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Ron Dayne Bio

All-America tailback and Winner

1 Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne

Inducted into the National player of the First three-time Big 2011 Hall of year by the Associated Ten rushing champion Fame Press, Football News, The and conference career and leader in rushing and Inducted into the Walter Camp scoring University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in ’s all- Name and number 2009 time leading rusher and on the facade of Camp the first player in college Randall Stadium after history to run for more setting the NCAA record College football’s than 7,000 career yards at the Iowa game on most-decorated player (post-season play Nov. 13, 1999 after winning the included) Heisman Trophy and Maxwell and Doak Landslide winner in Walker Awards Three-time bowl the Heisman Trophy bal- game MVP (1996 loting---his 2,042 votes Copper, 1999 Rose and were the 10th-most of all 2000 Rose) time

2 Career Statistics

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD 1996 325 2,109 6.5 21 1997 263 1,457 5.5 15 1998 295 1,525 5.2 15 1999 337 2,034 6.0 20 Career 1,220 7,125 5.8 71

Honors • Hall of Fame • 2009 UW Athletics Hall of Fame • 1999 Heisman Trophy winner • 1999 winner • 1999 Award winner • 1999 Player of the Year • 1999 Walter Camp Player of the Year • 1999 Football News Player of the Year • 1999 The Sporting News Player of the Year • 1999 Chicago Tribune Silver Football winner (given to the Big Ten Most Valuable Player) • 1999 first-team All-American by Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Coaches Association, Football Writers Association, The Sporting News, Football News, CNN/SI.com and CBS Sportsline

1999 Heisman Trophy voting 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 2,042 2. Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech 994 3. , Virginia Tech 319 4. , Purdue 308 5. , Marshall 247 6. , Florida State 203 7. , Alabama 171 8. Thomas Jones, Virginia 140 9. LaVar Arrington, Penn State 54 10. Tim Rattay, Louisiana Tech 29

What they said , Wisconsin Head Coach: “Ron really exemplified our program. I don’t think there’s a player that has ever meant more to a program. He’s what our program is all about ... blue-collar, tough, hard-nosed. He doesn’t do it the easy way, but he does what you have to do for wins.”

ABC’s Tim Brandt (on Dayne’s carry when he became college football’s career rushing leader): “Open up the record books for Ron Dayne. He is the man of few words and many yards.” The carry to break the NCAA career rushing mark

Dayne’s Legacy at the UW What Ron Dayne accomplished at the University of Wisconsin is simply remarkable. In essence, he defined the Badger football program during his four-year career with his physical play, no-nonsense approach and blue collar work ethic for a program which averaged 9.3 wins per season during his illustrious career.

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#33 • tied NCAA record for career games of at Ron Dayne least 200 yards (11 set by Dayne, TB, 5-10, 252, Berlin, NJ (Overbrook) of USC, and of Texas) • Badgers compiled a 17-1 record during his Honors, awards and records have never been the career in games Dayne had at least 30 carries focus of Ron Dayne’s football career. “I just tried to do • an incredible 50.1 percent of his career what I could to help the team win,” is what the soft-spo- yardage came after contact. ken tailback repeated many times throughout his career. • averaged 5.84 yards per carry over entire Helping the Badgers win may be Dayne’s favorite career personal legacy, but other witnesses to his career will • averaged 150.1 yards per game against forever marvel at his on-field accomplishments. Ron Dayne Big Ten competition and 154.5 yards vs. non-con- In 1999, Ron Dayne entered his senior season as ference opponents the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell • recorded 186 career runs of at least 10 Award and the after his record-setting effort in the '99 yards against defnses generally geared to slow Rose Bowl. him with up to nine players "in the box" What Dayne accomplished by the conclusion of his senior year is simply • averaged 169.5 yards per game during remarkable. In essence, he defined the UW football team with his physical victories during his Badger career and 99.4 play, no-nonsense approach and blue collar work ethic for a school which has yards in the losses. averaged nine wins per season during his career. • first Badger since lineman (for- Consider these accomplishments. mer Chicago Bear) in 1974-75 to earn first-team • college football's career All-America honors twice; only player in Badger rushing leader with 6,397 history to receive All-America mention in four- yards (7,125 in all games) bet- straight seasons tering the one-year old mark of 77,125,125 • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week nine 6,279 yards set by Texas' times Ricky Williams ... broke the When 1998 Heisman Trophy winner Ricky • only player to lead the Big Ten in three cate- record on a 31-yard run in the Williams (Texas) broke ’s (Pitt) gories (rushing, all-purpose yardage and scoring) second quarter vs. Iowa on 23-year-old career college rushing mark in in 1999. Nov. 13, 1999 1998, many people thought the new record • holds record for the most rushing TDs (71), • only player in the history might be out of reach for future backs. Ron scoring (426 points), TDs (71), rushing attempts Dayne eclipsed Williams' mark of 6,279 yards of college fooball (any division) (1,220), yards in a season (2,109), yards in a in the next season and became UW's second to rush for more than 7,000 career (7,125) in Big Ten history. Heisman Trophy Winner. yards (includes bowls) • became the Badgers’ all-time leading rusher • career yards including vs. UNLV as a junior and broke Billy Marek’s post season numbered 7,125 school record which had stood for 23 years in 47 games for a 151.6 yards per game average • graduated UW with 48 school records • first three-time Big Ten rushing champ • Wisconsin compiled a 37-13 record, won • outrushed the opposing team 29 times in 43 career starts. two Big Ten titles and led the conference in rushing • lost a fumble on just 0.73 percent of his career carries (nine in 1,220 three times during his spectacular career. attempts).

