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All-Purpose Yards

Career	4981	Frank Quayle	1966-68
Season	2054	Thomas Jones	1999
Sr.	2054	Thomas Jones	1999
Jr.	1906	Tiki Barber	1995
Soph.	1616	Frank Quayle	1966
Fr.	1670	Wali Lundy	2002
Game	331	Thomas Jones vs. Buffalo	1999
Sr.	331	Thomas Jones vs. Buffalo	1999
Jr.	311	Tiki Barber vs. Florida State	1995
Soph.	271	Mikell Simpson vs. Maryland	2007
Fr.	239	Wali Lundy vs. West Virginia	2002

Career All-Purpose Yards Leaders

	Player	Years	Rush	Rec.	PR	KOR	Tot.
1.	Frank Quayle	1966-68	2695	1145	50	1091	4981
2.	Alvin Pearman	2001-04	2394	1396	600	579	4969
3.	Tiki Barber	1993-96	3389	602	694	184	4869
4.	Thomas Jones	1996-99	3998	571	82	47	4698
5.	Terry Kirby	1989-92	3348	1022	0	267	4637
6.	Wali Lundy	2002-05	3193	895	0	409	4497
7.	John Papit	1947-50	3238	85	7	651	3981
8.	Tommy Vigorito	1977-80	2913	415	7	587	3922
9.	Perry Jones	2009-12	2033	1165	92	432	3722
10.	Bill Dudley	1939-41	1631	208	793	605	+3396
11.	Cedric Peerman	2005-08	1749	344	0	1256	3349
12.	Jerrod Washington	1990-93	1651	146	141	1336	3274
13.	Marcus Wilson	1987-89	2219	320	0	540	3079
14.	Barry Word	1982-85	2257	308	0	469	3034
15.	Billy McMullen	1999-02	37	2978	0	0	3015
+ includes interception returns for 159 yards

Season All-Purpose Yards Leaders

	Player	Year	G	Rush	Rec.	PR	KOR	Tot.	Avg.
1.	Thomas Jones	1999	11	1798	239	17	0	2054	186.7
2.	Alvin Pearman	2004	12	1037	402	314	195	1938	161.5
3.	Tiki Barber	1995	12	1397	216	272	21	1906	158.8
4.	Frank Quayle	1968	10	1213	426	0	230	1869	186.9
5.	Tiki Barber	1996	11	1360	258	241	0	1859	169.0
6.	Bill Dudley	1941	9	968	60	481	89	+1674	186.0
7.	Wali Lundy	2002	14	826	435	0	409	1670	119.3
8.	Frank Quayle	1966	10	727	420	30	439	1616	161.6
9.	John Papit	1949	10	1214	0	0	397	1611	161.1
10.	Marcus Wilson	1989	12	1098	161	0	284	1543	128.6
11.	Thomas Jones	1998	11	1303	179	13	27	1522	138.4
12.	Frank Quayle	1967	10	755	299	20	422	1496	149.6
13.	Perry Jones*	2011	13	915	506	47	0	1468	112.9
14.	Chris Warren	1986	11	380	162	136	768	1446	131.5
15.	Barry Word	1985	10	1224	76	0	76	1376	137.6
+ includes interception returns for 76 yards

Single-Game All-Purpose Yards Leaders

	Player	Rush	Rec.	PR	KOR	Tot.
1.	Thomas Jones vs. Buffalo, 1999	221	110	0	0	331
2.	Bill Dudley vs. North Carolina, 1941	215	0	59	51	325
3.	Tiki Barber vs. Florida State, 1995	193	45	73	0	311
4.	John Papit vs. George Washington, 1949	203	0	0	81	284
5.	Frank Quayle vs. Maryland, 1968	216	45	0	11	272
6.	Mikell Simpson* vs. Maryland, 2006	119	152	0	0	271
7.	Alvin Pearman vs. Duke, 2004	223	44	0	0	267
8.	Bill Dudley vs. Lehigh, 1941	167	20	78	0	265
9.	Frank Quayle vs. Davidson, 1968	153	85	0	21	259
10.	Tiki Barber vs. Duke, 1995	185	27	43	0	255
11.	Frank Quayle vs. Tulane, 1968	121	49	0	84	254
12.	Frank Quayle vs. Maryland, 1966	221	31	0	0	252
13.	Frank Quayle vs. South Carolina, 1967	39	101	0	111	251
14.	John Papit vs. VMI, 1949	157	0	0	93	250
	Alvin Pearman vs. Virginia Tech, 2004	147	32	16	55	250



