The Leaderboard: Race to be top passer comes down to final weekend

Chattooga’s Zayden Cook clinched the regular-season rushing title last week with a 302-yard final effort that put him in the records books.

Morgan County’s Jaylen Elder appears safe as the regular-season receiving leader with 1,349 yards.

The passing leader, Antwann Hill of Houston County, has completed his regular season and faces a final challenge Friday night.

In rushing, Cook finished with 2,735 regular-season yards, second-most in GHSA history behind Treylon Sheppard’s 2,874 for Haralson County in 2018 and ahead of Nick Chubb’s 2,721 with Cedartown in 2013.

Also, Brookwood’s Brayden Tyson set the GHSA record for regular-season rushing yards in the highest classification with 2,178, breaking the mark of 2,137 set by former Brookwood player Kenny Miles in 2007. Tyson's total on MaxPreps, reported here Tuesday, had him short, but Brookwood’s final official statistics show him with 41 more than Miles.

The regular-season passing championship will come down to the final game. Hill, an AJC Super 11 quarterback committed to Memphis, has thrown for 2,874 yards with no more games until the playoffs.

New Hampstead’s Rashawn Truell is in eighth place statewide with 2,532 yards and has a home game Friday against seventh-ranked Ware County.

Rushing

2,735 - Zayden Cook, Chattooga (A-I leader)

2,178 - Brayden Tyson, Brookwood (6A leader)

1,795 - Bryian Duncan Jr., Cairo (3A leader)

1,793 - Dominique Ball, Westover

1,693 - Tojuan Peyton Jr., Lanier (5A leader)

1,660 - Darrian Roberts, Atkinson County (A-II leader)

1,655 - Kadiphius Iverson, Westside-Macon (2A leader)

1,627 - Emadd Howard, Walnut Grove (4A leader)

