Explosive Runs (12+ Yards) Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Nate Sheppard (Duke) leads FBS running backs in explosive runs (12+ yards) with 22, ahead of Turbo Richard (Indiana, 20) and James Jones (New Mexico State, 20).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 406 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by explosive runs (12+ yards)

Rank	Player	Team	Explosive runs (12+ yards)
1	Nate Sheppard	Duke	22
2	Turbo Richard	Indiana	20
3	James Jones	New Mexico State	20
4	Jahiem White	North Texas	20
5	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	20
6	George Pettaway	James Madison	18
7	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	17
8	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	17
9	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	17
10	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	17
11	Keyjuan Brown	Louisville	16
12	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	16
13	Jabari Bates	San José State	16
14	Dylan Riley	Boise State	15
15	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	15
16	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	15
17	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	15
18	Jordan Gant	Akron	14
19	Jadan Baugh	Florida	14
20	Lee Beebe	Indiana	14
21	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	14
22	Keveun Mason	Temple	14
23	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	14
24	Will Henderson III	UTSA	14
25	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	13
26	Dilin Jones	LSU	13
27	Isaac Brown	Louisville	13
28	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	13
29	King Miller	USC	13
30	Cam Cook	West Virginia	13
31	Markell Holman	Wyoming	13
32	Jaquari Lewis	App State	12
33	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	12
34	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	12
35	Fame Ijeboi	Purdue	12
36	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	12
37	D.J. Crowther	South Florida	12
38	Jamarice Wilder	Southern Miss	12
39	Wayne Knight	UCLA	12
40	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	12
41	Cardae Mack	Arizona State	11
42	Messiah Burch	Buffalo	11
43	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	11
44	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	11
45	Kam Davis	Liberty	11
46	Terrence Brown Jr.	Middle Tennessee	11
47	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	11
48	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	11
49	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	11
50	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	11
51	Micah Ford	Stanford	11
52	Kyson Brown	Arizona State	10
53	Gi'Bran Payne	Cincinnati	10
54	Javian Mallory	Miami	10
55	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	10
56	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	10
57	PJ Martin	South Alabama	10
58	CJ Miller	Toledo	10
59	Duke Watson	UCF	10
60	Anthony Woods	UCLA	10
61	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	10
62	Antwan Roberts	Arizona	9
63	Sire Gaines	Boise State	9
64	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	9
65	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	9
66	Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	9
67	Lanear McCrary Jr.	Georgia State	9
68	Justice Haynes	Georgia Tech	9
69	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	9
70	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	9
71	Mark Fletcher Jr.	Miami	9
72	TJ Thomas Jr.	Minnesota	9
73	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	9
74	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	9
75	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	9
76	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	9
77	Jordon Davison	Oregon	9
78	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	9
79	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	9
80	Quinten Joyner	Texas Tech	9
81	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	9
82	Quincy Craig	Arizona	8
83	TJ Horton	Ball State	8
84	Nakai Amachree	Bowling Green	8
85	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	8
86	CJ Campbell	Duke	8
87	Amareon Blue	Eastern Michigan	8
88	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	8
89	Seth Cromwell	James Madison	8
90	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	8
91	Peyton Jones	Liberty	8
92	JJ Garner	Louisiana	8
93	Manny Covey	Memphis	8
94	Herschel Turner	Nevada	8
95	Victor Rosa	Ohio	8
96	Devin Roche	Old Dominion	8
97	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	8
98	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	8
99	Daniel Swinney	Sacramento State	8
100	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	8
101	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	8
102	Raleek Brown	Texas	8
103	KJ Edwards	Texas A&M	8
104	Cameron Dickey	Texas Tech	8
105	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	8
106	Jaheim Merriweather	Troy	8
107	Johnnie Daniels	Tulane	8
108	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	8
109	EJ Crowell	Alabama	7
110	Solomon Baggett	Arkansas State	7
111	Jeremiah Cobb	Auburn	7
112	LJ Martin	BYU	7
113	Gideon Davidson	Clemson	7
114	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	7
115	Nate Frazier	Georgia	7
116	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	7
117	Devon Rice	Hawai'i	7
118	Makhi Hughes	Houston	7
119	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	7
120	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	7
121	Xavier Williams	Iowa	7
122	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	7
123	Judah Price	Marshall	7
124	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	7
125	Curtis Kimmons IV	Massachusetts	7
126	Connor Lair	Missouri State	7
127	DJ Scott	North Dakota State	7
128	Myles Mitchell	North Dakota State	7
129	Joseph Himon II	Northwestern	7
130	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	7
131	Ja'Kobi Jackson	Ohio State	7
132	Makhi Frazier	Ole Miss	7
133	Tyvonn Byars	Rice	7
134	Ahmad Miller	Syracuse	7
135	Daune Morris	Tennessee	7
136	Maurice Turner	Tulane	7
137	Sedrick Alexander	Vanderbilt	7
138	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	7
139	Deuce Lawrence	Wake Forest	7
140	Ajay Allen	Western Kentucky	7
141	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	7
142	Rocco Conti	Air Force	6
143	Trae'shawn Brown	Alabama	6
144	Kedrick Reescano	Arizona	6
145	Godspower Nwawuihe	Army	6
146	Omar Mabson Ii	Auburn	6
147	Adam Mohammed	California	6
148	Jo'Nathan Silver	Delaware	6
149	Duke Clark	Florida	6
150	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	6

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