JOURNAL STAFF
Seven area football athletes are among the state’s top statistical leaders in the final regular-season rankings.
Airline sophomore quarterback Ben Taylor is second among passers with 2,730 yards. Taylor has completed 198 passes of 324 and 34 touchdowns. His TD total is second most in the list of yardage leaders.
Seniors Gray Walters of Benton and Kameron Evans of Huntington are in the top 15 list of yardage leaders. Walters is seventh with 2,375 yards and Evans tenth with 2,286. Walters’ total is for nine games and Evans has missed the last two games of the season due to injury. He has played in eight contests.
Pearce Russell of Benton is second in the state in receiving yards with 1,328. He leads the state in receptions with 78, one more than yardage leader Howard Kinchen of Patterson.
North Caddo’s Omarion Miller is third in yardage with 1,183 and is second on the list in average yards per catch at 24.1.
Daxton Chavez of Airline is seventh in yards with 1,044 and tied for the most touchdown receptions at 18. Chavez recorded 50 catches for a 20.9 average per catch. Evangel receiver Parker Fulghum was 14th on the list of receivers with 879 yards.
The list of the top 15 in each category below was compiled by www.geauxpreps.com
Rushing
206-2,123 – Jalen Williams, Mangham, 36 TDs
222-2,107 – Trey Holly, Union Parish, 28 TDs
189-2,024 – Damondrick Blackburn, Central Catholic, 36 TDs
288-2,011 – Xavier Ford, Leesville, 28 TDs
215-1,944 – Fred Robertson, Warren Easton, 29 TDs
185-1,878 – P.J. Martin, De La Salle, 25 TDs (9 games)
171-1,852 – Elijah Davis, Riverside, 32 TDs
301-1,850 – Caden Campisi, Kaplan, 23 TDs
142-1,746 – Decareyn Sampson, Avoyelles, 23 TDs
157-1,711 – Steven Bianco, St. Martinville, 25 TDs
126-1,710 – Harlem Berry, St. Martin’s, 30 TDs
198-1,656 – Kevon Johnson, St. Edmund, 18 TDs
182-1,655 – Jaedon Voisin, Belle Chasse, 17 TDs
156-1,630 – Arnold Barnes, BTW-NO, 18 TDs
127-1,622 – Cedric Allison, Oakdale, 18 TDs
Passing
3,041 – Caylon Davis, Patterson, 199-296-3, 32 TDs
2,730 – Ben Taylor, Airline, 198-324-9, 34 TDs
2,555 – Christopher Armstrong, John. F. Kennedy, 139-213-5, 40 TDs
2,520 – Ju’Juan Johnson, Lafayette Christian, 147-249-8, 26 TDs
2,507 – Mills Dawson, East Feliciana, 164-264-10, 30 TDs
2,419 – Joe Bordelon, Alexandria, 160-276-2, 24 TDs
2,375 – Gray Walters, Benton, 151-244-7, 27 TDs (9 games)
2,359 – Preston Welch, Teurlings Catholic, 141-236-5, 27 TDs
2,296 – Gavin Stout, Sam Houston, 168-302-11, 23 TDs
2,286 – Kameron Evans, Huntington, 130-222-7, 24 TDs (8 games)
2,275 – Yashua Mitchell, East St. John, 119-248-11, 25 TDs
2,144 – Landon Graves, Ouachita Christian, 140-222-4, 27 TDs
2,217 – Ashton Levy, Bogalusa, 111-198-4, 23 TDs (8 games)
2,064 – Cooper DesRoches, Mandeville, 144-232-5, 20 TDs
2,050 – Daniel Beale, Catholic-BR, 163-236-6, 30 TDs
Receiving
77-1,396 – Howard Kinchen, Patterson, 18 TDs
78-1,328 – Pearce Russell, Benton, 16 TDs
49-1,183 – Omarion Miller, North Caddo, 15 TDs
56-1,170 – Kentrell Prejean, Teurlings Catholic, 13 TDs
53-1,100 – Royal Williams, Ellender, 14 TDs
40-1,057 – Harvey Broussard, St. Martinville, 10 TDs
50-1,044 – Daxton Chavez, Airline, 18 TDs
62-986 – Jacob Curole South Lafourche, 8 TDs
59-940 – Drew Dronet, Sam Houston, 9 TDs
49-931 – Khai Prean, St. Hames, 11 TDs
43-908 – Dkhai Joseph, East St. John, 15 TDs
54-907 – Jahyde Williams, Slidell, 9 TDs
63-899 – Shelton Sampson, Catholic-BR, 13 TDs
68-879 – Parker Fulghum, Evangel, 9 TDs
38-866 – Chantz Babineaux, Carencro, 11 TDs (9 games)
Source: GeauxPreps.com
