Yards From Scrimmage Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Yds	From	To	School
1	Donnel Pumphrey*	7444	2013	2016	San Diego State
2	Ricky Williams	7206	1995	1998	Texas
3	DeAngelo Williams*	6749	2002	2005	Memphis
4	Ron Dayne	6701	1996	1999	Wisconsin
5	Jonathan Taylor*	6581	2017	2020	Wisconsin
6	Tony Dorsett	6486	1973	1976	Pitt
7	Royce Freeman*	6435	2014	2017	Oregon
8	Mewelde Moore*	6423	2000	2003	Tulane
9	Darrin Nelson	6401	1977	1981	Stanford
10	Justin Jackson*	6298	2014	2017	Northwestern
11	Damion Fletcher*	6206	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
12	Cedric Benson*	6161	2001	2004	Texas
13	Travis Prentice	6118	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
14	Travis Etienne*	6107	2017	2020	Clemson
15	Charles White	6105	1976	1979	USC
16	Ito Smith*	5984	2014	2017	Southern Mississippi
17	Steve Bartalo	5892	1983	1986	Colorado State
18	Trevor Cobb	5840	1989	1992	Rice
19	Dontrell Moore*	5800	2002	2005	New Mexico
20	Myles Gaskin*	5788	2015	2018	Washington
21	Garrett Wolfe*	5752	2004	2006	Northern Illinois
22	Montee Ball*	5738	2009	2012	Wisconsin
23	Larry Rose III*	5715	2014	2017	New Mexico State
24	Elijah McGuire*	5695	2013	2016	Louisiana
25	Anthony Thompson	5678	1986	1989	Indiana
26	LaMichael James*	5668	2009	2011	Oregon
27	Michael Hart*	5606	2004	2007	Michigan
28	Paul Palmer	5604	1983	1986	Temple
29	Darren Sproles*	5588	2001	2004	Kansas State
30	Charles Sims*	5573	2009	2013	West Virginia
31	Marshall Faulk	5562	1991	1993	San Diego State
32	Jarvion Franklin*	5537	2014	2017	Western Michigan
33	Herschel Walker	5502	1980	1982	Georgia
34	LaDainian Tomlinson	5501	1997	2000	TCU
35	Kareem Hunt*	5500	2013	2016	Toledo
36	Avon Cobourne*	5498	1999	2002	West Virginia
37	Archie Griffin	5463	1972	1975	Ohio State
38	Kenneth Dixon*	5452	2012	2015	Louisiana Tech
39	Robbie Rouse*	5441	2009	2012	Fresno State
40	Marcus Allen	5403	1978	1981	USC
41	Dalvin Cook*	5399	2014	2016	Florida State
42	Errict Rhett	5393	1989	1993	Florida
43	Michael Turner	5392	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
44	Ted Brown	5362	1975	1978	North Carolina State
45	Xazavian Valladay*	5339	2018	2022	Arizona State
46	George Rogers	5329	1977	1980	South Carolina
47	Denvis Manns	5312	1995	1998	New Mexico State
48	Taurean Henderson*	5299	2002	2005	Texas Tech
49	Corey Davis*	5298	2013	2016	Western Michigan
50	Ameer Abdullah*	5278	2011	2014	Nebraska
51	Warrick Dunn	5273	1993	1996	Florida State
52	Ray Rice*	5260	2005	2007	Rutgers
53	Lance Dunbar	5257	2008	2011	North Texas
54	Montel Harris*	5256	2008	2012	Temple
	Demarco Murray*	5256	2007	2010	Oklahoma
56	Matt Forte	5250	2004	2007	Tulane
57	Ken Simonton	5249	1998	2001	Oregon State
58	Tyrell Fenroy	5231	2005	2008	Louisiana
59	George Swarn	5229	1983	1986	Miami (OH)
