Rush Attempts Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Att	From	To	School
1	Steve Bartalo	1211	1983	1986	Colorado State
2	Justin Jackson*	1142	2014	2017	Northwestern
3	Travis Prentice	1138	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
4	Ron Dayne	1115	1996	1999	Wisconsin
5	Cedric Benson*	1112	2001	2004	Texas
6	Trevor Cobb	1091	1989	1992	Rice
7	Anthony Thompson	1089	1986	1989	Indiana
8	Tony Dorsett	1074	1973	1976	Pitt
9	Donnel Pumphrey*	1059	2013	2016	San Diego State
10	Avon Cobourne*	1023	1999	2002	West Virginia
	Charles White	1023	1976	1979	USC
12	Michael Hart*	1015	2004	2007	Michigan
13	Dontrell Moore*	1014	2002	2005	New Mexico
14	Ricky Williams	1011	1995	1998	Texas
15	Damion Fletcher*	1009	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
16	Ken Simonton	1005	1998	2001	Oregon State
17	Herschel Walker	994	1980	1982	Georgia
18	Lorenzo White	991	1984	1987	Michigan State
19	Keenan Reynolds*	977	2012	2015	Navy
20	Montel Harris*	973	2008	2012	Temple
21	DeAngelo Williams*	969	2002	2005	Memphis
22	Deland McCullough	949	1992	1995	Miami (OH)
23	Royce Freeman*	947	2014	2017	Oregon
24	Myles Gaskin*	945	2015	2018	Washington
25	Paul Palmer	944	1983	1986	Temple
26	Jarvion Franklin*	942	2014	2017	Western Michigan
27	Michael Turner	940	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
28	Damien Anderson	935	1998	2001	Northwestern
29	Robert Holcombe	931	1994	1997	Illinois
	Ralph Webb*	931	2014	2017	Vanderbilt
31	Jonathan Taylor*	926	2017	2020	Wisconsin
32	Montee Ball*	924	2009	2012	Wisconsin
33	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	920	2003	2007	Ole Miss
34	Ed Marinaro	918	1969	1971	Cornell
35	Robert Lavette	914	1981	1984	Georgia Tech
36	Darrell Thompson	911	1986	1989	Minnesota
37	Anthony Dixon*	910	2006	2009	Mississippi State
	Ray Rice*	910	2005	2007	Rutgers
39	Darren Lewis	909	1987	1990	Texas A&M
	Mewelde Moore*	909	2000	2003	Tulane
41	Anthony Davis*	908	2001	2004	Wisconsin
	Napoleon McCallum	908	1981	1985	Navy
43	LaDainian Tomlinson	907	1997	2000	TCU
44	Steve Owens	905	1967	1969	Oklahoma
	Kevin Smith*	905	2005	2007	UCF
46	Chris Lemon	904	1996	1999	Nevada
47	Kalvin McRae*	903	2004	2007	Ohio
48	George Rogers	902	1977	1980	South Carolina
49	Robbie Rouse*	898	2009	2012	Fresno State
	Thurman Thomas	898	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
51	Bobby Rainey	895	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
52	Marcus Allen	893	1978	1981	USC
53	Denvis Manns	889	1995	1998	New Mexico State
	Allen Pinkett	889	1982	1985	Notre Dame
55	Kareem Wilson	885	1995	1998	Ohio
56	Jahwan Edwards*	884	2011	2014	Ball State
57	Dalton Hilliard	882	1982	1985	LSU
58	Amos Lawrence	881	1977	1980	North Carolina
	George Swarn	881	1983	1986	Miami (OH)
60	James McDougald	880	1976	1979	Wake Forest
61	Rodney Smith*	879	2014	2019	Minnesota
62	Astron Whatley	878	1994	1997	Kent State
63	Yvenson Bernard*	876	2004	2007	Oregon State
	Reggie Taylor	876	1983	1986	Cincinnati
65	Errict Rhett	873	1989	1993	Florida
66	Mohamed Ibrahim*	867	2018	2022	Minnesota
	Allen Ross	867	1977	1980	Northern Illinois
68	Branden Oliver*	866	2010	2013	Buffalo
69	Thomas Hamner	862	1996	1999	Minnesota
70	Floyd Allen	860	1978	1981	Virginia Military Institute
	Ted Brown	860	1975	1978	North Carolina State
72	Spencer Brown*	858	2017	2020	UAB
73	Antwaan Randle El	857	1998	2001	Indiana
	Mike Williams	857	1975	1978	New Mexico
75	Kevin Faulk	856	1995	1998	LSU
76	Charles Alexander	855	1975	1978	LSU
	Toa Taua*	855	2018	2022	Nevada
78	Autry Denson	854	1995	1998	Notre Dame
79	Mike Mayweather	853	1987	1990	Army
80	Marcus Merriweather	851	1999	2002	Ball State
