1987 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 142-127-4, .527 W-L% (3rd of 10) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 1.02 (7th of 10), SOS: 0.20 (7th of 10)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, South Carolina and Syracuse)

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65 Players

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

65 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Sammie Smith	Florida State	10	172	1230	7.2	7	6	128	21.3	2	178	1358	7.6	9
2	Robert Drummond	Syracuse	11	124	828	6.7	6	16	148	9.3	0	140	976	7.0	6
3	Michael Owens	Syracuse	11	88	542	6.2	4	9	147	16.3	2	97	689	7.1	6
4	Reggie McKinney	East Carolina	11	78	486	6.2	1	2	18	9.0	0	80	504	6.3	1
5	Leonard Cry	Cincinnati	11	69	420	6.1	1	11	35	3.2	0	80	455	5.7	1
6	Mark Green	Notre Dame	11	146	861	5.9	6	13	98	7.5	0	159	959	6.0	6
7	Dexter Carter	Florida State	11	116	679	5.9	6	19	216	11.4	1	135	895	6.6	7
8	Mike Botti	Rutgers	10	72	397	5.5	1	11	72	6.5	0	83	469	5.7	1
9	Henry Henderson	Rutgers	11	158	846	5.4	4	5	27	5.4	0	163	873	5.4	4
10	Ricky Watters	Notre Dame	11	69	373	5.4	3	6	70	11.7	0	75	443	5.9	3
11	Blair Thomas	Penn State	11	268	1414	5.3	11	23	300	13.0	2	291	1714	5.9	13
12	Marshall Taylor	Northern Illinois	11	157	826	5.3	7					157	826	5.3	7
13	Daryl Johnston	Syracuse	11	116	614	5.3	4	6	87	14.5	1	122	701	5.7	5
14	John Greene	Penn State	11	90	473	5.3	8	9	82	9.1	0	99	555	5.6	8
15	Undra Johnson	West Virginia	9	115	593	5.2	4					115	593	5.2	4
16	Brian Mitchell	Louisiana	10	150	767	5.1	9					150	767	5.1	9
17	Mike Mayweather	Army	11	149	762	5.1	5	5	87	17.4	1	154	849	5.5	6
18	Melvin Adams	Tulane	11	83	421	5.1	3	9	99	11.0	0	92	520	5.7	3
19	Marvin Allen	Tulane	11	73	369	5.1	10	26	317	12.2	1	99	686	6.9	11
20	Warren Williams	Miami (FL)	11	135	673	5.0	5	30	309	10.3	1	165	982	6.0	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Deon Booker	Louisville	11	135	671	5.0	4	16	153	9.6	0	151	824	5.5	4
22	Andy Peterson	Army	11	96	466	4.9	5	2	15	7.5	0	98	481	4.9	5
23	Jim Bell	Boston College	11	213	1015	4.8	3	19	182	9.6	1	232	1197	5.2	4
24	Anthony Brown	West Virginia	9	167	808	4.8	4	6	82	13.7	0	173	890	5.1	4
25	Jon Jeffries	Virginia Tech	10	125	599	4.8	3	8	77	9.6	0	133	676	5.1	3
26	Chuck Smith	Navy	11	87	415	4.8	1	3	56	18.7	0	90	471	5.2	1
27	Derrick Ellison	Tulsa	9	126	593	4.7	4	11	93	8.5	1	137	686	5.0	5
28	Anthony Johnson	Notre Dame	11	78	366	4.7	11	4	110	27.5	0	82	476	5.8	11
29	Keith Hurley	Northern Illinois	11	71	333	4.7	4	22	293	13.3	1	93	626	6.7	5
30	Craig Heyward	Pitt	11	357	1655	4.6	11	21	198	9.4	1	378	1853	4.9	12
31	Shelton Gandy	Southern Mississippi	11	225	1025	4.6	6	5	21	4.2	0	230	1046	4.5	6
32	Al McKinney	Cincinnati	11	208	950	4.6	5	21	164	7.8	0	229	1114	4.9	5
33	Tim Peshek	Northern Illinois	11	129	593	4.6	5	1	11	11.0	0	130	604	4.6	5
34	John Motton	Akron	11	95	436	4.6	3	10	90	9.0	0	105	526	5.0	3
35	Curtis Stephens	Rutgers	11	78	359	4.6	5	9	37	4.1	0	87	396	4.6	5
36	Wayne Pryor	Memphis	11	145	647	4.5	5	19	212	11.2	3	164	859	5.2	8
37	James Bradley	Navy	11	95	426	4.5	1	2	38	19.0	0	97	464	4.8	1
38	Gerald White	Memphis	11	93	422	4.5	3	3	19	6.3	0	96	441	4.6	3
39	Harold Green	South Carolina	11	214	950	4.4	14	22	217	9.9	1	236	1167	4.9	15
40	Anthony Simpson	East Carolina	11	153	670	4.4	7	9	90	10.0	0	162	760	4.7	7
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Ben Barnett	Army	11	141	623	4.4	2	1	11	11.0	0	142	634	4.5	2
42	Steve McKinney	Louisiana	11	112	489	4.4	1	6	146	24.3	1	118	635	5.4	2
43	Derek Alston	Akron	11	160	689	4.3	1	20	144	7.2	2	180	833	4.6	3
44	Rodney Taylor	Northern Illinois	11	103	442	4.3	5	9	100	11.1	1	112	542	4.8	6
45	Todd McNair	Temple	11	249	1058	4.2	6	18	112	6.2	0	267	1170	4.4	6
46	Tory Crawford	Army	11	135	571	4.2	10					135	571	4.2	10
47	Major Harris	West Virginia	11	121	512	4.2	6					121	512	4.2	6
48	Melvin Bratton	Miami (FL)	11	119	473	4.0	9	26	364	14.0	2	145	837	5.8	11
49	Tom Quinn	Temple	11	94	365	3.9	1	3	15	5.0	0	97	380	3.9	1
50	Cobby Morrison	Tulsa	10	86	336	3.9	1	24	166	6.9	0	110	502	4.6	1
51	Rodney Knighton	Louisville	11	74	292	3.9	4	43	409	9.5	6	117	701	6.0	10
52	Earnie Jones	Virginia Tech	10	100	376	3.8	2	5	46	9.2	1	105	422	4.0	3
53	Tony Rice	Notre Dame	11	89	337	3.8	7					89	337	3.8	7
54	Dayne Williams	Florida State	11	71	272	3.8	15	12	113	9.4	0	83	385	4.6	15
55	Rodney Hunter	Tulane	11	102	370	3.6	2	7	51	7.3	0	109	421	3.9	2
56	Alton Grizzard	Navy	11	152	519	3.4	4					152	519	3.4	4
57	Travis Hunter	East Carolina	11	109	371	3.4	5					109	371	3.4	5
58	Curtis Brown	Navy	11	96	317	3.3	3	2	19	9.5	0	98	336	3.4	3
59	Brett Adams	Tulsa	11	77	244	3.2	0	31	216	7.0	1	108	460	4.3	1
60	Tim Jones	Memphis	11	87	269	3.1	2	1	11	11.0	0	88	280	3.2	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Terrence Jones	Tulane	11	138	383	2.8	8					138	383	2.8	8
62	Don McPherson	Syracuse	11	110	230	2.1	5	1	7	7.0	1	111	237	2.1	6
63	Erik Chapman	Virginia Tech	11	92	-94	-1.0	2					92	-94	-1.0	2
64	Todd Ellis	South Carolina	11	84	-129	-1.5	0					84	-129	-1.5	0
65	Mike Power	Boston College	11	102	-179	-1.8	5					102	-179	-1.8	5

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