1000-yard Rushers
North Carolina has been call "Tailback U" for their number of 1000-yard rushers. Throughout the course of the Tar Heels' football history, a player has rushed for over 1,000 yards in a season twenty-five times. The first player to rush for over a 1,000 yards was Don McCauley, who rushed for 1,092 yards in the 1969 season. The most recent player to have rushed for 1,000 yards was Giovani Bernard, who rushed for 1,253 yards in 2011.
| Year | Player | Yards |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Don McCauley | 1,092 |
| 1970 | Don McCauley | 1,720 |
| 1973 | Sammy Johnson | 1,006 |
| 1974 | Jim Betterson | 1,082 |
| 1974 | Mike Voight | 1,033 |
| 1975 | Mike Voight | 1,250 |
| 1976 | Mike Voight | 1,407 |
| 1977 | Amos Lawrence | 1,211 |
| 1978 | Amos Lawrence | 1,043 |
| 1979 | Amos Lawrence | 1,019 |
| 1980 | Amos Lawrence | 1,118 |
| 1980 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,039 |
| 1981 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,015 |
| 1982 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,064 |
| 1983 | Ethan Horton | 1,107 |
| 1983 | Tyrone Anthony | 1,063 |
| 1984 | Ethan Horton | 1,247 |
| 1986 | Derrick Fenner | 1,250 |
| 1988 | Kennard Martin | 1,146 |
| 1991 | Natrone Means | 1,030 |
| 1992 | Natrone Means | 1,195 |
| 1993 | Curtis Johnson | 1,034 |
| 1993 | Leon Johnson | 1,012 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Linton | 1,004 |
| 2011 | Giovani Bernard | 1,253 |
| 2012 | Giovani Bernard | 1,228 |
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