60	Bobby Rainey	5224	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
61	Kalvin McRae*	5222	2004	2007	Ohio
62	Brock Forsey*	5220	1999	2002	Boise State
63	Chester Taylor	5200	1998	2001	Toledo
64	Toa Taua*	5189	2018	2022	Nevada
65	Dalton Hilliard	5183	1982	1985	LSU
66	Vai Taua*	5159	2007	2010	Nevada
67	Kevin Faulk	5157	1995	1998	LSU
68	Thurman Thomas	5146	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
69	Melvin Gordon*	5143	2011	2014	Wisconsin
70	Darren Lewis	5138	1987	1990	Texas A&M
71	Nick Chubb*	5130	2014	2017	Georgia
	Tyrell Sutton*	5130	2005	2008	Northwestern
73	Christian McCaffrey*	5128	2014	2016	Stanford
74	Kevin Smith*	5123	2005	2007	UCF
75	Javon Ringer*	5117	2005	2008	Michigan State
76	J.K. Dobbins*	5104	2017	2019	Ohio State
77	Stepfan Taylor*	5078	2009	2012	Stanford
78	Travis Dye*	5066	2018	2022	USC
79	Saquon Barkley*	5038	2015	2017	Penn State
80	Byron Hanspard	5031	1994	1996	Texas Tech
81	Noel Devine*	5025	2007	2010	West Virginia
82	Reggie Taylor	5018	1983	1986	Cincinnati
83	Mike Rozier	4996	1981	1983	Nebraska
84	Trevor Insley	4988	1996	1999	Nevada
85	Leon Johnson	4981	1993	1996	North Carolina
86	Demario Brown	4978	1996	1999	Utah State
87	Napoleon McCallum	4975	1981	1985	Navy
88	Quentin Griffin*	4973	1999	2002	Oklahoma
89	C.J. Spiller*	4967	2006	2009	Clemson
90	Darren McFadden*	4955	2005	2007	Arkansas
91	Ed Marinaro	4947	1969	1971	Cornell
92	Jacquizz Rodgers*	4933	2008	2010	Oregon State
93	Robert Lavette	4928	1981	1984	Georgia Tech
94	Johnathan Franklin*	4920	2009	2012	UCLA
95	Jahwan Edwards*	4919	2011	2014	Ball State
96	Ka'Deem Carey*	4918	2011	2013	Arizona
97	Allen Pinkett	4905	1982	1985	Notre Dame
98	Lamont Jordan	4884	1997	2000	Maryland
	Deuce Vaughn*	4884	2020	2022	Kansas State
100	Anthony Davis*	4874	2001	2004	Wisconsin
101	Phillip Lindsay*	4859	2014	2017	Colorado
102	Darrell Thompson	4855	1986	1989	Minnesota
103	Deland McCullough	4854	1992	1995	Miami (OH)
104	Wasean Tait	4850	1993	1998	Toledo
105	Anthony Thomas	4848	1997	2000	Michigan
106	Ronnie Rivers*	4834	2017	2021	Fresno State
107	Malcolm Perry*	4829	2016	2019	Navy
108	Damien Anderson	4826	1998	2001	Northwestern
109	Ian Johnson*	4825	2005	2008	Boise State
110	D.J. Foster*	4813	2012	2015	Arizona State
	Mohamed Ibrahim*	4813	2018	2022	Minnesota
112	Ricky Williams	4807	1997	2001	Texas Tech
113	Tarrion Adams*	4800	2005	2008	Tulsa
114	Troy Edwards	4799	1996	1998	Louisiana Tech
115	Amos Lawrence	4784	1977	1980	North Carolina
	Zach Line*	4784	2009	2012	SMU
117	James Gray	4781	1986	1989	Texas Tech
	Lorenzo White	4781	1984	1987	Michigan State
119	Chris Lemon	4779	1996	1999	Nevada
120	Aaron Jones*	4760	2013	2016	UTEP
121	Zack Moss*	4752	2016	2019	Utah
122	Autry Denson	4750	1995	1998	Notre Dame
	Ralph Webb*	4750	2014	2017	Vanderbilt
124	Chris Polk*	4732	2008	2011	Washington