Annual All-Purpose Yards Leaders
Year	Player	Rush	Rec.	Int.	PR	KOR	Tot.
1940	Bill Dudley	469	60	83	210	356	1178
1941	Bill Dudley (led nation)	968	60	76	481	89	1674
1942	Eddie Bryant	48	40	40	112	76	391
1944	John Duda	716	19	26	0	28	799
1946	Ray Brown	387	14	43	60	115	619
1947	Bruce Bailey	398	40	0	165	143	746
1948	John Papit	885	8	0	0	146	1039
1949	John Papit (led nation)	1214	0	0	0	397	1611
1950	John Papit	949	62	0	7	108	1126
1951	Bobby Pate	440	64	0	0	145	649
1952	Gerry Furst	699	0	0	0	77	776
1953	Henry Strempek	315	51	18	35	240	659
1954	Herb Hartwell	390	104	0	0	110	604
1955	Jim Bakhtiar	733	55	0	0	151	939
1956	Jim Bakhtiar	879	15	0	0	113	1007
1957	Jim Bakhtiar	822	13	0	0	55	890
1958	Sonny Randle (led ACC)	13	642	32	47	506	1240
1959	Tom Gravins	359	195	0	9	346	909
1960	Fred Shepherd	529	68	0	1	85	683
1961	Bobby Freeman	187	70	0	81	162	500
1962	Terry Sieg	216	281	20	157	131	805
1963	John Pincavage	256	136	93	37	126	648
1964	John Pincavage	177	331	0	64	293	865
1965	John Pincavage (led ACC)	119	566	0	135	344	1164
1966	F. Quayle (led ACC, nation)	727	420	0	30	439	1616
1967	Frank Quayle (led ACC)	755	299	0	20	422	1496
1968	Frank Quayle (led ACC)	1213	426	0	0	230	1869
1969	Gary Helman	851	86	0	0	48	985
1970	Jim Lacey	609	13	0	0	360	982
1971	Kent Merritt	828	73	0	0	351	1252
1972	Kent Merritt	575	28	0	0	227	830
1973	Harrison Davis	5	773	0	0	81	859
1974	Joe Sroba	632	56	0	14	440	1142
1975	David Sloan	848	179	0	56	19	1102
1976	Joe Sroba	1	169	0	0	558	728
1977	Tommy Vigorito	326	65	0	21	504	916
1978	Tommy Vigorito	800	53	0	-14	83	922
1979	Greg Taylor	933	182	0	0	0	1115
1980	Tommy Vigorito	742	239	0	0	0	981
1981	Greg Taylor	102	418	0	44	164	728
1982	Antonio Rice	764	67	0	0	0	831
1983	Howard Petty	835	116	0	0	0	951
1984	Barry Word	603	75	0	0	351	1029
1985	Barry Word (led ACC)	1224	76	0	0	76	1376
1986	Chris Warren	380	162	0	136	768	1446
1987	Marcus Wilson	692	134	0	0	212	1038
1988	Tim Finkelston	0	346	0	177	324	847
1989	Marcus Wilson	1098	161	0	0	284	1543
1990	Terry Kirby	1020	324	0	0	9	1353
1991	Terry Kirby	887	406	0	0	0	1293
1992	Terry Kirby (led ACC)	1130	241	0	0	1	1372
1993	Jerrod Washington	871	72	0	54	253	1250
1994	Tiki Barber	591	126	0	181	118	1016
1995	Tiki Barber (led ACC)	1397	216	0	272	21	1906
1996	Tiki Barber (led ACC)	1360	258	0	241	0	1859
1997	Terrence Wilkins	-2	506	0	94	441	1039
1998	Thomas Jones	1303	179	0	13	27	1522
1999	Thomas Jones (led ACC)	1798	239	0	17	0	2054
2000	Antwoine Womack	1028	81	0	0	97	1206
2001	Alvin Pearman	371	283	0	247	266	1167
2002	Wali Lundy	826	435	0	0	409	1670
2003	Alvin Pearman	643	518	0	38	128	1327
2004	Alvin Pearman (led ACC)	1037	402	0	314	185	1938
2005	Cedric Peerman	237	14	0	0	542	793
2006	Jason Snelling	772	282	0	0	0	1054
2007	Mikell Simpson	570	402	0	0	57	1029
2008	Cedric Peerman	774	193	0	0	108	1075
2009	Rashawn Jackson	461	222	0	0	13	696
2010	Perry Jones	646	224	0	45	191	1106
2011	Perry Jones	915	506	0	47	0	1468
2012	Khalek Shepherd*	122	129	0	89	929	1269
*indicates active player