2026 Mid-American Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 11/04/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Messiah Burch Buffalo SR RB 5 115 655 5.70 5 23.00 131.00
2 CJ Miller Toledo JR RB 5 102 594 5.82 5 20.40 118.80
3 Jordan Gant Akron SR RB 5 98 539 5.50 5 19.60 107.80
4 Jalen Buckley W Mich SR RB 5 97 486 5.01 4 19.40 97.20
5 Duncan Brune Ohio JR RB 5 64 365 5.70 4 12.80 73.00
6 Rodney Nelson Miami (Oh) JR RB 5 62 352 5.68 4 12.40 70.40
7 Jalen Bonds Ball State SO RB 4 51 266 5.22 3 12.75 66.50
8 Autavius Ison Toledo JR RB 5 55 292 5.31 3 11.00 58.40
9 Curtis Kimmons IV U Mass SR RB 5 51 258 5.06 2 10.20 51.60
10 Keldric Luster Ball State SR QB 4 45 202 4.49 3 11.25 50.50
11 Austyn Dendy BGSU SO RB 4 49 197 4.02 3 12.25 49.25
12 Isaiah Ene Sac St FR RB 7 68 335 4.93 3 9.71 47.86
13 Nick Woodford CMU SO RB 5 37 229 6.19 6 7.40 45.80
14 TJ Horton Ball State SR RB 5 43 218 5.07 5 8.60 43.60
15 D'Shawntae Jones Miami (Oh) SO RB 5 48 216 4.50 1 9.60 43.20
16 Amareon Blue EMU SO RB 6 50 259 5.18 1 8.33 43.17
17 Nick Poulos Ohio SR QB 4 39 167 4.28 2 9.75 41.75
18 Jayden Clerveaux CMU SR RB 4 34 154 4.53 2 8.50 38.50
19 Elijah Faulkner U Mass SO RB 5 52 190 3.65 2 10.40 38.00
20 Victor Rosa Ohio SR RB 5 36 180 5.00 1 7.20 36.00
21 Caleb Heavner Miami (Oh) SR QB 5 59 176 2.98 2 11.80 35.20
22 Brandon White Kent State FR RB 5 47 163 3.47 0 9.40 32.60
23 Nakai Amachree BGSU SO RB 5 36 158 4.39 0 7.20 31.60
24 Joey Mattord EMU SR RB 6 42 189 4.50 1 7.00 31.50
25 Daniel Swinney Sac St JR RB 6 36 185 5.14 0 6.00 30.83
26 Braydon Bennett EMU SR RB 5 36 154 4.28 2 7.20 30.80
27 Jay Kastantin BGSU JR QB 5 45 145 3.22 1 9.00 29.00
28 Broc Lowry W Mich JR QB 5 45 143 3.18 3 9.00 28.60
29 Dru DeShields Kent State JR QB 5 52 141 2.71 2 10.40 28.20
30 Scoop Smith Miami (Oh) FR WR 5 7 134 19.14 2 1.40 26.80
31 Lolo Mataele W Mich SR RB 4 29 106 3.66 0 7.25 26.50
32 Sean Patrick Akron SO RB 4 18 95 5.28 0 4.50 23.75
33 Nino Hill Buffalo SO RB 5 36 118 3.28 0 7.20 23.60
34 Irving Brown Ohio FR RB 5 14 114 8.14 1 2.80 22.80
35 Cole Cabana W Mich JR RB 5 10 111 11.10 1 2.00 22.20
36 Vaughn Blue CMU SR RB 5 26 99 3.81 1 5.20 19.80
37 Cincere Rhaney Sac St SO RB 6 25 115 4.60 0 4.17 19.17
38 Brock Townsend CMU JR RB 5 14 93 6.64 1 2.80 18.60
39 Levi Davis Ohio FR QB 4 9 60 6.67 1 2.25 15.00
40 Jason Wright Buffalo SO QB 5 42 61 1.45 3 8.40 12.20
41 Jakorion Caffey Kent State SO RB 5 15 54 3.60 0 3.00 10.80
42 Marquese Williams Akron JR RB 5 10 53 5.30 0 2.00 10.60
43 Lazaro Rogers Miami (Oh) SO RB 5 11 51 4.64 0 2.20 10.20
44 Brennan Ridley BGSU JR WR 5 6 43 7.17 0 1.20 8.60
45 Leo Kemp BGSU SR FB 5 11 42 3.82 1 2.20 8.40
46 T.Y. Harding U Mass SR WR 4 3 26 8.67 0 0.75 6.50
47 Jadyn Glasser CMU JR QB 5 16 26 1.63 1 3.20 5.20
48 Justin Lewis U Mass FR RB 4 4 20 5.00 0 1.00 5.00
49 Johnny Thompson Jr. Ball State SR RB 5 15 21 1.40 0 3.00 4.20
50 Jordan Stapleton CMU FR RB 4 3 15 5.00 0 0.75 3.75

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