• named MVP of three bowls (1996 Copper, Bowl 1999 and 2000 Rose Ron Dayne's name and number adorn the facade of Camp Bowls) Randall Stadium

4 Two-time Rose Bowl MVP Ron Dayne is college football’s top career rusher with 7,125 yards

Ron Dayne TB, 5-10, 252, Berlin, N.J. (Overbrook High School)

1999 Heisman Trophy winner

Opponent (A.P. Rank) Att. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Murray State (NR) 20 135 6.8 3 26 Ball State (NR) 31 158 5.1 1 19 @Cincinnati (NR) 28 231 8.3 1 29 Michigan (#4) 22 88 4.0 1 34 @Ohio State (#12) 32 161 5.0 4 46 @Minnesota (#25) 25 80 3.2 1 16 Indiana 17 167 9.8 2 69 Michigan State (#11) 34 214 6.3 2 51 @Northwestern 35 162 4.6 2 24 @Purdue (#17) 32 222 6.9 1 41 Iowa 27 216 8.0 1 38 Stanford (#22) - Rose Bowl 34 200 5.9 1 64

Career rushing totals

Season Att. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Freshman (1996) 325 2,109 6.5 21 71 Sophomore (1997) 263 1,457 5.5 15 80 Junior (1998) 295 1,525 5.2 15 54 Senior (1999) 337 2,034 6.0 20 69 Totals 1,220 7,125 5.8 71 80

Ron Dayne won the 1999 Heisman Award and the Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s top .

