2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 11/20/2024
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 5 | -12 | -2.40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 8 | 10 | -27 | -2.70 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Boston College | 6 | 7 | -12 | -1.71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 8 | -1 | -0.13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Duke | 8 | 11 | -12 | -1.09 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SMU | 7 | 9 | -10 | -1.11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | North Carolina State | 4 | 6 | -5 | -0.83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Houston | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0.71 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Georgia | 6 | 11 | -10 | -0.91 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | USC | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | San Jose State | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liberty | 7 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | UCF | 6 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | UCLA | 7 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mississippi | 6 | 10 | -11 | -1.10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | -6 | -0.75 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 13 | 28 | 2.15 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Utah | 7 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Western Michigan | 7 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Northwestern | 7 | 14 | -13 | -0.93 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Buffalo | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0.27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1.08 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Arizona | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | 5 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Nevada | 8 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Penn State | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Kansas State | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 13 | 16 | 1.23 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | 7 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 7 | 13 | 37 | 2.85 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Baylor | 7 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Georgia State | 6 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Rice | 8 | 16 | 27 | 1.69 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Michigan State | 9 | 15 | 29 | 1.93 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Kent State | 8 | 13 | 46 | 3.54 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | California | 8 | 19 | 47 | 2.47 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Temple | 6 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | James Madison | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | BYU | 6 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Appalachian State | 7 | 11 | 38 | 3.45 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 13 | 52 | 4.00 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Kansas | 7 | 15 | 84 | 5.60 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0.83 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Alabama | 6 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Stanford | 8 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 14 | 57 | 4.07 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | San Diego State | 6 | 19 | 59 | 3.11 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | Florida | 8 | 15 | -1 | -0.07 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Wisconsin | 7 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Texas State | 7 | 14 | 27 | 1.93 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Tennessee | 8 | 14 | 40 | 2.86 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Charlotte | 8 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Iowa State | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1.60 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Maryland | 8 | 8 | 18 | 2.25 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 9 | 17 | 29 | 1.71 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Hawai'i | 9 | 16 | 45 | 2.81 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Florida International | 8 | 19 | 73 | 3.84 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Iowa | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Oklahoma | 7 | 15 | 23 | 1.53 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | West Virginia | 7 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Ball State | 8 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Colorado | 8 | 12 | 41 | 3.42 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 6 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | East Carolina | 8 | 11 | 53 | 4.82 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Memphis | 8 | 12 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | South Alabama | 4 | 8 | 34 | 4.25 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | 6 | 10 | 50 | 5.00 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 11 | 71 | 6.45 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Navy | 7 | 19 | 78 | 4.11 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Old Dominion | 8 | 15 | 84 | 5.60 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Army | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1.82 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | LSU | 8 | 13 | 61 | 4.69 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Colorado State | 8 | 15 | 73 | 4.87 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | Utah State | 7 | 16 | 76 | 4.75 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | Illinois | 8 | 17 | 117 | 6.88 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 89 | Tulane | 7 | 9 | -1 | -0.11 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | North Texas | 8 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Washington State | 8 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | Louisville | 7 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | Oregon | 7 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 94 | Indiana | 7 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Tulsa | 7 | 16 | 56 | 3.50 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 10 | 12 | 62 | 5.17 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 94 | New Mexico | 11 | 16 | 99 | 6.19 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 98 | New Mexico State | 8 | 15 | 88 | 5.87 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Missouri | 8 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 14 | 55 | 3.93 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | Connecticut | 4 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 99 | Ohio | 7 | 17 | 89 | 5.24 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 5 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | Notre Dame | 7 | 13 | 42 | 3.23 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | TCU | 8 | 13 | 82 | 6.31 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | UAB | 8 | 14 | 99 | 7.07 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 108 | North Carolina | 8 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Boise State | 10 | 17 | 84 | 4.94 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 110 | Fresno State | 5 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 111 | Cincinnati | 6 | 14 | 100 | 7.14 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 111 | Massachusetts | 5 | 11 | 107 | 9.73 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 7 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 115 | Florida State | 5 | 11 | 91 | 8.27 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 116 | Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 116 | Virginia | 6 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 116 | Marshall | 9 | 16 | 93 | 5.81 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 119 | Washington | 6 | 11 | 92 | 8.36 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 120 | Clemson | 7 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 120 | Air Force | 7 | 19 | 87 | 4.58 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 122 | UTEP | 8 | 14 | 41 | 2.93 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 122 | Troy | 5 | 7 | 79 | 11.29 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 124 | Bowling Green | 7 | 17 | 116 | 6.82 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 125 | Toledo | 8 | 21 | 149 | 7.10 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 126 | Arkansas State | 7 | 9 | 88 | 9.78 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 127 | Purdue | 6 | 11 | 138 | 12.55 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 128 | Auburn | 8 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 129 | Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 75 | 6.82 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 130 | Akron | 6 | 12 | 84 | 7.00 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 131 | UNLV | 6 | 10 | 81 | 8.10 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 132 | Rutgers | 6 | 15 | 150 | 10.00 | 2 | 73 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 133 | UTSA | 9 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 2 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 134 | South Florida | 6 | 11 | 119 | 10.82 | 2 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||