Career Leaders and Records for Rushing Yards

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Rank	Player	Yds	From	To	Last School
1.	Ron Dayne*	7125	1996	1999	Wisconsin
2.	Ricky Williams	6279	1995	1998	Texas
3.	Deangelo Williams*	6026	2002	2005	Memphis
4.	Travis Prentice	5596	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
5.	Cedric Benson*	5540	2001	2004	Texas
6.	LaDainian Tomlinson*	5387	1997	2000	Texas Christian
	Charles White*	5387	1976	1979	Southern California
8.	Damion Fletcher*	5302	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
9.	Anthony Thompson*	5299	1986	1989	Indiana
10.	Herschel Walker	5259	1980	1982	Georgia
11.	Garrett Wolfe*	5164	2004	2006	Northern Illinois
12.	Montee Ball*	5140	2009	2012	Wisconsin
13.	George Rogers*	5091	1977	1980	South Carolina
14.	LaMichael James*	5082	2009	2011	Oregon
15.	Michael Hart*	5040	2004	2007	Michigan
16.	Avon Cobourne*	5039	1999	2002	West Virginia
17.	Darren Lewis	5012	1987	1990	Texas A&M
18.	Darren Sproles*	4979	2001	2004	Kansas State
19.	Dontrell Moore*	4973	2002	2005	New Mexico
20.	Ken Simonton*	4959	1998	2001	Oregon State
21.	Trevor Cobb	4948	1989	1992	Rice
22.	Michael Turner	4941	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
23.	Ray Rice*	4926	2005	2007	Rutgers
24.	Paul Palmer	4895	1983	1986	Temple
25.	Lorenzo White*	4887	1984	1987	Michigan State
26.	Thurman Thomas*	4847	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
27.	Steve Bartalo	4813	1983	1986	Colorado State
28.	Marcus Allen*	4810	1978	1981	Southern California
29.	Montel Harris*	4789	2008	2012	Temple
30.	Mike Rozier	4780	1981	1983	Nebraska
31.	Denvis Manns	4692	1995	1998	New Mexico State
32.	Kevin Smith*	4679	2005	2007	Central Florida
33.	Anthony Davis*	4676	2001	2004	Wisconsin
34.	Robbie Rouse*	4647	2009	2012	Fresno State
35.	Tyrell Fenroy	4646	2005	2008	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Chester Taylor	4646	1998	2001	Toledo
37.	Darren McFadden*	4590	2005	2007	Arkansas
38.	Marshall Faulk	4589	1991	1993	San Diego State
39.	Vai Taua*	4588	2007	2010	Nevada
40.	Kevin Faulk	4557	1995	1998	Louisiana State
41.	Bobby Rainey	4542	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
42.	Darrell Thompson	4518	1986	1989	Minnesota
43.	Denard Robinson*	4495	2009	2012	Michigan
44.	Pat White*	4480	2005	2008	West Virginia
45.	Eric Dickerson	4450	1979	1982	Southern Methodist
46.	Johnathan Franklin*	4403	2009	2012	UCLA
47.	Kalvin McRae*	4398	2004	2007	Ohio
	Javon Ringer*	4398	2005	2008	Michigan State
49.	Byron Hanspard*	4395	1994	1996	Texas Tech
50.	Jamie Morris*	4392	1984	1987	Michigan
51.	Amos Lawrence	4391	1977	1980	North Carolina
52.	Troy Davis	4382	1994	1996	Iowa State
53.	Deland McCullough	4368	1992	1995	Miami (OH)
54.	Mewelde Moore*	4364	2000	2003	Tulane
55.	Damien Anderson	4336	1998	2001	Northwestern
56.	Autry Denson*	4318	1995	1998	Notre Dame
	David Thompson	4318	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