125	Steve Slaton*	4728	2005	2007	West Virginia
126	Frank Gore Jr.*	4714	2020	2023	Southern Mississippi
127	Mike Alstott	4710	1992	1995	Purdue
	Kimani Vidal*	4710	2020	2023	Troy
129	Branden Oliver*	4704	2010	2013	Buffalo
130	Troy Stradford	4701	1982	1986	Boston College
131	Kendall Hunter*	4700	2007	2010	Oklahoma State
132	Brian Hill*	4690	2014	2016	Wyoming
133	James White*	4685	2010	2013	Wisconsin
134	Devin Singletary*	4684	2016	2018	Florida Atlantic
135	Ryan Broyles*	4683	2008	2011	Oklahoma
136	Bryant Koback*	4680	2018	2021	Toledo
137	Robert Holcombe	4678	1994	1997	Illinois
138	Breece Hall*	4667	2019	2021	Iowa State
	Trey Watts*	4667	2010	2013	Tulsa
140	Abu Wilson	4658	1992	1996	Utah State
141	Robert Sanford	4654	1997	2000	Western Michigan
142	Yvenson Bernard*	4652	2004	2007	Oregon State
143	David Thompson	4647	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
144	Jamie Morris	4646	1984	1987	Michigan
	Rodney Smith*	4646	2014	2019	Minnesota
146	Brian Leonard*	4643	2003	2006	Rutgers
147	Troy Davis	4640	1994	1996	Iowa State
	Eric Dickerson	4640	1979	1982	SMU
149	Antonio Andrews*	4637	2010	2013	Western Kentucky
150	Brandon West*	4629	2006	2009	Western Michigan
151	Najee Harris*	4624	2017	2020	Alabama
152	Chuck Weatherspoon	4622	1987	1990	Houston
153	AJ Dillon*	4618	2017	2019	Boston College
154	Brad Muster	4609	1984	1987	Stanford
155	Keenan Reynolds*	4606	2012	2015	Navy
156	Terry Miller	4591	1974	1977	Oklahoma State
157	Terance Mathis	4583	1985	1989	New Mexico
158	Jacob Cowing*	4579	2019	2023	Arizona
159	Joe Morris	4577	1978	1981	Syracuse
160	Ray Lawry*	4576	2014	2017	Old Dominion
161	Bo Jackson	4575	1982	1985	Auburn
162	Astron Whatley	4574	1994	1997	Kent State
163	Earl Campbell	4571	1974	1977	Texas
164	Thomas Jones	4569	1996	1999	Virginia
165	Jerry Mays	4568	1985	1989	Georgia Tech
166	Jay Ajayi*	4567	2012	2014	Boise State
	Rodney Stewart	4567	2008	2011	Colorado
168	Patrick Edwards*	4556	2008	2011	Houston
169	Curtis Brown*	4550	2002	2006	Brigham Young
170	Justin Hardy*	4548	2011	2014	East Carolina
171	James Washington*	4542	2014	2017	Oklahoma State
172	Miquale Lewis*	4541	2006	2010	Ball State
173	Harvey Unga*	4540	2006	2009	Brigham Young
174	Marcus Harris	4531	1993	1996	Wyoming
175	Denard Robinson*	4526	2009	2012	Michigan
176	Eugene Jarvis	4515	2006	2010	Kent State
177	Charles Williams	4511	2016	2021	UNLV
178	Deandre Washington*	4502	2011	2015	Texas Tech
179	Evan Royster*	4494	2007	2010	Penn State
180	Mike Mayweather	4480	1987	1990	Army
	Pat White*	4480	2005	2008	West Virginia
182	Reggie Bush*	4470	2003	2005	USC
183	Jamaal Williams*	4468	2012	2016	Brigham Young
184	Charles Alexander	4466	1975	1978	LSU
185	Napoleon Kaufman	4465	1991	1994	Washington
186	June Henley	4463	1993	1996	Kansas
187	Tavon Austin*	4446	2009	2012	West Virginia
