Most rushing yards per game in a college football season, bowls included since 2004
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Ashton Jeanty leads with 185.8 rushing yards per game over 14 games in 2024, bowls included, first of 30,251 player-seasons since 2004.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Ashton Jeanty (2024 Boise State)2024 | 185.8 | |
 Melvin Gordon III (2014 Wisconsin)2014 | 184.8 | |
 D'Onta Foreman (2016 Texas)2016 | 184.4 | |
 Kevin Smith (2007 UCF)2007 | 183.4 | |
 Jamario Thomas (2004 North Texas)2004 | 180.1 | |
 Jerome Harrison (2005 Washington State)2005 | 178.9 | |
 Jaret Patterson (2020 Buffalo)2020 | 178.7 | |
 DeAngelo Williams (2005 Memphis)2005 | 178.5 | |
 Matt Forte (2007 Tulane)2007 | 177.3 | |
 Garrett Wolfe (2005 Northern Illinois)2005 | 175.6 | |
 Rashaad Penny (2017 San Diego State)2017 | 172.9 | |
 Tevin Coleman (2014 Indiana)2014 | 169.7 | |
| Jonathan Taylor (2018 Wisconsin)2018 | 168.8 | |
| DeAngelo Williams (2004 Memphis)2004 | 168.7 | |
 J.J. Arrington (2004 California)2004 | 168.2 | |
 Andre Williams (2013 Boston College)2013 | 167.5 | |
 Kareem Hunt (2014 Toledo)2014 | 163.1 | |
 Bryce Love (2017 Stanford)2017 | 162.9 | |
 Leonard Fournette (2015 LSU)2015 | 162.8 | |
 Chuba Hubbard (2019 Oklahoma State)2019 | 161.1 | |
 Donald Brown (2008 UConn)2008 | 160.2 | |
 Ka'Deem Carey (2013 Arizona)2013 | 157.1 | |
 DeWayne McBride (2022 UAB)2022 | 155.7 | |
 Malcolm Perry (2019 Navy)2019 | 155.2 | |
 Ray Rice (2007 Rutgers)2007 | 154.8 |
Method
- The numbers here start in 2004, so a record set before then isn't on this board.
- 80,957 player-seasons haven't played 70% of the team's games, so they aren't here.