Given the nature of roster turnover in the modern era of college football, a number of all-time career marks for the Gators are probably safe for the time being. Chris Leak’s 11,213 career passing yards probably never get touched. The 2,563 career receiving yards that Carlos Alveraz feels safe for the foreseeable future. Errict Rhett, racking up 4,163 career rushing yards, is also safe.
But with Jadan Baugh coming back to Florida, it’s that latter rushing record that at least has a pathway to become interesting. And even if Baugh doesn’t stick around for a 4th year to threaten that record, he can join a club in 2026 that only five other Gators can lay claim to.
Jadan Baugh has a shot at 3,000 career rushing yards
Only five Gators have run for at least 3,000 yards during their time in Gainesville:
- Errict Rhett
- Emmitt Smith
- Neal Anderson
- Fred Taylor
- Earnest Graham
Baugh can join that club with 1,157 yards in 2026.
He had 1,170 yards in 2025, and he became the first Florida running back in a decade to gain 1,000 yards in a single season. Baugh did it without the benefit of a bowl game.
Jon Sumrall quipped at his opening press conference how he would love to give Baugh the ball as often as he could, and one would assume Baugh is going to carry an even heavier snap count in 2026. It’s not like Baugh wasn’t used in 2025, and he finished with the 14th most carries of any running back in the country, though his 39 carry performance against FSU helped him surge at the end of the year.
For what it is worth, Baugh is currently 2,320 yards shy of the all-time record at Florida held by Rhett. If Baugh came back for his senior year and averaged 1,160 per year, he would get it. The odds of Baugh sticking around for a 4th season feel low, especially if he has another year north of 1,000 yards, but he can still join that 3,000-yard club that only five Gators are currently members of.