Yards per Carry Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Irving Brown (Ohio) leads FBS running backs in yards per carry with 9.5, ahead of Cole Tabb (Cincinnati, 9.4) and Jaylon Coleman (Liberty, 9.2). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 381 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by yards per carry

Rank	Player	Team	Yards per carry
1	Irving Brown	Ohio	9.5
2	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	9.4
3	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	9.2
4	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	8.7
5	Joseph Himon II	Northwestern	8.7
6	Keyjuan Brown	Louisville	8.7
7	Stacy Gage	LSU	8.2
8	Maurice Turner	Tulane	8.0
9	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	8.0
10	Jaylin Lucas	Tulane	7.9
11	LJ Martin	BYU	7.8
12	Isaac Brown	Louisville	7.8
13	Jamar Searcy	Wake Forest	7.6
14	Javian Mallory	Miami	7.6
15	Daniel Bray	Utah	7.6
16	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	7.5
17	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	7.5
18	Cameron Mathews	New Mexico	7.5
19	Duke Clark	Florida	7.4
20	Samuel Brown V	Temple	7.4
21	Jahiem White	North Texas	7.3
22	Cardae Mack	Arizona State	7.3
23	Jabree Coleman	South Carolina	7.2
24	Braeden Jackson	Iowa	7.1
25	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	7.0
26	Herschel Turner	Nevada	7.0
27	Qwantavius Wiggins	Georgia State	7.0
28	Kam Davis	Liberty	6.9
29	Quincy Craig	Arizona	6.9
30	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	6.9
31	Javari Barnett	Illinois	6.9
32	Dylan Riley	Boise State	6.9
33	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	6.8
34	Ryelan Morris	Baylor	6.8
35	EJ Crowell	Alabama	6.8
36	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	6.7
37	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	6.7
38	Ayo Adeyi	Oklahoma State	6.7
39	Turbo Richard	Indiana	6.6
40	Anthony Woods	UCLA	6.6
41	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	6.6
42	Trequan Jones	Tulsa	6.6
43	KJ Edwards	Texas A&M	6.5
44	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	6.5
45	George Pettaway	James Madison	6.5
46	Jamarice Wilder	Southern Miss	6.5
47	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	6.5
48	Jayvian Tanelus	Duke	6.5
49	Zylan Perry	Cincinnati	6.5
50	Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	6.4
51	James Jones	New Mexico State	6.4
52	Le'Kamren Meadows	Western Kentucky	6.3
53	Duke Watson	UCF	6.3
54	Nate Frazier	Georgia	6.3
55	Gi'Bran Payne	Cincinnati	6.3
56	Harlem Berry	LSU	6.3
57	A'Marion Peterson	UTSA	6.3
58	Trelain Maddox	Georgia Tech	6.3
59	Bo Walker	Georgia	6.3
60	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	6.3
61	Terrence Brown Jr.	Middle Tennessee	6.3
62	Johnnie Daniels	Tulane	6.2
63	Trey Cornist	UConn	6.2
64	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	6.2
65	TJ Horton	Ball State	6.2
66	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	6.1
67	Nick Herman	James Madison	6.1
68	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	6.1
69	TJ Thomas Jr.	Minnesota	6.1
70	Rocco Conti	Air Force	6.1
71	Nathan Mcneil	Iowa	6.1
72	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	6.1
73	Journee Tonga	BYU	6.1
74	Brandon Smith	Oregon	6.0
75	Ja'Kobi Jackson	Ohio State	6.0
76	Viliami Teu	San José State	6.0
77	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	6.0
78	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	5.9
79	Godspower Nwawuihe	Army	5.9
80	Dallan Hayden	Memphis	5.9
81	Cam Wallace	Penn State	5.9
82	Judah Price	Marshall	5.9
83	Xavier Williams	Iowa	5.9
84	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	5.9
85	Jayden Scott	NC State	5.9
86	Wayne Knight	UCLA	5.9
87	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	5.8
88	Chance Williams	Charlotte	5.8
89	Kenji Christian	UConn	5.8
90	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	5.8
91	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	5.8
92	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	5.8
93	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	5.8
94	Jake Rendina	Army	5.8
95	Daune Morris	Tennessee	5.8
96	TJ Lester	Marshall	5.7
97	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	5.7
98	Shekai Mills-Knight	Ole Miss	5.7
99	Latrelle Murrell	Kennesaw State	5.6
100	Darrell Smith	Louisiana	5.6
101	Messiah Burch	Buffalo	5.6
102	Sire Gaines	Boise State	5.6
103	Lucas Farrington	Jacksonville State	5.6
104	Curtis Kimmons IV	Massachusetts	5.6
105	CJ Miller	Toledo	5.6
106	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	5.6
107	Bryson Kuzdzal	Michigan	5.6
108	Jaylen McGill	North Carolina	5.6
109	Preston Rex	BYU	5.6
110	Abu Sama III	Wisconsin	5.5
111	Keveun Mason	Temple	5.5
112	Nate Sheppard	Duke	5.5
113	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	5.5
114	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	5.5
115	Kyson Brown	Arizona State	5.5
116	Mark Fletcher Jr.	Miami	5.5
117	Vic Listorti	Navy	5.5
118	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	5.4
119	Jaheim Merriweather	Troy	5.4
120	Lee Beebe	Indiana	5.4
121	Jayden Clerveaux	Central Michigan	5.4
122	Omar Mabson Ii	Auburn	5.4
123	Nicholas Woodford	Central Michigan	5.4
124	Antwan Roberts	Arizona	5.4
125	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	5.4
126	Markell Holman	Wyoming	5.4
127	Tre Wisner	Florida State	5.4
128	Sean Patrick	Akron	5.3
129	Will Henderson III	UTSA	5.3
130	Tyrese Woodgett	Georgia Southern	5.3
131	Manny Covey	Memphis	5.3
132	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	5.3
133	Jadan Baugh	Florida	5.3
134	Isaiah Ene	Sacramento State	5.3
135	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	5.3
136	JJ Garner	Louisiana	5.3
137	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	5.3
138	Daniel Swinney	Sacramento State	5.3
139	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	5.3
140	Makhi Frazier	Ole Miss	5.3
141	Gage LaDue	Air Force	5.2
142	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	5.2
143	Shavane Anderson Jr.	Syracuse	5.2
144	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	5.2
145	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	5.2
146	Gideon Davidson	Clemson	5.2
147	Amareon Blue	Eastern Michigan	5.2
148	Jovantae Barnes	Kentucky	5.2
149	Jordan Lovett	Troy	5.2
150	Quinton Martin Jr.	Penn State	5.2

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