2026 National Leaders Rushing - In The 1st Half through 09/19/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hawkins Jr. | WVU | SO | QB | 3 | 29 | 238 | 8.21 | 4 | 71 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Jadan Baugh | Florida | JR | RB | 3 | 34 | 185 | 5.44 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Nate Frazier | Georgia | JR | RB | 3 | 19 | 177 | 9.32 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1 | Kewan Lacy | Miss | JR | RB | 3 | 32 | 172 | 5.38 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | Jordon Davison | Oregon | SO | RB | 3 | 25 | 132 | 5.28 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | George Pettaway | James Mad | SR | RB | 3 | 27 | 130 | 4.81 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Weston Bryan | Ga South | SO | QB | 2 | 8 | 33 | 4.13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Nate Sheppard | Duke | SO | RB | 3 | 47 | 354 | 7.53 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | Aiden Flora | Iowa State | SO | RB | 3 | 26 | 253 | 9.73 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | LJ Martin | BYU | SR | RB | 3 | 25 | 252 | 10.08 | 3 | 56 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | Braxton Woodson | Navy | SR | QB | 2 | 25 | 245 | 9.80 | 3 | 48 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Cam Cook | WVU | SR | RB | 3 | 36 | 214 | 5.94 | 3 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Matt Fuller | S Carolina | JR | RB | 3 | 26 | 209 | 8.04 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Mark Fletcher, Jr. | Miami (Fl) | SR | RB | 3 | 30 | 199 | 6.63 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Jamal Roberts | Missouri | SR | RB | 3 | 34 | 180 | 5.29 | 3 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | SO | RB | 4 | 33 | 169 | 5.12 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Scottre Humphrey | New Mexico | SR | RB | 3 | 31 | 164 | 5.29 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Jamal Rule | Nebraska | FR | RB | 3 | 24 | 154 | 6.42 | 3 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Sam Leavitt | LSU | JR | QB | 3 | 27 | 139 | 5.15 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Jaheim Merriweather | Troy | JR | RB | 3 | 18 | 137 | 7.61 | 3 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Marcellous Hawkins, Jr. | Va Tech | SR | RB | 3 | 27 | 134 | 4.96 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Shavane Anderson Jr. | Syracuse | FR | RB | 3 | 21 | 129 | 6.14 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Lunch Winfield | La-Lafytte | JR | QB | 3 | 20 | 125 | 6.25 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 3 | 31 | 102 | 3.29 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Wayshawn Parker | Utah | JR | RB | 3 | 22 | 101 | 4.59 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Lincoln Kienholz | Louisville | SR | QB | 3 | 16 | 84 | 5.25 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DeVon Rice | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 3 | 19 | 76 | 4.00 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Darius Taylor | Minnesota | SR | RB | 2 | 20 | 71 | 3.55 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Davian Jackson | Texas St | FR | RB | 3 | 17 | 66 | 3.88 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Nolan James, Jr. | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 3 | 19 | 61 | 3.21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Will Wilson | NC State | SO | QB | 2 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ashton Daniels | FSU | SR | QB | 3 | 17 | 28 | 1.65 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Mel Brown | CSU | SR | RB | 3 | 21 | 236 | 11.24 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 33 | King Miller | USC | SO | RB | 4 | 42 | 230 | 5.48 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Dominic Kelley | Nevada | SO | RB | 3 | 23 | 217 | 9.43 | 2 | 72 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | Avery Johnson | Kansas St | SR | QB | 3 | 16 | 182 | 11.38 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 33 | Angel Flores | CMU | SR | QB | 3 | 34 | 180 | 5.29 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Jayden Duke Scott | NC State | JR | RB | 3 | 23 | 178 | 7.74 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Kamari Moulton | Iowa | SR | RB | 2 | 16 | 176 | 11.00 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 33 | Jaylin Carter | Memphis | SO | RB | 4 | 29 | 174 | 6.00 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Turbo Richard | Indiana | JR | RB | 3 | 23 | 170 | 7.39 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | Adam Mohammed | California | JR | RB | 3 | 32 | 170 | 5.31 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | Duke Watson | UCF | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 159 | 10.60 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | Lanear McCrary Jr. | Georgia St | SR | RB | 3 | 27 | 154 | 5.70 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | DJ Scott | ND St | SR | RB | 4 | 32 | 149 | 4.66 | 2 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Jeffrey Overton, Jr. | Va Tech | SO | RB | 3 | 20 | 141 | 7.05 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | DeSean Bishop | Tennessee | SR | RB | 3 | 23 | 139 | 6.04 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | James Jones | NMSU | SR | RB | 3 | 25 | 139 | 5.56 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Dilin Jones | LSU | SO | RB | 3 | 38 | 136 | 3.58 