Jake Barkley breaks MIAC career rushing record

November 11, 2002
St. Thomas running back Jake Barkley (SR-Plymouth/Robbinsdale Armstrong) broke a 25-year-old conference career rushing record in Friday's 63-21 loss to Concordia.

Barkley rushed 23 times for 142 yards and finished his career with 3,969 yards. He broke the MIAC record of 3,933 yards set from 1974-77 by St. John's Tim Schmitz. He also had 33 career touchdowns; 4,644 all-purpose yards; and 20 games of 100 or more yards.

Barkley's senior season was marred by a groin injury, or he easily would have surpassed 4,000 yards. He played parts of seven games but only played five full games on the Tommies' 10-game schedule. In the five games in which he was relatively healthy, he gained 786 yards and scored 12 TDs. He finished with 834 rushing yards on the season.

MIAC Career Rushing (all career games)
1. Jake Barkley, St. Thomas ('99-02)----3,969
2. Tim Schmitz, St. John's ('74-77)----3,933
3. Gary Trettel, St. Thomas ('88-90)---3,724
4. Adam Henry, Carleton ('90-93)----3,482
5. Jeremy Tvedt, Bethel ('93-96)----3,351
6. Mike Johnson, Bethel ('99-02)----3,345
7. Tom Dahlberg, Gustavus ('69-72)----3,315
8. Mike Schumacher, Gustavus ('87-90)----3,236
9. Ron Straka, Gustavus ('77-80)----3,071
10. Chris Moore, St. John's ('97-01)----3,010