2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 11/20/2024
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 7 | 14 | -45 | -3.21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 6 | 8 | -29 | -3.63 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 7 | -23 | -3.29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 7 | 10 | -21 | -2.10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 5 | -19 | -3.80 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 6 | 6 | -19 | -3.17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 5 | 7 | -18 | -2.57 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 7 | 11 | -15 | -1.36 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 2 | 2 | -12 | -6.00 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 8 | -9 | -1.13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 2 | 2 | -7 | -3.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 6 | -6 | -1.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 6 | -5 | -0.83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 6 | 8 | -1 | -0.13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 3 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 17 | 25 | 1.47 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 7 | 16 | 34 | 2.13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 5 | 9 | -24 | -2.67 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | SMU | 6 | 6 | -21 | -3.50 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Penn State | 7 | 10 | -19 | -1.90 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 9 | 12 | -16 | -1.33 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 13 | -5 | -0.38 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Memphis | 5 | 7 | -4 | -0.57 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | 5 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Houston | 4 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Alabama | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Iowa State | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | UTEP | 6 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Maryland | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1.73 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Utah State | 6 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | UNLV | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2.50 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida State | 7 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Syracuse | 5 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Fresno State | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Duke | 8 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Purdue | 5 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | James Madison | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Missouri | 7 | 14 | 36 | 2.57 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 6 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan | 5 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Central Michigan | 9 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Baylor | 6 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 9 | 16 | 46 | 2.88 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 10 | 48 | 4.80 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Temple | 6 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 7 | 9 | 65 | 7.22 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | UAB | 5 | 12 | 70 | 5.83 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Washington | 6 | 10 | -8 | -0.80 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 6 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Rice | 6 | 12 | -6 | -0.50 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Auburn | 8 | 12 | -3 | -0.25 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Louisville | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Boise State | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.46 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Marshall | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Illinois | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Tulane | 8 | 10 | 14 | 1.40 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | South Carolina | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Wake Forest | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1.25 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Minnesota | 7 | 12 | 17 | 1.42 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Georgia | 7 | 16 | 19 | 1.19 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas State | 9 | 13 | 27 | 2.08 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Colorado | 8 | 12 | 30 | 2.50 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Florida | 7 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Arkansas State | 4 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas | 6 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Tulsa | 5 | 9 | 41 | 4.56 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Air Force | 5 | 10 | 42 | 4.20 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 7 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Toledo | 7 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Clemson | 7 | 11 | 46 | 4.18 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Akron | 7 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Nevada | 7 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | UCF | 5 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | North Texas | 4 | 5 | 57 | 11.40 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Kansas | 5 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | Navy | 8 | 13 | 69 | 5.31 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 5 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 90 | 12.86 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 11 | 107 | 9.73 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 111 | Wisconsin | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | West Virginia | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 14 | 24 | 1.71 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | Troy | 5 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | South Florida | 6 | 13 | 33 | 2.54 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Utah | 6 | 14 | 46 | 3.29 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 10 | 12 | 47 | 3.92 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Western Michigan | 6 | 13 | 54 | 4.15 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | Stanford | 3 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 111 | Rutgers | 5 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | Kansas State | 6 | 14 | 73 | 5.21 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 111 | Georgia State | 8 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | LSU | 8 | 14 | 106 | 7.57 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 128 | TCU | 9 | 17 | 39 | 2.29 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 128 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 13 | 41 | 3.15 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 128 | North Carolina State | 7 | 15 | 48 | 3.20 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Kent State | 8 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 15 | 96 | 6.40 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 9 | 102 | 11.33 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 134 | Wyoming | 7 | 16 | 120 | 7.50 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||