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West Virginia's best running backs since 2004

Noel Devine leads with 4,314 rushing yards in 51 games at West Virginia; Steve Slaton had 3,923.

Every running back with 5 or more games at West Virginia 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

33 running backs with 5+ games at West Virginiarushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Noel Devine	2007–2010	51	4,314	29	5,024	98
2	Steve Slaton	2005–2007	35	3,923	50	4,728	65
3	Leddie Brown	2018–2021	43	2,888	27	3,492	86
4	Wendell Smallwood	2013–2015	38	2,462	12	3,080	68
5	Justin Crawford	2016–2017	25	2,245	11	2,351	22
6	Kennedy McKoy	2016–2019	47	2,193	22	2,720	73
7	CJ Donaldson	2022–2024	32	2,058	30	2,248	32
8	Rushel Shell	2014–2016	35	2,010	20	2,351	49
9	Jahiem White	2023–2025	25	1,819	14	2,081	27
10	Andrew Buie	2011–2014	30	1,255	10	1,732	48
11	Martell Pettaway	2016–2019	31	1,104	11	1,221	12
12	Charles Sims	2013	12	1,095	11	1,496	45
13	Shawne Alston	2009–2012	27	1,068	19	1,082	6
14	Dustin Garrison	2011–2014	29	1,060	8	1,319	35
15	Owen Schmitt	2005–2007	38	1,003	13	1,291	32
16	Dreamius Smith	2013–2014	25	945	10	997	13
17	Tony Mathis Jr.	2019–2022	21	943	6	1,007	17
18	Jason Colson	2004–2006	23	866	7	1,083	20
19	Cam Cook	2026	7	833	7	935	10
20	Justin Johnson Jr.	2021–2023	23	670	4	729	12
21	Ryan Clarke	2009–2012	26	553	16	584	4
22	Jaylen Anderson	2022–2024	16	456	3	522	6
23	Alec Sinkfield	2018–2020	25	436	4	553	18
24	Pernell Williams	2004–2005	13	421	4	437	4
25	Diore Hubbard	2024–2025	10	336	4	492	16
26	Cyncir Bowers	2025	10	249	2	383	8
27	Tevin Bush	2017–2019	20	199	0	518	24
28	Jason Gwaltney	2005	6	186	3	201	4
29	Amari Latimer	2026	6	166	3	253	6
30	Vernard Roberts	2011	5	140	3	152	4
31	Clay Ash	2024–2025	9	131	0	190	10
32	Ed Collington	2006–2007	5	110	2	110	0
33	Mark Rodgers	2008–2009	19	89	0	90	2

Also at West Virginia: 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.