2026 Mountain West Conference Leaders Rushing - On 3rd Down through 10/24/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viliami Teu | SJSU | JR | RB | 3 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Samuel Tote Harris | Wyoming | SO | RB | 3 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Deshaun Buchanan | New Mexico | SR | RB | 3 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | AJ Bianco | Nevada | SR | QB | 4 | 7 | 60 | 8.57 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Gage LaDue | Air Force | JR | FB | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Jabari Bates | SJSU | SR | RB | 6 | 16 | 109 | 6.81 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Elijah Porter | N Illinois | SO | RB | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Rocco Conti | Air Force | SR | RB | 7 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Howard Fisher IV | Air Force | FR | QB | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | James Laubstein | New Mexico | SR | QB | 4 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Brady Wavrunek | ND St | SR | RB | 2 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Isaiah Carlson | SJSU | JR | RB | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Raymond Moore III | UTEP | SO | QB | 6 | 17 | 88 | 5.18 | 1 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | DJ Scott | ND St | SR | RB | 5 | 9 | 45 | 5.00 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Kiefer Sibley | New Mexico | JR | RB | 6 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Evan Medders | Air Force | SO | QB | 5 | 20 | 92 | 4.60 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Scottre Humphrey | New Mexico | SR | RB | 6 | 14 | 62 | 4.43 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Toa Fa'avae | New Mexico | SO | QB | 7 | 14 | 61 | 4.36 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | SO | RB | 6 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Cameron Mathews | New Mexico | SO | RB | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tyler Hughes | Wyoming | SR | QB | 7 | 19 | 79 | 4.16 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Liam Szarka | Air Force | JR | QB | 4 | 23 | 88 | 3.83 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Tavorus Jones | UTEP | JR | RB | 6 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Cam Barfield | Hawai'i | SR | RB | 2 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Markell Holman | Wyoming | SR | RB | 6 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dominic Kelley | Nevada | SO | RB | 6 | 14 | 42 | 3.00 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Kemper Hodges | Air Force | SR | QB | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 6 | 35 | 95 | 2.71 | 4 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | Owen Allen | Air Force | SR | RB | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Telly Johnson Jr. | N Illinois | JR | RB | 4 | 9 | 22 | 2.44 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Sitani Mikaele | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DJ Jones | UNLV | JR | RB | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Jaden Moore | UTEP | JR | RB | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jai'Den Thomas | UNLV | SR | RB | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Luke Weaver | SJSU | SR | QB | 6 | 18 | 29 | 1.61 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DeVon Rice | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Carter Jones | Nevada | SO | QB | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Preston Brown | ND St | SO | QB | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Nathan Hayes | ND St | SR | QB | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0.25 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Micah Alejado | Hawai'i | SO | QB | 6 | 16 | -19 | -1.19 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | Robert McDaniel | SJSU | FR | QB | 1 | 4 | -6 | -1.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Taron Dickens | N Illinois | JR | QB | 7 | 13 | -26 | -2.00 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | EJ Colson Jr. | UTEP | SO | QB | 5 | 13 | -31 | -2.38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Daniel Rolovich | SJSU | FR | QB | 2 | 3 | -10 | -3.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Jalen Macon | N Illinois | SR | QB | 1 | 4 | -17 | -4.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | |||||||||||||
Note: To qualify, player must have and have a minimum of 3.0 rushing attempts on 3rd down.