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NIU has had five players who were NCAA rushing leaders since 1937. NIU is tied for 4th place for most NCAA yearly rushing leaders. That is awesome!

Programs with multiple rushing leaders (at least three individual players, in any of the three categories) include:

Oklahoma - 8 (Patrick Collins, Marcus Dupree, Buster Rhymes, Billy Sims, Kenny King, Greg Pruitt, Clendon Thomas, and Buck McPhail)
USC - 8 (Reggie Bush, LenDale White, Marcus Allen, Charles White, Ricky Bell, O. J. Simpson, Mike Garrett, and Mort Kaer)
Texas - 6 (Vince Young, Cedric Benson, Ricky Williams, Earl Campbell, Gralyn Wyatt, and Jimmy Saxton)
Georgia Tech - 5 (David Sims, Red Barron, Buck Flowers, Everett Strupper, and Albert Hill)
Nebraska - 5 (Ahman Green, Calvin Jones, Tom Rathman, Mike Rozier, and Glenn Presnell)
Northern Illinois - 5 (Mark Kellar, LeShon Johnson, Garrett Wolfe, Stacey Robinson and Chad Spann)
Ohio State - 5 (Eddie George, Keith Byars, Pete Johnson, Archie Griffin, and Champ Henson)
Alabama - 5 (Derrick Henry, Mark Ingram, Santonio Beard, Wilbur Jackson, and Bobby Marlow)
Michigan - 4 (Bill Daley, Tom Harmon, Willie Heston, and Al Herrnstein)
Michigan State - 4 (Javon Ringer, DeAndra' Cobb, Lorenzo White, and Neno DaPrato)
New Mexico State - 4 (Kenton Keith, Preacher Pilot, Bob Gaiters, and Pervis Atkins)
Oklahoma State - 4 (Barry Sanders, Ernest Anderson, Terry Miller, and Bob Fenimore)
Pittsburgh - 4 (Craig Heyward, Tony Dorsett, Dick Cassiano, and Marshall Goldberg)
San Diego State - 4 (Marshall Faulk, Paul Hewitt, Rashaad Penny, and Donnel Pumphrey)
Wisconsin - 4 (Jonathan Taylor, Melvin Gordon, Montee Ball, and Ron Dayne)
Arizona - 3 (Ka'Deem Carey, Art Luppino, and Khalil Tate)
Arizona State - 3 (Tony Lorick, Leon Burton, and Wilford White)
Army - 3 (Glenn Davis, Doc Blanchard, and Bob Anderson)
Colorado - 3 (Rashaan Salaam, Byron White, and Kayo Lam)
Detroit - 3 (Jack Kurkowski, Al Ghesquiere, and Lloyd Brazil)
Georgia - 3 (Frank Sinkwich, Garrison Hearst, and Nick Chubb)
Indiana - 3 (Vaughn Dunbar, Anthony Thompson, and Levron Williams)
Memphis - 3 (Darrell Henderson, DeAngelo Williams, and Dave Casinelli)
New Mexico - 3 (Jhurell Pressley, Fred Henry, Billy Brown)
Notre Dame - 3 (Robert Farmer, Reggie Brooks, and Creighton Miller)
Penn State - 3 (Larry Johnson, Ki-Jana Carter, and Don Kunit)
Tennessee - 3 (Charlie Garner, Beattie Feathers, and Gene McEver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC...ng_leaders

NIU made the major college jump in 1970 so they weren’t even eligible for that for 33 years.

I’m surprised to see Span on this list and not Turner. Though I think Turner was outrushed by the Memphis rb. Still, span was the leading rusher?

Have had the #2 rusher twice in Lynch and Turner.

Quote:The list of college football yearly rushing leaders identifies the major college rushing leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in three statistical categories: (1) rushing yardage; (2) yards per carry; and (3) rushing touchdowns.

Kellar, Johnson, and Wolfe did in fact lead the NCAA's major college football in rushing yardage. Spann qualifies for this list under (3) above, rushing touchdowns. Not sure how Robinson qualifies, I do not think he ever led the Nation in rushing yards but I could be mistaken about that.

(08-21-2019 10:09 PM)NorthCoast Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:The list of college football yearly rushing leaders identifies the major college rushing leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in three statistical categories: (1) rushing yardage; (2) yards per carry; and (3) rushing touchdowns.

Kellar, Johnson, and Wolfe did in fact lead the NCAA's major college football in rushing yardage. Spann qualifies for this list under (3) above, rushing touchdowns. Not sure how Robinson qualifies, I do not think he ever led the Nation in rushing yards but I could be mistaken about that.

Stacey Robinson led the nation in rushing touchdowns in 1990 and Chad Spann led the nation in rushing touchdowns in 2010.

My wife's alma mater is on there and it doesn't have a football team anymore. Detroit.

Stacey Robinson was T-2 and 1 in rushing tds and 6th and 12th in rushing yards in 1989/1990.

Chad Spann was T-5 and 1 in rushing tds in 2009/2010.

LeShon Johnson was 10 and 1 in rushing yards in 1992/1993.

Michael Turner was 2 and 4 in rushing yards and T-7 and T-14th in rushing tds in 2002/2003.

Garrett Wolfe was 7/5/1 in rushing yards and T-5/T-8/T-5 in rushing tds from 2004-2006.

Jordan Lynch was 4 and 2 in rushing yards and T-10 and T-3 in rushing tds in 2012/2013.

To have that many individual players finish that high in rushing yards and/or rushing tds nationally more than once in a span of less than a quarter century is crazy.

Also, Sutton went 1 and 1 in TFLs and 1 and 3 in sacks nationally the last two years, so maybe that can be a new trend.