2019 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | 7 | -34 | -4.86 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Oregon | 4 | 5 | -20 | -4.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Alabama | 10 | 12 | -47 | -3.92 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington | 7 | 8 | -23 | -2.88 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | LSU | 12 | 17 | -47 | -2.76 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | California | 3 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Stanford | 5 | 5 | -13 | -2.60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | UNLV | 4 | 6 | -15 | -2.50 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Boise State | 9 | 12 | -28 | -2.33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 5 | 6 | -14 | -2.33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Appalachian State | 12 | 21 | -40 | -1.90 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | UCF | 9 | 16 | -29 | -1.81 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Colorado | 6 | 10 | -17 | -1.70 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ohio | 7 | 10 | -14 | -1.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Florida | 10 | 15 | -20 | -1.33 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Iowa | 8 | 10 | -12 | -1.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Arizona | 5 | 7 | -8 | -1.14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan | 6 | 8 | -9 | -1.13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 5 | 9 | -10 | -1.11 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 8 | 15 | -14 | -0.93 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Rutgers | 7 | 14 | -12 | -0.86 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Virginia | 5 | 7 | -6 | -0.86 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 12 | -9 | -0.75 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 8 | 12 | -7 | -0.58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Auburn | 8 | 13 | -5 | -0.38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Michigan State | 8 | 14 | -5 | -0.36 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 7 | 10 | -3 | -0.30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Western Michigan | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Tulane | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0.44 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Colorado State | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0.77 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Florida International | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0.77 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Utah | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0.90 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Clemson | 8 | 14 | 17 | 1.21 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Mississippi State | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Memphis | 8 | 12 | 17 | 1.42 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Old Dominion | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Fresno State | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Cincinnati | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | Washington State | 8 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | TCU | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.67 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Charlotte | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 11 | 19 | 1.73 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Illinois | 10 | 18 | 32 | 1.78 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Temple | 9 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 7 | 13 | 24 | 1.85 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Ohio State | 9 | 26 | 49 | 1.88 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Arkansas State | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | UAB | 10 | 19 | 37 | 1.95 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | South Alabama | 7 | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Wake Forest | 7 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | North Texas | 8 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | Navy | 7 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Tennessee | 8 | 16 | 34 | 2.13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | Duke | 9 | 16 | 34 | 2.13 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | SMU | 5 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Mississippi | 7 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | San Jose State | 8 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | BYU | 11 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Oklahoma | 10 | 15 | 38 | 2.53 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Baylor | 9 | 17 | 44 | 2.59 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | North Carolina State | 11 | 19 | 50 | 2.63 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 69 | UTSA | 6 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | Penn State | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Central Michigan | 11 | 15 | 43 | 2.87 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | South Florida | 7 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 73 | Liberty | 6 | 11 | 32 | 2.91 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 14 | 42 | 3.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Kansas | 7 | 11 | 34 | 3.09 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 | Wyoming | 10 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | San Diego State | 6 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 14 | 47 | 3.36 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | UTEP | 8 | 12 | 41 | 3.42 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Air Force | 8 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Wisconsin | 8 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Louisville | 10 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 85 | Purdue | 7 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 86 | Marshall | 9 | 13 | 50 | 3.85 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Georgia | 5 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Nevada | 7 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 91 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 22 | 89 | 4.05 | 0 | 85 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 92 | Army | 9 | 12 | 49 | 4.08 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 12 | 18 | 75 | 4.17 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 94 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Akron | 6 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Arkansas | 9 | 15 | 65 | 4.33 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 97 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 98 | Utah State | 6 | 11 | 49 | 4.45 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | East Carolina | 8 | 13 | 58 | 4.46 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 100 | Florida State | 6 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 101 | Rice | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 102 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 9 | 15 | 69 | 4.60 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 104 | Kansas State | 7 | 11 | 51 | 4.64 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 12 | 57 | 4.75 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | Maryland | 7 | 8 | 39 | 4.88 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | UCLA | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 108 | Bowling Green | 7 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | New Mexico State | 6 | 12 | 68 | 5.67 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 110 | Troy | 6 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 111 | Iowa State | 7 | 11 | 64 | 5.82 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 112 | Notre Dame | 9 | 16 | 97 | 6.06 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 113 | USC | 6 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 21 | 135 | 6.43 | 4 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 9 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 116 | Georgia State | 11 | 14 | 93 | 6.64 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 117 | Tulsa | 7 | 14 | 94 | 6.71 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 118 | Ball State | 6 | 14 | 98 | 7.00 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Indiana | 7 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 120 | Hawai'i | 8 | 11 | 81 | 7.36 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 121 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 12 | 99 | 8.25 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 122 | Kent State | 9 | 10 | 89 | 8.90 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 123 | Toledo | 7 | 11 | 115 | 10.45 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 124 | Texas Tech | 6 | 9 | 98 | 10.89 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | Oregon State | 4 | 8 | 89 | 11.13 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 126 | Missouri | 4 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 127 | Texas State | 7 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 127 | Boston College | 7 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 129 | Houston | 5 | 7 | 92 | 13.14 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 130 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 9 | 169 | 18.78 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||