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The WAC's best running backs since 2004

Vai Taua leads with 4,588 rushing yards in 41 games in the WAC; Ian Johnson had 4,184.

Every running back with 5 or more games in the WAC 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

161 running backs with 5+ games in the WACrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Vai Taua	2007–2010	41	4,588	45	5,159	61
2	Ian Johnson	2005–2008	49	4,184	58	4,826	60
3	Daniel Porter	2006–2009	46	3,352	28	3,785	53
4	Robert Turbin	2007–2011	38	3,315	40	4,160	67
5	Ryan Mathews	2007–2009	31	3,280	39	3,548	19
6	Robbie Rouse	2009–2011	36	3,157	25	3,516	47
7	Jeremy Avery	2007–2010	51	2,931	29	3,721	67
8	Luke Lippincott	2006–2009	35	2,926	34	3,392	45
9	Patrick Jackson	2005–2008	46	2,824	29	3,483	78
10	Deonte' Jackson	2007–2010	49	2,700	16	3,276	68
11	Kerwynn Williams	2010–2012	38	2,505	22	3,375	64
12	Princeton McCarty	2008–2011	46	2,245	12	2,732	55
13	Wendell Mathis	2004–2005	23	2,238	26	2,418	18
14	Yonus Davis	2004–2008	36	2,200	13	2,483	31
15	Doug Martin	2008–2010	37	2,132	27	2,592	39
16	Lonyae Miller	2006–2009	45	2,062	20	2,153	14
17	Lennon Creer	2010–2011	22	2,019	19	2,293	43
18	Lampford Mark	2008–2011	30	1,882	16	1,929	10
19	B.J. Mitchell	2004–2005	22	1,849	19	1,878	5
20	Brandon Rutley	2008–2011	45	1,779	21	2,447	70
21	Ryan Moats	2004	12	1,774	18	1,890	15
22	Lee Marks	2004–2005	25	1,727	8	1,788	17
23	Robert Hubbard	2005–2006	23	1,685	17	2,030	35
24	Alex Green	2009–2010	27	1,652	20	2,113	38
25	Dwayne Wright	2004–2006	14	1,647	14	1,933	32
26	Bryson Sumlin	2004–2005	22	1,637	17	1,815	24
27	Kenny Turner	2010–2011	23	1,535	12	2,252	71
28	Derrvin Speight	2007–2010	34	1,493	13	1,730	28
29	Justine Buries	2005–2007	26	1,493	9	1,715	45
30	Seth Smith	2009–2010	24	1,401	4	1,478	16
31	Nate Ilaoa	2005–2006	18	1,325	15	2,259	81
32	Michael Smith	2009–2011	27	1,313	15	1,737	38
33	Kenneth Dixon	2012	12	1,194	27	1,229	10
34	Howard Jackson	2004	12	1,187	10	1,459	30
35	Mike Ball	2009–2011	30	1,183	12	1,299	23
36	Anthony Harding	2006–2009	37	1,172	9	1,341	22
37	Ray Holley	2010–2012	25	1,090	13	1,541	49
38	D.J. Harper	2007–2010	28	1,085	15	1,178	12
39	Uril Parrish	2004	12	1,069	8	1,178	17
40	De'Leon Eskridge	2012	13	1,025	11	1,181	28
41	Ed Bailey	2004	10	1,021	12	1,048	3
42	DeMaundray Woolridge	2009	13	980	18	1,000	3
43	Tonny Glynn	2006–2009	35	976	5	1,240	38
44	Brian Flowers Jr.	2006–2007	20	958	6	1,151	22
45	Lamon Muldrow	2009–2010	19	916	4	1,078	23
46	Patrick Perry	2005–2009	34	901	10	958	6
47	Leon Wright-Jackson	2007–2009	30	858	10	1,201	43
48	Courtney Randall	2007–2010	33	823	10	849	5
49	Chance Kretschmer	2004	11	813	7	881	12
50	Hunter Lee	2011–2012	23	812	8	1,336	44
51	Tyson Thompson	2004	11	811	5	1,042	16
52	Freddie Franklin	2004–2006	21	808	6	1,044	28
53	Kama Bailey	2008–2011	48	779	3	1,426	70
54	Germi Morrison	2012	12	767	2	861	13
55	Michael Brewster	2004	13	722	6	995	34
56	Antwaun Carter	2004–2005	24	718	17	727	1
57	Brandon Fragger	2006–2009	22	718	4	861	20
58	Marcus Curry	2012	11	685	10	852	19
59	Jayson Bird	2005–2007	17	683	9	821	12
60	Mark Dillard	2004–2006	18	674	8	831	13
61	Daniel Libre	2007–2008	17	633	6	795	24
62	Marquell Colston	2008–2009	15	633	6	715	17
63	Clifton Smith	2004–2007	25	629	5	981	33
64	Marcus Cross	2006	11	625	3	829	26
65	Joel Armstrong	2004	9	608	5	608	0
66	Brandon Diles	2004	11	597	7	656	4
67	Jeff Carpenter	2004–2005	25	592	6	1,002	39
68	Jeremiah Williams	2005–2007	29	588	6	1,016	56
69	Jarvis Hodge	2007–2010	21	588	5	585	2
70	Greg Henderson	2004	9	566	6	566	0
71	Lance Martin	2004	10	556	7	625	7
72	Joey Iosefa	2011	13	548	7	670	20
