
9-14
Sat
10/3
ALA ALA
@
MSST MSST
56-23
Sat
10/3
UCF UCF
@
HOU HOU
17-27
Sat
10/3
WVU WVU
@
ISU ISU
42-45

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/27
DEL DEL
@
WKU WKU
7:00 PM
Tue
10/27
SHSU SHSU
@
MOSU MOSU
8:00 PM
Wed
10/28
KENN KENN
@
MTU MTU
7:00 PM
Wed
10/28
JVST JVST
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/29
TROY TROY
@
JMU JMU
7:30 PM