Who had the most rushing yards in college?

Answer 1

LaDainian Tomlinson holds the NCAA single-game rushing record with 406 yards for Texas Christian against Texas El Paso in 1999. I'm an alum of TCU, and I believe that this record still holds strong. That record has long since be broken, last year in fact a kid from Southern Connecticut State university, Jarom Freeman rush for 418 yards. Forth most in NCAA history.

Answer 2

Division IA: LaDainian Tomlinson with 406 yards vs UTEP in 1999.

The all-division NCAA single game rushing record is held by Dante Brown who chalked up 441 yards for Marietta College (Div III) against Baldwin-Wallace on Oct. 5, 1996.

Answer 3

As of December, 2008 the answer to this question is Nate Kmic from Mount Union College. Kmic finished one of the best seasons ever for a college running back and now holds College Football's record for career rushing yards with 8,074 yards. This season Kmic ran for a record 2,790 yards with 43 rushing and 44 total touchdowns as he led the Purple Raiders to their 10th NCAA Division III National Championship with a 31-26 win over UW-Whitewater.

Answer 4

NCAA Division I-A rushing record is currently held by Ron Dayne from The University of Wisconsin-Madison with 6,397 rushing yards (7,125 yards Bowl games included). Followed by Ricky Williams and Tony Dorsett. To see the top 60 go to fbsstatistics.com.

The NCAA rushing leader for all divisions is Danny Woodhead of Division II Chadron State with 7,441 rushing yards.

Answer 5

PJ Daniels of Georgia Tech ran for 307 yds against Tulsa during the 2003 Humanitarian Bowl. ...Daniels had 104 yards in the first half, then exploded for 150 yards in the third quarter before finishing his day early in the fourth quarter . . . Tied the Tech record with four touchdowns, scoring on runs of nine, one, 33 and 38 yards . . . Named to ESPN.com's 2003 "All-Bowl" team. Previous record was 280 yards by James Gray of Texas Tech versus Duke in the 1989 All-American Bowl. Source:www.ramblingwreck.com

Answer 6

Adrian Peterson

296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on 11-6-07 as arookie

Answer 7

Ron Dayne currently hold the record for the most rushing yards in college

Answer 8

Steve sleton holds the record with 654 rushing yards

Answer 9

Barry Sanders