58.	Noel Devine*	4317	2007	2010	West Virginia
59.	Bo Jackson	4303	1982	1985	Auburn
60.	Stepfan Taylor*	4300	2009	2012	Stanford
61.	Mike Mayweather	4299	1987	1990	Army
	Joe Morris*	4299	1978	1981	Syracuse
63.	Brad Smith*	4289	2002	2005	Missouri
64.	Matt Forte	4265	2004	2007	Tulane
65.	Chris Lemon	4246	1996	1999	Nevada
66.	Reggie Taylor	4242	1983	1986	Cincinnati
67.	Anthony Thomas*	4230	1997	2000	Michigan
68.	Lance Dunbar	4224	2008	2011	North Texas
69.	Tico Duckett*	4212	1989	1992	Michigan State
70.	Zach Line*	4185	2009	2012	Southern Methodist
71.	Ian Johnson*	4184	2005	2008	Boise State
72.	Kendall Hunter*	4181	2007	2010	Oklahoma State
73.	Napoleon McCallum	4179	1981	1985	Navy
74.	Tyrone Wheatley	4178	1991	1994	Michigan
75.	George Swarn*	4172	1983	1986	Miami (OH)
76.	Errict Rhett	4163	1989	1993	Florida
77.	Curtis Adams	4162	1981	1984	Central Michigan
78.	Sedrick Shaw*	4156	1993	1996	Iowa
79.	Wasean Tait	4153	1993	1998	Toledo
80.	Lamont Jordan	4147	1997	2000	Maryland
81.	Darrin Nelson*	4133	1977	1981	Stanford
82.	Allen Pinkett	4131	1982	1985	Notre Dame
83.	Colin Kaepernick*	4112	2007	2010	Nevada
84.	Robert Holcombe	4105	1994	1997	Illinois
85.	Amos Zereoue*	4086	1996	1998	West Virginia
86.	James Gray	4066	1986	1989	Texas Tech
	Robert Lavette	4066	1981	1984	Georgia Tech
88.	Thomas Jones	4065	1996	1999	Virginia
89.	Stump Mitchell	4062	1977	1980	Citadel
90.	Demario Brown	4053	1996	1999	Utah State
91.	Patrick Cobbs*	4050	2001	2005	North Texas
	Dalton Hilliard	4050	1982	1985	Louisiana State
93.	Chris Polk*	4049	2008	2011	Washington
94.	Brock Forsey*	4045	1999	2002	Boise State
	Adrian Peterson*	4045	2004	2006	Oklahoma
96.	Napoleon Kaufman	4041	1991	1994	Washington
97.	Chris Barclay*	4032	2002	2005	Wake Forest
98.	Marcus Merriweather	4002	1999	2002	Ball State
99.	Anthony Dixon*	3994	2006	2009	Mississippi State
100.	Astron Whatley	3989	1994	1997	Kent State
101.	Billy Sims*	3979	1975	1979	Oklahoma
102.	Steve Hookfin	3972	1995	1998	Ohio
103.	Raymond Priester*	3966	1994	1997	Clemson
104.	Warrick Dunn	3959	1993	1996	Florida State
105.	P.J. Hill*	3942	2006	2008	Wisconsin
106.	Eric Bieniemy	3940	1987	1990	Colorado
107.	Reggie Arnold	3933	2006	2009	Arkansas State
	Laurence Maroney*	3933	2003	2005	Minnesota
	Abu Wilson	3933	1992	1996	Utah State
110.	Evan Royster*	3932	2007	2010	Penn State
111.	Emmitt Smith	3928	1987	1989	Florida
112.	Steve Slaton*	3923	2005	2007	West Virginia
113.	Antwaan Randle El	3895	1998	2001	Indiana
114.	Tyrell Sutton*	3886	2005	2008	Northwestern
115.	James Davis*	3881	2005	2008	Clemson
116.	Ahman Green	3880	1995	1997	Nebraska
117.	Jacquizz Rodgers*	3877	2008	2010	Oregon State
118.	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	3869	2003	2007	Mississippi
119.	Yvenson Bernard*	3862	2004	2007	Oregon State
120.	Butch Woolfolk*	3850	1978	1981	Michigan
121.	Quentin Griffin*	3842	1999	2002	Oklahoma
122.	June Henley	3841	1993	1996	Kansas
123.	Carnell Williams*	3831	2001	2004	Auburn
