Ahmad Hardy posts FBS 2025 season high with Mizzou’s second-ever 300-yard performance
By David Wasson
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Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy delivered another record-setting performance in Week 12, rushing for a career-high 300 yards and 3 touchdowns on 25 carries in the Tigers’ 49-27 victory over Mississippi State – one that was also the best in the FBS this season.
Hardy now leads FBS programs nationwide with 1,346 rushing yards on 197 carries with 15 touchdowns, and his 6.8 yards-per-carry average is 14th in the country.
Hardy’s 300-yard rushing performance was the second in Mizzou history, trailing only Devin West’s 319-yard outburst versus Kansas in 1998. The effort also shattered Hardy’s previous single-game best of 250 yards, and the 3 touchdowns were the first for Hardy in a single game in his collegiate career.
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“I’m from Mississippi,” Hardy said to reporters after the game. “A lot of teams didn’t recruit me coming out of high school, so it was kind of personal. But then, again, like I told the guys, the seniors, I was doing it for them.”
Hardy scored on runs of 10, 72 and 43 yards for Mizzou, which snapped a 2-game losing streak with the home victory. The Tigers finish the season at No. 11 Oklahoma on Nov. 22, and then at Arkansas on Nov. 29.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
