Rushing Yards Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Jahiem White (North Texas) leads FBS running backs in rushing yards with 1,046, ahead of Dylan Riley (Boise State, 954) and Nate Sheppard (Duke, 931).

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

Running backs by rushing yards

Rank	Player	Team	Rushing yards
1	Jahiem White	North Texas	1,046
2	Dylan Riley	Boise State	954
3	Nate Sheppard	Duke	931
4	Cam Cook	West Virginia	918
5	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	914
6	James Jones	New Mexico State	885
7	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	878
8	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	845
9	Messiah Burch	Buffalo	843
10	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	831
11	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	790
12	George Pettaway	James Madison	785
13	Jadan Baugh	Florida	778
14	Micah Ford	Stanford	751
15	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	742
16	Turbo Richard	Indiana	738
17	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	721
18	Lee Beebe	Indiana	717
19	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	716
20	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	716
21	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	714
22	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	712
23	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	710
24	Isaac Brown	Louisville	700
25	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	689
26	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	683
27	Dilin Jones	LSU	653
28	Wayne Knight	UCLA	632
29	Jabari Bates	San José State	627
30	CJ Miller	Toledo	609
31	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	606
32	King Miller	USC	604
33	Kam Davis	Liberty	603
34	Jordan Gant	Akron	585
35	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	584
36	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	576
37	D.J. Crowther	South Florida	573
38	Will Henderson III	UTSA	572
39	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	571
40	Fame Ijeboi	Purdue	564
41	Keveun Mason	Temple	560
42	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	558
43	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	553
44	Duke Watson	UCF	552
45	PJ Martin	South Alabama	551
46	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	533
47	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	532
48	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	526
49	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	521
50	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	521
51	Makhi Hughes	Houston	517
52	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	517
53	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	516
54	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	516
55	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	513
56	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	512
57	Keyjuan Brown	Louisville	511
58	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	509
59	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	497
60	Justice Haynes	Georgia Tech	490
61	Anthony Woods	UCLA	488
62	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	487
63	Johnnie Daniels	Tulane	486
64	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	484
65	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	483
66	Gi'Bran Payne	Cincinnati	480
67	Gideon Davidson	Clemson	478
68	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	477
69	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	472
70	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	468
71	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	462
72	Tyvonn Byars	Rice	459
73	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	457
74	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	454
75	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	453
76	Roderick Robinson II	UAB	450
77	Owen Allen	Air Force	446
78	Qwantavius Wiggins	Georgia State	445
79	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	445
80	Mark Fletcher Jr.	Miami	444
81	Jamarice Wilder	Southern Miss	444
82	Javian Mallory	Miami	440
83	Jordon Davison	Oregon	439
84	Gavin Griffin	Troy	436
85	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	435
86	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	430
87	Re'Shaun Sanford II	Houston	427
88	Herschel Turner	Nevada	427
89	Markell Holman	Wyoming	425
90	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	424
91	Damari Alston	Tulsa	422
92	Sire Gaines	Boise State	421
93	Jaquari Lewis	App State	420
94	Devonte Lyons	Florida International	417
95	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	415
96	TJ Horton	Ball State	413
97	Ahmad Miller	Syracuse	413
98	Isaiah Ene	Sacramento State	410
99	Raleek Brown	Texas	407
100	Amareon Blue	Eastern Michigan	405
101	Myles Mitchell	North Dakota State	404
102	Ajay Allen	Western Kentucky	403
103	Lanear McCrary Jr.	Georgia State	402
104	Cardae Mack	Arizona State	400
105	Devin Roche	Old Dominion	400
106	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	399
107	Devon Rice	Hawai'i	386
108	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	386
109	Jaheim Merriweather	Troy	386
110	TJ Thomas Jr.	Minnesota	385
111	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	385
112	Joe Jackson	Kansas State	384
113	Rodney Nelson	Miami (OH)	383
114	Jeremy Payne	TCU	382
115	Jordan Lovett	Troy	382
116	Trequan Jones	Tulsa	380
117	Elijah Faulkner	Massachusetts	378
118	Carson Hansen	Penn State	371
119	Ethan Ervin	Florida Atlantic	369
120	Joseph Himon II	Northwestern	366
121	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	364
122	Andrew Burnette	Louisiana Tech	364
123	Jaquail Smith	Colorado	361
124	KJ Edwards	Texas A&M	360
125	Braylon McReynolds	UAB	360
126	Austyn Dendy	Bowling Green	358
127	Victor Rosa	Ohio	358
128	Lucky Sutton	San Diego State	358
129	Ty Clark III	Wake Forest	358
130	Jo'Nathan Silver	Delaware	357
131	Makhi Frazier	Ole Miss	357
132	Adam Mohammed	California	356
133	Jeremiah Cobb	Auburn	355
134	DJ Scott	North Dakota State	354
135	Ja'Kobi Jackson	Ohio State	354
136	Manny Covey	Memphis	352
137	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	351
138	Godspower Nwawuihe	Army	350
139	Duncan Brune	Ohio	349
140	Rocco Conti	Air Force	348
141	Jayden Scott	NC State	346
142	A'Marion Peterson	UTSA	346
143	Daune Morris	Tennessee	345
144	LJ Martin	BYU	344
145	Dawson Pendergrass	Baylor	339
146	Maurice Turner	Tulane	337
147	Judah Price	Marshall	336
148	Kyson Brown	Arizona State	335
149	Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	334
150	Caden Knighten	Baylor	333

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