81	Terry Miller	847	1974	1977	Oklahoma State
82	Anthony Thomas	846	1997	2000	Michigan
	David Thompson	846	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
84	AJ Dillon*	845	2017	2019	Boston College
	Archie Griffin	845	1972	1975	Ohio State
86	Cyrus Lawrence	843	1979	1982	Virginia Tech
	Javon Ringer*	843	2005	2008	Michigan State
	Stepfan Taylor*	843	2009	2012	Stanford
89	Jerome Persell	842	1976	1978	Western Michigan
90	Xazavian Valladay*	841	2018	2022	Arizona State
91	Chris Barclay*	840	2002	2005	Wake Forest
92	Robert Sanford	838	1997	2000	Western Michigan
93	Matt Forte	833	2004	2007	Tulane
	Carlton Jones	833	2002	2005	Army
95	Ladell Betts	830	1998	2001	Iowa
	Dave Preston	830	1973	1976	Bowling Green State
97	Mike Voight	826	1973	1976	North Carolina
98	Tico Duckett	824	1989	1992	Michigan State
99	Darren Davis	823	1996	1999	Iowa State
	June Henley	823	1993	1996	Kansas
101	Ito Smith*	820	2014	2017	Southern Mississippi
102	Patrick Cobbs*	818	2001	2005	North Texas
103	Wasean Tait	816	1993	1998	Toledo
104	Darren Sproles*	815	2001	2004	Kansas State
105	Ameer Abdullah*	813	2011	2014	Nebraska
	Brock Forsey*	813	1999	2002	Boise State
	Joe Morris	813	1978	1981	Syracuse
108	Walter Peacock	811	1972	1975	Louisville
109	Marquez Cooper*	809	2020	2023	Ball State
	Thomas Jones	809	1996	1999	Virginia
	Rodney Stewart	809	2008	2011	Colorado
112	Tyrell Fenroy	808	2005	2008	Louisiana
113	Lamont Jordan	807	1997	2000	Maryland
	Garrett Wolfe*	807	2004	2006	Northern Illinois
115	Bernie Parmalee	805	1987	1990	Ball State
116	Chester Taylor	803	1998	2001	Toledo
117	Kenneth Dixon*	802	2012	2015	Louisiana Tech
118	Charles Williams	800	2016	2021	UNLV
119	Chris Polk*	799	2008	2011	Washington
	Brad Smith*	799	2002	2005	Missouri
121	James Sims	798	2010	2013	Kansas
122	Leon Johnson	797	1993	1996	North Carolina
123	Derek Loville	794	1986	1989	Oregon
	Chris Perry*	794	2000	2003	Michigan
125	Shamari Brooks*	793	2017	2021	Tulsa
126	Demario Brown	792	1996	1999	Utah State
	Sedrick Shaw	792	1993	1996	Iowa
	Abu Wilson	792	1992	1996	Utah State
129	Eric Dickerson	790	1979	1982	SMU
130	Ricky Williams	789	1997	2001	Texas Tech
131	Johnathan Franklin*	788	2009	2012	UCLA
	Jacquizz Rodgers*	788	2008	2010	Oregon State
133	Darren McFadden*	785	2005	2007	Arkansas
134	Troy Davis	782	1994	1996	Iowa State
	Lance Dunbar	782	2008	2011	North Texas
	Kareem Hunt*	782	2013	2016	Toledo
	Rick Parros	782	1976	1979	Utah State
138	Kimani Vidal*	781	2020	2023	Troy
139	Gary Kosins	779	1969	1971	Dayton
140	Rodney Ferguson*	778	2004	2008	New Mexico
	Zach Line*	778	2009	2012	SMU
142	Sonny Collins	777	1972	1975	Kentucky
	Demarco McCleskey*	777	1998	2002	Cincinnati
	Tony Sands	777	1988	1991	Kansas
145	Brian Hill*	775	2014	2016	Wyoming
	Craig James	775	1979	1982	SMU
147	Bob Hitchens	773	1971	1973	Miami (OH)
148	Trent Steelman*	772	2009	2012	Army
149	Trayion Durham*	771	2011	2015	Kent State
	LaMichael James*	771	2009	2011	Oregon
151	P.J. Hill*	770	2006	2008	Wisconsin
	Larry Rose III*	770	2014	2017	New Mexico State
153	Tim Cornett*	769	2010	2013	UNLV
	Charlie Wysocki	769	1978	1981	Maryland
155	Derrick Nix*	768	1998	2002	Southern Mississippi
156	Steve Hookfin	767	1995	1998	Ohio
	Paul Miles	767	1971	1973	Bowling Green State
158	Marshall Faulk	766	1991	1993	San Diego State
159	Earl Campbell	765	1974	1977	Texas
	Phillip Lindsay*	765	2014	2017	Colorado
	Larry Ned	765	1998	2001	San Diego State
162	Curtis Adams	761	1981	1984	Central Michigan
	Shawn Faulkner	761	1980	1983	Western Michigan
	Miquale Lewis*	761	2006	2010	Ball State
165	Ron Harris	760	1974	1977	Colorado State
166	Frank Gore Jr.*	759	2020	2023	Southern Mississippi
