1986 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 129-134-6, .491 W-L% (7th of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.27 (7th of 10), SOS: 0.08 (7th of 10)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Florida State, Miami (FL) and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Boston College, Miami (FL), Penn State and Virginia Tech)

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64 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 6.25 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

64 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Derrick Ellison	Tulsa	11	170	1064	6.3	4					170	1064	6.3	4
2	Maurice Williams	Virginia Tech	11	166	1029	6.2	6	5	54	10.8	0	171	1083	6.3	6
3	Sammie Smith	Florida State	9	103	611	5.9	4	4	39	9.8	0	107	650	6.1	4
4	Tim Manoa	Penn State	11	98	546	5.6	2	6	64	10.7	0	104	610	5.9	2
5	Valasco Smith	Wichita State	9	147	808	5.5	10	5	16	3.2	0	152	824	5.4	10
6	Paul Palmer	Temple	11	346	1866	5.4	15	12	110	9.2	0	358	1976	5.5	15
7	Troy Stradford	Boston College	11	218	1188	5.4	10	31	445	14.4	1	249	1633	6.6	11
8	Rodney Taylor	Northern Illinois	11	101	548	5.4	2	16	218	13.6	1	117	766	6.5	3
9	Shelton Gandy	Southern Mississippi	11	78	419	5.4	10					78	419	5.4	10
10	Kenneth Lee	Tulsa	11	110	582	5.3	1					110	582	5.3	1
11	Reggie Taylor	Cincinnati	11	256	1325	5.2	11	34	299	8.8	0	290	1624	5.6	11
12	Eddie Hunter	Virginia Tech	11	169	872	5.2	6	4	61	15.3	0	173	933	5.4	6
13	Clarence Jones	Army	11	137	697	5.1	8	9	80	8.9	0	146	777	5.3	8
14	Victor Floyd	Florida State	11	129	654	5.1	6	21	231	11.0	2	150	885	5.9	8
15	Warren Williams	Miami (FL)	11	80	399	5.0	3	13	114	8.8	2	93	513	5.5	5
16	Chuck Smith	Navy	11	190	933	4.9	10	26	280	10.8	2	216	1213	5.6	12
17	Benny Wright	Army	11	119	587	4.9	3	2	31	15.5	0	121	618	5.1	3
18	Anthony Smith	South Carolina	11	96	469	4.9	0	9	119	13.2	0	105	588	5.6	0
19	Tom Brown	Pitt	11	70	334	4.8	1	20	138	6.9	0	90	472	5.2	1
20	D.J. Dozier	Penn State	11	171	811	4.7	10	26	287	11.0	2	197	1098	5.6	12
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Undra Johnson	West Virginia	11	138	652	4.7	5	5	21	4.2	1	143	673	4.7	6
22	Craig Shackelford	Southern Mississippi	11	69	321	4.7	2	1	12	12.0	0	70	333	4.8	2
23	Antonio Davis	Northern Illinois	11	141	648	4.6	4	3	19	6.3	0	144	667	4.6	4
24	David Smith	Wichita State	11	137	625	4.6	5	8	70	8.8	0	145	695	4.8	5
25	Deon Booker	Louisville	11	112	516	4.6	5	18	237	13.2	3	130	753	5.8	8
26	Brian Mitchell	Louisiana	11	111	514	4.6	4					111	514	4.6	4
27	Daryl Johnston	Syracuse	11	102	469	4.6	0	17	114	6.7	0	119	583	4.9	0
28	Randolph Brown	Southern Mississippi	11	99	460	4.6	2	15	172	11.5	1	114	632	5.5	3
29	Melvin Bratton	Miami (FL)	11	84	380	4.5	8	14	149	10.6	0	98	529	5.4	8
30	Tory Crawford	Army	11	245	1078	4.4	15					245	1078	4.4	15
31	Craig Heyward	Pitt	11	171	756	4.4	8	29	361	12.4	1	200	1117	5.6	9
32	Anthony Johnson	Notre Dame	11	80	349	4.4	5	6	53	8.8	0	86	402	4.7	5
33	Jim Bell	Boston College	11	69	307	4.4	3	2	19	9.5	0	71	326	4.6	3
34	Vincent Alexander	Southern Mississippi	11	160	688	4.3	1	5	50	10.0	0	165	738	4.5	1
35	Rodney Hunter	Tulane	10	153	657	4.3	6	18	88	4.9	0	171	745	4.4	6
36	Anthony Simpson	East Carolina	11	178	753	4.2	5	8	84	10.5	0	186	837	4.5	5
37	Alonzo Highsmith	Miami (FL)	11	105	442	4.2	4	30	416	13.9	4	135	858	6.4	8
38	Mark Green	Notre Dame	11	96	406	4.2	2	25	242	9.7	0	121	648	5.4	2
39	Steve Smith	Penn State	11	86	362	4.2	3	14	134	9.6	1	100	496	5.0	4
40	Al McKinney	Cincinnati	11	70	296	4.2	3	16	110	6.9	1	86	406	4.7	4
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	John Holifield	West Virginia	10	156	645	4.1	3	8	70	8.8	0	164	715	4.4	3
42	Felton Parquet	Louisiana	11	70	289	4.1	2	7	15	2.1	1	77	304	3.9	3
43	Pernell Taylor	Notre Dame	11	69	284	4.1	5	6	51	8.5	0	75	335	4.5	5
44	Andy Peterson	Army	11	154	623	4.0	6	5	53	10.6	0	159	676	4.3	6
45	Charles Gladman	Pitt	11	101	409	4.0	1	19	248	13.1	2	120	657	5.5	3
46	Matt Prescott	Rutgers	11	155	606	3.9	6	20	265	13.3	1	175	871	5.0	7
47	Wayne Pryor	Memphis	11	129	501	3.9	1	7	82	11.7	1	136	583	4.3	2
48	Glen Floyd	Louisiana	8	108	426	3.9	4	5	23	4.6	0	113	449	4.0	4
49	Jon Bronner	Boston College	11	80	313	3.9	4	1	-1	-1.0	0	81	312	3.9	4
50	Curtis Stephens	Rutgers	11	113	419	3.7	3	27	205	7.6	0	140	624	4.5	3
51	Jeff Womack	Memphis	11	75	275	3.7	2	12	88	7.3	0	87	363	4.2	2
52	Steve Gage	Tulsa	11	191	693	3.6	11					191	693	3.6	11
53	Harold Green	South Carolina	11	108	388	3.6	6	18	196	10.9	1	126	584	4.6	7
54	Terrence Jones	Tulane	11	158	547	3.5	8					158	547	3.5	8
55	Harold Gayden	Syracuse	11	79	258	3.3	5					79	258	3.3	5
56	Don McPherson	Syracuse	11	191	523	2.7	6					191	523	2.7	6
57	Richard Pannell	Louisiana	9	91	226	2.5	2					91	226	2.5	2
58	Marshall Taylor	Northern Illinois	11	177	426	2.4	7					177	426	2.4	7
59	Tim Jones	Memphis	11	70	116	1.7	2					70	116	1.7	2
60	Andrew Anderson	Southern Mississippi	11	98	121	1.2	3					98	121	1.2	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Lee Saltz	Temple	11	85	-14	-0.2	2					85	-14	-0.2	2
62	Erik Chapman	Virginia Tech	11	86	-44	-0.5	2	1	4	4.0	0	87	-40	-0.5	2
63	Todd Ellis	South Carolina	11	96	-45	-0.5	3					96	-45	-0.5	3
64	Danny McCoin	Cincinnati	11	70	-246	-3.5	3					70	-246	-3.5	3

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