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I ND I V I DUAL RUSH I NG
MOST RUSHES
Game 42 tb Cyrus Lawrence vs. Memphis St..1981
Season 325 tb Cyrus Lawrence..........................1981
Career 843 tb Cyrus Lawrence................... 1979-82
MOST NET YARDS
Game 253 tb Darren Evans vs. Maryland.......2008
Season 1709 tb David Wilson...............................2011
Career 3767 tb Cyrus Lawrence................... 1979-82
MOST TOUCHDOWNS SCORED RUSHING
Game
6 tb Tommy Francisco vs. VMI.........1966
Season 27 tb Lee Suggs....................................2000
Career
53 tb Lee Suggs............................. 1999-02
HIGHEST YARDS-PER-CARRY AVERAGE
Season 6.26 tb André Kendrick............................1999
(min. 100 carries)
Career 5.76 tb David Wilson........................ 2009-11
(min. 300 carries)
TEAM RUSH I NG
RUSHING ATTEMPTS
Game Most: 87 vs. Wake Forest.........................1975
Fewest: 17 vs. Virginia...................................1994
Season Most: 728.....................................................1975
MOST NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING
Game 500 vs. Pittsburgh....................................1993
Season 3076 .............................................................1975
MOST TOUCHDOWNS SCORED RUSHING
Game
8 vs. Akron............................................1995
Season 46 .............................................................2000
HIGHEST YARDS-PER-CARRY AVERAGE
Game 9.24 vs. Akron............................................1995
Season 5.28 .............................................................2003
MOST FIRST DOWNS RUSHING
Game 25 vs. South Carolina...........................1974
Season 171 .............................................................1970
S I NGL E - SEASON
1 , 0 0 0 -YARD RUSHERS
Year Player
Carries Net Yds. TDs
1952 Don Welsh
102 392 2
1953 Dickie Beard
60 349 1
1954 Dickie Beard
128 647 2
1955 Dickie Beard
92 382 2
1956 Bobby Wolfenden 74 459 4
1957 Corbin Bailey
89 366 0
1958 Pat Henry
78 375 5
1959 Alger Pugh
112 615 6
1960 Warren Price
98 350 5
1961 Warren Price
93 356 3
1962 Gerald Bobbitte
95 312 3
1963 Bob Schweickert
155 839 7
1964 Sonny Utz
175 777 10
1965 Bobby Owens
146 526 7
1966 Tommy Francisco 203 753 13
1967 Terry Smoot
68 356 4
1968 Terry Smoot
196 820 8
1969 Terry Smoot
246 940 11
1970 Perry Tiberio
184 764 8
1971 James Barber
93 501 9
1972 James Barber
186 624 13
1973 Phil Rogers
175 1036 1
1974 Phil Rogers
153 663 7
1975 Roscoe Coles
194 1045 10
1976 Roscoe Coles
209 1119 9
1977 Roscoe Coles
158 672 4
1978 Kenny Lewis
184 1020 10
1979 Cyrus Lawrence 177 791 9
1980 Cyrus Lawrence 271 1221 8
1981 Cyrus Lawrence 325 1403 8
1982 Billy Hite
145 622 3
1983 Otis Copeland
158 709 7
1984 Maurice Williams 149 574 6
Year Player
Carries Net Yds. TDs
1985 Maurice Williams 167 936 9
1986 Maurice Williams 166 1029 6
1987 Jon Jeffries
125 599 3
1988 Ralph Brown
140 514 4
1989 Vaughn Hebron 134 584 1
1990 Vaughn Hebron 133 640 3
1991 Tony Kennedy
143 684 10
1992 Vaughn Hebron 105 579 5
1993 Dwayne Thomas 214 1130 11
1994 Dwayne Thomas 142 655 5
1995 Dwayne Thomas 167 673 7
1996 Ken Oxendine
150 890 13
1997 Ken Oxendine
237 904 8
1998 Lamont Pegues
178 745 7
1999 Shyrone Stith
226 1119 13
2000 Lee Suggs
222 1207 27
2001 Kevin Jones
175 957 5
2002 Lee Suggs
257 1325 22
2003 Kevin Jones
281 1647 21
2004 Mike Imoh
158 720 6
2005 Cedric Humes
162 752 11
2006 Branden Ore
241 1137 16
2007 Branden Ore
276 992 9
2008 Darren Evans
287 1265 11
2009 Ryan Williams
293 1655 21
2010 Darren Evans
151 854 11
2011 David Wilson
290 1709 9
2012 Logan Thomas
174 524 9
2013 Trey Edmunds
166 675 10
2014 J.C. Coleman
107 533 3
2015 Travon McMillian 200 1043 7
2016 Jerod Evans
204 846 12
Name
Year
Carries Yards
David Wilson
2011
290
1709
Ryan Williams
2009
293
1655
Kevin Jones
2003
281
1647
Cyrus Lawrence
1981
325
1403
Lee Suggs
2002
257
1325
Darren Evans
2008
287
1265
Cyrus Lawrence
1980
271
1221
Lee Suggs
2000
222
1207
Branden Ore
2006
241
1137
Dwayne Thomas
1993
214
1130
Roscoe Coles
1976
209
1119
Shyrone Stith
1999
226
1119
Roscoe Coles
1975
194
1045
Travon McMillian 2015
200
1043
Phil Rogers
1973
175
1036
Maurice Williams
1986
166
1029
Kenny Lewis
1978
184
1020
RUSHING
YEAR-BY-YEAR RUSHING LEADERS
RYAN
WILLIAMS
DAVID
WILSON