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2026 so far · through week 10 · sorted by rushing yards · 52 players

#	Player	Team	Cl.	G	rushing yards	Line
1	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	Fr.	8	657	4 TD · 5.1 per carry · 23 catches 5.1 → 5.3 yards per carry adj.
2	Jabari Bates	San José State	Fr.	8	649	1 TD · 4.2 per carry · 9 catches 4.2 → 4.4 yards per carry adj.
3	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	Fr.	8	588	5 TD · 5 per carry · 15 catches 5.0 → 5.2 yards per carry adj.
4	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	Fr.	8	574	5 TD · 5.6 per carry · 12 catches 5.6 → 5.7 yards per carry adj.
5	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	Fr.	8	540	11 TD · 4.9 per carry · 2 catches 4.9 → 4.9 yards per carry adj.
6	Herschel Turner	Nevada	Fr.	8	508	4 TD · 6.2 per carry · 9 catches 6.2 → 6.4 yards per carry adj.
7	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	Fr.	8	485	3 TD · 6.1 per carry · 7 catches 5.8 → 6.0 yards per carry adj.
8	Owen Allen	Air Force	Fr.	8	446	3 TD · 4.2 per carry 4.2 → 4.3 yards per carry adj.
9	Markell Holman	Wyoming	Fr.	8	425	4 TD · 5.4 per carry · 16 catches 5.3 → 5.3 yards per carry adj.
10	Myles Mitchell	North Dakota State	Fr.	8	398	3 TD · 4.2 per carry · 6 catches 4.3 → 4.5 yards per carry adj.
11	Rocco Conti	Air Force	Fr.	8	394	2 TD · 6.4 per carry · 3 catches 6.6 → 6.7 yards per carry adj.
12	DeVon Rice	Hawai'i	Fr.	8	385	6 TD · 4.7 per carry · 15 catches 4.7 → 4.7 yards per carry adj.
13	DJ Scott	North Dakota State	Fr.	8	364	5 TD · 3.8 per carry · 9 catches 3.9 → 3.9 yards per carry adj.
14	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	Fr.	7	333	2 TD · 4.9 per carry · 13 catches 5.0 → 5.0 yards per carry adj.
15	Viliami Teu	San José State	Fr.	8	293	3 TD · 6 per carry · 1 catches 5.9 → 5.9 yards per carry adj.
16	Tavorus Jones	UTEP	Fr.	7	276	1 TD · 4.2 per carry · 10 catches 4.4 → 4.6 yards per carry adj.
17	Gage LaDue FB	Air Force	Fr.	8	263	1 TD · 5.3 per carry · 1 catches 4.9 → 5.1 yards per carry adj.
18	Elijah Porter	Northern Illinois	Fr.	8	233	2 TD · 4.3 per carry · 6 catches 4.9 → 5.2 yards per carry adj.
19	Nyeoti Punni	North Dakota State	Fr.	7	175	4.6 per carry · 3 catches 4.9 → 4.8 yards per carry adj.
20	Cam Barfield	Hawai'i	Fr.	6	150	1 TD · 3.3 per carry · 11 catches 3.3 → 3.4 yards per carry adj.
21	Cameron Mathews	New Mexico	Fr.	4	149	1 TD · 7.5 per carry 7.5 → 7.0 yards per carry adj.
22	Barry Kpeenu	North Dakota State	Fr.	6	102	3.4 per carry · 1 catches 3.7 → 3.5 yards per carry adj.
23	Jaylon Glover	UNLV	Fr.	3	89	5.6 per carry · 3 catches 5.6 → 5.5 yards per carry adj.
24	Sitani Mikaele	Hawai'i	Fr.	8	87	1 TD · 3.2 per carry · 6 catches 3.2 → 3.1 yards per carry adj.
25	Deshaun Buchanan	New Mexico	Fr.	6	80	1 TD · 7.3 per carry · 1 catches
26	Lamar Sperling	UTEP	Fr.	6	74	3.4 per carry · 1 catches 5.0 → 5.2 yards per carry adj.
27	Darrion Bowers	New Mexico	Fr.	3	74	3.9 per carry 3.1 → 2.6 yards per carry adj.
28	Jaidaun Cranford	Northern Illinois	Fr.	5	67	7.4 per carry
29	Isaiah Carlson	San José State	Fr.	5	62	3.9 per carry · 1 catches 6.3 → 5.9 yards per carry adj.
30	Brady Wavrunek	North Dakota State	Fr.	7	59	4.9 per carry · 4 catches
31	Ky Woods	Nevada	Fr.	8	57	3.8 per carry · 2 catches 6.3 → 6.5 yards per carry adj.
32	Nico Hamilton	Wyoming	Fr.	4	53	3.3 per carry · 2 catches 3.9 → 3.7 yards per carry adj.
33	Elijah McCoy	UTEP	Fr.	4	38	4.8 per carry
34	Jerod Terry Jr.	New Mexico	Fr.	1	38	1 TD · 7.6 per carry 7.6 → 7.0 yards per carry adj.
35	Darrien Jones	UNLV	Fr.	6	36	2.8 per carry · 3 catches
36	Chris Hunter	UTEP	Fr.	4	26	3.7 per carry · 1 catches
37	TJ Fo'ilefutu	Hawai'i	Fr.	2	25	1 TD · 5 per carry · 1 catches
38	Jaden Moore	UTEP	Fr.	3	20	2 per carry 1.5 → 2.1 yards per carry adj.
39	Luke Rauh FB	Air Force	Fr.	1	19	9.5 per carry
40	Kamran Williams	UNLV	Fr.	2	15	5 per carry
41	Janerious Jackson	Nevada	Fr.	3	11	2.2 per carry · 1 catches
42	Omari Elias FB	Air Force	Fr.	2	11	2.8 per carry
43	Skylar Vann	UNLV	Fr.	1	10	3.3 per carry
44	Jaden Lawrence	Wyoming	Fr.	2	9	2.3 per carry
45	Jalen Rashad Turner	Air Force	Fr.	1	9	9 per carry
46	Carter Jackson	Nevada	Fr.	1	8	1 TD · 2.7 per carry
47	Oswaldo Morales	Air Force	Fr.	1	7	7 per carry
48	Kam Thomas	UTEP	Fr.	8	5	0.8 per carry · 19 catches
49	Price Davis FB	Air Force	Fr.	1	5	5 per carry
50	Jonathan Harvey	North Dakota State	Fr.	1	3	3 per carry
51	Mohammad Maali	UNLV	Fr.	1	3	3 per carry
52	Triston White	Northern Illinois	Fr.	1	2	1 per carry

