Plays From Scrimmage Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Plays	From	To	School
1	Steve Bartalo	1343	1983	1986	Colorado State
2	Justin Jackson*	1264	2014	2017	Northwestern
3	Travis Prentice	1192	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
4	Trevor Cobb	1185	1989	1992	Rice
5	Anthony Thompson	1183	1986	1989	Indiana
6	Cedric Benson*	1181	2001	2004	Texas
7	Donnel Pumphrey*	1158	2013	2016	San Diego State
8	Ron Dayne	1146	1996	1999	Wisconsin
9	Damion Fletcher*	1118	2006	2009	Southern Mississippi
10	Tony Dorsett	1112	1973	1976	Pitt
11	Dontrell Moore*	1103	2002	2005	New Mexico
12	Mewelde Moore*	1098	2000	2003	Tulane
13	Ricky Williams	1096	1995	1998	Texas
14	Avon Cobourne*	1082	1999	2002	West Virginia
	Michael Hart*	1082	2004	2007	Michigan
16	Charles White	1077	1976	1979	USC
17	Ken Simonton	1060	1998	2001	Oregon State
18	DeAngelo Williams*	1039	2002	2005	Memphis
19	Montel Harris*	1032	2008	2012	Temple
20	Deland McCullough	1031	1992	1995	Miami (OH)
	Paul Palmer	1031	1983	1986	Temple
22	Robert Lavette	1028	1981	1984	Georgia Tech
23	Lorenzo White	1027	1984	1987	Michigan State
24	Royce Freeman*	1026	2014	2017	Oregon
	Errict Rhett	1026	1989	1993	Florida
26	Herschel Walker	1020	1980	1982	Georgia
27	Toa Taua*	1018	2018	2022	Nevada
28	Myles Gaskin*	1010	2015	2018	Washington
29	Robbie Rouse*	1008	2009	2012	Fresno State
30	Napoleon McCallum	1004	1981	1985	Navy
31	Jarvion Franklin*	1003	2014	2017	Western Michigan
	Robert Holcombe	1003	1994	1997	Illinois
33	Dalton Hilliard	1002	1982	1985	LSU
34	Ralph Webb*	999	2014	2017	Vanderbilt
35	George Swarn	998	1983	1986	Miami (OH)
36	Yvenson Bernard*	994	2004	2007	Oregon State
37	Damien Anderson	989	1998	2001	Northwestern
38	Kalvin McRae*	987	2004	2007	Ohio
39	Montee Ball*	983	2009	2012	Wisconsin
	Michael Turner	983	2000	2003	Northern Illinois
41	Reggie Taylor	981	1983	1986	Cincinnati
42	Keenan Reynolds*	978	2012	2015	Navy
43	Thurman Thomas	976	1984	1987	Oklahoma State
44	Bobby Rainey	975	2008	2011	Western Kentucky
45	Marcus Allen	972	1978	1981	USC
46	Jonathan Taylor*	968	2017	2020	Wisconsin
47	Anthony Dixon*	966	2006	2009	Mississippi State
	Astron Whatley	966	1994	1997	Kent State
49	Allen Pinkett	962	1982	1985	Notre Dame
50	Ricky Williams	961	1997	2001	Texas Tech
51	Ito Smith*	960	2014	2017	Southern Mississippi
	Kevin Smith*	960	2005	2007	UCF
53	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	959	2003	2007	Ole Miss
54	Chris Lemon	958	1996	1999	Nevada
	Darrell Thompson	958	1986	1989	Minnesota
56	Denvis Manns	952	1995	1998	New Mexico State
57	Leon Johnson	948	1993	1996	North Carolina
58	Ray Rice*	947	2005	2007	Rutgers
59	LaDainian Tomlinson	946	1997	2000	TCU
60	Rodney Smith*	944	2014	2019	Minnesota
61	Ted Brown	942	1975	1978	North Carolina State
	George Rogers	942	1977	1980	South Carolina
63	Jahwan Edwards*	941	2011	2014	Ball State
	Ed Marinaro	941	1969	1971	Cornell
	James McDougald	941	1976	1979	Wake Forest
	Branden Oliver*	941	2010	2013	Buffalo
67	Stepfan Taylor*	940	2009	2012	Stanford
68	Javon Ringer*	939	2005	2008	Michigan State
	Jacquizz Rodgers*	939	2008	2010	Oregon State
70	Matt Forte	936	2004	2007	Tulane
71	Darren Lewis	934	1987	1990	Texas A&M
72	Anthony Davis*	930	2001	2004	Wisconsin
73	Xazavian Valladay*	929	2018	2022	Arizona State
74	Carlton Jones	926	2002	2005	Army
75	Anthony Thomas	924	1997	2000	Michigan
76	Thomas Hamner	922	1996	1999	Minnesota
77	Steve Owens	921	1967	1969	Oklahoma
78	Darrin Nelson	917	1977	1981	Stanford
79	Amos Lawrence	916	1977	1980	North Carolina
	Demarco Murray*	916	2007	2010	Oklahoma
81	Brock Forsey*	914	1999	2002	Boise State