124.	Eric Wilkerson	3830	1985	1988	Kent State
125.	Thomas Hamner*	3810	1996	1999	Minnesota
126.	Donald Brown*	3800	2006	2008	Connecticut
127.	Darnell Autry*	3793	1994	1996	Northwestern
128.	Chance Kretschmer	3782	2001	2004	Nevada
129.	Tony Sands	3777	1988	1991	Kansas
130.	Reggie Dupard	3772	1982	1985	Southern Methodist
131.	Greg Allen	3769	1981	1984	Florida State
132.	Eddie George*	3768	1992	1995	Ohio State
133.	Cyrus Lawrence	3767	1979	1982	Virginia Tech
134.	Darren Davis	3763	1996	1999	Iowa State
135.	Blake Ezor*	3749	1986	1989	Michigan State
	Tony Jeffery	3749	1984	1987	Texas Christian
137.	Miquale Lewis*	3748	2006	2010	Ball State
138.	Junior Smith	3745	1991	1994	East Carolina
139.	Craig James	3742	1979	1982	Southern Methodist
140.	Derrick Knight*	3725	2000	2003	Boston College
141.	Eugene Jarvis	3720	2006	2010	Kent State
142.	Troy Stradford*	3700	1982	1986	Boston College
143.	Jerry Mays	3699	1985	1989	Georgia Tech
144.	Leon Johnson*	3693	1993	1996	North Carolina
	Brian Pruitt	3693	1992	1994	Central Michigan
146.	Gwain Durden	3686	1977	1980	Chattanooga
147.	Demarco Murray*	3685	2007	2010	Oklahoma
148.	Ladell Betts	3682	1998	2001	Iowa
149.	Walter Abercrombie*	3674	1978	1981	Baylor
150.	Ernest Anderson*	3672	1979	1983	Oklahoma State
151.	Brandon West*	3671	2006	2009	Western Michigan
152.	Joshua Cribbs	3670	2001	2004	Kent State
153.	Chris Perry*	3657	2000	2003	Michigan
154.	Ricky Williams	3656	1997	2001	Texas Tech
155.	Tarrion Adams*	3651	2005	2008	Tulsa
156.	Joe McIntosh	3642	1981	1984	North Carolina State
157.	Ketric Sanford	3636	1996	1999	Houston
158.	Mike Alstott	3635	1992	1995	Purdue
159.	Trung Canidate	3626	1997	1999	Arizona
160.	Steven Jackson*	3625	2001	2003	Oregon State
161.	Kenjon Barner*	3623	2009	2012	Oregon
162.	Dwone Hicks	3614	1999	2002	Middle Tennessee State
163.	Dee Dowis*	3612	1986	1989	Air Force
164.	Rodney Stewart	3598	2008	2011	Colorado
165.	Mike Cloud	3597	1995	1998	Boston College
	Kareem Wilson	3597	1995	1998	Ohio
167.	Asher Clark*	3594	2008	2011	Air Force
168.	Gaston Green*	3587	1984	1987	UCLA
169.	Derrick Nix*	3584	1998	2002	Southern Mississippi
170.	John Harvey*	3576	1985	1988	Texas-El Paso
171.	Bernard Pierce*	3570	2009	2011	Temple
172.	Floyd Allen	3569	1978	1981	Virginia Military Institute
173.	Shaun Alexander	3565	1996	1999	Alabama
174.	Rodney Ferguson*	3564	2004	2008	New Mexico
175.	Larry Ned	3562	1998	2001	San Diego State
176.	Barry Sanders	3556	1986	1988	Oklahoma State
177.	Tim Spencer*	3553	1979	1982	Ohio State
	Tremayne Stephens	3553	1994	1997	North Carolina State
179.	C.J. Spiller*	3547	2006	2009	Clemson
180.	Bam Morris	3545	1991	1993	Texas Tech
181.	Michael Gunter	3536	1980	1983	Tulsa
182.	Carlton Jones	3535	2002	2005	Army
183.	Alfred Morris*	3529	2008	2011	Florida Atlantic
184.	James Brooks	3523	1977	1980	Auburn
185.	Toby Gerhart*	3522	2006	2009	Stanford
186.	Rueben Mayes	3519	1982	1985	Washington State
