By LEE HILLER, Journal Sports
Airline rising senior quarterback Ben Taylor is steadily climbing the bar of career passing leaders in Caddo-Bossier after a remarkable junior season when he passed for more than 4,000 yards to become the 11th player locally to surpass 8,000 passing yards.
Taylor became the first local quarterback not from Evangel, to pass for 4,000 yards when he finished his junior season with 4,189 yards. His total led the entire state and gives him 8,017 for his career and the 11th on the local list of top passing quarterbacks.
He is 660 yards from passing Garrett Hable of Benton for the all-time mark in Bossier Parish. They are currently the only two from Bossier Parish with more than 8,000 career yards.
Calvary senior quarterback Abram Wardell finished his junior season with 3,883 yards to just miss the 4,000-yard mark. His total set a Cavalier single-season record and gave him 6,293 career yards.
Season passing leaders 4,000 yards or more
Yards – player, school, year
4,834 – Brock Berlin, Evangel, 1998
4,656 – Phillip Deas, Evangel, 1996
4,654 – Brock Berlin, Evangel, 1997
4,428 – Dez Duron, Evangel, 2008
4,385 – Josh Booty, Evangel, 1992
4,430 – John David Booty, Evangel, 2001
4,330 – Brock Berlin, Evangel, 2001
4,189 – Ben Taylor, Airline, 2024
Career passing leaders with 8,000 or more yards
# Player, school (last year) total yards
- Brock Berlin, Evangel (1999), 13,902
- Josh Booty, Evangel (1993), 11,700
- Phillip Deas Evangel (1996), 11,324
- Cade Hart, Calvary (2019), 10,646
- Keith Baker, Green Oaks (2017), 9,833
- Garrett Hable, Benton (2017), 8,676
- Shea Patterson, Calvary (2015), 8,479
- Dez Duron, Evangel (2008), 8,472
- John David Booty, Evangel (2002), 8,445
- Luke Bogan, Northwood (2019), 8,126
- Ben Taylor, Airline (active), 8,017
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