2012 Big Ten Conference Leaders Rushing - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le'Veon Bell | Mich St | JR | RB | 5 | 134 | 655 | 4.89 | 5 | 26.80 | 131.00 |
| 2 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | SO | QB | 5 | 90 | 577 | 6.41 | 7 | 18.00 | 115.40 |
| 3 | Denard Robinson | Michigan | SR | QB | 4 | 66 | 441 | 6.68 | 4 | 16.50 | 110.25 |
| 4 | Venric Mark | N'western | JR | RB | 5 | 101 | 538 | 5.33 | 5 | 20.20 | 107.60 |
| 5 | Mark Weisman | Iowa | SO | RB | 5 | 74 | 515 | 6.96 | 7 | 14.80 | 103.00 |
| 6 | Ameer Abdullah | Nebraska | SO | RB | 5 | 79 | 486 | 6.15 | 5 | 15.80 | 97.20 |
| 7 | Montee Ball | Wisconsin | SR | RB | 5 | 124 | 453 | 3.65 | 6 | 24.80 | 90.60 |
| 8 | Donnell Kirkwood | Minnesota | SO | RB | 5 | 93 | 393 | 4.23 | 3 | 18.60 | 78.60 |
| 9 | Kain Colter | N'western | JR | QB | 5 | 59 | 371 | 6.29 | 6 | 11.80 | 74.20 |
| 10 | Stephen Houston | Indiana | JR | RB | 4 | 42 | 255 | 6.07 | 4 | 10.50 | 63.75 |
| 11 | Akeem Shavers | Purdue | SR | RB | 4 | 58 | 240 | 4.14 | 3 | 14.50 | 60.00 |
| 12 | Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 5 | 50 | 298 | 5.96 | 3 | 10.00 | 59.60 |
| 13 | Jordan Hall | Ohio State | SR | RB | 4 | 40 | 218 | 5.45 | 1 | 10.00 | 54.50 |
| 14 | Fitzgerald Toussaint | Michigan | JR | RB | 3 | 36 | 150 | 4.17 | 1 | 12.00 | 50.00 |
| 15 | Imani Cross | Nebraska | FR | RB | 5 | 30 | 228 | 7.60 | 2 | 6.00 | 45.60 |
| 16 | D'Angelo Roberts | Indiana | SO | RB | 4 | 42 | 179 | 4.26 | 1 | 10.50 | 44.75 |
| 17 | Donovonn Young | Illinois | SO | RB | 5 | 55 | 222 | 4.04 | 2 | 11.00 | 44.40 |
| 18 | Josh Ferguson | Illinois | FR | RB | 4 | 37 | 170 | 4.59 | 0 | 9.25 | 42.50 |
| 19 | Akeem Hunt | Purdue | SO | RB | 4 | 18 | 169 | 9.39 | 1 | 4.50 | 42.25 |
| 20 | Mike Trumpy | N'western | JR | RB | 5 | 42 | 208 | 4.95 | 1 | 8.40 | 41.60 |
| 21 | Zach Zwinak | Penn State | SO | RB | 5 | 40 | 196 | 4.90 | 2 | 8.00 | 39.20 |
| 22 | Braylon Heard | Nebraska | SO | RB | 5 | 25 | 184 | 7.36 | 2 | 5.00 | 36.80 |
| 23 | Tevin Coleman | Indiana | FR | RB | 4 | 27 | 144 | 5.33 | 0 | 6.75 | 36.00 |
| 24 | Brandon Cottom | Purdue | SO | RB | 4 | 7 | 123 | 17.57 | 1 | 1.75 | 30.75 |
| 25 | Isaiah Roundtree | Indiana | SO | RB | 3 | 16 | 84 | 5.25 | 1 | 5.33 | 28.00 |
| 26 | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin | FR | RB | 5 | 12 | 135 | 11.25 | 1 | 2.40 | 27.00 |
| 26 | Michael Zordich | Penn State | SR | RB | 5 | 30 | 135 | 4.50 | 0 | 6.00 | 27.00 |
| 28 | James White | Wisconsin | JR | RB | 5 | 31 | 129 | 4.16 | 2 | 6.20 | 25.80 |
| 29 | Curtis Dukes | Penn State | JR | RB | 5 | 26 | 98 | 3.77 | 0 | 5.20 | 19.60 |
| 30 | Danny Anthrop | Purdue | FR | ATH | 3 | 7 | 58 | 8.29 | 1 | 2.33 | 19.33 |
| 31 | Raheem Mostert | Purdue | SO | WR | 4 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 1 | 3.50 | 18.75 |
| 32 | Larry Caper | Mich St | SR | RB | 5 | 16 | 85 | 5.31 | 0 | 3.20 | 17.00 |
| 33 | Caleb TerBush | Purdue | SR | QB | 3 | 20 | 49 | 2.45 | 1 | 6.67 | 16.33 |
| 34 | Max Shortell | Minnesota | SO | QB | 4 | 26 | 61 | 2.35 | 0 | 6.50 | 15.25 |
| 35 | Treyvon Green | N'western | SO | RB | 4 | 17 | 60 | 3.53 | 1 | 4.25 | 15.00 |
| 35 | James Gillum | Minnesota | JR | RB | 4 | 23 | 60 | 2.61 | 1 | 5.75 | 15.00 |
| 37 | Reilly O'Toole | Illinois | SO | QB | 5 | 35 | 68 | 1.94 | 1 | 7.00 | 13.60 |
| 38 | Vincent Smith | Michigan | SR | RB | 4 | 16 | 53 | 3.31 | 2 | 4.00 | 13.25 |
| 39 | Bri'onte Dunn | Ohio State | FR | RB | 5 | 12 | 60 | 5.00 | 1 | 2.40 | 12.00 |
| 40 | Tyris Jones | N'western | SR | RB | 5 | 13 | 59 | 4.54 | 1 | 2.60 | 11.80 |
| 41 | Jon Davis | Illinois | SO | TE | 5 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.40 | 10.80 |
| 42 | Rob Henry | Purdue | JR | QB | 3 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 2.67 | 10.33 |
| 43 | Corey Brown | Ohio State | JR | WR | 5 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.00 | 9.60 |
| 44 | Miles Osei | Illinois | JR | QB | 5 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.00 |
| 45 | KJ Maye | Minnesota | FR | ATH | 5 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 2.60 | 8.60 |
| 46 | Tim Hanrahan | N'western | SO | RB | 4 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 2.00 | 7.75 |
| 47 | Greg Garmon | Iowa | FR | RB | 4 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 2.50 | 7.25 |
| 48 | Zach Boren | Ohio State | SR | RB | 5 | 11 | 33 | 3.00 | 2 | 2.20 | 6.60 |
| 49 | Kurt Freytag | Purdue | SR | RB | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 1 | 1.25 | 6.50 |
| 50 | Mike Marrow | Nebraska | JR | RB | 5 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.