	Demarco Murray*	759	2007	2010	Oklahoma
168	Nick Chubb*	758	2014	2017	Georgia
169	Louie Giammona	756	1973	1975	Utah State
	Stump Mitchell	756	1977	1980	The Citadel
171	Ontiwaun Carter	754	1991	1994	Arizona
	Keylon Kincade	754	2000	2003	SMU
173	D'Angelo Brewer*	753	2014	2017	Tulsa
	James Davis*	753	2005	2008	Clemson
	Ian Johnson*	753	2005	2008	Boise State
	Michael Ramseur	753	1982	1985	Wake Forest
177	Tim Curtis	750	1990	1993	Ohio
	Chance Kretschmer	750	2001	2004	Nevada
179	Adrian Peterson*	748	2004	2006	Oklahoma
180	Re'Mahn Davis*	746	2019	2023	Kentucky
	Raymond Priester	746	1994	1997	Clemson
	Larry Rountree III*	746	2017	2020	Missouri
183	Jamie Morris	745	1984	1987	Michigan
184	James Gilbert*	744	2015	2019	Kansas State
185	Ka'Deem Carey*	743	2011	2013	Arizona
	Steven Jackson*	743	2001	2003	Oregon State
	Ketric Sanford	743	1996	1999	Houston
188	James Gray	742	1986	1989	Texas Tech
	Alex Haynes	742	2001	2004	UCF
	Wali Lundy*	742	2002	2005	Virginia
191	Cadillac Williams*	741	2001	2004	Auburn
192	Eric Wilkerson	739	1985	1988	Kent State
193	Darnell Autry	738	1994	1996	Northwestern
	Dexter Green	738	1975	1978	Iowa State
195	Reggie Arnold	737	2006	2009	Arkansas State
	Eric Flowers	737	1996	1999	Central Michigan
	Benjamin Snell Jr.*	737	2016	2018	Kentucky
198	Jason Cooper	736	1991	1994	Louisiana Tech
	Dennis Lundy	736	1991	1994	Northwestern
	Sammy Winder	736	1978	1981	Southern Mississippi
201	Alfred Morris	733	2008	2011	Florida Atlantic
202	Walter Abercrombie	732	1978	1981	Baylor
	Anthony Davis	732	1972	1974	USC
	Byron Hanspard	732	1994	1996	Texas Tech
	Junior Smith	732	1991	1994	East Carolina
	Brandon West*	732	2006	2009	Western Michigan
207	Sedrick Irvin	731	1996	1998	Michigan State
	Tyrell Sutton*	731	2005	2008	Northwestern
209	Joe McIntosh	729	1981	1984	North Carolina State
210	Noel Devine*	728	2007	2010	West Virginia
	Kevin Parks*	728	2011	2014	Virginia
	Mike Strachan	728	1972	1974	Iowa State
213	Shaun Alexander	727	1996	1999	Alabama
214	Jamaal Williams*	726	2012	2016	Brigham Young
	Amos Zereoue	726	1996	1998	West Virginia
216	J.K. Dobbins*	725	2017	2019	Ohio State
217	Eugene Jarvis	724	2006	2010	Kent State
	Sincere McCormick*	724	2019	2021	UTSA
219	Ben Garry	723	1974	1977	Southern Mississippi
	Denard Robinson*	723	2009	2012	Michigan
	Alex Smith	723	1994	1996	Indiana
222	Corey Croom	722	1989	1992	Ball State
223	Billy Marek	719	1972	1975	Wisconsin
	A.J. Ouellette*	719	2014	2018	Ohio
225	Breece Hall*	718	2019	2021	Iowa State
226	Blake Ezor	715	1986	1989	Michigan State
227	Devin Singletary*	714	2016	2018	Florida Atlantic
228	Ernest Anderson	713	1979	1983	Oklahoma State
	Shock Linwood*	713	2013	2016	Baylor
230	Zack Moss*	712	2016	2019	Utah
231	Vai Taua*	711	2007	2010	Nevada
232	Napoleon Kaufman	710	1991	1994	Washington
	Elijah McGuire*	710	2013	2016	Louisiana
234	Kendall Hunter*	708	2007	2010	Oklahoma State
	Derrick Knight*	708	2000	2003	Boston College
	Brad Roberts*	708	2020	2022	Air Force
237	P.J. Daniels*	707	2002	2005	Georgia Tech
	Barry Redden	707	1978	1981	Richmond
	Shai Werts*	707	2017	2021	Louisville
240	Alexander Robinson*	705	2007	2010	Iowa State
241	Alonzo Harris*	704	2011	2014	Louisiana
	Andre Williams*	704	2010	2013	Boston College
243	Darrin Nelson	703	1977	1981	Stanford
244	Kenneth Darby*	702	2003	2006	Alabama
	Quentin Griffin*	702	1999	2002	Oklahoma
	Jay Peterson	702	1980	1983	Miami (OH)
247	Jawon Chisholm	701	2011	2014	Akron
248	Emmitt Smith	700	1987	1989	Florida
249	Eric Bieniemy	699	1987	1990	Colorado
	James Butler*	699	2014	2017	Iowa
	Paul Jones	699	1975	1979	California

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