What Are Rush Yards?
Rushing yards count yards gained on official rushing attempts. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Rush Yards Leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1598 | Ryder Burton | UAB | QB | -4 | -2 | 0 | -11 | - | 9 | -13 |
| 1598 | Trevon Tate | UTEP | WR | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Malik Benson |  | WR | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Dominiq Ponder | COLO | QB | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Zachary Card | ORST | WR | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Glynn Johnson Jr | NMSU | WR | -4 | -2 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Reed Harris |  | WR | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| 1598 | Link Rhodes |  | WR | -4 | -3 | - | - | - | -1 | -3 |
| 1598 | Beau Allen |  | QB | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | - |
| 1598 | Latrell Caples |  | WR | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| 1598 | Ian Brandt | ODU | P | -4 | -4 | - | - | - | - | -4 |
| 1612 | AJ Surace |  | QB | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Yousef Obeid | MOST | PK | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Evan Bullock | LT | QB | -5 | 1 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Michael Jackson III |  | WR | -5 | 2 | -5 | - | - | -8 | 3 |
| 1612 | Duke Smith |  | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Marcus Burke |  | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Caleb Rollerson | | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Ja'Carree Kelly | DEL | WR | -5 | 3 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Grady O'Neill | SHSU | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Caden High |  | WR | -5 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | -7 |
| 1612 | Darien Williams |  | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | James Johnson |  | CB | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Cataurus Hicks |  | WR | -5 | -3 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Locklan Hewlett | USF | QB | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Antonio Meeks |  | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1612 | Jared Hollins | USA | QB | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | - | -5 |
| 1612 | Logan Loya |  | WR | -5 | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| 1629 | Gunnar Gray |  | QB | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | -6 | - |
| 1629 | Matthew Henry | WKU | WR | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | 0 | -6 |
| 1629 | Henry Hesson | M-OH | QB | -6 | -25 | -19 | - | - | 22 | -28 |
| 1629 | Jadyn Davis |  | QB | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | - | -6 |
| 1629 | Caleb Junko | | P | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | -6 | - |
| 1629 | Zane Herring | USF | OL | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | -6 | - |
| 1629 | AJ Hill | MEM | QB | -6 | -6 | - | - | - | - | -6 |
| 1636 | Julian Polendo | FRES | OL | -7 | -7 | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1636 | Micah Davis | USM | WR | -7 | 4 | -7 | - | - | -8 | 1 |
| 1636 | Joshua Manning |  | WR | -7 | -7 | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1636 | Ricky Johnson |  | WR | -7 | -7 | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1636 | KT Seay | DEL | S | -7 | -7 | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1636 | Davis Bryson | KENN | WR | -7 | -6 | -7 | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1636 | Asaad Waseem | FAU | WR | -7 | -7 | - | - | - | - | -7 |
| 1643 | Andrew Nelms | FAU | PK | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | - | -8 |
| 1643 | Nathan Acevedo |  | WR | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | -8 | - |
| 1643 | Jordan Faison |  | WR | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | -8 | - |
