2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 09/14/2024
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 2 | 2 | -15 | -7.50 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | -20 | -6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | -15 | -5.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | -10 | -5.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | -10 | -5.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | USC | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas State | 2 | 4 | -18 | -4.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | -13 | -4.33 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Duke | 3 | 5 | -15 | -3.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Arkansas | 2 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Iowa | 3 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Northwestern | 2 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Buffalo | 2 | 5 | -8 | -1.60 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 2 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Colorado | 3 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Washington | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Florida | 3 | 6 | -4 | -0.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Liberty | 3 | 6 | -4 | -0.67 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | LSU | 2 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | South Florida | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Appalachian State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Army | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Marshall | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Michigan | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Memphis | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Baylor | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1.25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Missouri | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Michigan State | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Auburn | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Rice | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | James Madison | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | UNLV | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Maryland | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Utah | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | UAB | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Boise State | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | California | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Oklahoma | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | Tulsa | 2 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 102 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Western Michigan | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | North Texas | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Purdue | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 111 | Akron | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Charlotte | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 113 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Kansas | 2 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | Troy | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 120 | Navy | 1 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 121 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | UTEP | 3 | 6 | 66 | 11.00 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 123 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 125 | Syracuse | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 126 | Rutgers | 2 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 127 | Florida State | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||