1,605 - Alvin Ricks, Wheeler County

1,504 - Quinterrius Gipson, Kell

1,498 - Zion Johnson, Newton

1,460 - Carson Callihan, Fannin County

1,455 - Nick Woodford, Northeast

1,454 - Mark Howard, Woodland-Stockbridge

1,451 - Andrew Beard, Prince Avenue Christian

1,449 - Malachi Render-Fannin, LaGrange

1,447 - Ty Cummings, West Laurens

1,437 - Tysean Wiggins, Commerce

1,417 - Jaylan Aquino, Drew

1,404 - Demetrius "M.J." Dowdy, Winder-Barrow

1,399 - Joshua Troup, Richmond Hill

1,377 - Chris Cole, Brooks County

1,375 - Shane Marshall, Irwin County

1,359 - Elijah Hayes, West Hall

1,354 - Benjamin Plemons, Chestatee

1,352 - Kalil Townes, Lovett

1,351 - Hudson Hulett, North Murray

1,331 - Josiah Allen, Wheeler

1,315 - Ethan Tisdale, Heard County

1,308 - Marlin Mathis, Shiloh

1,269 - Aaron Bryant, Clinch County

1,267 - Reante Byrd, Hephzibah

1,267 - Michael Battle, Pelham

1,257 - Anddreas McKinny, Bryan County

1,257 - Reid Giles, Rabun County

1,255 - Zo Smalls, Savannah Christian

1,204 - Jayden Johnson, Stephenson

1,192 - Corey Watkins Jr., Clarke Central

1,186 - Darrius Favors, Manchester

1,185 - Mason Hollingsworth, Whitefield Academy

1,157 - Lawson Sullivan, Fannin County

1,154 - William Heck, Brunswick

1,151 - C.J. Givers, Fellowship Christian

1,149 - Nolan Matthews, Lumpkin County

1,145 - Daniel Smith, Mill Creek

1,143 - Javen Parker, East Paulding

1,140 - Jacari Barnett, Elbert County

1,137 - Jamarcus Harrison, East Hall

1,135 - Xavier Rucker, Allatoona

1,133 - Kelby Tymes, Marion County

1,132 - C.J. Gray, Temple

1,128 - Da'Shaun Williams, Hiram

1,123 - Day'shawn Brown, Colquitt County

1,097 - Colby Smith, Southeast Bulloch

1,083 - Jonaz Walton, Central-Carrollton

1,081 - Connor Schuknecht, Union County

1,080 - Jitt Carr, Monroe Area

1,075 - Christian "Deuce" Lawrence, Thomas County Central

1,074 - Albert Gooding, Lithonia

1,073 - Zamarcus Lindley, Douglas County

1,073 - Drew Richardson, East Jackson

1,073 - Austin Drye, King's Ridge Christian

1,072 - Will Rajecki, Sequoyah

1,071 - Jeanarion Kamga, Westside-Augusta

1,068 - Tyrese Woodgett, Coffee

1,067 - James Skelly, North Paulding

1,065 - Daylan Maxwell, Jackson County

1,059 - Zsewaun Smith, Cedar Grove

1,049 - Braylon Hill, Cass

1,043 - Jaimen Williams, Seckinger

1,040 - Peyton Groce, Gordon Lee

1,039 - Isaiah Payton, Woodstock

1,037 - T.J. Lester, Milton

1,025 - Ty Jones, Lakeside-Evans

1,023 - Devon Caldwell, Hebron Christian

1,023 - Justyn Williams, Spencer

1,021 - Zachary Manning, Druid Hills

1,020 - Jayden Cruz, Sonoraville

1,017 - Jontarrius Calhoun, Claxton

1,014 - Foster Orris, West Forsyth

1,013 - Brandan Ridley, McIntosh

1,008 - Kelian Allen, Banneker

1,008 - Antavious Richardson, Greenville

1,003 - Ousmane Kromah, Lee County

1,003 - Amari Latimer, Sandy Creek

998 - Roderick Fuller, Treutlen

995 - Caden McGatha, Pierce County

985 - A'merre Williams, Burke County

983 - Jason Familia, Long County

982 - Albert McCoy, South Paulding

980 - Duke Johnson, Dodge County

977 - Jalen Stewart, Jasper County

976 - Bristan Derocher, Mount Vernon

972 - Darius White, Decatur

969 - Christian Monfort, Morgan County

968 - Andrew Overton, Mount Paran Christian

967 - Ashton Barton, Peach County

966 - Kaden Hamilton, Hiram

962 - Dustin Barrett, Towns County

961 - Marquel Deering, Greenville

961 - Zach Belyeu, North Cobb

957 - Naeem Odeniyi, Westlake

Passing

2,874 - Antwann Hill Jr., Houston County (5A leader)

2,674 - Tanner Savasir, Cherokee (6A leader)

2,671 - Mason Bryant, Paulding County

2,619 - Tucker Perkins, Effingham County

2,615 - Weston Taylor, Cambridge (4A leader)

2,589 - Matt Pearch, Dunwoody

2,549 - Julian Lewis, Carrollton

2,543 - Kharim Hughley, Gainesville

2,532 - Rashawn Truell, New Hampstead

2,519 - Devin Edmonds, Jones County

2,473 - Ben Brown, Wesleyan (A-I leader)

2,401 - Michael Johnson, Dutchtown

2,395 - Armond Parker, Locust Grove

2,385 - Luke Priester, Chattahoochee

2,372 - Davis Strickland, Morgan County (2A leader)

2,345 - Harrison Faulkner, North Oconee

2,320 - Carter Triplett, Christian Heritage

2,312 - Luke Nickel, Milton

2,298 - Tripp Nix, White County (3A leader)

2,234 - Lyndon Worthy, Worth County

2,175 - Braylon Carter, Southwest DeKalb

2,172 - Darnell Kelly, Peachtree Ridge

2,167 - J.R. Harris, Central-Carrollton

2,158 - Paris Wilbanks, Habersham Central

2,139 - Christian Langford, Hughes

2,138 - Kade Smith, Trion (A-II leader)