73	Rolly Lumbala	2005–2007	24	545	3	838	31
74	David Glasco II	2012	12	537	5	609	11
75	Curtis Marsh	2007–2010	25	487	4	697	28
76	Robert Clay	2009–2012	21	486	3	588	14
77	Vinny Perretta	2005–2008	35	479	6	1,470	74
78	Ryan Bass	2012	12	469	0	566	16
79	Stefphon Jefferson	2010–2011	12	455	6	503	7
80	Evans Okotcha	2012	12	450	8	799	24
81	James T. Callier	2005–2007	27	446	7	718	28
82	Myke Compton	2008–2010	25	437	7	580	22
83	Cedrick Dorsey	2004	11	431	2	499	5
84	Troy Vital	2008–2011	25	413	4	474	10
85	Brett Denton	2004–2006	18	412	4	488	7
86	James Baker	2012	12	385	2	461	8
87	William Griffin	2006–2007	14	364	1	415	10
88	Ryan Bohm	2005–2006	12	360	4	561	25
89	West Keliikipi	2004	11	336	7	467	17
90	Foy Munlin	2004	9	335	2	372	3
91	Jacob French	2006–2007	19	331	0	665	42
92	Jerod Walker	2005	8	328	1	328	0
93	Chizzy Dimude	2009–2010	19	325	1	411	9
94	Al Guidry	2005–2006	12	324	2	375	6
95	Quinton Jones	2004–2006	29	322	5	392	6
96	Drew Robinson	2004	9	322	5	355	8
97	Tyler Ervin	2011–2012	16	312	2	455	13
98	Marcus Rucker	2004	6	311	2	331	2
99	David Freeman	2010–2012	17	306	3	395	4
100	Quinton Smith	2004	8	300	2	302	2
101	Tracy Ford	2005–2006	17	299	2	549	34
102	Joe Hill	2011–2012	14	293	8	502	12
103	Matt Kaiserman	2009–2010	11	290	2	321	3
104	A.J. Ellis	2009–2011	11	289	3	377	13
105	Robert Marshall	2010–2012	17	281	2	342	7
106	Tim Gay	2012	9	279	1	285	2
107	Jon Helmandollar	2004–2006	16	278	15	293	2
108	Tyrone Duplessis	2009–2011	11	274	0	337	6
109	Matt Rivera	2004–2005	20	248	1	777	49
110	Sterling Jackson	2011	12	246	2	282	3
111	Terrence Franks	2012	12	239	5	389	10
112	Antraun McDaniel	2006	10	237	2	272	4
113	Tiger Powell	2012	9	236	5	247	2
114	Lamar Ferguson	2004–2005	15	219	1	213	5
115	Cameron Island	2006–2009	18	218	2	252	2
116	Antwaun Sherman	2005	8	212	2	254	9
117	Matt Austin	2004	12	197	2	255	6
118	Marquis Butler	2008–2009	12	181	2	266	11
119	Reagan Maui'a	2005–2006	10	181	3	283	8
120	Ryan Bass	2011	6	175	2	182	3
121	Jamaal Rashad	2008–2009	6	167	0	167	0
122	Tracy Slocum	2010	9	163	2	163	0
123	David Farmer	2005–2008	31	159	4	378	29
124	Chris Nwoko	2006	10	159	4	222	6
125	Dominique Hunsucker	2007–2010	23	157	0	192	5
126	Jimmy Smith	2004	9	157	1	164	1
127	Joey DeMartino	2010	8	157	1	171	2
128	Brandon Perez	2006–2010	20	155	0	194	12
129	David Romaka	2005–2006	15	152	2	207	11
130	Ina Liaina	2008–2012	25	150	1	284	14
131	D.J. Morrow	2009	7	150	1	176	4
132	Quin Ashley	2007–2011	16	146	0	197	3
133	Marcus Thomas	2004	8	145	0	152	3
134	Aaron Lesue	2006–2007	11	143	1	308	13
135	Chris Forbes	2005–2006	7	140	3	210	13
136	Todd Handley	2012	9	135	0	219	17
137	Michael Harris	2009–2011	11	131	2	207	9
138	Nick Hale	2010–2011	8	128	0	182	5
139	Derron Brown	2004	10	112	3	147	6
140	Jayson Rego	2008–2009	10	108	0	108	0
141	Chris Reese	2008–2009	8	106	0	113	2
142	Danny Wilson	2004	6	106	1	112	1
143	Tanner Rust	2010	10	103	0	103	0
144	Jason Lee Brown	2005	7	103	1	118	4
145	Brandon Armstrong	2012	10	97	0	180	12
146	Victor Johnson	2010–2011	12	94	0	115	3
147	Drew Wright	2009–2010	5	93	0	93	0
148	Jason Simpson	2011–2012	8	90	1	100	1
149	Jacob Actkinson	2007–2009	12	86	1	253	12
150	Ronald Opetaia	2008–2009	12	85	1	134	6
151	Brad Lau	2004–2006	16	84	2	192	11
152	Milton Knox	2011	5	84	0	97	1
153	Joe Moore	2004	8	82	0	125	5
154	Brian Vaughn	2012	5	72	0	101	1
155	Lynwood Johnson	2005–2006	12	66	1	123	7
156	Robbie Dubois	2004	9	48	1	167	9
157	Donavan Roberts	2008–2010	7	35	0	53	2
158	Corbin Louks	2011	10	19	0	322	26
159	Nathan Adams	2004–2006	5	10	0	17	1
160	Nate Shaw	2012	7	5	1	33	5
161	Fred Turner	2004	5	1	0	1	0

Also in the WAC: 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.