Career Leaders and Records for Plays From Scrimmage

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	Plays	From	To	Last School
1.	Steve Bartalo	1343	1983	1986	Colorado State
2.	Anthony Thompson*	1263	1986	1989	Indiana
3.	Ron Dayne*	1251	1996	1999	Wisconsin
4.	Travis Prentice	1192	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
5.	Trevor Cobb	1185	1989	1992	Rice
6.	Cedric Benson*	1181	2001	2004	Texas
7.	Dontrell Moore*	1120	2002	2005	New Mexico
8.	Lorenzo White*	1119	1984	1987	Michigan State
9.	Damion Fletcher*	1118	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
10.	Mewelde Moore*	1099	2000	2003	Tulane
11.	Ricky Williams	1096	1995	1998	Texas
12.	Michael Hart*	1082	2004	2007	Michigan
13.	Ken Simonton*	1081	1998	2001	Oregon State
14.	Avon Cobourne*	1080	1999	2002	West Virginia
15.	Charles White*	1044	1976	1979	Southern California
16.	Thurman Thomas*	1040	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
17.	Deangelo Williams*	1039	2002	2005	Memphis
18.	Montel Harris*	1032	2008	2012	Temple
19.	Deland McCullough	1031	1992	1995	Miami (OH)
	Paul Palmer	1031	1983	1986	Temple
21.	Robert Lavette	1028	1981	1984	Georgia Tech
22.	Errict Rhett	1026	1989	1993	Florida
23.	Herschel Walker	1020	1980	1982	Georgia
24.	Marcus Allen*	1018	1978	1981	Southern California
25.	Robert Holcombe	1015	1994	1997	Illinois
26.	Robbie Rouse*	1008	2009	2012	Fresno State
27.	Napoleon McCallum	1004	1981	1985	Navy
28.	Dalton Hilliard	1002	1982	1985	Louisiana State
29.	George Swarn*	998	1983	1986	Miami (OH)
30.	Yvenson Bernard*	994	2004	2007	Oregon State
31.	Damien Anderson	989	1998	2001	Northwestern
32.	Kalvin McRae*	987	2004	2007	Ohio
33.	LaDainian Tomlinson*	986	1997	2000	Texas Christian
34.	Montee Ball*	983	2009	2012	Wisconsin
	Michael Turner	983	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
36.	Reggie Taylor	981	1983	1986	Cincinnati
37.	Bobby Rainey	975	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
38.	George Rogers*	969	1977	1980	South Carolina
39.	Anthony Dixon*	966	2006	2009	Mississippi State
	Astron Whatley	966	1994	1997	Kent State
41.	Allen Pinkett	962	1982	1985	Notre Dame
42.	Ricky Williams	961	1997	2001	Texas Tech
43.	Kevin Smith*	960	2005	2007	Central Florida
44.	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	959	2003	2007	Mississippi
45.	Chris Lemon	958	1996	1999	Nevada
	Darrell Thompson	958	1986	1989	Minnesota
47.	Denvis Manns	952	1995	1998	New Mexico State
48.	Leon Johnson*	948	1993	1996	North Carolina
49.	Ray Rice*	947	2005	2007	Rutgers
50.	Anthony Thomas*	946	1997	2000	Michigan
51.	Thomas Hamner*	944	1996	1999	Minnesota
52.	Stepfan Taylor*	940	2009	2012	Stanford
53.	Javon Ringer*	939	2005	2008	Michigan State
	Jacquizz Rodgers*	939	2008	2010	Oregon State
55.	Matt Forte	936	2004	2007	Tulane
	Darrin Nelson*	936	1977	1981	Stanford
57.	Darren Lewis	934	1987	1990	Texas A&M