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Ron Dayne Year-by-year

vs. ranked foes (Michigan, Ohio State, In 1999 (as a senior) Dayne Career Stats Minnesota, Michigan State, Purdue, and Stanford) ... recorded 200-yard College football's consensus player of RUSHING games in four of final five weeks the year ... landslide winner in the Year Att. Yards Avg. TD including a Heisman Trophy show- Heisman Trophy balloting ... his 2,042 1996 *325 *2,109 6.5 *21 down with Purdue's Drew Brees when votes were 10th-highest of all time ... 1997 263 1,457 5.5 15 Dayne had 222 yards ... averaged 177.7 ranked second nationally in rushing 1998 295 1,525 5.2 15 ypg after became (166.7), fourth in scoring (10.4) and 1998 337 2,034 6.0 20 starting QB ... out-rushed the opposing Total *1,220 *7,125 *5.8 *71 ninth in all-purpose yardage (167.6) ... team nine times in 12 games ... four runner-up to TCU's Ladainian Tomlinson at No. 12 Ohio State tied RECEIVING in NCAA rushing race (16 yards behind) Year No. Yards Avg. TD career best ... string of three-straight despite sitting out six full quarters in 1996 14 133 9.5 0 200-yard games to end career (Purdue, blowout wins ... 1,834 net rushing yards 1997 10 117 11.7 0 Iowa, Stanford) tied his own school (24th best all-time) ... average of 6.1 1998 6 45 7.5 0 record for consecutive 200-yard rush- yards per carry was third-best among the 1998 1 9 9.0 0 ing contests ... gained an incredible nation's top 50 runners ... averaged 48.4 Total 31 304 9.8 0 1,098 yards after contact (YAC) or 54.0 yards per quarter, which raises his per- percent of his season total ... 20 rush- game norm to 193.7 yards if he hadn't * –– Wisconsin school records ing TDs were one off his school record sat out the equivalent of three entire (set in '96) ... Dayne's average per halves in '99 ... won third Big Ten rush- game (166.7) would rank ing crown by an impressive 50.6 ypg 38th nationally among (over Minnesota's Thomas Hamner) ... teams (just ahead of Ohio Dayne's 2,034 yards would have ranked State) ... Badgers ranked fifth among the Big Ten teams ... pro- third nationally in rush- duced five 200-yard rusing games (most ing offense and Dayne in the nation), including three vs. ranked gained 61.5 percent of foes ... an eye-popping 214 yards against their total ... accounted Michigan State's nation-best rushing for 40.6 percent of UW's defense (39.9 ypg at the time the teams total offense ... one of five played) ... only player in Big Ten to lead team captains for the Big circuit in three categories (rushing, scor- Ten Champs. ing and all-purpose yardage) ... rushed VV for 200 yards in Rose Bowl victory over Stanford ... won second consecutive Rose Bowl MVP trophy to join Washington QB (1960-61) and Southern Cal TB Charles White (1979-80) as the only players to accom- plish that feat ... scored fifth career TD (four-yard carry vs. Stanford) in the "The Granddaddy of Them All" to become Rose Bowl's career scoring leader ... Dayne's 30 points surpassed Michigan's Neil Snow who tallied 25 points in 1902 (TDs were worth five points at that time) Ron Dayne was named the ... named Big Ten offensive player of the MVP of the for a second-straight year week four times, equaling the all-time joining Washington QB Bob league best (set by Indiana's Anthony Schloredt (1960-61) and Thompson and Michigan's Desmond Southern Cal TB Charles White (1979-80) as the only players Howard) ... avearged 160.8 yards rushing to accomplish that feat.

