2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 11/09/2024
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 6 | 11 | -34 | -3.09 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 6 | 9 | -31 | -3.44 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 6 | 8 | -29 | -3.63 | 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 | Memphis | 4 | 6 | -16 | -2.67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 7 | 11 | -15 | -1.36 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 5 | -11 | -2.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | -10 | -10.00 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 6 | -10 | -1.67 | 0 | 7 | 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 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 6 | -6 | -1.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 6 | -5 | -0.83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2 | 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 | Appalachian State | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0.92 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0.87 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1.30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 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 | East Carolina | 5 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 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 | Hawai'i | 7 | 16 | 34 | 2.13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Mississippi | 5 | 9 | -24 | -2.67 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Marshall | 5 | 8 | -13 | -1.63 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | SMU | 5 | 5 | -11 | -2.20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Bowling Green | 8 | 11 | -7 | -0.64 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Old Dominion | 5 | 6 | -2 | -0.33 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Washington | 5 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Texas Tech | 5 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Houston | 4 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Georgia | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0.53 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1.18 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Alabama | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Iowa State | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | North Texas | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Maryland | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1.60 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Western Michigan | 4 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | UTEP | 6 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | UNLV | 5 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Utah State | 6 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Missouri | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1.82 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Cincinnati | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Sam Houston State | 6 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Florida State | 7 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Texas State | 8 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Syracuse | 5 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Fresno State | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Duke | 8 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 8 | 11 | 30 | 2.73 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Purdue | 5 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | James Madison | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Colorado State | 6 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Michigan | 5 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Toledo | 5 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Baylor | 6 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 9 | 16 | 46 | 2.88 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Kennesaw State | 6 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 6 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Temple | 6 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | UAB | 5 | 12 | 70 | 5.83 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 6 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Rice | 6 | 12 | -6 | -0.50 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Louisville | 6 | 10 | -4 | -0.40 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Auburn | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Boise State | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.46 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Tulane | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 7 | 12 | 17 | 1.42 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Illinois | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Troy | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Colorado | 7 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | South Florida | 5 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Arkansas State | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Texas A&M | 6 | 11 | 35 | 3.18 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Florida | 6 | 9 | 39 | 4.33 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Akron | 6 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Clemson | 6 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Texas | 6 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Air Force | 5 | 10 | 42 | 4.20 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Nevada | 7 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | UCF | 5 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Kansas | 4 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 85 | Georgia State | 7 | 9 | 57 | 6.33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Navy | 7 | 10 | 59 | 5.90 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | New Mexico State | 5 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 90 | 12.86 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 116 | Wisconsin | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | West Virginia | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 14 | 24 | 1.71 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | South Alabama | 9 | 11 | 43 | 3.91 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | Utah | 6 | 14 | 46 | 3.29 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | Stanford | 3 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 116 | Rutgers | 5 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | Kansas State | 5 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 116 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 13 | 80 | 6.15 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | LSU | 8 | 14 | 106 | 7.57 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 129 | TCU | 9 | 17 | 39 | 2.29 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 129 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 13 | 41 | 3.15 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 129 | North Carolina State | 7 | 15 | 48 | 3.20 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | Kent State | 7 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | Wyoming | 6 | 14 | 101 | 7.21 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 9 | 102 | 11.33 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||