2,134 - Ethan Spector, River Ridge

2,134 - Jaylen Johnson, Thomas County Central

2,123 - Blake Weldon, Schley County

2,083 - D.J. Bourdeaux, Douglas County

2,069 - Ethan Long, Adairsville

2,068 - D.J. Hudson, Peach County

2,048 - Chaz Pate, Sonoraville

2,012 - Teddy Jarrard, North Cobb Christian

2,010 - Mac Nelson, Mary Persons

1,999 - Brooks Brien, Cherokee Bluff

1,987 - Jordan Washington, Monroe

1,973 - Hunter Campbell, Centennial

1,969 - Tripp Underwood, Stephens County

1,966 - Sean Smith, Westlake

1,937 - Xavier Hill, Harrison

1,927 - James Mobley, Calvary Day

1,917 - Trey Smith, Roswell

1,913 - David Burgess, Dougherty

1,900 - Caleb Hill, Sandy Creek

1,898 - Landon Walker, Woodward Academy

1,895 - Titus Watkins, Oconee County

1,892 - Graham Burmeister, Woodstock

1,883 - Hampton Johnson, Athens Academy

1,848 - Elijah Fudge, Spencer

1,842 - Caden Hight, Heritage-Ringgold

1,839 - Delancy Alexander, New Manchester

1,834 - Charles Maxell III, Bowdon

1,813 - Max Walraven, West Forsyth

1,810 - Camden Hodge, Winder-Barrow

1,803 - Joshua Scott, Stockbridge

1,801 - Cayden Benson, Creekside

1,799 - Connor Langford, Duluth

1,798 - Hezekiah Millender, Clarke Central

1,778 - Quenterrion Stanford, Wilkinson County

1,774 - Brodie Campbell, Newnan

1,772 - Julian Shanks, Arabia Mountain

1,772 - Kolby Martin, Sequoyah

1,765 - Czar Daniels, Union Grove

1,759 - Tristan Parks, Hampton

1,757 - Ethan Daughtery, Lambert

1,751 - Weston Bryan, Lee County

1,732 - Parks Riendeau, Camden County

1,728 - Nate Russell, Cartersville

1,727 - Jaden Duckett, Sprayberry

1,725 - Skylar Hamilton, Landmark Christian

1,723 - Jordan Do, Archer

1,721 - Kaeden Gilstrap, Walton

1,710 - Kaleb Narcisse, Kell

1,710 - Mack May, Washington County

1,709 - Jamarcus Harrison, East Hall

1,691 - Shane Throgmartin, Mill Creek

1,691 - Todd Robinson, Valdosta

1,686 - Austin Guest, Creekview

1,680 - Jace German, Tucker

1,679 - Grant Moore, Brunswick

1,673 - Thomas Stallworth, Hebron Christian

1,669 - Lawson Sullivan, Fannin County

1,663 - Dream Rashad, Mountain View

1,661 - Junior Burrus, Brooks County

1,659 - R.J. Knapp, Jackson County

1,652 - Hayden Jones, Pickens

1,642 - Matthew Baer, Denmark

1,641 - Mitch Seaman, Lassiter

1,637 - Ian Reynolds, North Atlanta

1,632 - Elijah Seaney, North Forsyth

1,624 - Montavious Banks, Carver-Atlanta

1,614 - Kamden Kendrick, Union County

1,606 - Brett Sturm, West Hall

1,604 - Jayden Whiteside, Marietta

1,576 - Ryan Hall, North Gwinnett

1,560 - Brock Szakacs, East Forsyth

1,549 - Jamon Coggins, Lithonia

1,545 - Beckham Jarrard, Statesboro

1,544 - Darien Keefe, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

1,532 - Tyler Niehr, North Paulding

Receiving

1,349 - Jaylen Elder, Morgan County (2A leader)

1,259 - D.J. Avery, Chattahoochee (5A leader)

1,248 - Travis Smith Jr, Westlake (6A leader)

1,222 - Keyon Standifer, Athens Academy (A-I leader)

1,214 - Cody Bryan, Heritage-Ringgold (3A leader)

1,212 - Isaiah Mitchell, Houston County

1,191 - Jaivon Solomon, Jones County (4A leader)

1,101 - Landon Roldan, North Oconee

1,073 - Kamari Maxwell, New Hampstead

1,044 - Jamarion McKinney, Dutchtown

1,040 - Ethan Willingham, Trion (A-II leader)

