2016 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 15 | -27 | -1.80 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 11 | 17 | -26 | -1.53 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | 8 | -20 | -2.50 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 8 | 18 | -16 | -0.89 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 8 | 20 | -16 | -0.80 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 9 | 17 | -11 | -0.65 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 9 | 15 | -10 | -0.67 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 9 | 15 | -7 | -0.47 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | -4 | -0.44 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 11 | -4 | -0.36 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 7 | 13 | -2 | -0.15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0.50 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0.83 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 12 | 11 | 0.92 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 10 | 16 | 16 | 1.00 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 8 | 15 | 16 | 1.07 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 10 | 22 | 17 | 0.77 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1.31 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 9 | 17 | 18 | 1.06 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 8 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 8 | 8 | 18 | 2.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 10 | 16 | 19 | 1.19 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 7 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 7 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 10 | 18 | 23 | 1.28 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 14 | 23 | 1.64 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 7 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 6 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 10 | 16 | 27 | 1.69 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 8 | 13 | 27 | 2.08 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1.65 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 6 | 10 | 28 | 2.80 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 10 | 19 | 29 | 1.53 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 10 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 8 | 15 | 30 | 2.00 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 12 | 31 | 2.58 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 9 | 19 | 33 | 1.74 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 23 | 36 | 1.57 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 13 | 41 | 3.15 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 9 | 23 | 42 | 1.83 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 9 | 15 | 43 | 2.87 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 10 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Idaho | 8 | 16 | 44 | 2.75 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | 9 | 45 | 5.00 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 11 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 8 | 15 | 50 | 3.33 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 7 | 15 | 51 | 3.40 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 10 | 14 | 51 | 3.64 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 8 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 9 | 18 | 53 | 2.94 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 7 | 13 | 54 | 4.15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 7 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 6 | 10 | 57 | 5.70 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 9 | 13 | 58 | 4.46 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 12 | 22 | 60 | 2.73 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 9 | 16 | 61 | 3.81 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 6 | 11 | 63 | 5.73 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 11 | 65 | 5.91 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 9 | 18 | 68 | 3.78 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 10 | 22 | 71 | 3.23 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 10 | 15 | 71 | 4.73 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 10 | 19 | 74 | 3.89 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 9 | 18 | 78 | 4.33 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 18 | 81 | 4.50 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 7 | 17 | 86 | 5.06 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 9 | 22 | 92 | 4.18 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 13 | 31 | 109 | 3.52 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | Texas | 11 | 23 | 16 | 0.70 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 7 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Toledo | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1.40 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | North Carolina State | 8 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 13 | 29 | 2.23 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Penn State | 12 | 19 | 31 | 1.63 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | USC | 6 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 15 | 38 | 2.53 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Troy | 8 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Tennessee | 9 | 17 | 50 | 2.94 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | TCU | 7 | 14 | 51 | 3.64 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 17 | 52 | 3.06 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Georgia State | 9 | 13 | 55 | 4.23 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 12 | 56 | 4.67 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Boston College | 9 | 18 | 57 | 3.17 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Navy | 7 | 16 | 57 | 3.56 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Tulsa | 10 | 19 | 58 | 3.05 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 79 | Arkansas State | 8 | 11 | 60 | 5.45 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Iowa | 9 | 17 | 63 | 3.71 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Rice | 7 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Fresno State | 6 | 13 | 65 | 5.00 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Texas A&M | 9 | 19 | 68 | 3.58 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 79 | UNLV | 7 | 13 | 71 | 5.46 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Air Force | 7 | 15 | 73 | 4.87 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Purdue | 6 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Kent State | 9 | 16 | 87 | 5.44 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Ball State | 6 | 9 | 95 | 10.56 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 79 | Colorado State | 11 | 22 | 102 | 4.64 | 4 | 81 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 24 | 103 | 4.29 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Missouri | 8 | 15 | 109 | 7.27 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Oklahoma | 10 | 19 | 113 | 5.95 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 79 | Florida | 10 | 15 | 113 | 7.53 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Massachusetts | 9 | 16 | 115 | 7.19 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 79 | Rutgers | 7 | 20 | 140 | 7.00 | 3 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 114 | Colorado | 11 | 18 | 53 | 2.94 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Buffalo | 12 | 22 | 62 | 2.82 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 114 | Louisville | 10 | 17 | 68 | 4.00 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Wake Forest | 6 | 17 | 72 | 4.24 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 12 | 84 | 7.00 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 114 | Oregon | 7 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Wyoming | 9 | 21 | 111 | 5.29 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 6 | 9 | 116 | 12.89 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 114 | Florida International | 7 | 14 | 120 | 8.57 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 114 | Bowling Green | 9 | 14 | 129 | 9.21 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 114 | North Texas | 8 | 21 | 181 | 8.62 | 2 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | South Carolina | 9 | 17 | 120 | 7.06 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 125 | Iowa State | 8 | 19 | 131 | 6.89 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 125 | Arkansas | 8 | 16 | 167 | 10.44 | 2 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 128 | Oregon State | 9 | 22 | 153 | 6.95 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||