2000 Yards Rushing-A Common Feat in College Football?
Rushing for 2000+ yards in a season is more common than you think.
16 players have gained 2000 yards rushing in a season since 2000. Two players achieved that milestone in both 2000 and 2016. And in 2019, four topped the 2K mark on the ground. Another did it in back-to-back seasons.
However, since 2000 only one 2000-yard back has won the most coveted prize in college Football, the Heisman Trophy.
So, without further ado, here is the list.
2000-yard Rushers since 2000
LaDainian Tomlinson-TCU (2000)
- 2158 yards and 22 TDs in 2000.
- Consensus All-American
- Doak Walker Award.
Damien Anderson-Northwestern (2000)
- 2063 yards and 23 touchdowns.
- Consensus All-American.
Larry Johnson, Penn State (2002)
- 2087 yards and 20 TDs
- Consensus All-American.
- Doak Walker Award
- Maxwell Award
- Walter Camp Player of the Year.
J.J. Arrington, CAL (2004)
- 2018 yards and 15 TDs.
- 7 yards per carry average.
- Rushed for 100+ yards in every game that season.
- Consensus All-American.
Kevin Smith, UCF (2007)
- 2567 yards and 29 touchdowns.
- Four games of 200+ yards rushing.
- 41 carries for 320 yards and four touchdowns against UAB.
- Consensus All-American honors.
Donald Brown, UConn (2008)
- 2083 yards and 18 TDs.
- Big East Offensive Player of the Year.
Andre Williams, Boston College (2013)
- 2177 yards and 18 touchdowns.
- 339 yards and 2 touchdowns against N.C. State.
- Doak Walker Award.
- Consensus All-American.
Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin (2014)
- 2587 yards and 29 touchdowns.
- Rushed for over 200 yards five times.
- 408 yards and four TDs, a 16-yard avg. vs Nebraska.
- Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.
- Doak Walker Award.
- Consensus All-American.
Derrick Henry, Alabama (2015)
- 2219 yards and 28 scores (he scored at least one TD in every game that season).
- Heisman Trophy
- Doak Walker Award
- Maxwell Award
- Walter Camp Player of the Year
- Consensus All-American
D’onta Foreman, Texas (2016)
- 2028 yards and 15 touchdowns.
- Foreman rushed for 341 yards and three TDs against Texas Tech.
- Doak Walker Award
- Consensus All-American.
Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State (2016)
- 2133 yards and 17 touchdowns.
- Rushed for 100+ yards in 11 games that season.
- Four games of 200 yards or more.
- Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
- Pumphrey is ranked 3rd all-time in NCAA history with 6405 career rushing yards.
Rashaad Penny, San Diego State (2017)
- 2248 yards and 23 touchdowns.
- He rushed for over 200 yards in each of his final five games he averaged 7.8 yards per carry.
- Consensus All-American.
- Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin (2018 and 2019)
- 2194 yards and 16 TDs in 2018.
- 2003 yards and 21 scores in 2019.
- Consensus All-American 2018-2019.
- Doak Walker Award 2018-2019.
- 321 yards on 33 carries (9.7-yard average) and three touchdowns against Purdue in 2018.
- 3 rushing touchdowns in a game four times.
- 200 yards in three consecutive games in 2019.
- 6174 career yards (6th all-time in the NCAA) and scored 50 touchdowns.
Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State (2019)
- 2094 yards and 21 touchdowns.
- 7 games with multiple rushing touchdowns.
- Consensus All-American.
Malcolm Perry, Navy (2019)
- Perry rushed for 2017 yards and 21 touchdowns as the quarterback for the Midshipmen.
- 304 yards and 2 touchdowns in a win over Army.
- AAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2019.
J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State (2019)
- 2003 yards and 21 TDs and he averaged 6.7 yards per rush.
- 211 yards and four touchdowns in a win over arch-rival Michigan.
Thanks for reading.
**Stats provided by sports-reference.com.
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