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Wake Forest's best running backs since 2004

Demond Claiborne leads with 2,599 rushing yards in 38 games at Wake Forest; Matt Colburn had 2,528.

Every running back with 5 or more games at Wake Forest 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

39 running backs with 5+ games at Wake Forestrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Demond Claiborne	2022–2025	38	2,599	26	3,023	55
2	Matt Colburn	2015–2018	47	2,528	15	2,834	34
3	Cade Carney	2016–2019	42	2,446	21	2,613	26
4	Josh Harris	2010–2013	43	2,230	19	2,534	47
5	Chris Barclay	2004–2005	21	2,137	19	2,414	47
6	Justice Ellison	2020–2023	40	1,909	15	2,072	24
7	Christian Beal-Smith	2018–2021	38	1,871	14	1,999	21
8	Brandon Pendergrass	2008–2011	42	1,865	17	2,173	48
9	Josh Adams	2007–2010	47	1,836	18	2,413	83
10	Micah Andrews	2004–2007	33	1,561	12	1,863	37
11	Kenneth Walker III	2019–2020	20	1,158	17	1,205	6
12	Christian Turner	2021–2022	26	1,022	12	1,090	9
13	Kenneth Moore	2004–2007	33	829	5	2,287	139
14	Kevin Harris	2006–2009	27	785	9	935	19
15	Ty Clark III	2024–2026	22	708	7	931	19
16	Tate Carney	2023–2025	23	592	10	740	12
17	Tyler Bell	2015–2016	18	548	2	690	20
18	Deandre Martin	2012–2013	17	536	6	679	20
19	Kevin Marion	2004–2007	39	492	3	1,040	45
20	Rich Belton	2005–2008	36	417	6	640	35
21	Quinton Cooley	2020–2022	19	402	4	432	4
22	Arkeem Byrd	2017	11	395	1	419	4
23	Isaiah Robinson	2014–2017	24	376	4	466	16
24	James Adams	2007–2008	5	376	4	410	2
25	Orville Reynolds	2011–2014	25	309	0	524	29
26	Deuce Lawrence	2026	7	307	3	356	7
27	Dezmond Wortham	2014–2015	9	262	0	294	7
28	Jamar Searcy	2025–2026	9	159	2	178	1
29	Dominique Gibson	2013	10	138	1	225	8
30	Mike Rinfrette	2006–2009	28	136	5	438	29
31	Ahmani Marshall	2020–2021	8	121	0	121	0
32	Cornelius Birgs	2004	5	108	2	136	3
33	Joshua Wilhite	2013	6	75	1	105	2
34	JaMario Clements	2025	7	63	0	70	2
35	Travo Woods	2006	6	58	0	86	5
36	Will Drawdy	2018–2020	5	31	1	31	0
37	Jordan Garside	2011–2014	8	28	0	45	3
38	KD Daniels	2026	5	15	0	15	0
39	Tyler Henderson	2014	6	4	0	4	0

Also at Wake Forest: 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.