187.	Deonce Whitaker	3515	1998	2001	San Jose State
188.	Sedrick Irvin*	3504	1996	1998	Michigan State
189.	Allen Ross	3500	1977	1980	Northern Illinois
190.	Gary Patton*	3497	1984	1987	Eastern Michigan
191.	Jamario Thomas*	3496	2004	2007	North Texas
192.	Alex Smith	3492	1994	1996	Indiana
193.	Demarco McCleskey*	3487	1998	2002	Cincinnati
194.	Bernie Parmalee	3483	1987	1990	Ball State
195.	Kevin Jones*	3475	2001	2003	Virginia Tech
196.	Trinity Dawson*	3474	2002	2005	Toledo
197.	Ron Rivers*	3473	1991	1993	Fresno State
198.	Howard Jackson*	3466	2001	2004	Texas-El Paso
199.	Tashard Choice*	3465	2004	2007	Georgia Tech
200.	Harvey Unga*	3455	2006	2009	Brigham Young
201.	Adam Dach	3438	1987	1991	Northern Illinois
202.	Andre Ellington*	3436	2009	2012	Clemson
203.	Eric Crouch	3434	1998	2001	Nebraska
204.	Damon Washington	3432	1995	1998	Colorado State
205.	Gary Allen	3431	1978	1981	Hawaii
	Doug Martin*	3431	2007	2011	Boise State
207.	Brent Moss*	3428	1991	1994	Wisconsin
208.	Walter Reyes*	3424	2001	2004	Syracuse
209.	Tiki Barber*	3421	1993	1996	Virginia
210.	Bobby Humphrey	3420	1985	1988	Alabama
211.	Terrell Fletcher*	3414	1991	1994	Wisconsin
212.	John Clay*	3413	2008	2010	Wisconsin
213.	Tatum Bell*	3410	2000	2003	Oklahoma State
214.	Roy Helu Jr.*	3404	2007	2010	Nebraska
	De'Mond Parker	3404	1996	1998	Oklahoma
216.	Chris McCoy	3401	1995	1997	Navy
217.	Curt Warner	3398	1979	1982	Penn State
218.	Garrison Hearst*	3395	1990	1992	Georgia
219.	Calvin Dawson	3388	2004	2007	Louisiana-Monroe
220.	Chris Wells*	3382	2006	2008	Ohio State
221.	Beau Morgan	3379	1994	1996	Air Force
222.	Alex Haynes	3364	2001	2004	Central Florida
223.	Daniel Porter*	3352	2006	2009	Louisiana Tech
224.	Terry Kirby	3348	1989	1992	Virginia
225.	Le'Veon Bell*	3346	2010	2012	Michigan State
	P.J. Daniels*	3346	2002	2005	Georgia Tech
227.	Ontiwaun Carter	3345	1991	1994	Arizona
228.	Jason Cooper	3342	1991	1994	Louisiana Tech
229.	Shawn Faulkner	3341	1980	1983	Western Michigan
	Kory Sheets*	3341	2005	2008	Purdue
231.	Mike Smith	3340	1977	1980	Chattanooga
232.	Rick Parros	3337	1977	1979	Utah State
233.	Brian Mitchell	3335	1986	1989	Louisiana-Lafayette
234.	Moe Williams	3333	1993	1995	Kentucky
235.	Winslow Oliver	3332	1992	1995	New Mexico
236.	Rex Burkhead*	3329	2009	2012	Nebraska
237.	Jamaal Charles*	3328	2005	2007	Texas
238.	Michael Ramseur	3325	1982	1985	Wake Forest
239.	Ken Darby*	3324	2003	2006	Alabama
	Barry Redden	3324	1978	1981	Richmond
241.	Ben Tate*	3321	2006	2009	Auburn
242.	Tony Hunt*	3320	2003	2006	Penn State
	Trent Steelman*	3320	2009	2012	Army
244.	Charlie Wysocki	3317	1978	1981	Maryland
245.	Robert Turbin*	3315	2007	2011	Utah State
246.	LeShon Johnson	3314	1992	1993	Northern Illinois
247.	Alexander Robinson*	3309	2007	2010	Iowa State
248.	Blair Thomas	3301	1985	1989	Penn State
249.	Cyrus Gray*	3298	2008	2011	Texas A&M
250.	Derek Loville*	3296	1986	1989	Oregon

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