"Tailback U": UNC Football 1,000-yard rushers
UNC has had a football player rush for over 1,000 yards in a season 32 times.
| Year | Player | Yards |
| 1970 | Don McCauley | 1,720 |
| 2023 | Omarion Hampton | 1,504 |
| 2015 | Elijah Hood | 1,463 |
| 1976 | Mike Voight | 1,407 |
| 2011 | Giovani Bernard | 1,253 |
| 1986 | Derrick Fenner | 1,250 |
| 1975 | Mike Voight | 1,250 |
| 1984 | Ethan Horton | 1,247 |
| 2020 | Michael Carter | 1,245 |
| 2012 | Giovani Bernard | 1,228 |
| 1977 | Amos Lawrence | 1,211 |
| 1992 | Natrone Means | 1,195 |
| 1988 | Kennard Martin | 1,146 |
| 2020 | Javonte Williams | 1,140 |
| 1980 | Amos Lawrence | 1,118 |
| 1983 | Ethan Horton | 1,107 |
| 2021 | Ty Chandler | 1,092 |
| 1969 | Don McCauley | 1,092 |
| 1974 | Jim Betterson | 1,082 |
| 1982 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,064 |
| 1983 | Tyrone Anthony | 1,063 |
| 1978 | Amos Lawrence | 1,043 |
| 1980 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,039 |
| 1993 | Curtis Johnson | 1,034 |
| 1974 | Mike Voight | 1,033 |
| 1991 | Natrone Means | 1,030 |
| 1979 | Amos Lawrence | 1,019 |
| 1981 | Kelvin Bryant | 1,015 |
| 1993 | Leon Johnson | 1,012 |
| 1973 | Sammy Johnson | 1,006 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Linton | 1,004 |
| 2019 | Michael Carter | 1,003 |
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