ohio state running backs with the most yards all-time

J.K. Dobbins has rushed for the most career yards by an Ohio State running back, with 4,459 yards.

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ohio state running backs with the most rushing yards all-time

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	J.K. Dobbins	4,459	42	725	6.2	106.2	38	645	71	91	9.1	15.4	5
2	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	3,961	36	592	6.7	110.0	43	449	58	66	7.7	12.5	1
3	TreVeyon Henderson T. Henderson	3,761	47	590	6.4	80.0	42	853	77	96	11.1	18.1	6
4	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	3,749	32	620	6.0	117.2	19	254	20		12.7	7.9	0
5	Eddie George E. George	3,578	44	643	5.6	81.3	43	516	60		8.6	11.7	1
6	Chris Wells C. Wells	3,382	36	585	5.8	93.9	30	84	15		5.6	2.3	0
7	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	3,198	38	523	6.1	84.2	37	271	34		8.0	7.1	4
8	Keith Byars K. Byars	2,989	25	573	5.2	119.6	45	835	65		12.8	33.4	3
9	Antonio Pittman A. Pittman	2,945	35	557	5.3	84.1	22	314	37		8.5	9.0	0
10	Pepe Pearson P. Pearson	2,904	45	623	4.7	64.5	32	399	32		12.5	8.9	0
11	Carlos Snow C. Snow	2,876	44	587	4.9	65.4	28	458	41		11.2	10.4	4
12	Dan Herron D. Herron	2,872	40	593	4.8	71.8	32	309	44		7.0	7.7	1
13	Michael Wiley M. Wiley	2,822	44	483	5.8	64.1	27	590	51		11.6	13.4	5
14	Mike Weber M. Weber	2,676	38	455	5.9	70.4	24	297	54	73	5.5	7.8	1
15	Jim Otis J. Otis	2,441	26	555	4.4	93.9	33	166	22		7.5	6.4	1
16	Calvin Murray C. Murray	2,420	39	408	5.9	62.1	15	469	40		11.7	12.0	2
17	Lydell Ross L. Ross	2,326	47	595	3.9	49.5	26	230	31		7.4	4.9	0
18	Jonathan Wells J. Wells	2,262	45	439	5.2	50.3	26	229	24		9.5	5.1	0
19	Raymont Harris R. Harris	2,042	31	448	4.6	65.9	22	106	14		7.6	3.4	1
20	Don Clark D. Clark	2,034	25	371	5.5	81.4	21	173	13		13.3	6.9	1
21	Ron Springs R. Springs	1,926	31	353	5.5	62.1	11	167	25		6.7	5.4	0
22	Vince Workman V. Workman	1,814	45	394	4.6	40.3	12	553	51		10.8	12.3	2
23	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,771	20	286	6.2	88.6	15	128	15		8.5	6.4	0
24	Master Teague M. Teague	1,764	32	323	5.5	55.1	17	118	11	15	10.7	3.7	0
25	Bob White B. White	1,723	27	403	4.3	63.8	13	30	1		30.0	1.1	0

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,610

Sayin

RUSH

1,090

Jackson

REC

1,243

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

34.9

21st

OPP PPG

8.2

1st

RUSH YDS/G

162.8

69th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

32nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

2 - 0

Final

Ohio State

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 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