penn st all-time leading rushers single season

Larry Johnson has rushed for the most yards by a Penn State player in a season, with 2,087 yards in 2002.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
2,087
2002
PSU PSU
13
271
7.7
160.5
20
349
41
8.5
26.8
3
2Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,567
1971
PSU PSU
11
254
6.2
142.5
26
154
16
9.6
14.0
3
3Ki-Jana Carter
K. Carter
1,539
1994
PSU PSU
11
198
7.8
139.9
23
123
14
8.8
11.2
0
4John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
1,522
1973
PSU PSU
11
286
5.3
138.4
17
69
6
11.5
6.3
0
5Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,496
2016
PSU PSU
14
272
5.5
106.9
18
402
28
38
14.4
28.7
4
6Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
1,414
1987
PSU PSU
11
268
5.3
128.5
11
300
23
13.0
27.3
2
7Tony Hunt
T. Hunt
1,386
2006
PSU PSU
13
277
5.0
106.6
11
259
27
9.6
19.9
3
8Curtis Enis
C. Enis
1,363
1997
PSU PSU
11
228
6.0
123.9
19
215
25
8.6
19.5
1
9Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
1,341
1989
PSU PSU
11
264
5.1
121.9
5
118
18
6.6
10.7
0
10Rodney Kinlaw
R. Kinlaw
1,329
2007
PSU PSU
13
243
5.5
102.2
10
128
21
6.1
9.8
0
11Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
1,274
2018
PSU PSU
13
220
5.8
98.0
9
139
24
35
5.8
10.7
0
12Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,271
2017
PSU PSU
13
217
5.9
97.8
18
632
54
68
11.7
48.6
3
13Silas Redd
S. Redd
1,241
2011
PSU PSU
13
244
5.1
95.5
7
40
9
4.4
3.1
0
14Evan Royster
E. Royster
1,236
2008
PSU PSU
13
191
6.5
95.1
12
155
17
9.1
11.9
0
15Curtis Enis
C. Enis
1,210
1996
PSU PSU
12
224
5.4
100.8
13
291
32
9.1
24.3
1
16Evan Royster
E. Royster
1,169
2009
PSU PSU
13
205
5.7
89.9
6
187
16
11.7
14.4
2
17John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
1,117
1972
PSU PSU
11
233
4.8
101.5
12
138
16
8.6
12.5
1
18Kaytron Allen
K. Allen
1,108
2024
PSU PSU
16
220
5.0
69.3
8
153
18
28
8.5
9.6
2
19Nicholas Singleton
N. Singleton
1,099
2024
PSU PSU
15
172
6.4
73.3
12
375
41
53
9.1
25.0
5
20Kaytron Allen
K. Allen
1,077
2025
PSU PSU
11
188
5.7
97.9
14
56
16
21
3.5
5.1
0
21Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,076
2015
PSU PSU
11
182
5.9
97.8
7
161
20
32
8.1
14.6
1
22Nicholas Singleton
N. Singleton
1,061
2022
PSU PSU
13
156
6.8
81.6
12
85
11
20
7.7
6.5
1
23Tony Hunt
T. Hunt
1,047
2005
PSU PSU
11
174
6.0
95.2
6
203
19
10.7
18.5
0
24Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,044
1981
PSU PSU
11
171
6.1
94.9
8
106
9
11.8
9.6
0
25Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,041
1982
PSU PSU
11
198
5.3
94.6
8
335
24
14.0
30.5
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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166.4

68th

PASS YDS/G

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