Big Eight Conference Career Leaders and Records for Rush Attempts

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From 1956 to 1995

Rank	Player	Att	From	To	Last School
1.	Thurman Thomas*	956	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
2.	Steve Owens*	922	1967	1969	Oklahoma
3.	Terry Miller*	871	1974	1977	Oklahoma State
4.	Tony Sands	777	1988	1991	Kansas
5.	Dexter Green*	759	1975	1978	Iowa State
6.	Ernest Anderson*	740	1979	1983	Oklahoma State
7.	Mike Strachan*	729	1972	1974	Iowa State
8.	Eric Bieniemy	699	1987	1990	Colorado
9.	Mike Rozier	668	1981	1983	Nebraska
10.	Joe Washington	656	1972	1975	Oklahoma
11.	Shawn Jones*	649	1980	1984	Oklahoma State
12.	Dwight Nichols	638	1957	1959	Iowa State
13.	Joe Henderson	627	1985	1988	Iowa State
14.	Billy Sims*	593	1975	1979	Oklahoma
15.	Jeff Kinney*	592	1969	1971	Nebraska
16.	Dwayne Crutchfield	591	1980	1981	Iowa State
17.	Dave Hoppmann	588	1960	1962	Iowa State
18.	Lee Rouson	581	1981	1984	Colorado
19.	Darrell Wallace	574	1984	1987	Missouri
20.	Tony Davis*	568	1972	1975	Nebraska
21.	Bob Anderson*	566	1967	1969	Colorado
22.	Lydell Carr*	562	1984	1987	Oklahoma
23.	David Thompson	553	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
24.	Stanley Wilson*	549	1979	1982	Oklahoma
25.	James Mayberry*	546	1975	1978	Colorado
26.	Jamelle Holieway*	539	1985	1988	Oklahoma
27.	Charlie Davis	538	1971	1973	Colorado
28.	I.M. Hipp*	534	1977	1979	Nebraska
29.	George Amundson*	532	1970	1972	Iowa State
30.	Jack Mildren*	525	1969	1971	Oklahoma
31.	Barry Sanders	523	1986	1988	Oklahoma State
32.	June Henley	521	1993	1996	Kansas
33.	John Riggins	518	1968	1970	Kansas
34.	Steve Davis	515	1973	1975	Oklahoma
35.	Gerald Hudson	513	1988	1990	Oklahoma State
36.	Monte Anthony*	506	1974	1977	Nebraska
	Cornelius Davis	506	1966	1968	Kansas State
38.	Worley Taylor	505	1977	1980	Oklahoma State
39.	Joe Orduna*	502	1967	1970	Nebraska
40.	J.J. Smith*	500	1991	1994	Kansas State
41.	Ken Clark	494	1987	1989	Nebraska
42.	Rick Berns*	493	1976	1978	Nebraska
	Phil Bradley	493	1977	1980	Missouri
44.	Isaac Jackson	492	1971	1973	Kansas State
45.	Darian Hagan	489	1988	1991	Colorado
46.	Laverne Smith*	488	1973	1976	Kansas
	Lamont Warren	488	1991	1993	Colorado
48.	James Wilder	487	1978	1980	Missouri
49.	Blaise Bryant	486	1989	1990	Iowa State
	Rashaan Salaam	486	1992	1994	Colorado

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