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James Madison's best running backs since 2004
George Pettaway leads with 1,930 rushing yards in 31 games at James Madison; Wayne Knight had 1,837.
Every running back with 5 or more games at James Madison 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.
13 running backs with 5+ games at James Madisonrushing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | rushing yards | rushing touchdowns | yards from scrimmage | receptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Pettaway | 2024–2026 | 31 | 1,930 | 12 | 2,241 | 39 |
| 2 | Wayne Knight | 2022–2025 | 34 | 1,837 | 11 | 2,445 | 61 |
| 3 | Kaelon Black | 2022–2023 | 22 | 970 | 4 | 1,401 | 44 |
| 4 | Percy Agyei-Obese | 2022 | 10 | 908 | 8 | 919 | 2 |
| 5 | Jobi Malary | 2024–2025 | 18 | 618 | 6 | 624 | 1 |
| 6 | Ty Son Lawton | 2023 | 12 | 568 | 5 | 742 | 19 |
| 7 | Latrele Palmer | 2022–2023 | 19 | 530 | 6 | 593 | 8 |
| 8 | Jordan Fuller | 2025 | 8 | 415 | 5 | 419 | 1 |
| 9 | Nick Herman | 2026 | 7 | 292 | 3 | 337 | 5 |
| 10 | Tyler Purdy | 2024 | 8 | 161 | 2 | 205 | 6 |
| 11 | Seth Cromwell | 2026 | 6 | 161 | 2 | 166 | 1 |
| 12 | Ayo Adeyi | 2024–2025 | 6 | 160 | 1 | 160 | 0 |
| 13 | Sammy Malignaggi | 2022–2023 | 12 | 131 | 1 | 131 | 0 |
Also at James Madison: 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.