Individual Rushing Records

Because Wheaton was a run-first team for decades, these records and stats were the most well-kept and are the gold standard in Warrior history. There have been 14 rushers topping the thousand-yard mark over the years with Tom Krenz, Lucas Armstrong and Jon Behrens each accomplishing the feat twice. Those three hold nearly every mark in these record books, but there have been many other phenomenal rushers as well. Most years, the best running back on the Wheaton roster was a good enough athlete to play any position on the field. Historically, touchdowns were not separated in statistics between rushing, receiving, defense and special teams — so that’s why I published overall TDs on the previous page. From 1988-present I have compiled the breakdown of how touchdowns were scored and might add earlier seasons at a later time. I do not have single-game records but would like to add them, so please submit to me any marks that you are aware of.

Career Rushing Yards

YdsPlayerSeasons
3928Tom Krenz1993-1996
3706Lucas Armstrong2003-2006
3405Jon Behrens1987-1990
2995Wolfgang Brink2008-2011
2536Cody Rinke2001-2004
2329Sam Thielen2005-2008
2329Luke Schmitz2005-2008
2266Jason Satter1996-1999
2191Michael Persing2009-2012
2149Carter Thiel2011-2013
2081Paul Berger2011-2014
1867Marco Smith2000-2003
1852Mason Deal2011-2014
1547Ethan Armstrong2001-2004
1538Zack Deal2013-2016

Single-Season Rushing Yards

YdsPlayerSeason
1935Lucas Armstrong2006
1798Jon Behrens1990
1509Tom Krenz1994
1391Wolfgang Brink2011
1342Cody Rinke2004
1251Lucas Armstrong2005
1176Michael Persing2012
1147Jon Behrens1989
1126Paul Berger2014
1106Marco Smith2003
1093Mason Deal2014
1084Jason Satter1998
1051Luke Schmitz2007
1032Tom Krenz1996
987Carter Thiel2012

Career Rushing Touchdowns

R-TDsPlayerSeasons
61Lucas Armstrong2003-2006
58Tom Krenz1993-1996
50Jon Behrens1987-1990
48Wolfgang Brink2008-2011
35Cody Rinke2001-2004
30Jason Satter1996-1999
30Carter Thiel2011-2013
28Luke Schmitz2005-2008
28Paul Berger2011-2014
27Sam Thielen2005-2008
25Ethan Armstrong2001-2004
25Michael Persing2009-2012
23Jacob Hasbargen2013-2016
21Mason Deal2011-2014
19Jay Nelson2004-2007

Single-Season Rushing Touchdowns

R-TDsPlayerSeason
36Lucas Armstrong2006
29Jon Behrens1990
25Tom Krenz1994
24Wolfgang Brink2011
19Cody Rinke2004
19Jacob Hasbargen2016
18Lucas Armstrong2005
16Tom Krenz1995
16Jason Satter1998
16Wolfgang Brink2010
16Michael Persing2012
15Jon Behrens1989
15Carter Thiel2013
14Jack Powell2004
14Luke Schmitz2008
14Paul Berger2014

Career Rushing Attempts

RushesPlayerSeasons
684Tom Krenz1993-1996
513Jon Behrens1987-1990
500Lucas Armstrong2003-2006
491Wolfgang Brink2008-2011
440Cody Rinke2001-2004
435Jason Satter1996-1999
378Sam Thielen2005-2008
363Marco Smith2000-2003
352Luke Schmitz2005-2008
333Michael Persing2009-2012
301Carter Thiel2011-2013
278Paul Berger2011-2014
276Zack Deal2013-2016
272Brook Buchholz1977-1979
267Glenn Frisch1977-1978

Single-Season Rushing Attempts

RushesPlayerSeason
278Jon Behrens1990
270Tom Krenz1994
245Lucas Armstrong2006
213Cody Rinke2004
205Jason Satter1998
187Wolfgang Brink2011
186Jason Satter1999
184Tom Krenz1996
178Lucas Armstrong2005
170Marco Smith2003
167Jim Kremer1982
165Michael Persing2012
165Paul Berger2014
164Glenn Frisch1978
164Wolfgang Brink2010

Rushing Yards Per Game

YPGPlayerSeason
149.8Jon Behrens1990
148.8Lucas Armstrong2006
137.2Tom Krenz1994
125.1Lucas Armstrong2005
112.6Paul Berger2014
111.8Cody Rinke2004
109.3Mason Deal2014
108.4Jason Satter1998
107.0Wolfgang Brink2011
106.8Luke Schmitz2008
98.0Michael Persing2012
97.8Carter Thiel2013
95.6Jon Behrens1989
93.8Tom Krenz1996
92.2Marco Smith2003

Rushing Yards Per Carry (Career)

YPCPlayerSeasons
8.2Riley Doschodis2004-2007
7.7Gus McCarthy2009-2012
7.5Paul Berger2011-2014
7.5Gregg Cronen2008-2011
7.4Lucas Armstrong2003-2006
7.1Carter Thiel2011-2013
7.0Mason Deal2011-2014
7.0Bennett Barker2000-2003
6.7Brayden Hofer2019-2021
6.6Jon Behrens1987-1990
6.6Luke Schmitz2005-2008
6.6Ethan Armstrong2001-2004
6.6Michael Persing2009-2012
6.3Tyler Schwagel2009-2011
6.3Wade Gronwold1991-1991

Rushing Yards Per Carry (Season)

YPCPlayerSeason
9.5Jon Behrens1989
8.4Paul Berger2013
8.3Mason Deal2014
8.3Riley Doschodis2006
8.1Riley Doschodis2007
8.0Lucas Armstrong2004
7.9Lucas Armstrong2006
7.7Ethan Armstrong2004
7.5Bennett Barker2002
7.4Wolfgang Brink2011
7.4Jarred Ehlers2021
7.4Carter Thiel2013
7.2Kris Neumann2004
7.1Michael Persing2012
7.0Bennett Barker2003

Rushing + Receiving Yards (Career)

YdsPlayerSeasons
4403Tom Krenz1993-1996
3904Lucas Armstrong2003-2006
3549Jon Behrens1987-1990
3285Wolfgang Brink2008-2011
2887Cody Rinke2001-2004
2726Sam Thielen2005-2008
2695Carter Thiel2011-2013
2563Luke Schmitz2005-2008
2483Jason Satter1996-1999
2351Michael Persing2009-2012
2191Paul Berger2011-2014
1977Marco Smith2000-2003
1976Mason Deal2011-2014
1754Zack Deal2013-2016
1547Ethan Armstrong2001-2004
1541Bennett Barker2000-2003

Rushing + Receiving Yards (Season)

YdsPlayerSeasons
1995Lucas Armstrong2006
1904Jon Behrens1990
1671Tom Krenz1994
1613Cody Rinke2004
1479Wolfgang Brink2011
1296Lucas Armstrong2005
1211Paul Berger2014
1210Michael Persing2012
1170Carter Thiel2013
1160Carter Thiel2012
1156Marco Smith2003
1152Jon Behrens1989
1150Jason Satter1998
1126Tom Krenz1996
1114Luke Schmitz2007
1098Mason Deal2014

Sortable Career Rushing Stats

Sortable Single-Season Rushing Stats