2026 Mountain West Conference Leaders Rushing - Games in August/September Only through 10/24/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Liam Szarka Air Force JR QB 3 67 310 4.63 5 22.33 103.33
2 Jabari Bates SJSU SR RB 4 77 413 5.36 0 19.25 103.25
3 EJ Colson Jr. UTEP SO QB 4 59 69 1.17 1 14.75 17.25
4 Jackson Arnold UNLV SR QB 4 58 160 2.76 3 14.50 40.00
5 Jai'Den Thomas UNLV SR RB 4 57 337 5.91 2 14.25 84.25
5 Scottre Humphrey New Mexico SR RB 4 57 285 5.00 5 14.25 71.25
5 Telly Johnson Jr. N Illinois JR RB 4 57 253 4.44 2 14.25 63.25
8 Dominic Kelley Nevada SO RB 4 54 341 6.31 3 13.50 85.25
9 DeVon Rice Hawai'i SO RB 4 53 242 4.57 3 13.25 60.50
10 DJ Scott ND St SR RB 4 50 225 4.50 3 12.50 56.25
11 Myles Mitchell ND St SO RB 4 46 214 4.65 3 11.50 53.50
12 Owen Allen Air Force SR RB 3 34 120 3.53 0 11.33 40.00
13 Samuel Tote Harris Wyoming SO RB 4 42 226 5.38 2 10.50 56.50
14 Tavorus Jones UTEP JR RB 4 40 196 4.90 1 10.00 49.00
14 Tyler Hughes Wyoming SR QB 4 40 159 3.98 1 10.00 39.75
16 Herschel Turner Jr. Nevada JR RB 4 39 234 6.00 3 9.75 58.50
16 Luke Weaver SJSU SR QB 4 39 87 2.23 1 9.75 21.75
18 Markell Holman Wyoming SR RB 4 36 219 6.08 3 9.00 54.75
19 Toa Fa'avae New Mexico SO QB 4 35 131 3.74 1 8.75 32.75
20 Rocco Conti Air Force SR RB 3 25 160 6.40 1 8.33 53.33
20 Carter Jones Nevada SO QB 3 25 76 3.04 1 8.33 25.33
22 Kiefer Sibley New Mexico JR RB 4 33 197 5.97 2 8.25 49.25
23 Kemper Hodges Air Force SR QB 3 22 144 6.55 2 7.33 48.00
24 Taron Dickens N Illinois JR QB 4 27 -52 -1.93 0 6.75 -13.00
25 Raymond Moore III UTEP SO QB 4 22 160 7.27 1 5.50 40.00
25 Micah Alejado Hawai'i SO QB 4 22 -6 -0.27 0 5.50 -1.50
27 Jaylon Glover UNLV SR RB 3 16 89 5.56 0 5.33 29.67
28 Nyeoti Punni ND St SR RB 4 21 112 5.33 0 5.25 28.00
28 Sitani Mikaele Hawai'i SO RB 4 21 67 3.19 1 5.25 16.75
30 Nathan Hayes ND St SR QB 4 17 43 2.53 1 4.25 10.75
31 Elijah Porter N Illinois SO RB 4 16 59 3.69 1 4.00 14.75
32 Cameron Mathews New Mexico SO RB 4 14 41 2.93 0 3.50 10.25
33 Jalen Macon N Illinois SR QB 3 10 -1 -0.10 0 3.33 -0.33
34 James Laubstein New Mexico SR QB 4 12 38 3.17 4 3.00 9.50
35 Gage LaDue Air Force JR FB 3 8 49 6.13 0 2.67 16.33
35 Lamar Sperling UTEP JR RB 3 8 20 2.50 0 2.67 6.67
37 Matt Long Air Force JR WR 3 7 41 5.86 0 2.33 13.67
38 Viliami Teu SJSU JR RB 4 9 63 7.00 0 2.25 15.75
38 Isaiah Carlson SJSU JR RB 4 9 24 2.67 0 2.25 6.00
40 Jaiduan Cranford N Illinois FR RB 4 8 59 7.38 0 2.00 14.75
40 Ky Woods Nevada SR RB 4 8 47 5.88 0 2.00 11.75
40 Deshaun Buchanan New Mexico SR RB 3 6 34 5.67 1 2.00 11.33
40 DJ Jones UNLV JR RB 4 8 21 2.63 0 2.00 5.25
44 AJ Bianco Nevada SR QB 4 7 47 6.71 1 1.75 11.75
45 Preston Brown ND St SO QB 3 5 8 1.60 0 1.67 2.67
46 Alex Orji UNLV SR QB 4 6 65 10.83 0 1.50 16.25
46 Donnie Cheers Nevada SR WR 4 6 38 6.33 1 1.50 9.50
46 Luke Moga New Mexico JR QB 4 6 -11 -1.83 1 1.50 -2.75
49 Elijah McCoy UTEP SO RB 3 4 27 6.75 0 1.33 9.00
49 Brady Wavrunek ND St SR RB 3 4 15 3.75 0 1.33 5.00

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.