Wisconsin is running back university, and while other schools have had success at the position here and there, few have had the sustained excellence of the Badgers’ running back room.
Our friend Ben Stevens of SportsGrid recently pointed out that Wisconsin is the only FBS program in history to have a pair of players be in the top ten for most rushing yards in a single season. Those two players were two of Wisconsin’s best running backs of all time in Melvin Gordon and Jonathan Taylor.
Taylor did it recently in 2018, while Gordon used his 408 rushing yards against Nebraska to vault himself to the top of the list in 2014.
Wisconsin is the only FBS football program in history to have two players rank in the top ten for most rushing yards in a single season:
2. Melvin Gordon – 2,587 yards (2014)
7. Jonathan Taylor – 2,194 yards (2018)The run established. pic.twitter.com/YzJc2BhfNV
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) July 9, 2023