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The Big East's best running backs since 2004

Ray Rice leads with 4,926 rushing yards in 38 games in the Big East; Noel Devine had 4,314.

Every running back with 5 or more games in the Big East since 2004, ranked by rushing yards; the lines are each player's rushing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn.

rushing yards · by game

rushing touchdowns · by game

yards from scrimmage · by game

124 running backs with 5+ games in the Big Eastrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Ray Rice	2005–2007	38	4,926	49	5,260	37
2	Noel Devine	2007–2010	51	4,314	29	5,024	98
3	Steve Slaton	2005–2007	35	3,923	50	4,728	65
4	Donald Brown	2006–2008	36	3,800	33	4,076	48
5	Isaiah Pead	2008–2011	42	3,288	27	4,009	87
6	Ray Graham	2009–2012	45	3,271	32	4,070	98
7	Jordan Todman	2008–2010	36	3,179	31	3,462	42
8	Delone Carter	2006–2010	41	3,104	24	3,312	28
9	Dion Lewis	2009–2010	25	2,860	30	3,265	52
10	LeSean McCoy	2007–2008	25	2,816	35	3,365	65
11	Victor Anderson	2008–2011	41	2,345	16	2,828	69
12	Bilal Powell	2007–2010	38	2,338	19	2,682	45
13	Antwon Bailey	2008–2011	43	2,138	11	2,844	92
14	Curtis Brinkley	2005–2008	35	2,132	11	2,453	33
15	Lyle McCombs	2011–2012	23	2,011	13	2,413	43
16	Jawan Jamison	2011–2012	25	1,972	13	2,357	36
17	LaRod Stephens-Howling	2005–2008	42	1,959	15	2,413	52
18	Andre Dixon	2007–2009	29	1,958	17	2,358	37
19	Brian Leonard	2004–2006	35	1,895	23	3,275	154
20	Demetris Murray	2009–2012	37	1,778	18	2,270	49
21	Joe Martinek	2008–2011	43	1,770	17	2,218	46
22	Moise Plancher	2006–2010	40	1,739	16	1,896	25
23	George Winn	2009–2012	30	1,710	15	1,869	19
24	Damien Rhodes	2004–2005	22	1,567	14	2,050	39
25	Cornell Brockington	2004–2005	22	1,555	15	1,790	35
26	Mike Ford	2007–2009	34	1,502	23	1,566	7
27	Jeremy Wright	2010–2012	33	1,485	15	1,849	51
28	Jacob Ramsey	2006–2009	37	1,469	9	1,744	39
29	Greg Moore	2005–2007	35	1,456	6	1,819	29
30	Montel Harris	2012	11	1,405	19	1,495	10
31	Kolby Smith	2005–2006	23	1,385	13	1,798	42
32	Andre Hall	2005	12	1,374	13	1,695	26
33	George Stripling	2005–2007	31	1,338	13	1,824	33
34	Terry Caulley	2005–2006	21	1,333	9	1,626	46
35	Jerome Smith	2011–2012	21	1,305	4	1,392	9
36	Butler Benton	2005–2007	35	1,283	7	1,622	30
37	Michael Bush	2005–2006	11	1,271	26	1,527	22
38	Brock Bolen	2006–2008	33	1,257	16	1,501	28
39	Benjamin Williams	2006–2008	38	1,169	15	1,604	45
40	Anthony Allen	2006–2007	24	1,102	20	1,303	25
41	Bradley Glatthaar	2005–2007	36	1,047	17	1,180	22
42	Owen Schmitt	2005–2007	38	1,003	13	1,291	32
43	Tyson Gulley	2010–2012	27	993	10	1,309	38
44	Raymond Kirkley Jr.	2004–2005	18	911	7	1,146	30
45	Jason Colson	2004–2006	23	866	7	1,083	20
46	John Goebel	2008–2010	28	844	10	1,156	33
47	Lindsey Lamar	2009–2012	43	836	5	1,346	58
48	Darrell Scott	2011	11	814	5	983	15
49	Kordell Young	2006–2010	37	807	8	1,043	31
50	Walter Reyes	2004	9	803	7	916	14
51	Jourdan Brooks	2008–2009	19	798	10	798	0
52	Dustin Garrison	2011	11	742	6	943	24
