All-Time Season Rushing Yards Leaders

 

Tim Biakabutuka (image via Cleveland.com)

I previously posted the all-time career yardage leaders (LINK). Now it's time to reminisce about the best rushing seasons ever in a Michigan uniform. I set out to post the top 25, but going to 35 allowed me to include all 1,000-yard gainers, so I extended the list a bit.

1. 1,818 - Tim Biakabutuka (1995)
2. 1,733 - Anthony Thomas (2000)
3. 1,703 - Jamie Morris (1987)
4. 1,702 - Denard Robinson (2010)
5. 1,674 - Chris Perry (2003)
6. 1,562 - Mike Hart (2006)
7. 1,469 - Rob Lytle (1976)
8. 1,459 - Butch Woolfolk (1981)
9. 1,455 - Mike Hart (2004)
10. 1,408 - Tony Boles (1988)
11. 1,391 - Ron Johnson (1968)
12. 1,388 - Gordon Bell (1975)
13. 1,388 - Lawrence Ricks (1982)
14. 1,364 - Jon Vaughn (1990)
15. 1,361 - Mike Hart (2007)
16. 1,357 - Tyrone Wheatley (1992)
17. 1,297 - Billy Taylor (1981)
18. 1,297 - Anthony Thomas (1999)
19. 1,266 - Denard Robinson (2012)
20. 1,232 - Hassan Haskins (2021)
21. 1,197 - Ricky Powers (1991)
22. 1,187 - Blake Corum (2022)*
23. 1,178 - Karan Higdon (2018)
24. 1,176 - Denard Robinson (2011)
25. 1,144 - Tyrone Wheatley (1994)
26. 1,129 - Tyrone Wheatley (1993)
27. 1,110 - Chris Perry (2002)
28. 1,092 - Russell Davis (1977)
29. 1,086 - Jamie Morris (1986)
30. 1,048 - Gordon Bell (1974)
31. 1,042 - Butch Woolfolk (1980)
32. 1,041 - Fitzgerald Toussaint (2011)
33. 1,030 - Rob Lytle (1975)
34. 1,030 - Jamie Morris (1985)
35. 1,002 - Rick Rogers (1983)

Blake Corum has 1,187 rushing yards through nine games, putting him on pace for 1,582 yards in the regular season.

Michigan has only had two 1,000+ yard rushers three times in school history:

• 2011: Denard Robinson, Fitzgerald Toussaint
• 1981: Billy Taylor, Butch Woolfolk
• 1975: Gordon Bell, Rob Lytle

Originally posted on March 8, 2019.