82	Allen Ross	913	1977	1980	Northern Illinois
83	Kevin Faulk	909	1995	1998	LSU
84	Autry Denson	907	1995	1998	Notre Dame
85	Charles Alexander	904	1975	1978	LSU
86	Larry Rose III*	903	2014	2017	New Mexico State
87	Chris Barclay*	902	2002	2005	Wake Forest
	Rodney Stewart	902	2008	2011	Colorado
	Mike Williams	902	1975	1978	New Mexico
90	Ladell Betts	901	1998	2001	Iowa
	Bernie Parmalee	901	1987	1990	Ball State
92	Darren Davis	897	1996	1999	Iowa State
93	Floyd Allen	895	1978	1981	Virginia Military Institute
94	Taurean Henderson*	890	2002	2005	Texas Tech
	Robert Sanford	890	1997	2000	Western Michigan
96	Kenneth Dixon*	889	2012	2015	Louisiana Tech
	Mohamed Ibrahim*	889	2018	2022	Minnesota
98	Ameer Abdullah*	886	2011	2014	Nebraska
	Marcus Merriweather	886	1999	2002	Ball State
	Wasean Tait	886	1993	1998	Toledo
101	Brian Leonard*	885	2003	2006	Rutgers
	David Thompson	885	1993	1996	Oklahoma State
	Kareem Wilson	885	1995	1998	Ohio
104	June Henley	884	1993	1996	Kansas
105	Lamont Jordan	883	1997	2000	Maryland
	Derek Loville	883	1986	1989	Oregon
107	Demario Brown	882	1996	1999	Utah State
	Phillip Lindsay*	882	2014	2017	Colorado
109	Darren Sproles*	881	2001	2004	Kansas State
110	Thomas Jones	880	1996	1999	Virginia
	Brad Muster	880	1984	1987	Stanford
	Tyrell Sutton*	880	2005	2008	Northwestern
113	Lance Dunbar	879	2008	2011	North Texas
114	Spencer Brown*	878	2017	2020	UAB
	Chris Polk*	878	2008	2011	Washington
116	Abu Wilson	874	1992	1996	Utah State
117	Kimani Vidal*	873	2020	2023	Troy
118	Archie Griffin	870	1972	1975	Ohio State
	James Sims	870	2010	2013	Kansas
120	Tyrell Fenroy	868	2005	2008	Louisiana
121	AJ Dillon*	866	2017	2019	Boston College
122	Tico Duckett	865	1989	1992	Michigan State
	Garrett Wolfe*	865	2004	2006	Northern Illinois
124	Antwaan Randle El	864	1998	2001	Indiana
	Chester Taylor	864	1998	2001	Toledo
126	Michael Ramseur	862	1982	1985	Wake Forest
127	Mike Mayweather	861	1987	1990	Army
128	Jerome Persell	859	1976	1978	Western Michigan
	Dave Preston	859	1973	1976	Bowling Green State
130	Miquale Lewis*	858	2006	2010	Ball State
	Chris Perry*	858	2000	2003	Michigan
	Brandon West*	858	2006	2009	Western Michigan
133	Wali Lundy*	856	2002	2005	Virginia
134	Patrick Cobbs*	855	2001	2005	North Texas
	Kareem Hunt*	855	2013	2016	Toledo
136	Zach Line*	853	2009	2012	SMU
137	Terry Miller	852	1974	1977	Oklahoma State
	Rick Parros	852	1976	1979	Utah State
139	Cyrus Lawrence	850	1979	1982	Virginia Tech
140	Marshall Faulk	848	1991	1993	San Diego State
	Quentin Griffin*	848	1999	2002	Oklahoma
142	Walter Peacock	847	1972	1975	Louisville
143	Marquez Cooper*	846	2020	2023	Ball State
	Johnathan Franklin*	846	2009	2012	UCLA
145	Joe Morris	841	1978	1981	Syracuse
	Sedrick Shaw	841	1993	1996	Iowa
147	Re'Mahn Davis*	840	2019	2023	Kentucky
	Elijah McGuire*	840	2013	2016	Louisiana
149	Rodney Ferguson*	839	2004	2008	New Mexico
	Charles Williams	839	2016	2021	UNLV
151	Tim Cornett*	836	2010	2013	UNLV
	Sedrick Irvin	836	1996	1998	Michigan State
	Jamie Morris	836	1984	1987	Michigan
	Mike Voight	836	1973	1976	North Carolina
155	Frank Gore Jr.*	834	2020	2023	Southern Mississippi
	Demarco McCleskey*	834	1998	2002	Cincinnati
157	Darren McFadden*	831	2005	2007	Arkansas
	Kevin Parks*	831	2011	2014	Virginia
159	Alex Haynes	830	2001	2004	UCF
160	Noel Devine*	826	2007	2010	West Virginia
	Craig James	826	1979	1982	SMU
162	James Starks*	825	2006	2008	Buffalo
163	LaMichael James*	822	2009	2011	Oregon
	Ronnie Rivers*	822	2017	2021	Fresno State
165	Ka'Deem Carey*	820	2011	2013	Arizona
166	Ron Harris	818	1974	1977	Colorado State
167	Shamari Brooks*	817	2017	2021	Tulsa
