2018 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 13 | -42 | -3.23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 13 | -30 | -2.31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 8 | 11 | -29 | -2.64 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 9 | 12 | -29 | -2.42 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 8 | 11 | -24 | -2.18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 9 | 13 | -23 | -1.77 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 6 | 6 | -19 | -3.17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 8 | 13 | -18 | -1.38 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 12 | -17 | -1.42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 9 | 14 | -15 | -1.07 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 12 | -13 | -1.08 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 9 | 12 | -13 | -1.08 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | -12 | -4.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 6 | 7 | -12 | -1.71 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 9 | 13 | -11 | -0.85 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | North Texas | 10 | 15 | -4 | -0.27 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 5 | 7 | -3 | -0.43 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 8 | 12 | -1 | -0.08 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 12 | 19 | 8 | 0.42 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0.82 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1.10 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UAB | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0.86 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 13 | 13 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 18 | 14 | 0.78 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 9 | 10 | 14 | 1.40 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 7 | 11 | 16 | 1.45 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 7 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 8 | 14 | 21 | 1.50 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 7 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 7 | 21 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 11 | 18 | 25 | 1.39 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 12 | 25 | 2.08 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 6 | 11 | 25 | 2.27 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 7 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 6 | 9 | 26 | 2.89 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 7 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 6 | 13 | 27 | 2.08 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Kansas | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 8 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 6 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 8 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 6 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 11 | 33 | 3.00 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Arizona | 8 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 6 | 13 | 37 | 2.85 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 5 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 6 | 8 | 37 | 4.63 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 7 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 19 | 39 | 2.05 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 7 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 10 | 18 | 46 | 2.56 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 16 | 47 | 2.94 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Army | 5 | 10 | 48 | 4.80 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | California | 8 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 9 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Virginia | 9 | 13 | 54 | 4.15 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Air Force | 9 | 15 | 58 | 3.87 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 9 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas State | 6 | 10 | 60 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 7 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 9 | 18 | 65 | 3.61 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | UTEP | 9 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 16 | 71 | 4.44 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 8 | 14 | 71 | 5.07 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 12 | 71 | 5.92 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 10 | 17 | 77 | 4.53 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 9 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 16 | 79 | 4.94 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 9 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Navy | 8 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 9 | 16 | 83 | 5.19 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | Clemson | 12 | 17 | 84 | 4.94 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 17 | 86 | 5.06 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Washington State | 9 | 16 | 86 | 5.38 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 6 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 13 | 100 | 7.69 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Ball State | 10 | 16 | 142 | 8.88 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 10 | 15 | -25 | -1.67 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Baylor | 9 | 15 | 18 | 1.20 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 104 | Auburn | 9 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Texas | 7 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | New Mexico | 9 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | LSU | 8 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 104 | Hawai'i | 7 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Temple | 8 | 14 | 43 | 3.07 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Georgia | 8 | 14 | 44 | 3.14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Washington | 7 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | South Alabama | 5 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 104 | Oregon | 10 | 16 | 52 | 3.25 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Kentucky | 7 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 11 | 54 | 4.91 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Tennessee | 6 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Utah State | 8 | 16 | 57 | 3.56 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 104 | Georgia State | 6 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 104 | Ohio State | 9 | 11 | 69 | 6.27 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 104 | Old Dominion | 7 | 12 | 80 | 6.67 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | South Florida | 10 | 17 | 86 | 5.06 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 104 | Duke | 9 | 13 | 112 | 8.62 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 104 | Nebraska | 9 | 13 | 164 | 12.62 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 126 | UCF | 8 | 11 | 13 | 1.18 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 126 | Tulane | 9 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 126 | Memphis | 12 | 21 | 106 | 5.05 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 126 | Kent State | 9 | 14 | 137 | 9.79 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 130 | Arkansas State | 8 | 15 | 144 | 9.60 | 3 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||