2026 Mountain West Conference Leaders Rushing - On 1st Down through 10/03/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Jai'Den Thomas UNLV SR RB 5 42 271 6.45 2 50 8 8 3
2 Jabari Bates SJSU SR RB 5 51 222 4.35 0 23 6 6 1
3 Scottre Humphrey New Mexico SR RB 5 34 167 4.91 2 24 6 6 2
4 Liam Szarka Air Force JR QB 4 32 165 5.16 4 15 2 2 0
5 Dominic Kelley Nevada SO RB 4 21 161 7.67 0 42 5 5 1
6 DeVon Rice Hawai'i SO RB 5 36 147 4.08 1 19 3 3 0
7 DJ Scott ND St SR RB 5 37 142 3.84 2 15 4 5 0
8 Kiefer Sibley New Mexico JR RB 5 20 134 6.70 2 36 4 4 2
9 Tyler Hughes Wyoming SR QB 5 24 133 5.54 0 21 8 8 1
10 Jackson Arnold UNLV SR QB 5 28 121 4.32 2 42 5 5 1
11 Herschel Turner Nevada JR RB 4 19 120 6.32 3 57 2 2 2
12 Markell Holman Wyoming SR RB 5 18 116 6.44 2 18 4 4 0
13 Myles Mitchell ND St SO RB 4 25 108 4.32 2 17 2 2 0
14 Samuel Tote Harris Wyoming SO RB 5 25 107 4.28 0 12 0 1 0
15 Kemper Hodges Air Force SR QB 3 10 106 10.60 1 34 4 4 2
16 Owen Allen Air Force SR RB 4 28 88 3.14 0 14 2 2 0
17 Cameron Mathews New Mexico SO RB 3 10 83 8.30 1 54 1 1 1
18 Raymond Moore III UTEP SO QB 4 11 80 7.27 0 51 2 2 1
19 Nyeoti Punni ND St SR RB 5 16 73 4.56 0 15 3 3 0
20 Nathan Hayes ND St SR QB 4 10 62 6.20 1 18 2 2 0
21 Rocco Conti Air Force SR RB 4 12 60 5.00 0 15 3 3 0
22 Jaiduan Cranford N Illinois FR RB 3 5 54 10.80 0 26 2 2 1
23 Carter Jones Nevada SO QB 3 10 53 5.30 1 26 1 1 1
23 Tavorus Jones UTEP JR RB 4 17 53 3.12 0 15 1 1 0
23 EJ Colson Jr. UTEP SO QB 5 28 53 1.89 0 13 2 2 0
26 Telly Johnson Jr. N Illinois JR RB 4 21 49 2.33 0 14 2 2 0
27 Ky Woods Nevada SR RB 3 6 47 7.83 0 19 1 1 0
28 Evan Medders Air Force SO QB 2 7 40 5.71 0 11 2 2 0
29 Viliami Teu SJSU JR RB 3 6 35 5.83 0 21 1 1 1
30 Matt Long Air Force JR WR 2 5 34 6.80 0 11 1 1 0
30 Jaylon Glover UNLV SR RB 3 7 34 4.86 0 11 1 1 0
32 Donnie Cheers Nevada SR WR 3 4 32 8.00 1 20 1 1 1
33 Darrion Bowers New Mexico SO RB 2 8 31 3.88 0 13 1 1 0
33 Luke Weaver SJSU SR QB 5 13 31 2.38 0 12 1 1 0
35 Elijah Porter N Illinois SO RB 4 9 29 3.22 1 15 0 1 0
36 Deshaun Buchanan New Mexico SR RB 3 4 28 7.00 1 12 1 1 0
36 Gage LaDue Air Force JR FB 3 8 28 3.50 0 12 1 1 0
38 Sitani Mikaele Hawai'i SO RB 3 10 26 2.60 0 7 0 0 0
39 Jackson Williams ND St JR WR 2 2 23 11.50 0 13 2 2 0
39 Kayden McGee UNLV SO WR 3 5 23 4.60 0 18 1 1 0
41 Nico Hamilton Wyoming SO RB 2 5 22 4.40 0 9 0 0 0
42 Cam Barfield Hawai'i SR RB 2 4 21 5.25 0 6 0 0 0
42 Micah Alejado Hawai'i SO QB 5 12 21 1.75 0 15 1 1 0
44 AJ Bianco Nevada SR QB 1 3 19 6.33 0 11 1 1 0
44 Isaiah Carlson SJSU JR RB 3 6 19 3.17 0 8 0 0 0
46 Luke Rauh Air Force JR FB 1 1 17 17.00 0 17 1 1 0
47 Alex Orji UNLV SR QB 1 1 15 15.00 0 15 1 1 0
47 Jerod Terry, Jr. New Mexico FR RB 1 2 15 7.50 1 8 0 0 0
47 Barry Kpeenu ND St JR RB 2 4 15 3.75 0 9 0 0 0
50 Jalen Macon N Illinois SR QB 2 4 13 3.25 0 6 0 0 0
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards