2023 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno State | 9 | 16 | -36 | -2.25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 7 | 16 | -34 | -2.13 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 11 | 18 | -33 | -1.83 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 10 | 16 | -28 | -1.75 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 10 | 13 | -27 | -2.08 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 10 | 21 | -27 | -1.29 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 7 | 10 | -22 | -2.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 9 | 11 | -22 | -2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 11 | 15 | -21 | -1.40 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 13 | -18 | -1.38 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 5 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 7 | -16 | -2.29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 6 | 8 | -16 | -2.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 5 | 5 | -13 | -2.60 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 6 | 9 | -13 | -1.44 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 10 | 16 | -13 | -0.81 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 5 | 10 | -12 | -1.20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 12 | -12 | -1.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 10 | 20 | -12 | -0.60 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 4 | 5 | -11 | -2.20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 7 | 8 | -9 | -1.13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 7 | 8 | -9 | -1.13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 5 | 8 | -9 | -1.13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 8 | 12 | -9 | -0.75 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 8 | 12 | -8 | -0.67 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 5 | 5 | -6 | -1.20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 7 | 12 | -6 | -0.50 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 7 | 11 | -5 | -0.45 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 6 | 9 | -2 | -0.22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 7 | 11 | -1 | -0.09 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0.31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0.31 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0.77 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0.91 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 6 | 11 | 12 | 1.09 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0.87 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 10 | 19 | 14 | 0.74 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 6 | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1.60 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 10 | 20 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 6 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 14 | 21 | 1.50 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 6 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 16 | 23 | 1.44 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 7 | 14 | 25 | 1.79 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 11 | 25 | 2.27 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 5 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 6 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 16 | 26 | 1.63 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 7 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 8 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 17 | 29 | 1.71 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 8 | 12 | 31 | 2.58 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 5 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 11 | 19 | 35 | 1.84 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 5 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 10 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 9 | 12 | 40 | 3.33 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 17 | 41 | 2.41 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 6 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 7 | 11 | 43 | 3.91 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 5 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 9 | 13 | 44 | 3.38 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 7 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 7 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 7 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 8 | 9 | 56 | 6.22 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 8 | 56 | 7.00 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 9 | 17 | 58 | 3.41 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 10 | 12 | 75 | 6.25 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 11 | 20 | 98 | 4.90 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 96 | Maryland | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0.18 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | UAB | 8 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Clemson | 8 | 12 | 27 | 2.25 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Indiana | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | Purdue | 7 | 12 | 32 | 2.67 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Wake Forest | 7 | 11 | 32 | 2.91 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Florida | 8 | 15 | 33 | 2.20 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | LSU | 9 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | Kent State | 5 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | Bowling Green | 9 | 13 | 40 | 3.08 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Buffalo | 7 | 10 | 46 | 4.60 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 17 | 48 | 2.82 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Boise State | 6 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Washington | 6 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 10 | 16 | 61 | 3.81 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Texas State | 9 | 16 | 64 | 4.00 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | Illinois | 10 | 13 | 66 | 5.08 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | Arizona | 6 | 12 | 68 | 5.67 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | SMU | 9 | 21 | 70 | 3.33 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Cincinnati | 4 | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Army | 10 | 14 | 86 | 6.14 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Massachusetts | 7 | 13 | 89 | 6.85 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Kansas | 7 | 13 | 90 | 6.92 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Rice | 8 | 16 | 92 | 5.75 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | UTEP | 9 | 15 | 102 | 6.80 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 96 | Toledo | 10 | 15 | 114 | 7.60 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 125 | Florida State | 9 | 18 | 10 | 0.56 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 14 | 35 | 2.50 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 14 | 42 | 3.00 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 125 | North Texas | 8 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 125 | Colorado State | 10 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 125 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 11 | 87 | 7.91 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 125 | Boston College | 8 | 11 | 100 | 9.09 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 125 | Connecticut | 9 | 17 | 103 | 6.06 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 125 | Alabama | 10 | 23 | 147 | 6.39 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||