2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | 11 | 21 | -24 | -1.14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 7 | 8 | -19 | -2.38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 10 | -4 | -0.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 7 | 9 | -1 | -0.11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 20 | -1 | -0.05 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0.27 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0.35 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0.50 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 9 | 17 | 13 | 0.76 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 8 | 15 | 16 | 1.07 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 9 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 8 | 18 | 19 | 1.06 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 11 | 18 | 19 | 1.06 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 6 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 10 | 18 | 21 | 1.17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 7 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 7 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 7 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 7 | 23 | 3.29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 9 | 14 | 24 | 1.71 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 11 | 24 | 2.18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 13 | 26 | 2.00 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 7 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 6 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 16 | 28 | 1.75 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 9 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1.45 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 7 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 6 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 10 | 32 | 3.20 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 10 | 16 | 34 | 2.13 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 8 | 18 | 36 | 2.00 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 7 | 12 | 36 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 9 | 15 | 38 | 2.53 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 9 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 16 | 41 | 2.56 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 5 | 10 | 42 | 4.20 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 19 | 43 | 2.26 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 6 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 8 | 17 | 44 | 2.59 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 9 | 22 | 46 | 2.09 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 10 | 21 | 48 | 2.29 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 11 | 26 | 50 | 1.92 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 7 | 16 | 50 | 3.13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 6 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | FIU | 7 | 15 | 52 | 3.47 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 8 | 14 | 53 | 3.79 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 19 | 54 | 2.84 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 7 | 11 | 58 | 5.27 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 7 | 15 | 59 | 3.93 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 6 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 7 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 8 | 13 | 63 | 4.85 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 7 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 9 | 18 | 69 | 3.83 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 11 | 19 | 70 | 3.68 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 9 | 18 | 83 | 4.61 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 10 | 26 | 94 | 3.62 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Syracuse | 11 | 17 | 21 | 1.24 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | USF | 10 | 16 | 24 | 1.50 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Alabama | 7 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Troy | 8 | 17 | 29 | 1.71 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20 | 35 | 1.75 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Oregon | 7 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Missouri | 10 | 22 | 40 | 1.82 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Utah | 10 | 19 | 42 | 2.21 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Washington State | 9 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | NC State | 7 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | South Carolina | 11 | 19 | 52 | 2.74 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Kent State | 8 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Tulsa | 5 | 17 | 58 | 3.41 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | South Alabama | 7 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | TCU | 8 | 20 | 61 | 3.05 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Old Dominion | 9 | 17 | 61 | 3.59 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | 8 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | New Mexico State | 9 | 18 | 66 | 3.67 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Navy | 7 | 11 | 66 | 6.00 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | UTSA | 10 | 20 | 67 | 3.35 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Colorado | 10 | 15 | 67 | 4.47 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Arkansas | 9 | 13 | 67 | 5.15 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Buffalo | 11 | 28 | 68 | 2.43 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Army | 9 | 14 | 76 | 5.43 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Mississippi State | 8 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 8 | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 9 | 16 | 82 | 5.13 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | California | 8 | 14 | 83 | 5.93 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 12 | 83 | 6.92 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | UNLV | 7 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Ohio | 9 | 15 | 84 | 5.60 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 8 | 84 | 10.50 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Tennessee | 6 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | UCLA | 7 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | UCF | 9 | 14 | 89 | 6.36 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Arizona | 8 | 16 | 90 | 5.63 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Florida State | 9 | 19 | 92 | 4.84 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Colorado State | 8 | 16 | 94 | 5.88 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Florida | 8 | 15 | 98 | 6.53 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Washington | 8 | 15 | 103 | 6.87 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 84 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 13 | 104 | 8.00 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 7 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Nebraska | 9 | 20 | 116 | 5.80 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 5 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 2 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | North Texas | 11 | 25 | 129 | 5.16 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 131 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 14 | 96 | 6.86 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 131 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 14 | 118 | 8.43 | 1 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 131 | Rice | 10 | 20 | 119 | 5.95 | 2 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 131 | Ball State | 5 | 16 | 134 | 8.38 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 131 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 18 | 142 | 7.89 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 136 | UAB | 11 | 27 | 164 | 6.07 | 1 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||