Ohio State Running Back Bo Jackson Becomes Fifth Freshman With 1,000 Single-Season Rushing Yards
Bo Jackson has had a historic freshman season.
In Ohio State’s Big Ten Championship Game matchup with Indiana, Jackson surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in 2025, becoming the fifth freshman to accomplish the feat, joining Robert Smith (1990), Maurice Clarett (2002), J.K. Dobbins (2017) and TreVeyon Henderson (2021).
Jackson is the 28th Buckeye to surpass 1,000 rushing yards in a single season since 1960, with those 28 players combining for 40 1,000-yard years.
YEAR
NAME
YARDS
2025
Bo Jackson*
1,000+
2024
Quinshon Judkins
1,060
2024
TreVeyon Henderson
1,016
2021
TreVeyon Henderson*
1,248
2019
J.K. Dobbins
2,003
2018
J.K. Dobbins
1,053
2017
J.K. Dobbins*
1,403
2016
Mike Weber
1,096
2015
Ezekiel Elliott
1,821
2014
Ezekiel Elliott
1,878
2013
Carlos Hyde
1,511
2013
Braxton Miller
1,068
2012
Braxton Miller
1,271
2010
Dan Herron**
1,155
2008
Chris Wells
1,197
2007
Chris Wells
1,609
2006
Antonio Pittman
1,233
2005
Antonio Pittman
1,331
2002
Maurice Clarett*
1,237
2001
Jonathan Wells
1,257
1998
Michael Wiley
1,235
1996
Pepe Pearson
1,484
1995
Eddie George
1,927
1994
Eddie George
1,442
1993
Raymont Harris
1,344
1990
Robert Smith*
1,126
1986
Vince Workman
1,030
1984
Keith Byars
1,764
1983
Keith Byars
1,199
1982
Tim Spencer
1,538
1981
Tim Spencer
1,217
1980
Calvin Murray
1,267
1977
Ron Springs
1,166
1976
Jeff Logan
1,017
1975
Archie Griffin
1,450
1974
Pete Johnson
1,017
1974
Archie Griffin
1,695
1973
Archie Griffin
1,577
1970
John Brockington
1,142
1969
Jim Otis
1,027
* Freshmen
** 2010 season vacated due to Tattoogate
Jackson earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from coaches and third-team All-Big Ten honors from the media this season. Entering the Big Ten title game, the Cleveland native had carried the ball 151 times for 952 yards and five touchdowns. He had also recorded 17 receptions for 187 yards and one score.
Jackson’s 1,000-yard season comes one year after Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson became the third Buckeye duo to both rush for 1,000 yards in 2024, joining Archie Griffin and Pete Johnson (1975) and Braxton Miller and Carlos Hyde in 2013.
