2017 American Athletic Conference Leaders Rushing - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Killins Jr. | UCF | SO | RB | 11 | 40 | 361 | 9.03 | 5 | 96 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 2 | D'Angelo Brewer | Tulsa | SR | RB | 6 | 60 | 343 | 5.72 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Malcolm Perry | Navy | SO | SB | 10 | 34 | 340 | 10.00 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Darrell Henderson | Memphis | SO | RB | 9 | 37 | 321 | 8.68 | 3 | 70 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | Darius Tice | S Florida | SR | RB | 11 | 42 | 307 | 7.31 | 5 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | Duke Catalon | Houston | JR | RB | 9 | 41 | 284 | 6.93 | 5 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 7 | Zach Abey | Navy | JR | QB | 7 | 67 | 237 | 3.54 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Dontrell Hilliard | Tulane | SR | RB | 7 | 38 | 214 | 5.63 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Patrick Taylor Jr. | Memphis | SO | RB | 9 | 40 | 213 | 5.33 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | SR | QB | 11 | 40 | 187 | 4.68 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | Chad President | Tulsa | SO | QB | 4 | 14 | 167 | 11.93 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | Otis Anderson | UCF | FR | WR | 7 | 28 | 166 | 5.93 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | SO | QB | 11 | 28 | 165 | 5.89 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | D'Ernest Johnson | S Florida | SR | RB | 9 | 32 | 159 | 4.97 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Chris High | Navy | SR | FB | 9 | 45 | 158 | 3.51 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | SO | RB | 6 | 20 | 136 | 6.80 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | David Hood | Temple | JR | RB | 7 | 28 | 122 | 4.36 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Gerrid Doaks | Cincinnati | FR | RB | 1 | 10 | 116 | 11.60 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | Jonathan Banks | Tulane | JR | QB | 6 | 25 | 103 | 4.12 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Ryquell Armstead | Temple | JR | RB | 7 | 26 | 102 | 3.92 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Xavier Jones | SMU | SO | RB | 9 | 24 | 94 | 3.92 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | S Florida | SR | WR | 3 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Josh Brown | Navy | SR | SB | 2 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Anthony Gargiulo | Navy | JR | FB | 5 | 11 | 75 | 6.82 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Mike Boone | Cincinnati | SR | RB | 3 | 18 | 69 | 3.83 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Taj McGowan | UCF | JR | RB | 8 | 16 | 65 | 4.06 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | SR | QB | 3 | 15 | 61 | 4.07 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | David Pindell | UConn | JR | QB | 3 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Nate Hopkins | UConn | FR | RB | 3 | 20 | 57 | 2.85 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Arkeel Newsome | UConn | SR | RB | 4 | 16 | 56 | 3.50 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Dillon Birden | Houston | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 55 | 3.67 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | D'Eriq King | Houston | SO | QB | 6 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Mulbah Car | Houston | SO | RB | 2 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Braeden West | SMU | JR | RB | 4 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tre Walker | Navy | JR | SB | 2 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Kyle Postma | Houston | SR | QB | 4 | 14 | 43 | 3.07 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | John Brown III | Navy | SR | SB | 5 | 6 | 40 | 6.67 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kevin Mensah | UConn | FR | RB | 4 | 16 | 40 | 2.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Joshua Walker | Navy | SR | FB | 3 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Darius Bradwell | Tulane | SO | RB | 3 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Hussein Howe | ECU | SO | RB | 3 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Michael Warren II | Cincinnati | FR | RB | 3 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | SR | QB | 6 | 10 | 20 | 2.00 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Luke Skipper | Tulsa | FR | QB | 2 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Darryl Bonner | Navy | SR | SB | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Thomas Sirk | ECU | SR | QB | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Nick Sharga | Temple | SR | FB | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Derrell Scott | ECU | JR | RB | 2 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Frank Nutile | Temple | JR | QB | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Derek McLemore | Houston | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | |||||||||||||