2026 Mountain West Conference Leaders Rushing - All Games through 10/31/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jai'Den Thomas | UNLV | SR | RB | 8 | 128 | 657 | 5.13 | 4 | 16.00 | 82.13 |
| 2 | Evan Medders | Air Force | SO | QB | 6 | 73 | 490 | 6.71 | 6 | 12.17 | 81.67 |
| 3 | Jabari Bates | SJSU | SR | RB | 8 | 153 | 649 | 4.24 | 1 | 19.13 | 81.13 |
| 4 | Tyler Hughes | Wyoming | SR | QB | 8 | 101 | 605 | 5.99 | 6 | 12.63 | 75.63 |
| 5 | Dominic Kelley | Nevada | SO | RB | 8 | 118 | 588 | 4.98 | 5 | 14.75 | 73.50 |
| 6 | Telly Johnson Jr. | N Illinois | JR | RB | 8 | 103 | 574 | 5.57 | 5 | 12.88 | 71.75 |
| 7 | Scottre Humphrey | New Mexico | SR | RB | 8 | 111 | 540 | 4.86 | 11 | 13.88 | 67.50 |
| 8 | Herschel Turner Jr. | Nevada | JR | RB | 8 | 82 | 508 | 6.20 | 4 | 10.25 | 63.50 |
| 9 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 8 | 118 | 494 | 4.19 | 6 | 14.75 | 61.75 |
| 10 | Kiefer Sibley | New Mexico | JR | RB | 8 | 80 | 485 | 6.06 | 3 | 10.00 | 60.63 |
| 11 | Raymond Moore III | UTEP | SO | QB | 8 | 70 | 481 | 6.87 | 3 | 8.75 | 60.13 |
| 12 | Owen Allen | Air Force | SR | RB | 8 | 106 | 446 | 4.21 | 3 | 13.25 | 55.75 |
| 13 | Markell Holman | Wyoming | SR | RB | 8 | 81 | 437 | 5.40 | 4 | 10.13 | 54.63 |
| 14 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | SO | RB | 8 | 94 | 403 | 4.29 | 3 | 11.75 | 50.38 |
| 15 | Kemper Hodges | Air Force | SR | QB | 8 | 71 | 401 | 5.65 | 6 | 8.88 | 50.13 |
| 16 | Rocco Conti | Air Force | SR | RB | 8 | 62 | 394 | 6.35 | 2 | 7.75 | 49.25 |
| 17 | DeVon Rice | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 8 | 82 | 385 | 4.70 | 6 | 10.25 | 48.13 |
| 18 | Samuel Tote Harris | Wyoming | SO | RB | 7 | 68 | 331 | 4.87 | 2 | 9.71 | 47.29 |
| 19 | DJ Scott | ND St | SR | RB | 8 | 95 | 364 | 3.83 | 5 | 11.88 | 45.50 |
| 20 | Tavorus Jones | UTEP | JR | RB | 7 | 66 | 276 | 4.18 | 1 | 9.43 | 39.43 |
| 21 | Toa Fa'avae | New Mexico | SO | QB | 8 | 76 | 285 | 3.75 | 2 | 9.50 | 35.63 |
| 22 | Gage LaDue | Air Force | JR | FB | 8 | 50 | 263 | 5.26 | 1 | 6.25 | 32.88 |
| 23 | Viliami Teu | SJSU | JR | RB | 9 | 48 | 293 | 6.10 | 3 | 5.33 | 32.56 |
| 24 | Elijah Porter | N Illinois | SO | RB | 8 | 54 | 233 | 4.31 | 2 | 6.75 | 29.13 |
| 25 | Nathan Hayes | ND St | SR | QB | 9 | 50 | 228 | 4.56 | 5 | 5.56 | 25.33 |
| 26 | Nyeoti Punni | ND St | SR | RB | 7 | 38 | 175 | 4.61 | 0 | 5.43 | 25.00 |
| 26 | Cam Barfield | Hawai'i | SR | RB | 6 | 45 | 150 | 3.33 | 1 | 7.50 | 25.00 |
| 28 | EJ Colson Jr. | UTEP | SO | QB | 7 | 85 | 129 | 1.52 | 1 | 12.14 | 18.43 |
| 29 | Matt Long | Air Force | JR | WR | 8 | 18 | 138 | 7.67 | 0 | 2.25 | 17.25 |
| 30 | James Laubstein | New Mexico | SR | QB | 6 | 20 | 88 | 4.40 | 5 | 3.33 | 14.67 |
| 31 | Lamar Sperling | UTEP | JR | RB | 6 | 22 | 74 | 3.36 | 0 | 3.67 | 12.33 |
| 32 | Deshaun Buchanan | New Mexico | SR | RB | 7 | 11 | 80 | 7.27 | 1 | 1.57 | 11.43 |
| 33 | Jaiduan Cranford | N Illinois | FR | RB | 6 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 0 | 1.50 | 11.17 |
| 34 | Sitani Mikaele | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 8 | 27 | 87 | 3.22 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.88 |
| 35 | AJ Bianco | Nevada | SR | QB | 7 | 21 | 76 | 3.62 | 2 | 3.00 | 10.86 |
| 36 | Alex Orji | UNLV | SR | QB | 6 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 1.17 | 10.83 |
| 37 | Taron Dickens | N Illinois | JR | QB | 8 | 55 | 64 | 1.16 | 0 | 6.88 | 8.00 |
| 38 | Isaiah Carlson | SJSU | JR | RB | 8 | 17 | 62 | 3.65 | 0 | 2.13 | 7.75 |
| 39 | Brady Wavrunek | ND St | SR | RB | 8 | 12 | 59 | 4.92 | 0 | 1.50 | 7.38 |
| 40 | Jackson Williams | ND St | JR | WR | 9 | 10 | 66 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.11 | 7.33 |
| 41 | Luke Weaver | SJSU | SR | QB | 8 | 62 | 58 | 0.94 | 1 | 7.75 | 7.25 |
| 42 | Ky Woods | Nevada | SR | RB | 8 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.88 | 7.13 |
| 43 | Keegan Sack | Air Force | SO | WR | 8 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 1.00 | 6.38 |
| 44 | Elijah McCoy | UTEP | SO | RB | 6 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.33 | 6.33 |
| 45 | Tama Uiliata | Hawai'i | SO | WR | 8 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 0.88 | 5.50 |
| 46 | Donnie Cheers | Nevada | SR | WR | 8 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 1 | 1.13 | 4.75 |
| 47 | DJ Jones | UNLV | JR | RB | 8 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 1.63 | 4.50 |
| 48 | Chris Hunter | UTEP | JR | RB | 6 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 1.17 | 4.33 |
| 49 | Kayden McGee | UNLV | SO | WR | 7 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.00 | 4.29 |
| 50 | Jaden Smith | UTEP | SR | WR | 8 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.50 | 4.25 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.