PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Karan Higdon made it a goal this season to rush for 1,000 yards.

Ten games in, Michigan's senior running back surpassed it.

Higdon eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark late in the second quarter of Saturday's game at Rutgers, on a 2-yard carry from scrimmage. He is the first Michigan running back to surpass 1,000 yards in a season since Fitz Toussaint in 2011.

He has 38 yards and two touchdowns so far in the game, putting him at 1,001 yards for the season. Michigan leads at halftime, 21-7.

The fourth-ranked Wolverines have 91 yards rushing so far, with former walk-on Tru Wilson adding 25 yards on three carries and junior Chris Evans 13.

Higdon, of Sarasota, Fla., is working on his eighth straight game of 100 yards rushing or more. If he hits it, it will equal Mike Hart's string of games in 2007.

Coming into Saturday's game, Higdon had compiled 2,401 yards on 420 carries. This season, he is averaging 5.6 yards per carry and more than 120 yards per game.