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Central Michigan's best running backs since 2004

Lew Nichols leads with 3,061 rushing yards in 32 games at Central Michigan; Ontario Sneed had 2,863.

Every running back with 5 or more games at Central Michigan since 2004, ranked by rushing yards; the lines are each player's rushing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.

rushing yards · by game

rushing touchdowns · by game

yards from scrimmage · by game

37 running backs with 5+ games at Central Michiganrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Lew Nichols	2019–2022	32	3,061	26	3,636	71
2	Ontario Sneed	2005–2008	47	2,863	26	4,220	157
3	Jonathan Ward	2016–2019	42	2,537	28	3,446	98
4	Zurlon Tipton	2010–2013	33	2,463	34	2,987	52
5	Marion Lukes	2021–2024	44	1,942	13	2,547	59
6	Kobe Lewis	2018–2020	32	1,579	18	1,849	40
7	Devon Spalding	2014–2018	39	1,450	13	2,059	80
8	Paris Cotton	2008–2011	35	1,381	9	1,869	44
9	Saylor Lavallii	2012–2014	36	1,368	11	1,584	31
10	Thomas Rawls	2014	9	1,103	10	1,196	10
11	Myles Bailey	2021–2024	36	1,058	6	1,361	39
12	Carl Volny	2007–2010	30	933	8	1,307	43
13	Romello Ross	2015–2019	23	856	7	988	17
14	Justin Hoskins	2007–2008	22	809	12	1,136	35
15	Jahray Hayes	2015–2016	23	800	13	972	21
16	Bryan Schroeder	2008–2009	18	767	7	1,089	40
17	Anthony Garland	2011–2014	27	726	2	767	7
18	Martez Walker	2013–2015	25	646	3	763	24
19	Kumehnnu Gwilly	2016–2021	29	572	3	648	14
20	Brock Townsend	2024–2026	20	512	6	721	21
21	Trey Cornist	2025	13	470	1	470	0
22	B.J. Harris	2023–2024	17	457	3	559	12
23	Marcel Archer	2006–2007	16	449	7	525	11
24	Tim Phillips	2009–2012	15	289	2	406	15
25	Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore	2013–2014	10	272	2	311	4
26	Jayden Clerveaux	2026	6	239	2	256	3
27	Spencer Lewis	2004–2005	8	181	1	251	6
28	Vaughn Blue	2026	6	162	1	191	5
29	Nick Woodford	2026	6	116	2	151	8
30	Jay Roberson	2015–2017	11	61	0	119	8
31	Sam Hicks	2022–2023	14	51	1	71	5
32	Christian Brown	2022–2023	5	28	0	49	2
33	Berkley Edwards	2017	8	15	0	20	2
34	Joe Bacci	2014–2016	24	0	0	281	33
35	Hunter Buczkowski	2018–2021	11	0	0	92	10
36	Oakley Lavallii	2017–2019	7	0	0	24	2
37	Jerrod Davis	2017–2018	6	0	0	0	0

Also at Central Michigan: 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.