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Donnel Pumphrey is recognized as the career record holder in rushing yards.. The NCAA Division I FBS rushing leaders are career, single-season, and single-game leaders in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. [1]
Seven players since 1937 have led the country in rushing yardage in multiple seasons. They are Ricky Williams of Texas (1997–1998), Troy Davis of Iowa State (1995–1996), Charles White of USC (1978–1979), O. J. Simpson of USC (1967–1968), Preacher Pilot of New Mexico State (1961–1962), Art Luppino of Arizona (1954–1955), and Rudy Mobley of Hardin-Simmons (1942, 1946).
The Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. Established in 1990, it is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1955.
Tobin Bo Gunnar Gerhart (born March 28, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft.
Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940 Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969 Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988 Emmitt Smith was the league's rushing champion four times, including three consecutive ...
ESPN did a deep dive on college running backs, ranking the top 100 of the past 60 years. No surprise, there wasn’t a single Tennessee Vol mentioned.
2011 3 33 97 Sione Fua: Carolina Panthers: DT 4 27 124 Owen Marecic: Cleveland Browns: RB 5 23 154 Richard Sherman: Seattle Seahawks: DB 6 2 167 Ryan Whalen: Cincinnati Bengals: WR 2012 1 1 1 Andrew Luck: Indianapolis Colts: QB 1 24 24 David DeCastro: Pittsburgh Steelers: G 2 2 34 Coby Fleener: Indianapolis Colts: TE 2 10 42 Jonathan Martin ...
In February 2012, nine Alabama players, six seniors and three juniors, were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine. [188] The invited players were safety Mark Barron, defensive tackle Josh Chapman, wide receivers Darius Hanks and Marquis Maze, linebackers Dont'a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw, cornerbacks Dre Kirkpatrick and DeQuan Menzie, and ...