58.	Anthony Davis*	930	2001	2004	Wisconsin
59.	Carlton Jones	925	2002	2005	Army
60.	Amos Lawrence	916	1977	1980	North Carolina
	Demarco Murray*	916	2007	2010	Oklahoma
62.	Brock Forsey*	914	1999	2002	Boise State
63.	Allen Ross	913	1977	1980	Northern Illinois
64.	Kevin Faulk	909	1995	1998	Louisiana State
65.	Autry Denson*	907	1995	1998	Notre Dame
66.	Derek Loville*	906	1986	1989	Oregon
67.	Jamie Morris*	905	1984	1987	Michigan
68.	Chris Barclay*	902	2002	2005	Wake Forest
	Rodney Stewart	902	2008	2011	Colorado
70.	Ladell Betts	901	1998	2001	Iowa
	Brad Muster*	901	1984	1987	Stanford
	Bernie Parmalee	901	1987	1990	Ball State
73.	Darren Davis	897	1996	1999	Iowa State
74.	Floyd Allen	895	1978	1981	Virginia Military Institute
	Thomas Jones	895	1996	1999	Virginia
76.	Taurean Henderson*	890	2002	2005	Texas Tech
77.	Sedrick Shaw*	888	1993	1996	Iowa
78.	Marcus Merriweather	886	1999	2002	Ball State
	Wasean Tait	886	1993	1998	Toledo
80.	Brian Leonard*	885	2003	2006	Rutgers
	David Thompson	885	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
	Kareem Wilson	885	1995	1998	Ohio
83.	June Henley	884	1993	1996	Kansas
84.	Lamont Jordan	883	1997	2000	Maryland
85.	Demario Brown	882	1996	1999	Utah State
86.	Darren Sproles*	881	2001	2004	Kansas State
87.	Tyrell Sutton*	880	2005	2008	Northwestern
88.	Lance Dunbar	879	2008	2011	North Texas
89.	Chris Polk*	878	2008	2011	Washington
90.	Tico Duckett*	877	1989	1992	Michigan State
91.	Abu Wilson	874	1992	1996	Utah State
92.	Tyrell Fenroy	868	2005	2008	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Quentin Griffin*	868	1999	2002	Oklahoma
94.	Garrett Wolfe*	865	2004	2006	Northern Illinois
95.	Antwaan Randle El	864	1998	2001	Indiana
	Chester Taylor	864	1998	2001	Toledo
97.	Sedrick Irvin*	863	1996	1998	Michigan State
98.	Michael Ramseur	862	1982	1985	Wake Forest
99.	Mike Mayweather	861	1987	1990	Army
100.	Miquale Lewis*	858	2006	2010	Ball State
	Chris Perry*	858	2000	2003	Michigan
	Brandon West*	858	2006	2009	Western Michigan
103.	Wali Lundy*	856	2002	2005	Virginia
104.	Patrick Cobbs*	855	2001	2005	North Texas
105.	Zach Line*	853	2009	2012	Southern Methodist
106.	Cyrus Lawrence	850	1979	1982	Virginia Tech
	Raymond Priester*	850	1994	1997	Clemson
108.	Marshall Faulk	848	1991	1993	San Diego State
109.	Darnell Autry*	847	1994	1996	Northwestern
110.	Johnathan Franklin*	846	2009	2012	UCLA
111.	Joe Morris*	841	1978	1981	Syracuse
	Amos Zereoue*	841	1996	1998	West Virginia
113.	Rodney Ferguson*	839	2004	2008	New Mexico
114.	Demarco McCleskey*	834	1998	2002	Cincinnati
115.	Darren McFadden*	831	2005	2007	Arkansas
116.	Noel Devine*	827	2007	2010	West Virginia
117.	Craig James	826	1979	1982	Southern Methodist
118.	James Starks*	825	2006	2008	Buffalo
119.	LaMichael James*	822	2009	2011	Oregon
120.	Byron Hanspard*	821	1994	1996	Texas Tech
121.	Alex Haynes	819	2001	2004	Central Florida
