2021 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 10+ Yards To Go through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 9 | 15 | -24 | -1.60 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 15 | -22 | -1.47 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 12 | 21 | -22 | -1.05 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 22 | -21 | -0.95 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 7 | -17 | -2.43 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 8 | 15 | -15 | -1.00 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 9 | 21 | -14 | -0.67 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 25 | -8 | -0.32 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Purdue | 8 | 12 | -7 | -0.58 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 11 | 20 | -5 | -0.25 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | UAB | 10 | 13 | -4 | -0.31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 11 | -3 | -0.27 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 20 | -3 | -0.15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0.24 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 9 | 14 | 8 | 0.57 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0.69 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0.65 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0.65 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0.65 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0.73 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 12 | 22 | 12 | 0.55 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 10 | 23 | 13 | 0.57 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 10 | 25 | 14 | 0.56 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Washington | 11 | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 7 | 14 | 17 | 1.21 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 8 | 18 | 18 | 1.00 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 9 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 10 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 20 | 21 | 1.05 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 8 | 20 | 21 | 1.05 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Michigan | 10 | 16 | 21 | 1.31 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 11 | 21 | 23 | 1.10 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 11 | 19 | 24 | 1.26 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 10 | 14 | 24 | 1.71 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 10 | 19 | 25 | 1.32 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 10 | 21 | 26 | 1.24 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 11 | 23 | 27 | 1.17 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 13 | 27 | 2.08 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 7 | 13 | 28 | 2.15 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Maryland | 8 | 17 | 29 | 1.71 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 7 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 9 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | UTEP | 10 | 18 | 31 | 1.72 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 13 | 31 | 2.38 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 10 | 23 | 32 | 1.39 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Liberty | 9 | 19 | 32 | 1.68 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 7 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 10 | 18 | 33 | 1.83 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 7 | 15 | 34 | 2.27 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 21 | 35 | 1.67 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 12 | 27 | 36 | 1.33 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 9 | 23 | 36 | 1.57 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 10 | 25 | 38 | 1.52 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 9 | 19 | 39 | 2.05 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 10 | 18 | 40 | 2.22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 6 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 10 | 18 | 44 | 2.44 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 7 | 15 | 45 | 3.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 12 | 22 | 48 | 2.18 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | SMU | 9 | 17 | 48 | 2.82 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 19 | 49 | 2.58 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 14 | 51 | 3.64 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 8 | 15 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Iowa | 12 | 20 | 54 | 2.70 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 10 | 15 | 54 | 3.60 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 9 | 15 | 54 | 3.60 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 10 | 22 | 56 | 2.55 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 19 | 56 | 2.95 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 17 | 56 | 3.29 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 10 | 16 | 57 | 3.56 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 13 | 20 | 59 | 2.95 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 10 | 20 | 60 | 3.00 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 9 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Troy | 12 | 28 | 62 | 2.21 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 11 | 16 | 62 | 3.88 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Oregon | 7 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 20 | 64 | 3.20 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 11 | 22 | 66 | 3.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 11 | 19 | 66 | 3.47 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 8 | 15 | 69 | 4.60 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 10 | 16 | 71 | 4.44 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 32 | 73 | 2.28 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 17 | 73 | 4.29 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Indiana | 9 | 17 | 74 | 4.35 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 17 | 77 | 4.53 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 9 | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 14 | 86 | 6.14 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 15 | 87 | 5.80 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 7 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 9 | 15 | 89 | 5.93 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 14 | 95 | 6.79 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 9 | 16 | 103 | 6.44 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 1 | Ohio | 8 | 18 | 104 | 5.78 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Marshall | 12 | 25 | 112 | 4.48 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 10 | 15 | 112 | 7.47 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 14 | 118 | 8.43 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 9 | 19 | 126 | 6.63 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Toledo | 10 | 26 | 133 | 5.12 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 18 | 143 | 7.94 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Army | 10 | 16 | 150 | 9.38 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | South Florida | 9 | 19 | 205 | 10.79 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 109 | USC | 7 | 15 | -15 | -1.00 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Nevada | 9 | 21 | 8 | 0.38 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Houston | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0.65 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Tulane | 11 | 17 | 28 | 1.65 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Notre Dame | 11 | 19 | 32 | 1.68 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Boston College | 8 | 15 | 43 | 2.87 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Virginia | 7 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Northwestern | 9 | 13 | 58 | 4.46 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | North Carolina State | 10 | 20 | 60 | 3.00 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 109 | Duke | 6 | 12 | 71 | 5.92 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Kent State | 10 | 17 | 75 | 4.41 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 109 | Arkansas State | 9 | 16 | 75 | 4.69 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Akron | 9 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 109 | Missouri | 10 | 19 | 81 | 4.26 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 109 | LSU | 9 | 25 | 89 | 3.56 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 109 | New Mexico | 10 | 15 | 98 | 6.53 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Florida International | 10 | 15 | 101 | 6.73 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Ball State | 9 | 11 | 102 | 9.27 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Massachusetts | 7 | 13 | 105 | 8.08 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Stanford | 6 | 10 | 117 | 11.70 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 9 | 21 | 128 | 6.10 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 130 | Buffalo | 11 | 19 | 61 | 3.21 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||