Junior running back Kaleb Johnson’s magical 2024 season with the Iowa Hawkeyes reset the record books on Saturday afternoon.
With Johnson’s 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of Iowa’s Week 13 battle at Maryland, Johnson broke Iowa’s single-season rushing touchdowns record.
It was Johnson’s 21st rushing touchdown of the 2024 season, breaking the mark Shonn Greene set with his 20 rushing scores during the 2008 campaign.
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Entering Saturday at Maryland, Johnson had carried 188 times for 1,328 rushing yards in the 2024 season.
Johnson, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, can now set his sights on the Hawkeyes’ all-time career rushing touchdowns record. Iowa’s Tavian Banks (1994-97) and Sedrick Shaw (1993-96) each finished their Hawkeye careers with 33 rushing touchdowns.
With his touchdown against Maryland, Johnson now has 30 rushing touchdowns in his Iowa career.
Greene owns the Iowa record for the most single-season rushing yards with his 1,850 during 2008.
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