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 | USC | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | -10 | -5.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | -20 | -6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | -10 | -5.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 2 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Appalachian State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | -15 | -5.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Duke | 3 | 5 | -15 | -3.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Army | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 2 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 2 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Buffalo | 2 | 5 | -8 | -1.60 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Colorado | 3 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Marshall | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Missouri | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Texas State | 2 | 4 | -18 | -4.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | LSU | 2 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Florida | 3 | 6 | -4 | -0.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Temple | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Tennessee | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Liberty | 3 | 6 | -4 | -0.67 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Akron | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Memphis | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | UNLV | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | UAB | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | -13 | -4.33 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Michigan | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Utah | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | North Texas | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Baylor | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1.25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | California | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | San Diego State | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Auburn | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Hawai'i | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Kansas | 2 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Iowa | 3 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Purdue | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | South Florida | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Rice | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 | James Madison | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | Charlotte | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 107 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Maryland | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Boise State | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Oklahoma | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | Navy | 1 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 120 | Troy | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Tulsa | 2 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | Syracuse | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 124 | TCU | 3 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 125 | Florida State | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 126 | UTEP | 3 | 6 | 66 | 11.00 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | Rutgers | 2 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||