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Yards or scores? Scrimmage yards vs. total touchdowns

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Yards or scores? Scrimmage yards vs. total touchdowns

Top 50 of 431 running backs by both stats combined. Season so far, games through Oct 24, 2026. Dashed lines are the averages; up and right is better on both.

From the play-by-play. Players with 30+ pass attempts, 15+ carries, 8+ catches, a sack, an interception or a fumble recovery this season. Labels mark the best on both stats and anyone you highlight. Hover or tap a dot for the numbers.

What this shows

Each dot is one of 50 running backs, placed by scrimmage yards (across) and total tds (up). Rushing plus receiving yards. Passing, rushing and receiving touchdowns. The dashed lines are the averages: 738 and 7.8.

There is weak relationship here (r = +0.20; r runs from −1 to +1). Players who are better at one tend to be better at the other.

14 of 50 (28%) are above average on both. 8 are above average only on scrimmage yards, 13 only on total tds, and 15 on neither.

Where the data comes from. Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com (the public cfbfastR files), games through Oct 24, 2026. Every stat here is computed from those plays.

Best on both

  1. Jahiem White, North Texas: 1,345 scrimmage yards, 15 total TDs
  2. Nate Sheppard, Duke: 1,116 scrimmage yards, 14 total TDs
  3. DeSean Bishop, Tennessee: 988 scrimmage yards, 11 total TDs
  4. Wayshawn Parker, Utah: 886 scrimmage yards, 12 total TDs
  5. Jadan Baugh, Florida: 801 scrimmage yards, 13 total TDs
  6. Dylan Riley, Boise State: 1,081 scrimmage yards, 9 total TDs

Great at one, not the other

  1. Caleb Hawkins, Oklahoma State: 996 scrimmage yards, 3 total TDs
  2. A'Marion Peterson, UTSA: 431 scrimmage yards, 11 total TDs
  3. James Jones, New Mexico State: 937 scrimmage yards, 4 total TDs
  4. Torrance Burgess Jr., Texas State: 972 scrimmage yards, 5 total TDs
  5. Scottre Humphrey, New Mexico: 458 scrimmage yards, 9 total TDs
  6. TJ Horton, Ball State: 466 scrimmage yards, 9 total TDs

About the stats on this chart

What is scrimmage yards?

Rushing plus receiving yards.

Where does the scrimmage yards data come from?

From play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com (the public cfbfastR files), games through Oct 24, 2026.

What is total TDs?

Passing, rushing and receiving touchdowns.

Where does the total TDs data come from?

From play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com (the public cfbfastR files), games through Oct 24, 2026.