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Cale Hellums | Army | SR | QB | 2 | 17 | 135 | 7.94 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Cam Edwards | Mich St | SR | RB | 3 | 32 | 134 | 4.19 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Micah Welch | Colorado | JR | RB | 3 | 18 | 132 | 7.33 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Jaquari Lewis | App St | SO | RB | 3 | 27 | 132 | 4.89 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Fame Ijeboi | Purdue | SO | RB | 3 | 28 | 131 | 4.68 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Caden Creel | J'ville St | SR | QB | 4 | 30 | 127 | 4.23 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Kendrick Raphael | SMU | SR | RB | 3 | 20 | 124 | 6.20 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Cyncir Bowers | UConn | JR | RB | 3 | 21 | 124 | 5.90 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Daniel Hill | Alabama | JR | RB | 3 | 24 | 120 | 5.00 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Re’Shaun Sanford II | Houston | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 118 | 7.87 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Yasin Willis | Kansas | JR | RB | 3 | 22 | 117 | 5.32 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | DeJuan Williams | Maryland | SO | RB | 1 | 3 | 116 | 38.67 | 2 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Evan Dickens | BC | JR | RB | 3 | 18 | 115 | 6.39 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Kalieb Osborne | UConn | JR | QB | 3 | 19 | 113 | 5.95 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Faizon Brandon | Tennessee | FR | QB | 3 | 19 | 108 | 5.68 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | CJ Baxter | Kentucky | SR | RB | 3 | 23 | 108 | 4.70 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Xavier Williams | Iowa | JR | RB | 2 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 2 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Latrelle Murrell | KSU | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 107 | 8.23 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Khamani Alexander | Charlotte | SR | RB | 3 | 14 | 107 | 7.64 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Iverson Howard | Maryland | SO | RB | 3 | 26 | 97 | 3.73 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Nathan McNeil | Iowa | SO | RB | 2 | 12 | 95 | 7.92 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Darrell Smith | La-Lafytte | FR | RB | 2 | 15 | 92 | 6.13 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Rickie Collins | KSU | JR | QB | 3 | 18 | 89 | 4.94 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Damon Ferguson Jr. | Pittsburgh | FR | RB | 3 | 17 | 88 | 5.18 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Qwantavius Wiggins | Georgia St | FR | RB | 3 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Lucky Sutton | SDSU | SR | RB | 2 | 24 | 84 | 3.50 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Xavier Brown | Virginia | SR | RB | 3 | 11 | 81 | 7.36 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Jeremiah Cobb | Auburn | SR | RB | 3 | 17 | 77 | 4.53 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Bryce Underwood | Michigan | SO | QB | 3 | 16 | 76 | 4.75 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | D.J. Crowther | S Florida | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 71 | 5.92 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Wayne Knight | UCLA | SR | RB | 3 | 13 | 69 | 5.31 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | CJ Miller | Toledo | JR | RB | 3 | 14 | 67 | 4.79 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Trae'von Dunbar | USA | JR | RB | 3 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | D'Shawntae Jones | Miami (Oh) | SO | RB | 3 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Chauncey Bowens | Georgia | JR | RB | 3 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Cole Tabb | Cincinnati | JR | RB | 2 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Ja’Kobi Jackson | Ohio State | SR | RB | 3 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Quinn Henicle | ODU | SO | QB | 3 | 18 | 44 | 2.44 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Demon June | N Carolina | SO | RB | 2 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Aaron Philo | Florida | JR | QB | 3 | 15 | 42 | 2.80 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Legend Glasker | BYU | FR | WR | 2 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Johnnie Daniels | Tulane | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 36 | 3.00 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Bear Bachmeier | BYU | SO | QB | 3 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Steven Blanco | La-Lafytte | SO | RB | 3 | 11 | 33 | 3.00 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Viron Ellison Jr. | Delaware | JR | RB | 3 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Jon Denman | TCU | SO | RB | 2 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nate Bennett | Baylor | JR | QB | 2 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Noah Kim | EMU | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Thomas Castellanos | Texas Tech | SR | QB | 2 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | David McComb | Miami (Oh) | FR | QB | 3 | 10 | 20 | 2.00 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Luke Kromenhoek | S Florida | SO | QB | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | |||||||||||||