2025 full season · players on 2026 rosters, qualified only · 10 players

#	Player	Team	Cl.	G	rushing yards	Line
1	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	Fr.	13	1,034	12 TD · 7 per carry · 38 catches 7.0 → 7.1 yards per carry adj.
2	Owen Allen	Air Force	Fr.	11	749	5 TD · 5.7 per carry 5.9 → 6.0 yards per carry adj.
3	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	Fr.	12	690	4 TD · 5.6 per carry · 16 catches 5.6 → 5.7 yards per carry adj.
4	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	Fr.	11	552	1 TD · 5.5 per carry · 16 catches 5.7 → 5.9 yards per carry adj.
5	Jaylon Glover	UNLV	Fr.	13	384	1 TD · 6 per carry · 6 catches 7.0 → 7.1 yards per carry adj.
6	Cam Barfield	Hawai'i	Fr.	13	371	4 TD · 4.6 per carry · 27 catches 5.0 → 5.3 yards per carry adj.
7	Herschel Turner	Nevada	Fr.	10	353	5.1 per carry · 3 catches 5.7 → 5.9 yards per carry adj.
8	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	Fr.	10	349	5 TD · 4.5 per carry · 3 catches 4.8 → 4.5 yards per carry adj.
9	Diore Hubbard	Wyoming	Fr.	8	335	4 TD · 3.5 per carry · 16 catches 3.4 → 4.1 yards per carry adj.
10	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	Fr.	8	274	5 TD · 6.1 per carry · 3 catches 6.1 → 6.2 yards per carry adj.

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