2026 National Leaders Rushing - In The 1st Quarter through 09/19/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nate Sheppard | Duke | SO | RB | 3 | 24 | 166 | 6.92 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | King Miller | USC | SO | RB | 4 | 24 | 136 | 5.67 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DJ Scott | ND St | SR | RB | 4 | 23 | 84 | 3.65 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Mohammed | California | JR | RB | 3 | 21 | 120 | 5.71 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Makhi Hughes | Houston | SR | RB | 3 | 20 | 104 | 5.20 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | George Pettaway | James Mad | SR | RB | 3 | 20 | 70 | 3.50 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Cam Cook | WVU | SR | RB | 3 | 19 | 154 | 8.11 | 2 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Matt Fuller | S Carolina | JR | RB | 3 | 19 | 129 | 6.79 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Jadan Baugh | Florida | JR | RB | 3 | 19 | 105 | 5.53 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Antwan Raymond | Rutgers | JR | RB | 3 | 19 | 69 | 3.63 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Jaylin Carter | Memphis | SO | RB | 4 | 19 | 68 | 3.58 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | SO | RB | 4 | 18 | 125 | 6.94 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Scottre Humphrey | New Mexico | SR | RB | 3 | 18 | 108 | 6.00 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Bo Jackson | Ohio State | SO | RB | 3 | 18 | 86 | 4.78 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Dilin Jones | LSU | SO | RB | 3 | 18 | 60 | 3.33 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Justice Haynes | Ga Tech | SR | RB | 3 | 18 | 60 | 3.33 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Cam Edwards | Mich St | SR | RB | 3 | 17 | 84 | 4.94 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Fame Ijeboi | Purdue | SO | RB | 3 | 17 | 81 | 4.76 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Caleb Hawkins | Okla St | SO | RB | 3 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Jabari Bates | SJSU | SR | RB | 4 | 17 | 60 | 3.53 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Jayden Duke Scott | NC State | JR | RB | 3 | 16 | 148 | 9.25 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Kyson Brown | Ariz St | SR | RB | 3 | 16 | 137 | 8.56 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | Mark Fletcher, Jr. | Miami (Fl) | SR | RB | 3 | 16 | 129 | 8.06 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Turbo Richard | Indiana | JR | RB | 3 | 16 | 116 | 7.25 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Shavane Anderson Jr. | Syracuse | FR | RB | 3 | 16 | 69 | 4.31 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Ajay Allen | Western Ky | SR | RB | 3 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Dawson Pendergrass | Baylor | SR | RB | 3 | 16 | 47 | 2.94 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | LJ Martin | BYU | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Torrance Burgess Jr. | Texas St | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 118 | 7.87 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Lanear McCrary Jr. | Georgia St | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 90 | 6.00 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Kewan Lacy | Miss | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 89 | 5.93 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Micah Ford | Stanford | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 85 | 5.67 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Marcellous Hawkins, Jr. | Va Tech | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 83 | 5.53 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | Ashton Gray | ECU | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 72 | 4.80 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Jekail Middlebrook | Virginia | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Sire Gaines | Boise St | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Jacurri Brown | Rice | SR | QB | 3 | 15 | 68 | 4.53 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Rod Robinson II | UAB | JR | RB | 3 | 15 | 67 | 4.47 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Angel Flores | CMU | SR | QB | 3 | 15 | 66 | 4.40 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Jamal Rule | Nebraska | FR | RB | 3 | 15 | 65 | 4.33 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Rueben Owens II | Texas A&M | SR | RB | 3 | 15 | 65 | 4.33 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Aiden Flora | Iowa State | SO | RB | 3 | 14 | 123 | 8.79 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 42 | Elijah Faulkner | U Mass | SO | RB | 3 | 14 | 98 | 7.00 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Ousmane Kromah | FSU | SO | RB | 3 | 14 | 88 | 6.29 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 42 | LaNorris Sellers | S Carolina | SR | QB | 3 | 14 | 78 | 5.57 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | Lloyd Avant | Oklahoma | JR | RB | 3 | 14 | 69 | 4.93 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Austyn Dendy | BGSU | SO | RB | 3 | 14 | 63 | 4.50 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Daniel Hill | Alabama | JR | RB | 3 | 14 | 63 | 4.50 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Sedrick Alexander | Vanderbilt | SR | RB | 3 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Jamal Roberts | Missouri | SR | RB | 3 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Dominic Kelley | Nevada | SO | RB | 3 | 13 | 151 | 11.62 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | CJ Baxter | Kentucky | SR | RB | 3 | 13 | 69 | 5.31 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Wayshawn Parker | Utah | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 68 | 5.23 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | Jason Collins Jr. | S Florida | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 65 | 5.00 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Will Henderson III | UTSA | SO | RB | 3 | 13 | 52 | 4.00 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Dylan Riley | Boise St | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 50 | 3.85 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Rodney Fields Jr. | Kansas St | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 47 | 3.62 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | Caden Creel | J'ville St | SR | QB | 3 | 13 | 46 | 3.54 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Bryson Donelson | Fresno St | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Kenyon Clay | Ark St | SR | RB | 3 | 13 | 40 | 3.08 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Gideon Davidson | Clemson | SO | RB | 3 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Devin Roche | ODU | JR | RB | 3 | 13 | 31 | 2.38 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Jeremy Payne | TCU | JR | RB | 3 | 12 | 118 | 9.83 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 63 | Jeffrey Overton, Jr. | Va Tech | SO | RB | 3 | 12 | 116 | 9.67 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | Javion Kinnard | SDSU | SO | RB | 3 | 12 | 101 | 8.42 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Jalen Buckley | W Mich | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 100 | 8.33 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Evan Dickens | BC | JR | RB | 3 | 12 | 85 | 7.08 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 63 | Yasin Willis | Kansas | JR | RB | 3 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Lee Beebe Jr. | Indiana | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 71 | 5.92 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 63 | DeSean Bishop | Tennessee | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 67 | 5.58 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | James Jones | NMSU | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Fluff Bothwell | Miss St | JR | RB | 3 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Jalen Likely | J'ville St | JR | RB | 3 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Bryson Roland | La-Monroe | SO | RB | 3 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Jai'Den Thomas | UNLV | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Tyvonn Byars | Rice | SO | RB | 3 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Waymond Jordan | USC | SR | RB | 4 | 12 | 45 | 3.75 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Lucky Sutton | SDSU | SR | RB | 2 | 12 | 41 | 3.42 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Carson Hansen | Penn State | SR | RB | 3 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Darius Taylor | Minnesota | SR | RB | 2 | 12 | 37 | 3.08 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Nolan James, Jr. | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 3 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Jamar Curtis | Sac St | SR | RB | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jaheim Merriweather | Troy | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 105 | 9.55 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 83 | Gi'Bran Payne | Cincinnati | SR | RB | 3 | 11 | 72 | 6.55 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Kalieb Osborne | UConn | JR | QB | 3 | 11 | 69 | 6.27 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | Gavin Griffin | Troy | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 66 | 6.00 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 83 | PJ Martin | USA | SR | RB | 3 | 11 | 65 | 5.91 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Darrell Smith | La-Lafytte | FR | RB | 2 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Kedrick Reescano | Arizona | SR | RB | 3 | 11 | 53 | 4.82 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Mason McKenzie | BC | JR | QB | 3 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Isaac Brown | Louisville | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 43 | 3.91 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Sam Leavitt | LSU | JR | QB | 3 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | DeVon Rice | Hawai'i | SO | RB | 3 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Steven Robinson | USM | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jevon Edwards | Coast Car | SO | RB | 3 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Jordan Marshall | Michigan | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Kenji Christian | UConn | SR | RB | 3 | 11 | 35 | 3.18 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Cyncir Bowers | UConn | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Aneyas Williams | Notre Dame | JR | RB | 3 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | |||||||||||||