2023 American Athletic Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Makhi Hughes Tulane FR RB 11 215 1169 5.44 6 19.55 106.27
2 Blake Watson Memphis SR RB 10 149 923 6.19 11 14.90 92.30
3 Ayo Adeyi N Texas JR RB 10 128 899 7.02 6 12.80 89.90
4 Anthony Watkins Tulsa SR RB 9 162 737 4.55 4 18.00 81.89
5 Jermaine Brown Jr. UAB SR RB 10 147 737 5.01 10 14.70 73.70
6 Oscar Adaway III N Texas JR RB 10 105 691 6.58 6 10.50 69.10
7 Alex Tecza Navy SO FB 11 123 750 6.10 5 11.18 68.18
8 Jaylan Knighton SMU SR RB 9 105 602 5.73 7 11.67 66.89
9 Nay'Quan Wright S Florida SR RB 10 144 658 4.57 7 14.40 65.80
10 LJ Johnson Jr. SMU SO RB 8 88 519 5.90 3 11.00 64.88
11 Dean Connors Rice JR RB 10 97 634 6.54 6 9.70 63.40
12 Byrum Brown S Florida FR QB 10 149 630 4.23 9 14.90 63.00
13 Kevorian Barnes UTSA SO RB 10 118 572 4.85 5 11.80 57.20
14 Larry McCammon III FAU SR RB 9 119 467 3.92 4 13.22 51.89
15 Robert Henry UTSA JR RB 11 115 525 4.57 11 10.45 47.73
16 Rocko Griffin UTSA SO RB 10 80 463 5.79 6 8.00 46.30
17 Jalon Jones Charlotte SR QB 7 63 294 4.67 2 9.00 42.00
18 Hahsaun Wilson Charlotte SO RB 8 54 322 5.96 3 6.75 40.25
19 Kobe Lewis FAU SR RB 9 68 360 5.29 3 7.56 40.00
20 Rahjai Harris ECU JR RB 10 108 399 3.69 4 10.80 39.90
21 Darvon Hubbard Temple SO RB 9 70 332 4.74 2 7.78 36.89
22 Lee Beebe UAB FR RB 9 46 323 7.02 4 5.11 35.89
23 Frank Harris UTSA SR QB 9 77 278 3.61 4 8.56 30.89
24 Juma Otoviano Rice SR RB 9 66 273 4.14 4 7.33 30.33
25 Bill Jackson Tulsa SO RB 9 64 265 4.14 1 7.11 29.44
26 Michael Pratt Tulane JR QB 10 89 253 2.84 4 8.90 25.30
27 Daba Fofana Navy JR FB 11 64 249 3.89 2 5.82 22.64
28 Seth Henigan Memphis JR QB 10 76 225 2.96 4 7.60 22.50
29 Edward Saydee Temple SR RB 9 53 191 3.60 0 5.89 21.22
30 Brandon Thomas Memphis JR RB 8 39 162 4.15 9 4.88 20.25
31 Joquez Smith Temple FR RB 7 41 134 3.27 0 5.86 19.14
32 Henry Rutledge Charlotte SO RB 8 12 144 12.00 0 1.50 18.00
33 Alex Flinn ECU JR QB 10 87 179 2.06 0 8.70 17.90
34 Preston Stone SMU SO QB 9 45 161 3.58 3 5.00 17.89
35 Quincy Patterson Temple SR QB 7 34 122 3.59 2 4.86 17.43
36 Michael Johnson, Jr. FAU JR QB 8 18 133 7.39 6 2.25 16.63
37 Velton Gardner SMU SR RB 8 30 130 4.33 1 3.75 16.25
38 Chandler Rogers N Texas JR QB 10 101 161 1.59 3 10.10 16.10
39 Sutton Smith Memphis SO RB 10 39 153 3.92 0 3.90 15.30
40 Joachim Bangda Charlotte SR RB 9 35 131 3.74 3 3.89 14.56
41 Eli Heidenreich Navy SO SB 11 23 148 6.43 0 2.09 13.45
42 Brandon Chatman Navy SO SB 10 37 134 3.62 0 3.70 13.40
43 Jacob Zeno UAB JR QB 9 78 115 1.47 3 8.67 12.78
44 Jordan Ford Tulsa SR RB 9 35 107 3.06 0 3.89 11.89
45 Luke McCaffrey Rice JR WR 10 13 118 9.08 0 1.30 11.80
46 Tyler Lavine SMU SR RB 10 28 115 4.11 6 2.80 11.50
47 Shedro Louis Tulane SR RB 11 30 89 2.97 0 2.73 8.09
48 Brandon Buckhaulter UAB SO WR 10 6 70 11.67 0 0.60 7.00
49 Ari Broussard Rice SR RB 10 19 59 3.11 0 1.90 5.90
50 Lee Witherspoon UAB JR RB 10 14 53 3.79 0 1.40 5.30

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.