Jeanty on pace to join list of recent 2,000-yard regular seasons

Junior operating again Ashton Jeanty has amassed 845 speeding yards by way of 4 video games of the 2024 season. He has rushed for 190 yards or extra in three video games, the lone exception being Boise State’s 56-14 blowout win over FCS Portland State, when Jeanty carried simply 11 occasions and did not document a contact within the second half.

If his tempo continues, Jeanty — and his 10.3 yards per carry — shall be in unique firm. At the moment on observe to finish the common season with 2,535 speeding yards, Jeanty seems to be more likely to be a part of an inventory of 4 faculty soccer gamers to have amassed over 2,000 regular-season speeding yards prior to now decade.

The gamers he could possibly be becoming a member of:

Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin, 2014

Gordon had 2,260 yards on the bottom throughout 12 regular-season video games in 2014, discovering the top zone 26 occasions. By the point he completed postseason play, it was the second-most prolific speeding season by a university participant.

Gordon’s Wisconsin Badgers thrived as he posted online game numbers. The Badgers shook off an opening-week loss to the LSU Tigers to win 10 of their remaining 11 regular-season video games, highlighted by a dominant 59-24 thrashing of No. 16 Nebraska, the place Gordon raced to 408 speeding yards and 4 touchdowns in Camp Randall Stadium.

Rashaad Penny, San Diego State, 2017

Rashaad Penny could not have had larger footwear to fill heading into his senior season with the San Diego State Aztecs in 2017.

Penny had flashed the earlier yr, impressing because the backup to some of the dominant operating backs in faculty soccer historical past in Donnel Pumphrey. Not solely did Penny match Pumphrey’s manufacturing, he really improved on it.

The senior amassed 2027 regular-season speeding yards, averaging just below 7.5 yards per carry. After struggling in losses to Boise State and Fresno State, Penny responded with a streak of 4 consecutive video games with 200 speeding yards or extra to finish the common season.

Tevin Coleman, Indiana, 2014

The Indiana Hoosiers struggled in 2014, however their star operating again Tevin Coleman nonetheless shined.

Coleman had by no means beforehand rushed for greater than 1,000 yards in a season earlier than 2014, when the junior ran for 2036 yards. Even because the Hoosiers labored, profitable only one Large Ten sport en path to a 4-8 remaining document, Coleman maintained a exceptional consistency — surpassing the 100-yard mark on the bottom in each sport however one.

D’Onta Foreman, Texas, 2016

As a sophomore in 2015, D’Onta Foreman carried 95 occasions for 681 yards. In 2016, the Texas Longhorns fed him 323 carries, which he changed into a exceptional 2028 speeding yards in an in any other case down yr for Texas.

Although the 5-7 Longhorns missed out on a bowl sport, Foreman loved a constant and productive yr. The junior completed with eight video games the place he scored a number of occasions by way of the air or floor, and eclipsed the 150-rushing yard mark in seven video games.