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Ron Dayne Year-by-year

In 1998 (as a junior) him week after week ... outrushed the school annals despite missing 12 quar- opposing team eight times in 11 games ters (entire games vs. Boise State and In 1998, one of three finalists (along ... four-time Badger offensive MVP Michigan, three quarters vs. Iowa and with Boston College’s Mike Cloud and (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa) ... Big one period against San Jose State) of Texas’ Ricky Williams) for the Doak Ten P.O.W. against Northwestern and action... first-team all-America honors Walker Award . . .Walter Camp Football Illinois ... gained 58.9 percent of the from Football News ... finalist for Doak Foundation first-team all-American ... yardage for Badgers’ league-leading Walker Award ... consensus second- first Badger to earn first-team all-Ameri- ground attack ... accounted for 38.6 per- team all-Big Ten honors ... named ca honors twice in a career since Chicago cent of Wisconsin’s total offense ... 1,525 Madison Magazine’s Sports Personality Bear lineman Dennis Lick (1974-75) ... yards rushing and 295 carries are third- of the Year in a vote by city residents ... only unanimous first-team all-Big Ten most in UW season annals ... 15 rushing became the fifth Badger to rush for choice on offense by both coaches and touchdowns are tied for fourth-best sea- more than 3,000 career yards (making media ... shared team’s Wayne Souza son at Wisconsin ... scored at least one that plateau in his 17th game) ... the Award (appreciation honor offense) with TD in six consecutive games ... scored other members of that club and the Mike Samuel ... Rose Bowl Most Valuable three TDs in wins over Ohio and Illinois. game they reached that level in their Player in Badgers’ 38-31 win over UCLA careers are Billy Marek (27th), Brent ... tied modern-era bowl record (shared In 1997 (as a sophomore) Moss (36th), (40th) and by USC’s Sam Cunningham and UCLA’s Terrell Fletcher (41st) ... set Badger Eric Ball) with four touchdowns ... Rushed for 1,457 yards (fifth nation- record for yards rushing by a sopho- rushed for 246 yards (the same number ally with an average of 142.0 per game) more (Marek had 1,207 in 1973) ... set he had in the 1996 Copper Bowl vs. ... yardage total was fourth-best in a school mark for yards rushing in a Utah), one yard shy of Charles White’s quarter (170 in the opening stanza at Rose Bowl record ... ABC player of the San Jose State) ... had an 80-yard TD game vs. Bruins ... broke the school’s run vs. the Spartans on his first carry ... 23-year-old career rushing mark, the averaged 12.7 yards per carry at San oldest in the Badger record book, against Jose State (20-254) tied for fourth-best UNLV when he ran for 108 yards ... did in UW history ... season totals of 1,457 not play in season opener at San Diego yards, 263 attempts, 15 touchdowns all State after injuring ankle in training ranked fourth in UW history ... those camp ... reached the century mark vs. figures were compiled despite playing Ohio (111), UNLV (108), Northwestern all season with shoulder, groin, ankle (168), Indiana (130), Purdue (127), and knee ailments ... named Badger Illinois (regular-season best 190), Iowa offensive MVP four times ... recorded (164) and Minnesota (133) as Badgers 200-yard games against San Jose began the season 9-0 ... led the Big Ten State (254), Indiana (202) and Illinois in rushing by 23 yards per game (over (207) ... made century mark for yards Ohio State’s Michael Wiley) ... first con- gained against San Diego State (145), ference player to lead the Big Ten in Purdue (141), Minnesota (183) and rushing twice since Penn State (126) ... served as a spokes- (Michigan State) in 1985 and 1987 ... person for the Dane County Humane ranked ninth nationally in rushing Society in its efforts to encourage peo- (127.9) and 32nd in all-purpose yards ple to give shelter to homeless animals (132.4) ... besides leading the league in ... Dayne did TV and radio spots, a rushing, he ranked third in all-purpose poster and billboards ... the theme of yards, eighth in scoring and ninth in the campaign was to seek “Humane total offense (127.9) ... registered nine Treatment of Animals, Not games of at least 100 yards rushing Linebackers” despite facing defenses geared to stop Ron Dayne has come to epitomize Badger football with his physical, blue-collar approach to the game. Nearly half of his career yardage has come after contact.

