2026 Mountain West Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 10/24/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabari Bates | SJSU | SR | RB | 6 | 104 | 423 | 4.07 | 1 | 17.33 | 70.50 |
| 2 | Jai'Den Thomas | UNLV | SR | RB | 7 | 112 | 543 | 4.85 | 3 | 16.00 | 77.57 |
| 3 | Dominic Kelley | Nevada | SO | RB | 6 | 94 | 498 | 5.30 | 5 | 15.67 | 83.00 |
| 4 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 7 | 105 | 408 | 3.89 | 6 | 15.00 | 58.29 |
| 5 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | SO | RB | 6 | 80 | 348 | 4.35 | 3 | 13.33 | 58.00 |
| 5 | Scottre Humphrey | New Mexico | SR | RB | 6 | 80 | 343 | 4.29 | 7 | 13.33 | 57.17 |
| 7 | Tyler Hughes | Wyoming | SR | QB | 7 | 93 | 579 | 6.23 | 6 | 13.29 | 82.71 |
| 8 | Evan Medders | Air Force | SO | QB | 5 | 66 | 442 | 6.70 | 5 | 13.20 | 88.40 |
| 9 | Owen Allen | Air Force | SR | RB | 6 | 78 | 338 | 4.33 | 3 | 13.00 | 56.33 |
| 10 | EJ Colson Jr. | UTEP | SO | QB | 5 | 63 | 59 | 0.94 | 0 | 12.60 | 11.80 |
| 11 | Telly Johnson Jr. | N Illinois | JR | RB | 6 | 73 | 419 | 5.74 | 3 | 12.17 | 69.83 |
| 12 | DJ Scott | ND St | SR | RB | 6 | 71 | 254 | 3.58 | 2 | 11.83 | 42.33 |
| 13 | Kiefer Sibley | New Mexico | JR | RB | 6 | 64 | 335 | 5.23 | 2 | 10.67 | 55.83 |
| 13 | Raymond Moore III | UTEP | SO | QB | 6 | 64 | 321 | 5.02 | 1 | 10.67 | 53.50 |
| 15 | Herschel Turner Jr. | Nevada | JR | RB | 6 | 62 | 432 | 6.97 | 4 | 10.33 | 72.00 |
| 16 | DeVon Rice | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 8 | 82 | 385 | 4.70 | 6 | 10.25 | 48.13 |
| 17 | Markell Holman | Wyoming | SR | RB | 7 | 70 | 357 | 5.10 | 4 | 10.00 | 51.00 |
| 18 | Toa Fa'avae | New Mexico | SO | QB | 6 | 59 | 233 | 3.95 | 1 | 9.83 | 38.83 |
| 19 | Samuel Tote Harris | Wyoming | SO | RB | 6 | 57 | 283 | 4.96 | 1 | 9.50 | 47.17 |
| 20 | Tavorus Jones | UTEP | JR | RB | 5 | 42 | 157 | 3.74 | 0 | 8.40 | 31.40 |
| 21 | Rocco Conti | Air Force | SR | RB | 6 | 48 | 292 | 6.08 | 2 | 8.00 | 48.67 |
| 22 | Cam Barfield | Hawai'i | SR | RB | 6 | 45 | 150 | 3.33 | 1 | 7.50 | 25.00 |
| 23 | Luke Weaver | SJSU | SR | QB | 6 | 44 | 36 | 0.82 | 1 | 7.33 | 6.00 |
| 24 | Taron Dickens | N Illinois | JR | QB | 6 | 42 | 30 | 0.71 | 0 | 7.00 | 5.00 |
| 25 | Gage LaDue | Air Force | JR | FB | 6 | 37 | 210 | 5.68 | 0 | 6.17 | 35.00 |
| 26 | Micah Alejado | Hawai'i | SO | QB | 8 | 46 | 24 | 0.52 | 0 | 5.75 | 3.00 |
| 27 | Viliami Teu | SJSU | JR | RB | 7 | 40 | 258 | 6.45 | 3 | 5.71 | 36.86 |
| 28 | Nathan Hayes | ND St | SR | QB | 7 | 39 | 209 | 5.36 | 4 | 5.57 | 29.86 |
| 29 | Nyeoti Punni | ND St | SR | RB | 6 | 31 | 146 | 4.71 | 0 | 5.17 | 24.33 |
| 30 | Kemper Hodges | Air Force | SR | QB | 6 | 30 | 129 | 4.30 | 1 | 5.00 | 21.50 |
| 31 | Elijah Porter | N Illinois | SO | RB | 6 | 28 | 85 | 3.04 | 2 | 4.67 | 14.17 |
| 32 | James Laubstein | New Mexico | SR | QB | 5 | 19 | 88 | 4.63 | 5 | 3.80 | 17.60 |
| 33 | Sitani Mikaele | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 8 | 27 | 87 | 3.22 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.88 |
| 34 | Matt Long | Air Force | JR | WR | 6 | 12 | 101 | 8.42 | 0 | 2.00 | 16.83 |
| 35 | Isaiah Carlson | SJSU | JR | RB | 7 | 13 | 42 | 3.23 | 0 | 1.86 | 6.00 |
| 35 | DJ Jones | UNLV | JR | RB | 7 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 1.86 | 5.14 |
| 37 | Ky Woods | Nevada | SR | RB | 6 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 1.83 | 8.33 |
| 38 | Brady Wavrunek | ND St | SR | RB | 6 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 1.67 | 7.83 |
| 39 | Deshaun Buchanan | New Mexico | SR | RB | 5 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 1.60 | 13.40 |
| 40 | AJ Bianco | Nevada | SR | QB | 5 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 2 | 1.40 | 7.40 |
| 41 | Elijah McCoy | UTEP | SO | RB | 5 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.20 | 5.60 |
| 41 | Chris Hunter | UTEP | JR | RB | 5 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.20 | 4.60 |
| 43 | Alex Orji | UNLV | SR | QB | 6 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 1.17 | 10.83 |
| 43 | Kayden McGee | UNLV | SO | WR | 6 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.17 | 5.00 |
| 43 | Donnie Cheers | Nevada | SR | WR | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 1 | 1.17 | 4.50 |
| 46 | Jackson Williams | ND St | JR | WR | 7 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.00 | 7.71 |
| 47 | Tama Uiliata | Hawai'i | SO | WR | 8 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 0.88 | 5.50 |
| 48 | Kam Thomas | UTEP | SR | MB | 6 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 0.83 | -0.17 |
| 49 | Jaden Lawrence | Wyoming | FR | RB | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.67 | 1.50 |
| 50 | Jaden Smith | UTEP | SR | WR | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.50 | 2.17 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.