2026 Mid-American Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/05/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Messiah Burch Buffalo SR RB 6 125 671 5.37 5 20.83 111.83
2 CJ Miller Toledo JR RB 6 111 627 5.65 6 18.50 104.50
3 Jordan Gant Akron SR RB 6 118 623 5.28 6 19.67 103.83
4 Jalen Buckley W Mich SR RB 6 110 603 5.48 5 18.33 100.50
5 Duncan Brune Ohio JR RB 6 82 431 5.26 4 13.67 71.83
6 Rodney Nelson Miami (Oh) JR RB 6 74 381 5.15 4 12.33 63.50
7 Jalen Bonds Ball State SO RB 5 55 270 4.91 3 11.00 54.00
8 Autavius Ison Toledo JR RB 6 59 304 5.15 3 9.83 50.67
9 TJ Horton Ball State SR RB 6 51 297 5.82 7 8.50 49.50
10 Austyn Dendy BGSU SO RB 5 67 245 3.66 3 13.40 49.00
11 Keldric Luster Ball State SR QB 5 55 244 4.44 3 11.00 48.80
12 Amareon Blue EMU SO RB 7 61 340 5.57 2 8.71 48.57
13 Isaiah Ene Sac St FR RB 8 77 371 4.82 3 9.63 46.38
14 Curtis Kimmons IV U Mass SR RB 6 54 265 4.91 2 9.00 44.17
15 Jayden Clerveaux CMU SR RB 6 48 253 5.27 2 8.00 42.17
16 Victor Rosa Ohio SR RB 7 57 275 4.82 3 8.14 39.29
17 D'Shawntae Jones Miami (Oh) SO RB 6 51 218 4.27 1 8.50 36.33
18 Elijah Faulkner U Mass SO RB 6 58 205 3.53 2 9.67 34.17
19 Nick Woodford CMU SO RB 7 40 237 5.93 6 5.71 33.86
20 Lolo Mataele W Mich SR RB 5 40 168 4.20 1 8.00 33.60
21 Brandon White Kent State FR RB 6 57 200 3.51 0 9.50 33.33
22 Nakai Amachree BGSU SO RB 6 41 192 4.68 0 6.83 32.00
23 Broc Lowry W Mich JR QB 6 62 182 2.94 4 10.33 30.33
24 Caleb Heavner Miami (Oh) SR QB 6 61 180 2.95 2 10.17 30.00
25 Braydon Bennett EMU SR RB 6 41 174 4.24 2 6.83 29.00
26 Sean Patrick Akron SO RB 5 26 143 5.50 0 5.20 28.60
27 Daniel Swinney Sac St JR RB 7 38 200 5.26 0 5.43 28.57
28 Joey Mattord EMU SR RB 7 47 199 4.23 1 6.71 28.43
29 Vaughn Blue CMU SR RB 7 44 179 4.07 1 6.29 25.57
30 Dru DeShields Kent State JR QB 6 61 153 2.51 2 10.17 25.50
31 Nino Hill Buffalo SO RB 5 36 118 3.28 0 7.20 23.60
32 Scoop Smith Miami (Oh) FR WR 6 8 139 17.38 2 1.33 23.17
33 Jay Kastantin BGSU JR QB 6 52 138 2.65 1 8.67 23.00
34 Cincere Rhaney Sac St SO RB 7 34 153 4.50 0 4.86 21.86
35 Brock Townsend CMU JR RB 7 18 138 7.67 2 2.57 19.71
36 Irving Brown Ohio FR RB 6 14 114 8.14 1 2.33 19.00
37 Cole Cabana W Mich JR RB 6 10 111 11.10 1 1.67 18.50
38 Levi Davis Ohio FR QB 6 15 90 6.00 1 2.50 15.00
39 Jakorion Caffey Kent State SO RB 6 22 70 3.18 0 3.67 11.67
40 Lazaro Rogers Miami (Oh) SO RB 6 17 66 3.88 0 2.83 11.00
41 Marquese Williams Akron JR RB 5 10 53 5.30 0 2.00 10.60
42 Johnny Thompson Jr. Ball State SR RB 6 22 62 2.82 0 3.67 10.33
43 Jason Wright Buffalo SO QB 6 44 58 1.32 3 7.33 9.67
44 Brennan Ridley BGSU JR WR 6 6 43 7.17 0 1.00 7.17
45 Leo Kemp BGSU SR FB 6 11 42 3.82 1 1.83 7.00
46 Jamar Curtis Sac St SR RB 6 22 33 1.50 1 3.67 5.50
47 Justin Lewis U Mass FR RB 5 4 20 5.00 0 0.80 4.00
47 Jadyn Glasser CMU JR QB 6 24 24 1.00 1 4.00 4.00
49 Nasir Williams CMU JR WR 7 1 23 23.00 1 0.14 3.29
50 Kezion Dia-Johnson U Mass JR WR 6 5 17 3.40 1 0.83 2.83

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