San Jose State senior Tyler Ervin has rushed for 801 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. COURTESY TERRELL LLOYD/SAN JOSE STATE ATHLETICS
If UNLV has trouble refocusing after knocking off UNR 23-17 on Saturday, facing the Mountain West's leading rusher should get the Rebels' attention.
San Jose State senior Tyler Ervin has run for 801 yards and 10 touchdowns, and he is second nationally with 160.2 yards per game. Louisiana State's Leonard Fournette, the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, is No. 1 with a 216-yard average.
Ervin ranks ahead of such noted backs as Georgia's Nick Chubb (149-yard average), Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott (145.