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Ron Dayne Year-by-year

In 1996 (as a freshman) (139) and No. 3 Penn State (129) ... set Badger record with 50 carries vs. Joined a group of 10 other players in Minnesota ... carried the ball on 31 of college history to rush for more than the team’s 41 first-half plays against the 2,000 yards (bowl games included) in a Golden Gophers ... Dayne’s 31 first-half season ... totalled 2,109 yards (eighth- carries were just short of Tony Sands’ best in NCAA history) with a school- (Kansas) NCAA mark of 34 carries in a record 21 touchdowns despite not start- half ... recorded fourth, ninth and 13th- ing until fifth game ... most-prolific best games (vs. Hawaii, Minnesota and freshman runner in NCAA history ... Illinois) in Big Ten history ... Dayne’s per- gained 1,863 yards (the NCAA does sonal average as a starter would have not recognize bowls in seasons stats) ranked fourth in Big Ten and 29th to break ’s (Georgia) nationally among teams ... gained just freshman mark of 1,616 yards set in 218 yards in first three games despite 1980 ... tied Walker’s record of four 200- getting just one carry prior to the fourth yard games by a freshman ... game aver- quarter in those contests ... finished 13th age of 155.3 (not counting the bowl) is in voting for Heisman Trophy. second in NCAA freshman history, just behind ’s (San Diego Badger in modern era to lead the confer- High School State) mark of 155.8 set in 1991 ... set ence in rushing (joining Moss, 1993; national freshmen records for carries Marek, 1974; and Alan Ameche, 1951- Consensus first-team all-American at in a game (50 vs. Minnesota) and sea- 52) ... a 30.2-yard (per game) lead over Overbrook ... chosen to elite squads by son (295) ... the old records were 45 car- Northwestern’s Darnell Autry for league USA Today, Parade, Reebok, Prep Football ries in a game by James McDougal rushing crown ... only player to be Report, Blue Chip, Schutt Sports Group (Wake Forest, 1976) and 292 in a season named Big Ten player of the week three and SuperPrep ... offensive player of the by Steve Bartalo (Colorado State, 1983) times ... rushed for a school-record 339 year in the east and No. 1 fullback pros- ... established an NCAA mark for yards at Hawaii, the second-highest fig- pect in the nation according to PFR and yards gained in consecutive games ure for a freshman in NCAA history SuperPrep ... rushed for 1,785 yards (14.9 when he totalled 628 yards vs. Illinois (Faulk of San Diego State had 386 vs. average) and 24 TDs as a senior ... top (289) and Hawaii (339), Dayne broke Pacific in 1991) ... Dayne’s total vs. game was a 250-yard, four- the old mark of 626 yards set by Cal Rainbows was achieved in just under effort vs. Atco Edgewood ... gained State Fullerton’s Mike Pringle in 1989 three quarters (he left with 1:46 left in 1,566 yards with 27 touchdowns as a ... finished fourth nationally in rushing ... the third period) ... broke UW mark for junior ... won state shot put and discus average per carry was second-best yards gained in a half (250) at Hawaii ... titles as a junior and senior ... threw dis- among NCAA’s top 20 rushers (Air Force also gained more than 200 yards (212) in cus 216-10 at the Golden West option was the opening half at Illinois ... gained Invitational as a senior, the third-lon- only player ahead of him) ... third-team more than 100 yards in five quarters ... gest prep throw in history ... set New Associated Press all-American ... first- personally outrushed eight opponents, Jersey state discus record ... captured team freshman all-American by The including two games when he played Penn Relays shot put title in 1996 and Sporting News ... first-team all-Big Ten by only in fourth period ... gained 1,231 provisionally qualified for the Olympic media and second-team by coaches ... yards in the month of November (244 vs. Trials ... same high school as former Big Ten co-freshman of the year (with Purdue, 297 vs. Minnesota, 62 at Iowa, Badger receivers Lee DeRamus, Michael Ohio State’s ) by 289 at Illinois and 339 at Hawaii) ... set London and ... coached coaches ... averaged 195.8 yards per Badger bowl record with 246-yard effort by Harvey Miller. game as a starter .... averaged 162.2 against Utah in Copper Bowl ... scored yards per game, breaking the four TDs, one off school record, against Personal Wisconsin record (136.4 by Big Ten Illinois and Hawaii ... Badgers’ offen- MVP in 1993) by more sive MVP seven times ... broke school Born 3/14/78 ... agricultural journal- than 25 yards ... broke the Big Ten freshman records for yards rushing in a ism major ... guardians are Rob and rushing record with 2,109-yard cam- game and season, held previously by Debbie Reid ... has a daughter, Jada ... paign ... bettered the mark of 2,066 Alan Ameche (1951) ... gained 42 percent nicknamed the “Great Dayne.” yards set by Lorenzo White (Michigan of team’s total offense ... registered 100- State) in 1985 ... became just fourth yard games vs. No. 14 Northwestern

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1996 Season (as a freshman) 1999 Season (as a senior)

Opponent Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Lg Opponent Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Lg Murray State 20 135 6.8 3 26 Eastern Michigan 8 53 6.6 1 23 Ball State 31 158 5.1 1 19 @UNLV 13 90 6.9 1 15 @Cincinnati 28 231 8.3 1 29 Stanford 12 75 6.3 0 17 Michigan 22 88 4.0 1 34 Penn State 23 129 5.4 2 50 @Ohio State 32 161 5.0 4 46 @Ohio State 21 65 3.1 0 11 @Minnesota 25 80 3.2 1 16 Northwestern 28 139 5.0 1 21 Indiana 17 167 9.8 2 51 @Michigan State 15 81 5.4 0 19 Michigan State 34 214 6.3 2 51 Purdue 30 244 8.1 2 37 @Northwestern 35 162 4.6 2 24 Minnesota 50 297 5.9 3 27 @Purdue 32 222 6.9 1 41 @Iowa 17 62 3.6 0 17 Iowa 27 216 8.0 1 38 @Illinois 41 289 7.0 4 54 Standford 34 200 5.9 1 64 @Hawaii 36 339 9.4 4 71 Totals 337 2,034 6.0 20 69 Utah 30 246 8.2 3 40 Totals 325 2,109 6.5 21 71 S