1,032 - Bryce Brown, Union Grove

1,023 - Randy Parker, Lithia Springs

977 - Craig Dandridge, Cambridge

962 - Derrick Mimms, Locust Grove

960 - Braylen Still, Dougherty

956 - Kaiden Prothro, Bowdon

941 - Porter Allison, Dunwoody

934 - Samuel Turner, Southwest DeKalb

928 - Kendall Sims, Schley County

925 - Zion Hudson, Peach County

922 - Zach Stair, Riverwood

901 - Zeke Whittington, Habersham Central

883 - Carter Hayes, Wesleyan

874 - McCord Purdy, Pickens

868 - Hudson Cocchiara, Cambridge

862 - Jeremiah Ware, Gainesville

861 - D'ontae Fulton, Worth County

859 - Danny Boden, Dunwoody

858 - Gabe Daniels, Greater Atlanta Christian

850 - Kenyan Glasper, Winder-Barrow

832 - K.T. Thompson, Cherokee Bluff

827 - Caylen Brunson, Spencer

825 - M.J. Mathis, Houston County

823 - Mark Manfred, Sprayberry

820 - Jackson Stanley, Creekview

812 - Brady Marchese, Cartersville

805 - George Lamons, Brooks County

797 - John Stuetzer, Pope

792 - Caden Lavinka, Mary Persons

790 - Cam Nixon, Cross Creek

783 - Brice Whitely, ACE Charter

783 - Thomas Blackshear, Calvary Day

783 - Jamarea Watkins, Southwest

779 - Jahsaun Clarke, Norcross

774 - Grant Hollier, River Ridge

772 - Malik Brightwell, Newton

765 - Casani Bartlett, Lovett

764 - Elyiss Williams, Camden County

760 - Jaden Jackson, Washington County

759 - Jarvis Mathurin, Hebron Christian

757 - Larry Hudson, Dutchtown

754 - Gus Anderson, Newnan

753 - George Sabb, New Manchester

750 - Ty Tillery, Morgan County

747 - Elijah Green, Marietta

747 - Anthony Bell, Paulding County

746 - Colby Alexander, Archer

741 - Demarcus Horne, Spencer

737 - Terrious Favors, Carver-Atlanta

734 - Tyler Lynch, M.L. King

724 - Braydan Jones, Dade County

724 - Matt Patchin, South Paulding

718 - Austin Perry, Harrison

717 - Christian Ward, Walton

714 - Isaac Maman, Dacula

711 - Brady Holbrook, North Forsyth

710 - Charlie Idom, Christian Heritage

704 - Taz Smith, Gainesville

704 - Jo'Van Freeney, Landmark Christian

703 - Xavious Nalls, Adairsville

701 - Chris Hutchinson, Alexander

693 - Jack Griggs, Greater Atlanta Christian

691 - Jaden Upshaw, Lee County

690 - Aaron Gregory, Douglas County

690 - Daijon Hayes, Tift County

689 - Tre Winters, Adairsville

689 - Chasen Jones, East Hall

689 - Maddox Young, Union County

686 - Kiel Sparks, Perry

682 - Jude Nelson, Social Circle

680 - C.J. Wiley, Milton

679 - Jacques King, Effingham County

672 - Jaylin Carter, Lowndes

670 - Cayman Reynolds, Sonoraville

668 - Kory Pettigrew, Perry

667 - Mason Hall, Oconee County

665 - Dube Enongene, North Paulding

663 - Jamere Smith, Greenville

660 - Josiah Abdullah, Woodward Academy

654 - Kobe Lewis, Kennesaw Mountain

648 - Christian Smith, Lambert

648 - Ethan Barbour, Milton

643 - Dylan Vickerson, Creekside

642 - Tristan Houston, Westside-Macon

640 - Xavier Buckner, Mount Zion-Carroll

637 - Andre Gianopoulos, Paulding County

635 - Mikeal Grissom, Lakeside-Evans

634 - Landon Dean, Shiloh

627 - Lincoln Delaere, Starr's Mill

625 - Lagracion Little, Clarke Central

625 - Cole Cable, North Hall

620 - Wyatt Tash, Cherokee

620 - Ethan Pajot, Mount Vernon

620 - Ben Hockman, New Hampstead

618 - Kamarui Dorsey, Hampton

616 - Bubba Frazier, Benedictine

616 - Jonah Swinton, Stephens County

615 - Kobe Adeleke-Hokes, Peachtree Ridge

613 - Edward Coleman, Calvary Day

597 - Ryan Mosley, Carrollton

594 - Brandan Ridley, McIntosh

588 - Israel Conway, Cherokee

587 - Harrison Spencer, South Forsyth

586 - Chatham Burnett, Dawson County

583 - Deshaun Fedd, Crisp County

582 - Aamir Ellis, Locust Grove

579 - Jordan Christie, Southwest DeKalb

576 - Alijah Patillo, Collins Hill

576 - Aaron Savage, Winder-Barrow

575 - Geno Houchins, Mount Pisgah Christian

573 - Kishaun Taylor, Ringgold

571 - Jorden Edmonds, Sprayberry

569 - Cleve Sutherland, Cedar Grove

564 - Brooks Darling, Sequoyah

562 - Jayden Farley, Worth County

553 - Gaines Clark, White County

551 - Demarcus Gardner, Cedartown

551 - Shane King, Gainesville