53	Senorise Perry	2011–2012	17	732	12	913	18
54	Lou Allen	2005–2007	25	729	13	776	5
55	Shawne Alston	2009–2011	20	682	12	696	6
56	Ricky Ponton	2005–2006	19	679	4	755	11
57	Rushel Shell	2012	12	641	4	744	9
58	Andre Callender	2004	9	637	2	755	16
59	L.V. Whitworth	2004	9	623	5	732	15
60	Jeremy Deering	2010–2012	33	578	2	993	21
61	Savon Huggins	2011–2012	19	556	7	586	8
62	Ryan Clarke	2009–2010	24	541	16	572	4
63	Dominique Brown	2011	12	533	4	631	16
64	Robbie Frey	2008–2010	21	529	7	573	7
65	Doug Hogue	2007–2010	18	483	3	622	14
66	Jamar Taylor	2007–2009	23	477	5	547	9
67	Darius Ashley	2009–2010	10	462	4	485	8
68	Tim Murphy	2004–2005	19	452	2	702	27
69	Matt Brown	2012	11	443	6	474	4
70	Umar Ferguson	2004	9	443	2	548	13
71	Jabu Lovelace	2006–2009	19	423	4	423	0
72	Pernell Williams	2004–2005	13	421	4	437	4
73	Scott McCummings	2011–2012	23	417	7	417	0
74	Jordan Thomas	2010–2011	19	417	1	640	16
75	Rashad Jennings	2005	8	411	1	446	5
76	Ralph David Abernathy IV	2011–2012	26	404	3	741	29
77	Marcus Shaw	2010–2012	22	400	3	479	11
78	Tim Brown	2004	9	388	2	587	33
79	Isaac Bennett	2011–2012	12	378	5	544	22
80	Mason Robinson	2007–2012	41	353	1	482	13
81	De'Antwan Williams	2009–2010	12	346	1	346	0
82	Zach Brown	2011	9	336	5	520	25
83	Conredge Collins	2005–2008	35	335	2	673	37
84	A.J. Brooks	2004	6	319	3	342	3
85	Chris Bellamy	2004	10	296	3	413	17
86	Paul Chiara	2005–2007	22	248	2	424	24
87	Shane Brooks	2006–2007	10	243	2	265	4
88	Jameel Poteat	2011–2012	14	227	2	226	1
89	Aston Samuels	2007–2009	11	201	0	225	5
90	Sergio Spencer	2005–2007	10	188	4	289	9
91	Jordan Luallen	2011–2012	12	186	2	186	0
92	Jason Gwaltney	2005	6	186	3	201	4
93	Deon Anderson	2004–2006	20	177	0	411	28
94	Darrin Williams	2009–2010	12	176	0	195	5
95	Andrew Buie	2011	8	172	1	257	13
96	Blayne Donnell	2007–2010	18	162	0	223	11
97	Richard Kelly	2007–2010	20	156	2	228	7
98	Adonis Ameen-Moore	2011–2012	10	148	5	148	0
99	Justise Hairston	2004	8	146	1	251	17
100	D.J. Shoemate	2010–2011	6	143	1	164	3
101	Jamie Gilmore	2012	6	143	0	143	0
102	Diamond Ferri	2004	5	141	2	141	0
103	Kevin Collier	2006–2008	9	140	2	158	3
104	Vernard Roberts	2011	5	140	3	152	4
105	Marcus Furman	2004–2005	13	126	0	369	27
106	Courtney Denson	2005–2007	15	124	0	274	12
107	Max DeLorenzo	2012	5	119	0	133	1
108	Clarence Pittman	2004–2005	7	116	0	116	0
109	Ed Collington	2006–2007	5	110	2	110	0
110	Kareem Jones	2005	10	108	0	151	5
111	Carlton Hill	2005	7	94	1	113	3
112	Mike Daniels	2005–2007	10	92	0	145	11
113	Mark Rodgers	2008–2009	19	89	0	90	2
114	Jeremy Sellers	2004–2007	10	81	1	118	5
115	Walt Smith	2005–2006	6	81	2	85	1
116	Jonathan Jean-Louis	2011	7	79	0	79	0
117	Chris Burns	2009–2010	10	78	1	78	1
118	Martin Hyppolite	2010–2012	7	74	1	84	1
119	Kenneth Harper	2012	12	65	2	214	14
120	Markis Facyson	2004–2005	9	63	0	102	6
121	Daniel Brown	2010	8	59	0	91	3
122	Michael Burton	2011–2012	11	53	0	155	13
123	Corvin Lamb	2012	7	50	1	108	3
124	Steve Rene	2010–2012	14	8	0	12	1

Also in the Big East: quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.