1997 Season (as a sophomore) Yards After Contact (YAC) Opponent Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Lg Ron Dayne has made nearly half of his collegiate yardage after con- Syracuse 13 46 3.5 0 10 tact. With opposing defenses designed to slow him, it has been rare for Boise State ––––––––––––––––– did not play ––––––––––––––––– him to get a carry without contact. Shown below are Dayne’s yearly @San Jose State 20 254 12.7 3 80 totals for yards after contact (YAC). His total of 2,372 yards after contact San Diego State 26 145 5.6 4 33 would rank eighth in UW history for regular career rushing yards. Indiana 34 202 5.9 2 35 @Northwestern 25 93 3.7 2 22 Year YAC* Yards Pct. 1996 1,066 2,109 50.5 Illinois 28 207 7.4 2 66 1997 699 1,457 48.0 @Purdue 26 141 5.4 1 13 1998 704 1,525 46.1 @Minnesota 40 183 4.6 1 17 1999 1,098 2,034 54.0 Iowa 7 24 3.4 0 6 Totals 3,567 7,125 50.1 Michigan ––––––––––––––––– did not play ––––––––––––––––– @Penn State 30 126 4.2 0 18 * –– yards after contact Georgia 14 36 2.6 0 15 Totals 263 1,457 5.5 15 80 Dayne on NCAA All-time Lists

1998 Season (as a junior) Career Statistics Rushing yards: 6,397 (1st) . . . Ricky Williams (Texas), 2nd with 6,279 Rushing yards per game: 148.8 (5th) . . . LeShon Johnson, Northern Opponent Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Lg Illinois is 4th at 150.6 @San Diego State ––––––––––––––––– did not play ––––––––––––––––– Rushing touchdowns: 63 (4th) . . . six players are tied for 18th Ohio 20 111 5.6 3 18 Rushing attempts: 1,115 (2nd) . . . Steve Bartalo, Colorado State is 1st with 1,215 UNLV 13 108 8.3 0 31 Scoring (non-kickers): 378 (4th) . . . Anthony Thompson, Indiana is Northwestern 22 168 7.6 1 46 third with 394 @Indiana 28 130 4.6 1 48 Career 200-yard games: 11 (T1st) . . . ties Ricky Williams (Texas) and Purdue 33 127 3.8 1 11 Marcus Allen (USC) @Illinois 39 190 4.9 3 20 Career 1,000-yard seasons: 4 (T1st) ... tied with Amos Lawrence, @Iowa 39 164 4.2 1 21 North Carolina, 1977-80; Tony Dorsett, Pitt, 1973-76; Denvis Manns, Minnesota 35 133 3.8 1 23 New Mexico State, 1995-98; , Texas, 2002-05; DonTrell Moore, New Mexico, 2002-05; Tyrell Fenroy, La-Lafayette, 2005-08; @Michigan 16 53 3.3 0 10 Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss., 2006-09 Penn State 23 95 4.1 0 22 UCLA 27 246 9.1 4 54 Totals 295 1,525 5.2 15 54

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NCAA Career Rushing

Records without Bowl games through 2010 season

Player Yards 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 6,397 2. Ricky Williams, Texas 6,279 3. Tony Dorsett, 6,082 4. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 6,026 5. Charles White, USC 5,598 6. Travis Prentice, Miami 5,596 7. Cedric Benson, Texas 5,540 8. Damion Fletcher, S. Mississippi 5,302 9. LaDanian Tomlinson, TCU 5,263 10. Herschel Walker, Georgia 5,259 11. , Ohio State 5,177 12. Avon Cobourne, W. Virginia 5,164 13. Garrett Wolfe, N. Illinois 5,164 14. Mike Hart, Michigan 5,040 15. Darren Lweis, Texsa A & M 5,012 16. Darren Sproles, Kansas State 4,979 17. Anthony Thompson, Indiana 4,965 18. George Rogers, S. Carolina 4,958 19. , Rice 4,948 20. Michael Turner, No. Illinois 4,941 “Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne, coming off an extraordinary 21. Ray Rice, Rutgers 4,926 performance against UCLA at the Rose Bowl, is the front runner for the NCAA Career Averages ’99 Heisman Trophy.” Beano Cook, Football News