122.	Blake Ezor*	818	1986	1989	Michigan State
123.	Dennis Lundy	816	1991	1994	Northwestern
124.	Troy Davis	815	1994	1996	Iowa State
	Derrick Nix*	815	1998	2002	Southern Mississippi
126.	Ian Johnson*	812	2005	2008	Boise State
127.	Curtis Brown*	810	2002	2006	Brigham Young
	Jerry Mays	810	1985	1989	Georgia Tech
129.	Eric Dickerson	809	1979	1982	Southern Methodist
	P.J. Hill*	809	2006	2008	Wisconsin
	Steven Jackson*	809	2001	2003	Oregon State
132.	Shawn Faulkner	808	1980	1983	Western Michigan
133.	James Gray	807	1986	1989	Texas Tech
	Brad Smith*	807	2002	2005	Missouri
135.	Ketric Sanford	805	1996	1999	Houston
136.	James Davis*	804	2005	2008	Clemson
	Larry Ned	804	1998	2001	San Diego State
138.	Eugene Jarvis	803	2006	2010	Kent State
	Keylon Kincade	803	2000	2003	Southern Methodist
140.	Rick Parros	802	1977	1979	Utah State
	Darius Walker*	802	2004	2006	Notre Dame
142.	Harvey Unga*	798	2006	2009	Brigham Young
143.	Gary Patton*	797	1984	1987	Eastern Michigan
144.	Jason Cooper	796	1991	1994	Louisiana Tech
	Harold Green*	796	1986	1989	South Carolina
146.	Ontiwaun Carter	794	1991	1994	Arizona
147.	Curtis Adams	793	1981	1984	Central Michigan
148.	Corey Croom	792	1989	1992	Ball State
149.	Junior Smith	790	1991	1994	East Carolina
	Travis Zachery*	790	1998	2001	Clemson
151.	Shaun Alexander	789	1996	1999	Alabama
	Tony Sands	789	1988	1991	Kansas
153.	Alexander Robinson*	788	2007	2010	Iowa State
154.	Chance Kretschmer	787	2001	2004	Nevada
155.	Carnell Williams*	786	2001	2004	Auburn
156.	Ernest Anderson*	785	1979	1983	Oklahoma State
	Tim Curtis	785	1990	1993	Ohio
158.	Brandon Bennett	784	1991	1994	South Carolina
	Chris Douglas	784	2000	2003	Duke
160.	Eric Wilkerson	783	1985	1988	Kent State
161.	Andre Callender*	782	2004	2007	Boston College
162.	Stump Mitchell	781	1977	1980	Citadel
	Troy Stradford*	781	1982	1986	Boston College
	Charlie Wysocki	781	1978	1981	Maryland
165.	Derrick Knight*	780	2000	2003	Boston College
166.	Sean Burwell*	777	1990	1993	Oregon
	John Harvey*	777	1985	1988	Texas-El Paso
168.	Lakei Heimuli*	776	1983	1986	Brigham Young
	Joe McIntosh	776	1981	1984	North Carolina State
170.	Napoleon Kaufman	775	1991	1994	Washington
171.	Walter Abercrombie*	774	1978	1981	Baylor
	Reggie Arnold	774	2006	2009	Arkansas State
	Eugene Gross*	774	2003	2006	Middle Tennessee State
174.	Trent Steelman*	773	2009	2012	Army
175.	Ken Darby*	772	2003	2006	Alabama
	Steve Hookfin	772	1995	1998	Ohio
	Kory Sheets*	772	2005	2008	Purdue
	LeRoy Smith	772	1989	1992	Bowling Green State
	Vai Taua*	772	2007	2010	Nevada
180.	Kendall Hunter*	771	2007	2010	Oklahoma State
	Adrian Peterson*	771	2004	2006	Oklahoma
182.	Travis Minor	770	1997	2000	Florida State
183.	Winslow Oliver	765	1992	1995	New Mexico
184.	Joe Igber	764	1999	2002	California
185.	P.J. Daniels*	763	2002	2005	Georgia Tech
	Clark Green*	763	2002	2005	Kansas