168	Brian Hill*	816	2014	2016	Wyoming
	Dennis Lundy	816	1991	1994	Northwestern
170	Troy Davis	815	1994	1996	Iowa State
	Derrick Nix*	815	1998	2002	Southern Mississippi
172	Ian Johnson*	813	2005	2008	Boise State
173	Curtis Brown*	810	2002	2006	Brigham Young
	Jerry Mays	810	1985	1989	Georgia Tech
175	Eric Dickerson	809	1979	1982	SMU
	P.J. Hill*	809	2006	2008	Wisconsin
	Steven Jackson*	809	2001	2003	Oregon State
178	Trayion Durham*	808	2011	2015	Kent State
	Shawn Faulkner	808	1980	1983	Western Michigan
180	James Gray	807	1986	1989	Texas Tech
	Brad Smith*	807	2002	2005	Missouri
182	Ketric Sanford	805	1996	1999	Houston
183	James Davis*	804	2005	2008	Clemson
	Larry Ned	804	1998	2001	San Diego State
	Trey Watts*	804	2010	2013	Tulsa
186	Eugene Jarvis	803	2006	2010	Kent State
	Keylon Kincade	803	2000	2003	SMU
188	Darius Walker*	802	2004	2006	Notre Dame
189	Alex Gardner*	800	2014	2017	Florida International
	Breece Hall*	800	2019	2021	Iowa State
191	Gary Kosins	799	1969	1971	Dayton
192	Harvey Unga*	798	2006	2009	Brigham Young
193	Paul Jones	797	1975	1979	California
194	Jason Cooper	796	1991	1994	Louisiana Tech
	J.K. Dobbins*	796	2017	2019	Ohio State
196	Byron Hanspard	795	1994	1996	Texas Tech
	Charles Sims*	795	2009	2013	West Virginia
198	Ontiwaun Carter	794	1991	1994	Arizona
199	Curtis Adams	793	1981	1984	Central Michigan
	Larry Rountree III*	793	2017	2020	Missouri
201	Corey Croom	792	1989	1992	Ball State
202	Sonny Collins	791	1972	1975	Kentucky
203	Sincere McCormick*	790	2019	2021	UTSA
	Junior Smith	790	1991	1994	East Carolina
205	Shaun Alexander	789	1996	1999	Alabama
	Darnell Autry	789	1994	1996	Northwestern
	Nick Chubb*	789	2014	2017	Georgia
	Dexter Green	789	1975	1978	Iowa State
	Raymond Priester	789	1994	1997	Clemson
	Tony Sands	789	1988	1991	Kansas
	Travis Zachery	789	1998	2001	Clemson
212	Travis Etienne*	788	2017	2020	Clemson
	Alexander Robinson*	788	2007	2010	Iowa State
214	Chance Kretschmer	787	2001	2004	Nevada
215	D'Angelo Brewer*	786	2014	2017	Tulsa
	Jawon Chisholm	786	2011	2014	Akron
	Cadillac Williams*	786	2001	2004	Auburn
	Jamaal Williams*	786	2012	2016	Brigham Young
219	Tim Curtis	785	1990	1993	Ohio
220	Brandon Bennett	784	1991	1994	South Carolina
	Chris Douglas	784	2000	2003	Duke
	Marquis Young	784	2015	2018	Massachusetts
223	Paul Miles	783	1971	1973	Bowling Green State
	A.J. Ouellette*	783	2014	2018	Ohio
	Eric Wilkerson	783	1985	1988	Kent State
226	Andre Callender*	782	2004	2007	Boston College
227	Louie Giammona	781	1973	1975	Utah State
	Stump Mitchell	781	1977	1980	The Citadel
	Charlie Wysocki	781	1978	1981	Maryland
230	Derrick Knight*	780	2000	2003	Boston College
231	Bob Hitchens	779	1971	1973	Miami (OH)
232	Zack Moss*	778	2016	2019	Utah
233	John Harvey	777	1985	1988	UTEP
234	Joe McIntosh	776	1981	1984	North Carolina State
235	Napoleon Kaufman	775	1991	1994	Washington
236	Reggie Arnold	774	2006	2009	Arkansas State
	Anthony Davis	774	1972	1974	USC
	Eugene Gross*	774	2003	2006	Middle Tennessee State
	Amos Zereoue	774	1996	1998	West Virginia
240	Saquon Barkley*	773	2015	2017	Penn State
	George Holani*	773	2019	2023	Boise State
	Jalen Hurd*	773	2014	2018	Baylor
	Trent Steelman*	773	2009	2012	Army
244	Kenneth Darby*	772	2003	2006	Alabama
	Steve Hookfin	772	1995	1998	Ohio
	Adrian Peterson*	772	2004	2006	Oklahoma
	Kory Sheets*	772	2005	2008	Purdue
	LeRoy Smith	772	1989	1992	Bowling Green State
	Vai Taua*	772	2007	2010	Nevada
250	Earl Campbell	771	1974	1977	Texas
	James Gilbert*	771	2015	2019	Kansas State
	Kendall Hunter*	771	2007	2010	Oklahoma State

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