Throughout the month of April, we'll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day.
Today is a look at the top statistically returning rushers in the 1A classification. These players could be running backs, quarterbacks, or any other kind of offensive weapon. The only requirement is that they had 100 carries last year.
We have four sections: Yards/Game, Yards/Carry, Touchdowns/Game, and Touchdown Rate (touchdowns/carry). We are using these efficiency stats because the bulk numbers like total yards and total touchdowns can be deceiving and don't always correlate year-to-year.
Note: If your player's stats have not been published to MaxPreps or have not been sent to me, they are not going to be included below.
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Top Returning 1A Rushing Leaders: Yards per Game
Players are listed with their rising class year and school. Minimum 2023 carries to qualify: 100. Ties broken by total rushing yards.
- Brandon Quinn, senior, Mountain Heritage — 160.2 YPG
- Jeremiah Johnson, senior, Pender — 158.5 YPG
- Daniel Aguilar, senior, Hobbton — 110.8 YPG
- Jassiah Hill, senior, Pender — 100.6 YPG
- Kinston Crater, senior, Starmount — 93.8 YPG
- Loreynzo Sanchez, junior, Polk County — 91.3 YPG
- Taeshon Martin, junior, Mount Airy — 89.8 YPG
- I'key Holt, junior, South Stanly — 83.3 YPG
- Kamerin McDowell-Moore, junior, Tarboro — 81.9 YPG
- Mason Satterfield, senior, Tarboro — 81.4 YPG
- Alex Waterfield, senior, Bishop McGuinness — 78.6 YPG
- JP Zimmerman, senior, Christ the King — 74.2 YPG
- Davonte Marshburn, senior, East Columbus — 74.1 YPG
- Caiden Everette, junior, Tarboro — 72.9 YPG
- Cameron Clem, sophomore, Murphy — 72.3 YPG
Top Returning 1A Rushing Leaders: Yards per Carry
Players are listed with their rising class year and school. Minimum 2023 carries to qualify: 100. Ties broken by most carries.
- Taeshon Martin, junior, Mount Airy — 14.2 Y/C
- Mason Satterfield, senior, Tarboro — 9.5 Y/C
- Caiden Everette, junior, Tarboro — 9.2 Y/C
- Jassiah Hill, senior, Pender — 9.1 Y/C
- Kamerin McDowell-Moore, junior, Tarboro — 8.9 Y/C
- Cameron Clem, sophomore, Murphy — 8.5 Y/C
- Brandon Quinn, senior, Mountain Heritage — 8.1 Y/C
- Jeremiah Johnson, senior, Pender — 7.8 Y/C
- Calvin Lacewell, sophomore, Lakewood — 7.6 Y/C
- Kinston Crater, senior, Starmount — 6.7 Y/C
- Daniel Aguilar, senior, Hobbton — 6.6 Y/C
- I'key Holt, junior, South Stanly — 6.5 Y/C
- Loreynzo Sanchez, junior, Polk County — 6.3 Y/C
- Davonte Marshburn, senior, East Columbus — 5.9 Y/C
- Lane Chandler, senior, Mountain Heritage — 5.8 Y/C
Top Returning 1A Rushing Leaders: Touchdowns per Game
Players are listed with their rising class year and school. Minimum 2023 carries to qualify: 100. Ties broken by most touchdowns, then fewest carries).
- Brandon Quinn, senior, Mountain Heritage — 2.1 TD/Gm (27 TDs)
- Jeremiah Johnson, senior, Pender — 1.8 TD/Gm (20 TDs)
- Kamerin McDowell-Moore, junior, Tarboro — 1.6TD/Gm (23 TDs)
- Kinston Crater, senior, Starmount — 1.5 TD/Gm (18 TDs)
- Mason Satterfield, senior, Tarboro — 1.4 TD/Gm (18 TDs, 111 carries)
- Calvin Lacewell, sophomore, Lakewood — 1.4 TD/Gm (18 TDs, 120 carries)
- Daniel Aguilar, senior, Hobbton — 1.4 TD/Gm (15 TDs)
- Jassiah Hill, senior, Pender — 1.3 TD/Gm (14 TDs)
- AJ Jackson Jr, senior, Corvian Community — 1.1 TD/Gm (13 TDs)
- Taeshon Martin, junior, Mount Airy — 1.1 TD/Gm (17 TDs)
- Jeremiah Alford, senior, North Rowan — 1.0 TD/Gm (14 TDs)
- Alex Waterfield, senior, Bishop McGuinness — 1.0 TD/Gm (12 TDs)
- Davonte Marshburn, senior, East Columbus — 1.0 TD/Gm (8 TDs)
- Caiden Everette, junior, Tarboro — 0.9 TD/Gm (13 TDs)
- Tre Graves, junior, Hayesville — 0.9 TD/Gm (11 TDs)
Top Returning 1A Rushing Leaders: Touchdown Rate
This is the rate of total rushing touchdowns scored to number of carries. Players are listed with their rising class year and school. Minimum 2023 carries to qualify: 100. Ties broken by most carries, then touchdowns per game)
- Kamerin McDowell-Moore, junior, Tarboro — 0.180 TD/Car
- Taeshon Martin, junior, Mount Airy — 0.168 TD/Car
- Mason Satterfield, senior, Tarboro — 0.162 TD/Car
- Calvin Lacewell, sophomore, Lakewood — 0.150 TD/Car
- Caiden Everette, junior, Tarboro — 0.117 TD/Car
- Jassiah Hill, senior, Pender — 0.115 TD/Car (1.27 TD/game)
- Jeremiah Alford, senior, North Rowan — 0.115 TD/Car (1.0 TD/game)
- Kinston Crater, senior, Starmount — 0.107 TD/Car
- Brandon Quinn, senior, Mountain Heritage — 0.105 TD/Car
- AJ Jackson Jr, senior, Corvian Community — 0.090 TD/Car
- Jeremiah Johnson, senior, Pender — 0.089 TD/Car
- Daniel Aguilar, senior, Hobbton — 0.081 TD/Car
- Davonte Marshburn, senior, East Columbus — 0.080 TD/Car
- Lane Chandler, senior, Mountain Heritage — 0.075 TD/Car
- Tre Graves, junior, Hayesville — 0.075 TD/Car
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