187.	Alfred Morris*	762	2008	2011	Florida Atlantic
	Ray Robinson	762	1998	2001	North Carolina State
189.	Michael Blair	760	1993	1996	Ball State
	Alex Smith	760	1994	1996	Indiana
	Sammy Winder*	760	1978	1981	Southern Mississippi
192.	Emmitt Smith	756	1987	1989	Florida
193.	Ontario Sneed*	755	2005	2008	Central Michigan
	Butch Woolfolk*	755	1978	1981	Michigan
195.	Andre Davis	750	1992	1995	Texas Christian
196.	Le'Veon Bell*	749	2010	2012	Michigan State
	Eric Flowers	749	1996	1999	Central Michigan
	Chris Johnson*	749	2004	2007	East Carolina
	Brock Olivo	749	1994	1997	Missouri
200.	Evan Royster*	747	2007	2010	Penn State
201.	Donald Brown*	746	2006	2008	Connecticut
	Eddie George*	746	1992	1995	Ohio State
203.	Terrence Whitehead*	745	2002	2005	Oregon
204.	Deshaun Foster*	743	1998	2001	UCLA
205.	Trinity Dawson*	742	2002	2005	Toledo
	Craig Heyward*	742	1984	1987	Pittsburgh
	Tony Hunt*	742	2003	2006	Penn State
	Tanardo Sharps	742	1999	2002	Temple
209.	Jim Vackaro	741	1992	1995	Western Michigan
210.	Barry Redden	740	1978	1981	Richmond
211.	Tyrone Wheatley	739	1991	1994	Michigan
	Albert Young*	739	2004	2007	Iowa
213.	Tashard Choice*	738	2004	2007	Georgia Tech
	Morgan Kane	738	1996	1999	Wake Forest
215.	Mike Alstott	737	1992	1995	Purdue
216.	Calvin Dawson	736	2004	2007	Louisiana-Monroe
217.	Mike Bell	735	2002	2005	Arizona
	Cyrus Gray*	735	2008	2011	Texas A&M
219.	Howard Jackson*	734	2001	2004	Texas-El Paso
220.	Arian Foster*	733	2005	2008	Tennessee
221.	Tarrion Adams*	731	2005	2008	Tulsa
	Ben Tate*	731	2006	2009	Auburn
223.	Steve Broussard*	730	1986	1989	Washington State
224.	Tiki Barber*	729	1993	1996	Virginia
	Paul Jones*	729	1975	1979	California
	Steve Slaton*	729	2005	2007	West Virginia
	C.J. Spiller*	729	2006	2009	Clemson
228.	P.J. Pope*	728	2002	2005	Bowling Green State
229.	Zack Abron*	726	2000	2003	Missouri
	Eric Bieniemy	726	1987	1990	Colorado
	Curtis Modkins	726	1989	1992	Texas Christian
	Denard Robinson*	726	2009	2012	Michigan
233.	Randy Cuthbert	724	1988	1992	Duke
	Tremayne Stephens	724	1994	1997	North Carolina State
235.	Marion Barber*	723	1977	1980	Minnesota
236.	Deleon Eskridge*	722	2008	2012	San Jose State
237.	Gary Allen	720	1978	1981	Hawaii
	Joffrey Reynolds	720	1999	2002	Houston
239.	Ricky Calhoun	719	1980	1983	Eastern Michigan
	Frank Goodin	719	2007	2010	Louisiana-Monroe
241.	Michael Pittman*	718	1993	1997	Fresno State
242.	George Adams	717	1981	1984	Kentucky
	Gaston Green*	717	1984	1987	UCLA
	Steve Morgan*	717	1981	1984	Toledo
245.	Tony Jeffery	716	1984	1987	Texas Christian
	Vince Weathersby*	716	1985	1988	Washington
247.	Mike Grayson	715	1980	1983	Duke
248.	Brandon Payne	712	1999	2002	Akron
249.	Rafael Little*	711	2004	2007	Kentucky
	Brent Moss*	711	1991	1994	Wisconsin
	Anthony Sherrell	711	2002	2005	Eastern Michigan

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