Carries Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Cam Cook (West Virginia) leads FBS running backs in carries with 184, ahead of Nate Sheppard (Duke, 168) and DeSean Bishop (Tennessee, 164).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 437 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by carries

Rank	Player	Team	Carries
1	Cam Cook	West Virginia	184
2	Nate Sheppard	Duke	168
3	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	164
4	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	160
5	Micah Ford	Stanford	156
6	Messiah Burch	Buffalo	150
7	Jabari Bates	San José State	150
8	Dilin Jones	LSU	147
9	Jadan Baugh	Florida	146
10	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	144
11	Jahiem White	North Texas	143
12	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	142
13	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	141
14	Dylan Riley	Boise State	139
15	James Jones	New Mexico State	138
16	Fame Ijeboi	Purdue	137
17	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	135
18	Lee Beebe	Indiana	132
19	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	131
20	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	127
21	Jordan Gant	Akron	125
22	King Miller	USC	123
23	George Pettaway	James Madison	120
24	D.J. Crowther	South Florida	119
25	PJ Martin	South Alabama	118
26	Makhi Hughes	Houston	117
27	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	117
28	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	117
29	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	111
30	Turbo Richard	Indiana	111
31	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	110
32	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	109
33	CJ Miller	Toledo	109
34	Devin Roche	Old Dominion	108
35	Roderick Robinson II	UAB	108
36	Wayne Knight	UCLA	108
37	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	107
38	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	107
39	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	107
40	Will Henderson III	UTSA	107
41	Owen Allen	Air Force	106
42	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	106
43	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	105
44	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	104
45	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	103
46	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	102
47	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	102
48	Austyn Dendy	Bowling Green	101
49	Keveun Mason	Temple	101
50	Damari Alston	Tulsa	101
51	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	99
52	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	99
53	Gavin Griffin	Troy	98
54	Justice Haynes	Georgia Tech	97
55	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	97
56	Tyvonn Byars	Rice	95
57	Ahmad Miller	Syracuse	95
58	Dawson Pendergrass	Baylor	94
59	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	93
60	Andrew Burnette	Louisiana Tech	93
61	DJ Scott	North Dakota State	93
62	Myles Mitchell	North Dakota State	93
63	Ajay Allen	Western Kentucky	93
64	Gideon Davidson	Clemson	92
65	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	91
66	Ethan Ervin	Florida Atlantic	91
67	Jordon Davison	Oregon	91
68	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	91
69	Isaac Brown	Louisville	90
70	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	90
71	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	90
72	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	90
73	Devonte Lyons	Florida International	89
74	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	89
75	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	89
76	Elijah Faulkner	Massachusetts	88
77	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	88
78	Kam Davis	Liberty	87
79	Carson Hansen	Penn State	87
80	Duke Watson	UCF	87
81	Kedrick Reescano	Arizona	85
82	Re'Shaun Sanford II	Houston	85
83	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	85
84	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	85
85	Lucky Sutton	San Diego State	85
86	Jeremy Payne	TCU	85
87	Joe Jackson	Kansas State	84
88	Jordan Marshall	Michigan	84
89	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	84
90	Jo'Nathan Silver	Delaware	83
91	Lanear McCrary Jr.	Georgia State	83
92	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	83
93	Savion Hiter	Michigan	83
94	Davion Gause	NC State	83
95	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	83
96	Raleek Brown	Texas	83
97	Jaquari Lewis	App State	82
98	Anthony Carrie	Florida International	82
99	Devon Rice	Hawai'i	82
100	Adam Mohammed	California	81
101	Mark Fletcher Jr.	Miami	81
102	Darius Taylor	Minnesota	81
103	Duncan Brune	Ohio	81
104	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	80
105	Markell Holman	Wyoming	79
106	Ashten Emory	California	78
107	Amareon Blue	Eastern Michigan	78
108	Brandon White	Kent State	78
109	Rueben Owens	Texas A&M	78
110	Johnnie Daniels	Tulane	78
111	Braylon McReynolds	UAB	78
112	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	77
113	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	77
114	Isaiah Ene	Sacramento State	77
115	Gi'Bran Payne	Cincinnati	76
116	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	76
117	Jaziun Patterson	Michigan State	76
118	Victor Rosa	Ohio	76
119	Ty Clark III	Wake Forest	76
120	Sire Gaines	Boise State	75
121	Rodney Nelson	Miami (OH)	75
122	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	75
123	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	74
124	DAndre Hardeman Jr.	Rice	74
125	Jordan Lovett	Troy	74
126	Anthony Woods	UCLA	74
127	Caden Knighten	Baylor	73
128	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	73
129	Jaquail Smith	Colorado	72
130	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	72
131	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	72
132	Lloyd Avant	Oklahoma	72
133	Daniel Hill	Alabama	71
134	Peyton Jones	Liberty	71
135	Mekhi Nelson	Nebraska	71
136	Jaheim Merriweather	Troy	71
137	Solomon Baggett	Arkansas State	70
138	Jeremiah Cobb	Auburn	69
139	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	69
140	Ashton Gray	East Carolina	68
141	Makhi Frazier	Ole Miss	68
142	Jamarice Wilder	Southern Miss	68
143	Deuce Lawrence	Wake Forest	68
144	TJ Horton	Ball State	67
145	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	67
146	Manny Covey	Memphis	66
147	Ramone Green Jr.	Missouri State	66
148	Bryson Donelson	Fresno State	65
149	Steven Blanco	Louisiana	65
150	Connor Lair	Missouri State	65

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