Yards per Carry Leaders: College Football Quarterbacks, 2026

Gael Ochoa (Rice) leads FBS quarterbacks in yards per carry with 14.9, ahead of Raymond Moore III (UTEP, 10.2) and Drew Mestemaker (Oklahoma State, 10.0). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 141 quarterbacks rank.

Quarterbacks by yards per carry

Rank	Player	Team	Yards per carry
1	Gael Ochoa	Rice	14.9
2	Raymond Moore III	UTEP	10.2
3	Drew Mestemaker	Oklahoma State	10.0
4	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	9.9
5	Keelon Russell	Alabama	9.3
6	Hauss Hejny	Colorado State	8.8
7	Cibastian Broughton	Akron	8.5
8	Tyler Hughes	Wyoming	8.4
9	Will Crowder	Troy	8.4
10	Braxton Woodson	Navy	8.1
11	Lanorris Sellers	South Carolina	8.0
12	Caleb Heavner	Miami (OH)	7.8
13	Anthony Colandrea	Nebraska	7.8
14	Kamario Taylor	Mississippi State	7.6
15	William Watson III	Massachusetts	7.5
16	Austin Carlisle	UL Monroe	7.5
17	Matt Vezza	Ohio	7.3
18	Kalieb Osborne	UConn	7.2
19	Nathan Hayes	North Dakota State	7.2
20	Mason McKenzie	Boston College	7.1
21	Owen Eshelman	Washington State	7.1
22	Deuce Bailey	Coastal Carolina	7.0
23	Jacurri Brown	Rice	7.0
24	Ajani Sheppard	Temple	7.0
25	Gunner Stockton	Georgia	6.9
26	Katin Houser	Illinois	6.9
27	Ashton Daniels	Florida State	6.9
28	Deshawn Purdie	Liberty	6.8
29	Toa Faavae	New Mexico	6.7
30	Khalil Wilkins	Marshall	6.7
31	Evan Medders	Air Force	6.6
32	Marcus Stokes	Memphis	6.6
33	Arch Manning	Texas	6.6
34	Faizon Brandon	Tennessee	6.6
35	Will Hammond	Texas Tech	6.5
36	Demond Williams Jr.	Washington	6.5
37	McCae Hillstead	Utah State	6.4
38	Caden Creel	Jacksonville State	6.4
39	Trey Owens	Arkansas State	6.4
40	Roman Gagliano	Middle Tennessee	6.3
41	Ryan Browne	Purdue	6.3
42	Micah Alejado	Hawai'i	6.3
43	Quinn Henicle	Old Dominion	6.3
44	Giovanni Lopez	Wake Forest	6.3
45	Skyler Locklear	Missouri State	6.3
46	Jackson Arnold	UNLV	6.2
47	Nick Poulos	Ohio	6.2
48	Noah Fifita	Arizona	6.2
49	Cameran Brown	Georgia State	6.2
50	Jason Wright	Buffalo	6.2
51	Lincoln Kienholz	Louisville	6.2
52	Brad Jackson	Texas State	6.2
53	Byrum Brown	Auburn	6.2
54	Michael Hawkins Jr.	West Virginia	6.1
55	Blaze Berlowitz	Vanderbilt	6.1
56	Devon Dampier	Utah	6.1
57	Jackson Gutierrez	Navy	6.1
58	Henry Hasselbeck	App State	6.1
59	Sam Leavitt	LSU	6.0
60	Luke Kromenhoek	South Florida	6.0
61	Tommy Carr	Michigan	6.0
62	Maddux Madsen	Boise State	6.0
63	Brock Glenn	Western Kentucky	6.0
64	Josh Hoover	Indiana	5.9
65	Isaiah Marshall	Kansas	5.9
66	Mason Heintschel	Pittsburgh	5.8
67	Byrd Ficklin	Utah	5.8
68	Aidan Chiles	Northwestern	5.8
69	JC French	Cincinnati	5.8
70	Bear Bachmeier	BYU	5.8
71	Kemper Hodges	Air Force	5.7
72	Angel H Flores	Central Michigan	5.7
73	Trinidad Chambliss	Ole Miss	5.7
74	Jayden Mandal	Fresno State	5.6
75	Caden Pinnick	Washington State	5.6
76	CJ Bailey	NC State	5.5
77	Nico Iamaleava	UCLA	5.5
78	Cale Hellums	Army	5.4
79	Beau Pribula	Virginia	5.4
80	Conner Weigman	Houston	5.4
81	Malik Washington	Maryland	5.3
82	D'Wayne' Winfield	Louisiana	5.3
83	Dru Deshields	Kent State	5.3
84	Marcel Reed	Texas A&M	5.3
85	Keldric Luster	Ball State	5.3
86	Weston Bryan	Georgia Southern	5.2
87	Owen McCown	UTSA	5.2
88	Emory Williams	East Carolina	5.1
89	Taron Dickens	Northern Illinois	5.1
90	Kevin Jennings	SMU	5.0
91	Ayden Pereira	Georgia State	5.0
92	Mitch Griffis	East Carolina	5.0
93	Jared Curtis	Vanderbilt	5.0
94	Bryce Underwood	Michigan	4.9
95	Carter Jones	Nevada	4.9
96	KJ Jackson	Arkansas	4.9
97	Tucker Kilcrease	Troy	4.9
98	Jay Kastantin	Bowling Green	4.8
99	Cutter Boley	Arizona State	4.8
100	Trey Kukuk	Louisiana Tech	4.8
101	Jared Hollins	South Alabama	4.8
102	Colton Joseph	Wisconsin	4.8
103	Kenny Minchey	Kentucky	4.7
104	Broc Lowry	Western Michigan	4.7
105	Rickie Collins	Kennesaw State	4.7
106	Alessio Milivojevic	Michigan State	4.7
107	Grady Brosterhous	Utah State	4.6
108	Tait Reynolds	Clemson	4.6
109	Liam Szarka	Air Force	4.5
110	Landen Clark	LSU	4.5
111	Aaron Philo	Florida	4.5
112	Baylor Hayes	Tulsa	4.4
113	Jaden Craig	TCU	4.4
114	Max Johnson	Georgia Southern	4.4
115	Camden Coleman	James Madison	4.4
116	Brayden Roggow	Akron	4.3
117	Will Wilson	NC State	4.3
118	Landyn Locke	Sam Houston	4.3
119	Jaylen Raynor	Iowa State	4.3
120	Ethan Grunkemeyer	Virginia Tech	4.3
121	D.J. Lagway	Baylor	4.2
122	Tayven Jackson	North Texas	4.2
123	C.J. Carr	Notre Dame	4.1
124	EJ Colson	UTEP	4.1
125	Julian Sayin	Ohio State	4.1
126	J.J. Kohl	Florida International	4.1
127	Landy Lyddy	Southern Miss	4.0
128	Ryder Burton	UAB	3.9
129	John Mateer	Oklahoma	3.8
130	Aidan Armenta	UL Monroe	3.8
131	JC Evans	James Madison	3.6
132	Luke Weaver	San José State	3.4
133	Blake Baker	Louisiana Tech	3.3
134	Rocco Becht	Penn State	3.0
135	Noah Kim	Eastern Michigan	3.0
136	Isaac Wilson	Colorado	2.8
137	Keyone Jenkins	UCF	2.2
138	Malachi Singleton	App State	1.9
139	Jackson Sharman	Sacramento State	1.9
140	Caden Veltkamp	Florida Atlantic	1.7
141	Alonza Barnett	UCF	1.3

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