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Oregon's best running backs since 2004

Royce Freeman leads with 5,621 rushing yards in 51 games at Oregon; LaMike James had 5,082.

Every running back with 5 or more games at Oregon 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 Oregonrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Royce Freeman	2014–2017	51	5,621	60	6,435	79
2	LaMike James	2009–2011	37	5,082	53	5,668	51
3	Kenjon Barner	2009–2012	49	3,623	41	4,214	54
4	Travis Dye	2018–2021	48	3,111	21	3,980	83
5	CJ Verdell	2018–2021	37	2,929	27	3,539	58
6	Jonathan Stewart	2005–2007	35	2,871	26	3,206	48
7	Jeremiah Johnson	2005–2008	37	2,317	30	2,614	34
8	Noah Whittington	2022–2025	42	2,296	19	2,777	75
9	Bucky Irving	2022–2023	27	2,235	16	2,947	87
10	Jordan James	2022–2024	37	2,215	31	2,562	42
11	De'Anthony Thomas	2011–2013	37	1,890	26	3,186	113
12	Tony Brooks-James	2015–2018	41	1,863	18	2,255	40
13	Terrence Whitehead	2004–2005	20	1,679	9	2,497	87
14	Kani Benoit	2014–2017	38	1,346	17	1,472	16
15	Thomas Tyner	2013–2014	23	1,284	14	1,485	25
16	LeGarrette Blount	2008–2009	16	1,084	19	1,099	4
17	Jordon Davison	2025–2026	20	997	21	1,070	16
18	Dierre Hill Jr.	2025–2026	21	951	8	1,286	33
19	Taj Griffin	2015–2018	28	879	6	1,287	30
20	Andre Crenshaw	2006–2009	28	703	8	775	9
21	Remene Alston Jr.	2007–2010	21	692	9	718	3
22	Ayele Forde	2011–2014	23	555	2	564	1
23	Byron Cardwell Jr.	2021–2022	13	493	4	530	8
24	Jayden Limar	2023–2025	25	442	4	649	20
25	Darrian Felix	2017–2019	17	426	3	520	10
26	Cyrus Habibi-Likio	2018–2020	25	409	21	507	14
27	Sean Dollars	2019–2022	15	316	1	460	18
28	Tra Carson	2011	8	254	1	260	1
29	Da'Jaun Riggs	2024–2026	9	238	1	259	2
30	Kenny Bassett	2012–2014	23	233	2	269	2
31	Jay Harris	2024–2025	12	186	3	277	7
32	Kenny Washington	2004	10	161	1	250	9
33	Chris Harper	2008	10	137	2	259	9
34	Andiel Brown	2004–2007	16	102	1	124	1
35	Terrell Jackson	2005	6	100	0	137	8
36	Dante Dowdell	2023	6	90	1	90	0
37	Lane Roseberry	2013–2014	9	63	0	63	0

Also at Oregon: 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.