| 1643 | Taye Brown |  | LB | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | -8 | - |
| 1643 | Will Karoll |  | P | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | - | -8 |
| 1643 | Lexington Matthews | LT | P | -8 | -8 | - | - | - | -8 | - |
| 1649 | Michael Grant |  | QB | -9 | -9 | - | - | - | -9 | - |
| 1649 | Jack James | TROY | QB | -9 | -9 | - | - | - | - | -9 |
| 1649 | Jordan Ross | CSU | WR | -9 | -9 | - | - | - | - | -9 |
| 1649 | Quin Smith | AF | WR | -9 | -9 | - | - | - | -9 | - |
| 1649 | Gaston Moore | USF | QB | -9 | 17 | 4 | -9 | - | -9 | - |
| 1654 | DJ Bailey | SHSU | QB | -10 | -10 | - | - | - | -10 | - |
| 1654 | Justin Smith-Brown | WVU | WR | -10 | -10 | - | - | - | -10 | - |
| 1656 | Deshawn Purdie |  | QB | -11 | -11 | -11 | - | - | 0 | -11 |
| 1656 | Mekhi Mews |  | WR | -11 | -8 | -11 | - | - | -3 | -8 |
| 1656 | Fuller Shurtz |  | PK | -11 | -11 | - | - | - | -11 | - |
| 1656 | Max Morgan | LIB | P | -11 | -11 | - | - | - | -11 | - |
| 1656 | Landon Rehkow | USU | P | -11 | -11 | - | - | - | - | -11 |
| 1656 | Caleb Coombs | JXST | WR | -11 | -11 | - | - | - | - | -11 |
| 1662 | Hudson Kaak | | P | -12 | -12 | - | - | - | - | -12 |
| 1662 | Bradyn Anderson | ARMY | WR | -12 | -12 | - | - | - | - | -12 |
| 1662 | AJ Swann | APP | QB | -12 | -24 | -58 | -37 | - | 2 | -14 |
| 1662 | Evan Crenshaw | TROY | P | -12 | -12 | - | - | - | - | -12 |
| 1666 | Jack Smith |  | P | -13 | -13 | - | - | - | - | -13 |
| 1666 | Chaston Ditta | ECU | QB | -13 | -2 | -13 | - | - | -11 | -2 |
| 1666 | Cash Peterman | | PK | -13 | -13 | - | - | - | -13 | - |
| 1666 | Malachi Nelson | UTEP | QB | -13 | -14 | -10 | -15 | - | -12 | -1 |
| 1666 | Jack Howes | | PK | -13 | -13 | - | - | - | -13 | - |
| 1666 | Ed Small |  | WR | -13 | -13 | - | - | - | - | -13 |
| 1666 | Que'Sean Brown |  | WR | -13 | -11 | - | - | - | -2 | -11 |
| 1673 | Drew Pyne | BGSU | QB | -14 | -30 | -23 | -11 | - | -8 | -6 |
| 1673 | Keelan Crimmins |  | P | -14 | -14 | - | - | - | -14 | - |
| 1675 | Tim Burns Jr. | SHSU | WR | -15 | -3 | - | - | - | -12 | -3 |
| 1675 | Adam Damante | NMSU | QB | -15 | 9 | -15 | - | - | 9 | -24 |
| 1675 | Landyn Locke | SHSU | QB | -15 | 8 | -4 | -15 | - | -18 | 3 |
| 1675 | Xayvion Turner-Bradshaw | MRSH | WR | -15 | 4 | -15 | - | - | -6 | -9 |
| 1675 | Devin Brown |  | QB | -15 | -14 | - | - | - | - | -15 |
| 1680 | Jacob Clark | MOST | QB | -16 | -11 | -18 | 2 | 33 | 37 | -53 |
| 1680 | Carson Conklin | FRES | QB | -16 | -13 | -22 | - | - | -21 | 5 |
| 1682 | Bryson Graves | CCU | WR | -17 | -2 | - | - | - | -2 | -15 |
| 1682 | Joey Labas | CMU | QB | -17 | -30 | -22 | -17 | -22 | -15 | -2 |
| 1684 | Devin Kargman | KENT | QB | -20 | -20 | - | - | - | - | -20 |
| 1685 | Noah Gillon | APP | QB | -21 | -21 | - | - | - | - | -21 |
| 1685 | Myles Butler | MTSU | WR | -21 | -8 | - | - | - | -8 | -13 |
| 1687 | Robert McDaniel | SJSU | QB | -22 | 3 | -22 | - | - | 3 | -25 |
| 1687 | Hunter Simmons |  | QB | -22 | 5 | -14 | -22 | - | -14 | -8 |
| 1689 | Matt Zollers | | QB | -23 | -22 | -32 | -32 | - | -27 | 4 |
| 1689 | Joseph Castle | AKR | P | -23 | -23 | - | - | - | - | -23 |
| 1689 | Brady Davidson | NIU | QB | -23 | 13 | -2 | -23 | - | -6 | -17 |
| 1689 | Braedyn Locke | | QB | -23 | -2 | -23 | - | - | -21 | -2 |
| 1693 | Kobe Baynes |  | OL | -25 | -25 | - | - | - | - | -25 |
| 1694 | Athan Kaliakmanis | | QB | -26 | -1 | -12 | -29 | -40 | 32 | -58 |
| 1695 | Ross Pedro | NIU | LS | -32 | -32 | - | - | - | -32 | - |
| 1695 | Steven Angeli | | QB | -32 | 6 | -5 | - | - | -11 | -21 |
| 1695 | Darian Mensah | | QB | -32 | 0 | 15 | 14 | -47 | -18 | -14 |
| 1698 | Kaden Anderson |  | QB | -33 | 5 | -9 | -4 | -53 | -39 | 6 |
| 1699 | Julian Lewis | COLO | QB | -36 | -4 | -28 | - | - | 3 | -39 |
| 1699 | Patrick Crayton Jr. | RICE | QB | -36 | -30 | -36 | - | - | 8 | -44 |