Career Yards Per Game through 2010

Player Average Breaking Down Dayne 1. , Cornell 174.6 Result Att. Yards /Game TD 2. O.J. Simpson, USC 164.4 Wins 967 5,932 169.5 65 3. Herschel Walker, Georgia 159.4 Losses 253 1,193 99.4 6 4. Garrett Wolfe, No. Illinois 156.5 5. LeShon Johnson, No. Illinois 150.6 Site Att. Yards /Game TD 6. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 148.8 Home 543 3,235 140.6 33 7 Marshall Faulk, San Diego St. 148.0 Away / neutral 677 3,893 169.1 38 8. George Jones, San Diego St. 147.9 Competition Att. Yards /Game TD 9. Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh 141.4 Big Ten 875 4,652 150.1 42 Troy Davis, Iowa State 141.4 Non-league 345 2,473 154.6 29 10. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 137.0 11. , Nebraska 136.6 12. Ricky Williams, Texas 136.5 13. Howard Stevens, Louisville 136.2 14. Jerome Persell, W. Michigan 135.2 SINGLE-GAME BESTS RECORD WHEN RON ... 15. Rudy Mobley, Hardin-Simmons 133.8 16. , Oklahoma 130.5 Attempts: 50 vs. Minnesota, 1996 Rushes for >= 100 yards: 28-5 17. , UCF 130.0 Yards: 339 vs. Hawaii, 1996 Rushes for <= 100 yards: 7-7 18. Ray Rice, Rutgers 129.6 Average per attempt: 12.7 vs. Rushes for >= 200 yards: 13-1 19. , Indiana 129.3 San Jose State, 1997 Scores at least three TDs: 11-0 20. Vaughn Dunbar, Indiana 129.2 Touchdowns: 4, on five occasions Carries at least 30 times: 17-1 Long run: 80 vs. San Jose St., 1997 Carries fewer than 30 times: 18-11

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Ron Dayne’s Wisconsin Records Dayne In the Rose Bowl Dane County Humane Society Most rushing attempts: tied for fourth with QUARTER 34 in 2000 vs Stanford Yards Rushing: 170 vs. San Jose State, 1997 Most net yards: 2nd with 246 in 1999, 1 Wisconsin’s most-famous “Great Attempts: 16 vs. Minnesota, 1996 behind Charles White, USC in 1980, and tied Dayne” lent his name and time to pro- for 5th with 200 in 2000 mote a cause for the humane treatment HALF Longest touchdown run: Tied for 8th with of animals during the 1997 football sea- Attempts: 31 vs. Minnesota, 1996 the 54 yards in 1999 Highest average per play: tied for 7th with son. Dayne, in conjunction with the GAME 9.1 in 1999. At the time it was 5th-best Dane County Humane Society, was fea- Yards Rushing: 339 vs. Hawaii, 1996 Most points: tied for 2nd with 24 in 1999 – 4 tured in a campaign urging for the Yards Rushing By Freshman: 339 vs. Hawaii, rushing TDs “Humane Treatment of Animals, Not 1996 Most rushing touchdowns: tied for 2nd with Scoring By Freshman: 24 vs. Illinois and 4 in 1999, 5 is the record set by Neil Snow in Linebackers.” Dayne did PSAs for radio Hawaii, 1996 1902 (first-ever game). Also 2nd with 4 TDs and television and posed for billboards. Scoring By Sophomore: 24 vs. San Diego on list of most TDs responsible for – 2 players The poster at the right was given out at State, 1997 have 5. Attempts: 50 vs. Minnesota, 1996 the ’97 season opener vs. Boise State. All-purpose Yards: 347 vs. Hawaii, 1996 For his efforts, Dayne received the Dayne Career Statistics Humane Society’s “You Made a BOWL GAMES Difference Award.” Dayne has been an Yards Rushing: 246 vs. Utah (1996 Copper) animal lover since his youth when he and vs. UCLA (1999 Rose) Year Att. Yards Avg. TD Most Points Scored: 24 vs. UCLA (1999 1996 325 2,109 6.5 21 had a Doberman named Butch. Rose) 1997 263 1,457 5.5 15 Touchdowns: 4 vs. UCLA (1999 Rose) Most Rushing Touchdowns: 4 vs. UCLA 1998 295 1,525 5.2 15 (1999 Rose) 1999 337 2,034 6.0 20 Longest Rushing Touchdowns: 54 vs. UCLA Career 1,220 7,125 5.8 71 (1999 Rose) Longest Rush: 64 vs. Stanford (2000 Rose) These totals include statistics from Avg. per carry: 9.1 vs. UCLA (1999 Rose) Dayne’s three bowl appearances. Wisconsin and the Big Ten do count bowl games in SEASON Yards Rushing: 2,109 in 1996 their totals for records. The NCAA does not Yards Rushing By Freshman: 2,109 in 1996 recognize bowls for statistical purposes. Yards Rushing By Senior: 2,034 in ’99 Average Per Game: 169.5 in 1999 Scoring By Freshman: 126 in 1996 Dayne In Bowls Scoring By Sophomore: 90 in 1997 All-purpose Yards: 2,242 in 1996 200-yard Games: 5 in 1996 Bowl Att. Yards Avg. TD Consecutive 200-yard Games: 3 in 1996 Copper 30 246 8.2 3 Yards 2 Consecutive Games: 628 in 1996 Yards 3 Consecutive Games: 874 in 1996 Outback 14 36 2.6 0 Yards 4 Consecutive Games: 987 in 1996 Rose 27 246 9.1 4 Yards 5 Consecutive Games: 1,233 in 1996 Rose 34 200 5.9 1 Yards 6 Consecutive Games: 1,477 in 1996 Total 105 728 6.9 8

