2012 Big Ten Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams 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 | 10 | 284 | 1260 | 4.44 | 7 | 28.40 | 126.00 |
| 2 | Montee Ball | Wisconsin | SR | RB | 11 | 278 | 1531 | 5.51 | 19 | 25.27 | 139.18 |
| 3 | Venric Mark | N'western | JR | RB | 12 | 210 | 1249 | 5.95 | 9 | 17.50 | 104.08 |
| 4 | Zach Zwinak | Penn State | SO | RB | 10 | 203 | 1000 | 4.93 | 6 | 20.30 | 100.00 |
| 5 | Ameer Abdullah | Nebraska | SO | RB | 11 | 173 | 840 | 4.86 | 5 | 15.73 | 76.36 |
| 6 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | SO | QB | 9 | 172 | 905 | 5.26 | 7 | 19.11 | 100.56 |
| 7 | Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 11 | 171 | 940 | 5.50 | 9 | 15.55 | 85.45 |
| 8 | Kain Colter | N'western | JR | QB | 12 | 166 | 853 | 5.14 | 12 | 13.83 | 71.08 |
| 9 | Donnell Kirkwood | Minnesota | SO | RB | 10 | 165 | 664 | 4.02 | 5 | 16.50 | 66.40 |
| 10 | Carlos Hyde | Ohio State | JR | RB | 8 | 161 | 861 | 5.35 | 14 | 20.13 | 107.63 |
| 11 | Denard Robinson | Michigan | SR | QB | 9 | 147 | 942 | 6.41 | 4 | 16.33 | 104.67 |
| 12 | Akeem Shavers | Purdue | SR | RB | 10 | 135 | 668 | 4.95 | 3 | 13.50 | 66.80 |
| 13 | Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | JR | QB | 8 | 116 | 299 | 2.58 | 3 | 14.50 | 37.38 |
| 14 | Stephen Houston | Indiana | JR | RB | 8 | 109 | 503 | 4.61 | 8 | 13.63 | 62.88 |
| 15 | Fitzgerald Toussaint | Michigan | JR | RB | 8 | 107 | 422 | 3.94 | 4 | 13.38 | 52.75 |
| 16 | Mark Weisman | Iowa | SO | RB | 7 | 106 | 477 | 4.50 | 2 | 15.14 | 68.14 |
| 17 | James White | Wisconsin | JR | RB | 11 | 98 | 683 | 6.97 | 10 | 8.91 | 62.09 |
| 18 | Donovonn Young | Illinois | SO | RB | 9 | 94 | 477 | 5.07 | 2 | 10.44 | 53.00 |
| 19 | Damon Bullock | Iowa | SO | RB | 4 | 92 | 286 | 3.11 | 2 | 23.00 | 71.50 |
| 20 | Rex Burkhead | Nebraska | SR | RB | 6 | 87 | 488 | 5.61 | 2 | 14.50 | 81.33 |
| 21 | Mike Trumpy | N'western | JR | RB | 12 | 72 | 339 | 4.71 | 3 | 6.00 | 28.25 |
| 22 | Philip Nelson | Minnesota | FR | QB | 7 | 69 | 184 | 2.67 | 0 | 9.86 | 26.29 |
| 23 | Michael Zordich | Penn State | SR | RB | 10 | 68 | 243 | 3.57 | 4 | 6.80 | 24.30 |
| 24 | Rodrick Williams Jr. | Minnesota | FR | RB | 8 | 57 | 261 | 4.58 | 2 | 7.13 | 32.63 |
| 24 | Josh Ferguson | Illinois | FR | RB | 8 | 57 | 247 | 4.33 | 0 | 7.13 | 30.88 |
| 26 | Ralph Bolden | Purdue | SR | RB | 7 | 54 | 325 | 6.02 | 0 | 7.71 | 46.43 |
| 27 | Matthew McGloin | Penn State | SR | QB | 10 | 53 | -64 | -1.21 | 5 | 5.30 | -6.40 |
| 28 | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin | FR | RB | 11 | 52 | 491 | 9.44 | 2 | 4.73 | 44.64 |
| 29 | Thomas Rawls | Michigan | SO | RB | 7 | 51 | 200 | 3.92 | 4 | 7.29 | 28.57 |
| 30 | James Vandenberg | Iowa | SR | QB | 9 | 50 | 43 | 0.86 | 4 | 5.56 | 4.78 |
| 31 | Bill Belton | Penn State | SO | RB | 7 | 47 | 205 | 4.36 | 3 | 6.71 | 29.29 |
| 31 | Devin Gardner | Michigan | JR | QB | 11 | 47 | 101 | 2.15 | 7 | 4.27 | 9.18 |
| 33 | D'Angelo Roberts | Indiana | SO | RB | 8 | 38 | 112 | 2.95 | 2 | 4.75 | 14.00 |
| 34 | Vincent Smith | Michigan | SR | RB | 10 | 35 | 74 | 2.11 | 0 | 3.50 | 7.40 |
| 34 | Andrew Maxwell | Mich St | JR | QB | 10 | 35 | -116 | -3.31 | 0 | 3.50 | -11.60 |
| 36 | Caleb TerBush | Purdue | SR | QB | 6 | 33 | 41 | 1.24 | 1 | 5.50 | 6.83 |
| 36 | Robert Marve | Purdue | SR | QB | 9 | 33 | -3 | -0.09 | 0 | 3.67 | -0.33 |
| 38 | Braylon Heard | Nebraska | SO | RB | 9 | 32 | 186 | 5.81 | 1 | 3.56 | 20.67 |
| 38 | Tyris Jones | N'western | SR | RB | 12 | 32 | 101 | 3.16 | 1 | 2.67 | 8.42 |
| 40 | Greg Garmon | Iowa | FR | RB | 8 | 31 | 101 | 3.26 | 0 | 3.88 | 12.63 |
| 41 | Akeem Hunt | Purdue | SO | RB | 10 | 28 | 185 | 6.61 | 1 | 2.80 | 18.50 |
| 41 | Max Shortell | Minnesota | SO | QB | 6 | 28 | 25 | 0.89 | 0 | 4.67 | 4.17 |
| 43 | MarQueis Gray | Minnesota | SR | QB | 8 | 27 | 156 | 5.78 | 3 | 3.38 | 19.50 |
| 43 | Curt Phillips | Wisconsin | SR | QB | 7 | 27 | 99 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.86 | 14.14 |
| 45 | Imani Cross | Nebraska | FR | RB | 11 | 25 | 96 | 3.84 | 5 | 2.27 | 8.73 |
| 45 | Derek Day | Penn State | SR | RB | 9 | 25 | 73 | 2.92 | 0 | 2.78 | 8.11 |
| 47 | Jordan Hall | Ohio State | SR | RB | 5 | 23 | 113 | 4.91 | 1 | 4.60 | 22.60 |
| 47 | Reilly O'Toole | Illinois | SO | QB | 5 | 23 | 20 | 0.87 | 1 | 4.60 | 4.00 |
| 49 | Isaiah Roundtree | Indiana | SO | RB | 8 | 22 | 97 | 4.41 | 0 | 2.75 | 12.13 |
| 49 | Cameron Coffman | Indiana | SO | QB | 8 | 22 | -10 | -0.45 | 1 | 2.75 | -1.25 |