188	Anthony Dixon*	4443	2006	2009	Mississippi State
	Samaje Perine*	4443	2014	2016	Oklahoma
190	Tico Duckett	4442	1989	1992	Michigan State
191	Sincere McCormick*	4438	2019	2021	UTSA
192	Kendall Wright*	4429	2008	2011	Baylor
193	Derrick Knight*	4425	2000	2003	Boston College
194	Brad Smith*	4419	2002	2005	Missouri
195	Travis Greene*	4418	2012	2015	Bowling Green State
196	Rashaun Woods*	4414	2000	2003	Oklahoma State
197	Chris Barclay*	4413	2002	2005	Wake Forest
198	Darren Davis	4412	1996	1999	Iowa State
199	Ezekiel Elliott*	4410	2013	2015	Ohio State
200	Shock Linwood*	4399	2013	2016	Baylor
201	Patrick Cobbs*	4398	2001	2005	North Texas
202	Craig James	4392	1979	1982	SMU
203	Emmitt Smith	4391	1987	1989	Florida
204	Re'Mahn Davis*	4388	2019	2023	Kentucky
205	Tony Jeffery	4386	1984	1987	TCU
206	Curtis Adams	4382	1981	1984	Central Michigan
207	Ladell Betts	4374	1998	2001	Iowa
208	George Holani*	4373	2019	2023	Boise State
209	Terry Kirby	4370	1989	1992	Virginia
210	Shaun Alexander	4363	1996	1999	Alabama
211	Carlton Jones	4362	2002	2005	Army
	Aaron Turner	4362	1989	1992	Pacific
213	Jordan Lynch*	4360	2010	2013	Northern Illinois
214	Leonard Fournette*	4356	2014	2016	LSU
215	Ryan Yarborough	4352	1990	1993	Wyoming
216	John Harvey	4351	1985	1988	UTEP
	Mike Williams	4351	1975	1978	New Mexico
218	A.J. Ouellette*	4345	2014	2018	Ohio
	Greg Salas*	4345	2007	2010	Hawaii
220	Eric Wilkerson	4336	1985	1988	Kent State
221	Bryce Love*	4330	2015	2018	Stanford
222	Jerome Persell	4327	1976	1978	Western Michigan
223	Gary Allen	4326	1978	1981	Hawaii
224	Sedrick Shaw	4325	1993	1996	Iowa
225	James Davis*	4322	2005	2008	Clemson
226	Eric Bieniemy	4320	1987	1990	Colorado
	Rafael Little*	4320	2004	2007	Kentucky
228	Stump Mitchell	4319	1977	1980	The Citadel
229	Marcus Cox*	4310	2014	2016	Appalachian State
230	Steven Jackson*	4305	2001	2003	Oregon State
231	Darrell Henderson*	4303	2016	2018	Memphis
232	P.J. Hill*	4300	2006	2008	Wisconsin
	Sedrick Irvin	4300	1996	1998	Michigan State
234	Zay Jones*	4297	2013	2016	East Carolina
	Marquis Young	4297	2015	2018	Massachusetts
236	Bernie Parmalee	4295	1987	1990	Ball State
237	Jeremy McNichols*	4294	2014	2016	Boise State
238	Thomas Hamner	4292	1996	1999	Minnesota
	Dwone Hicks	4292	1999	2002	Middle Tennessee State
240	Woody Green	4291	1971	1973	Arizona State
241	Taywan Taylor*	4283	2013	2016	Western Kentucky
242	Jalen Hurd*	4282	2014	2018	Baylor
243	Chris Johnson*	4278	2004	2007	East Carolina
244	Geoff Noisy	4276	1995	1998	Nevada
245	James McDougald	4272	1976	1979	Wake Forest
246	Andre Davis	4266	1992	1995	TCU
247	P.J. Pope*	4264	2002	2005	Bowling Green State
248	Marcus Merriweather	4260	1999	2002	Ball State
249	Jordan Mims*	4256	2017	2022	Fresno State
250	Justin Hall*	4250	2017	2021	Ball State

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