CAREER Yards Rushing: 7,125, 1996-99 Dayne Without Bowls Attempts: 1,220, 1996-99 Rushing Touchdowns: 71, 1996-99 Ron Dayne’s work for the Dane County Humane Touchdowns: 71, 1996-99 Year Att. Yards Avg. TD Points: 426, 1996-99 Society earned him the “You Made A Difference” 1996 295 1,863 6.3 18 Award from the local chapter in 1996. Dayne’s All-purpose Yards: 7,429, 1996-99 1997 249 1,421 5.7 15 campaign asked for the “humane treatment of Avg. Per Game: 151.6, 1996-99 animals, not linebackers.” 100-yard Games: 33, 1996-99 1998 268 1,279 4.8 11 200-yard Games: 14, 1996-99 1999 303 1,834 6.0 19 Career 1,115 6,397 5.7 63

The NCAA does not recognize appearances when compiling college records. Dayne’s career total of 6,397 yards ranks first in NCAA college history.

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IInsidenside thethe NNumbersumbers

6,397: NCAA career rushing record set by Dayne on a 31-yard run vs. Iowa on Nov. 13, 1999. It broke the one-year old mark of 6,279 set by Ricky Williams of Texas, 1998.

378: number of points scored by Dayne in his career; ranks fourth in the NCAA records for non-kickers

339: Dayne’s single-game yardage figure recorded against Hawaii (1996) in just three quarters. He left the game with 1:46 left in the third period. At the time, that total was the second- best in NCAA history for a freshman.

148.8: Average yards per game rushing by Dayne in his career which ranks fifth in NCAA marks.

50.1: percentage of his total yards Dayne garnered after con- tact (YAC yards). “From the waist down, he’s a shifty halfback. But from the waist up, he’s a brute of a fullback.” 48: number of school records Dayne had when he graduated from Wisconsin. Bob Greise, ABC Sports

29: number of times Dayne out-rushed the opposing team in 43 career starts.

11: ties the record for career games of at least 200 yards also owned by Marcus Allen of USC and Ricky Williams of Texas.

5.48: average yards per carry over his career.

4: number of seasons Dayne rushed for over, 1000 yards; ties the NCAA record

3: years that Dayne led the Big Ten in rushing. No other player in Big Ten history has led the league in rushing three times.

3: times that Dayne earned the MVP for bowl games (1996 Copper, 1999 and 2000 Rose Bowl) “Dayne just ran the ball down our throats and that was the difference in the game. We had 5,000 37-13: Wisconsin record during Dayne's career run which guys in the box and still didn’t stop him.” included two Big Ten titles and an average of 9.3 wins/season.

17-1: Badger record when Dayne had 30 carries or more UCLA Assistant Coach Nick Aliotti

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