2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 10+ Yards To Go through 01/03/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 7 | 7 | -34 | -4.86 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 9 | 17 | -32 | -1.88 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 7 | 13 | -26 | -2.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 10 | 16 | -23 | -1.44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 12 | 19 | -16 | -0.84 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 12 | -11 | -0.92 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 12 | 27 | -10 | -0.37 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 19 | -9 | -0.47 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 7 | 16 | -8 | -0.50 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 5 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 7 | 11 | -5 | -0.45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 10 | 12 | -4 | -0.33 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 10 | 15 | -2 | -0.13 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Memphis | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0.70 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0.79 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1.09 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 11 | 19 | 13 | 0.68 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 15 | 18 | 1.20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 6 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas | 8 | 16 | 22 | 1.38 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 7 | 11 | 22 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 10 | 21 | 23 | 1.10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 12 | 23 | 1.92 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 11 | 18 | 25 | 1.39 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 14 | 25 | 1.79 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 12 | 25 | 2.08 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 7 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 9 | 17 | 27 | 1.59 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 6 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 9 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 7 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 7 | 13 | 30 | 2.31 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 11 | 25 | 32 | 1.28 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 16 | 33 | 2.06 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 13 | 25 | 35 | 1.40 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 17 | 35 | 2.06 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Maryland | 8 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 7 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 15 | 37 | 2.47 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 7 | 14 | 38 | 2.71 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 14 | 41 | 2.93 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Auburn | 9 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Army | 7 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 7 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 6 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 9 | 21 | 46 | 2.19 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Florida State | 9 | 15 | 47 | 3.13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 7 | 11 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 10 | 17 | 49 | 2.88 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | UAB | 6 | 14 | 50 | 3.57 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 14 | 50 | 3.57 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 9 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 6 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Houston | 9 | 14 | 51 | 3.64 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 6 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 6 | 12 | 54 | 4.50 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 15 | 56 | 3.73 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | UCF | 10 | 16 | 57 | 3.56 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 8 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 8 | 15 | 58 | 3.87 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 15 | 60 | 4.00 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida International | 5 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 20 | 63 | 3.15 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Virginia | 6 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 9 | 22 | 66 | 3.00 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 9 | 16 | 66 | 4.13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 15 | 67 | 4.47 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 10 | 22 | 70 | 3.18 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 22 | 71 | 3.23 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Louisville | 6 | 16 | 74 | 4.63 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Colorado | 11 | 19 | 78 | 4.11 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Boise State | 11 | 24 | 79 | 3.29 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 15 | 79 | 5.27 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 9 | 25 | 80 | 3.20 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 11 | 25 | 80 | 3.20 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Georgia | 11 | 20 | 80 | 4.00 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 11 | 22 | 81 | 3.68 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 7 | 12 | 81 | 6.75 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 9 | 10 | 88 | 8.80 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Toledo | 10 | 19 | 92 | 4.84 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | UTEP | 10 | 19 | 94 | 4.95 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 14 | 94 | 6.71 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | South Florida | 11 | 26 | 102 | 3.92 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Arizona | 8 | 14 | 105 | 7.50 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Marshall | 10 | 23 | 112 | 4.87 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 10 | 22 | 122 | 5.55 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 15 | 140 | 9.33 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 114 | Indiana | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | Washington | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1.45 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | Kansas State | 9 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | Utah State | 5 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | Stanford | 6 | 10 | 46 | 4.60 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Colorado State | 8 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 114 | Purdue | 6 | 11 | 64 | 5.82 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 114 | Minnesota | 8 | 11 | 76 | 6.91 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Wake Forest | 9 | 12 | 77 | 6.42 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 114 | New Mexico | 6 | 12 | 84 | 7.00 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 114 | Navy | 9 | 20 | 86 | 4.30 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 114 | Texas State | 11 | 22 | 88 | 4.00 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | Temple | 7 | 14 | 88 | 6.29 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 114 | Old Dominion | 11 | 19 | 92 | 4.84 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 114 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 21 | 101 | 4.81 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 114 | Tulane | 11 | 16 | 113 | 7.06 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 11 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 114 | Clemson | 13 | 27 | 117 | 4.33 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 114 | Iowa State | 9 | 21 | 124 | 5.90 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 133 | Kent State | 8 | 14 | 81 | 5.79 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 133 | North Carolina State | 11 | 17 | 179 | 10.53 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||