Most yards from scrimmage in a college football running back's season, bowls included since 2004
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Kevin Smith leads with 2,809 yards from scrimmage in 2007, bowls included, first of 14,568 running back seasons since 2004.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Kevin Smith (2007 UCF)2007 | 2,809 | |
 Melvin Gordon III (2014 Wisconsin)2014 | 2,740 | |
 Ashton Jeanty (2024 Boise State)2024 | 2,739 | |
 Christian McCaffrey (2015 Stanford)2015 | 2,664 | |
 Matt Forte (2007 Tulane)2007 | 2,409 | |
 Rashaad Penny (2017 San Diego State)2017 | 2,383 | |
| Donnel Pumphrey (2016 San Diego State)2016 | 2,364 | |
| Jay Ajayi (2014 Boise State)2014 | 2,358 | |
 Cam Skattebo (2024 Arizona State)2024 | 2,316 | |
 Derrick Henry (2015 Alabama)2015 | 2,310 | |
 Chuba Hubbard (2019 Oklahoma State)2019 | 2,292 | |
| Jonathan Taylor (2019 Wisconsin)2019 | 2,255 | |
| Jonathan Taylor (2018 Wisconsin)2018 | 2,254 | |
 Dalvin Cook (2016 Florida State)2016 | 2,253 | |
 Ray Rice (2007 Rutgers)2007 | 2,251 | |
 J.K. Dobbins (2019 Ohio State)2019 | 2,250 | |
 Ka'Deem Carey (2012 Arizona)2012 | 2,232 | |
| Montee Ball (2011 Wisconsin)2011 | 2,229 | |
 Kerwynn Williams (2012 Utah State)2012 | 2,209 | |
 Donald Brown (2008 UConn)2008 | 2,208 | |
 Antonio Andrews (2013 Western Kentucky)2013 | 2,208 | |
| Brian Calhoun (2005 Wisconsin)2005 | 2,207 | |
 Leonard Fournette (2015 LSU)2015 | 2,206 | |
 Darrell Henderson Jr. (2018 Memphis)2018 | 2,204 | |
 I'Tavius Mathers (2016 Middle Tennessee)2016 | 2,194 |
Method
- The numbers here start in 2004, so a record set before then isn't on this board.