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FINAL 2019 FOOTBALL STAT LEADERS
Here are the area’s final 5Star Preps football stats leaders through the state championships.
We had 48 of our 60 teams report.
Teams not yet reporting: Cosby, Harriman, Heritage, McMinn Central, Midway, Morristown West, Oakdale, Pigeon Forge, Scott, Sequoyah, Sunbright, Wartburg.
South-Doyle’s Elijah Young looks for an open lane in a 15-12 loss to Powell. (Photo: Tanner Walker)
RUSHING YARDS
2170 – Young (South-Doyle)
1737 – Hunt (McMinn County)
1716 – Foster (Austin-East)
1705 – Akey (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
1604 – Holt (Grainger)
1450 – Jackson (Loudon)
1433 – Humphries (Gibbs)
1379 – Davis (Gibbs)
1318 – Morgan (Oneida)
1278 – McGill (Maryville)
1253 – Gudger (Greeneville)
1248 – Parris (Halls)
1222 – Holmes (Anderson County)
1186 – Mattress (West)
1054 – Gunn (HVA)
1033 – Merritts (Central)
1024 – Bishop (Karns)
1021 – Jarmon (Catholic)
1000 – Hodge (Maryville)
986 – Ligon (Austin-East)
975 – Boswell (Oliver Springs)
964 – Atkins (Jefferson County)
954 – Pierce (Union County)
925 – Williams (Bearden)
914 – Jackson (Oak Ridge)
894 – Hughes (Powell)
887 – Sankey (Alcoa)
861 – Nelson (William Blount)
873 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
850 – Lunsford (Loudon)
845 – Creech (Union County)
842 – Buttram (Oneida)
812 – Nelson (Sevier County)
802 – Hicks (Sweetwater)
799 – Hill (Kingston)
796 – Maney (McMinn County)
794 – Curcio (Grace)
780 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
Area high school football teams participated in the KOC Jamboree in Neyland Stadium on Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
39 – Young (South-Doyle)
28 – Akey (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
25 – Holmes (Anderson County)
22 – Curcio (Grace)
20 – Foster (Austin-East)
19 – Jackson (Loudon)
19 – Morgan (Oneida)
18 – Holt (Grainger)
18 – Davis (Gibbs)
17 – Sankey (Alcoa)
17 – Gudger (Greeneville)
16 – Bishop (Karns)
15 – Hodge (Maryville)
14 – Parris (Halls)
14 – Humphries (Gibbs)
14 – Boswell (Oliver Springs)
14 – Hunt (McMinn County)
14 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
13 – Mattress (West)
13 – Maney (McMinn County)
13 – Pierce (Union County)
13 – Hodge (Maryville)
13 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
12 – McKinney (Coalfield)
12 – Atkins (Jefferson County)
12 – Merritts (Central)
11 – Cooper (William Blount)
11 – Jackson (Oak Ridge)
10 – Stone (Claiborne)
10 – McGill (Maryville)
10 – Hundley (West)
10 – Jarmon (Catholic)
10 – Creech (Union County)
10 – Stockton (CAK)
9 – Hughes (Powell)
9 – McIntosh (Powell)
9 – Martin (Catholic)
9 – Hill (Kingston)
9 – Buttram (Oneida)
9 – Blankenship (Alcoa)
9 – Ligon (Austin-East)
8 – Davidson (Carter)
8 – McBee (Grainger)
8 – Trusley (Powell)
8 – Cupp (West)
8 – Harig (Loudon)
8 – Chambers (Maryville)
7 – Hicks (Sweetwater)
7 – Franklin (William Blount)
7 – Evans (McMinn County)
7 – Tollett (Alcoa)
7 – Harig (Loudon)
7 – Lowe (Coalfield)
7 – Williams (TKA)
7 – Robinson (Gibbs)
7 – Hensley (Farragut)
Braden Carnes and the Greenback Cherokees won 45-20 over the Coalfield Yellow Jackets in TSSAA Region 2-1A action in Coalfield, Tennessee, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
PASSING YARDS
4,141 – Carnes (Greenback)
3053 – Riggs (Grace)
2879 – Fawver (Central)
2636 – Shannon (Sevier County)
2433 – Foster (Austin-East)
2342 – Trusley (Powell)
2308 – Wilkinson (Farragut)
2104 – Harig (Loudon)
2092 – Hatmaker (Anderson County)
2009 – Chambers (Maryville)
2008 – Degges (CAK)
2008 – Shults (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
1811 – Gibbons (Oak Ridge)
1795 – Dance (West)
1777 – Stone (Claiborne)
1736 – White (Campbell County)
1691 – Acuff (TKA)
1589 – Henson (Mo East)
1571 – Paul (Jellico)
1483 – Ironside (Bearden)
1466 – Clemmer (William Blount)
1435 – Vaulton (Alcoa)
1226 – Martin (Catholic)
1163 – McKinney (Coalfield)
1095 – Stanley (Lenoir City)
998 – Martin (South-Doyle)
961 – Crass (Oliver Springs)
958 – Humphrey (Halls)
948 – Sweat (Fulton)
939 – Atkins (Jefferson County)
901 – Smith (HVA)
Quarterback Braden Carnes (6) and the Greenback Cherokees won 45-20 over the Coalfield Yellow Jackets in TSSAA Region 2-1A action in Coalfield, Tennessee, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
52 – Carnes (Greenback)
34 – Harig (Loudon)
31 – Chambers (Maryville)
30 – Fawver (Central)
27 – Riggs (Grace)
27 – Trusley (Powell)
25 – Foster (Austin-East)
24 – Shannon (Sevier County)
24 – Gibbons (Oak Ridge)
23 – Shults (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
23 – Dance (West)
22 – Hatmaker (Anderson County)
21 – Vaulton (Alcoa)
20 – Acuff (TKA)
17 – Stone (Claiborne)
17 – Paul (Jellico)
16 – Ironside (Bearden)
16 – Degges (CAK)
15 – Henson (Mo East)
15 – Wilkinson (Farragut)
15 – Crass (Oliver Springs)
12 – McKinney (Coalfield)
11 – Martin (Catholic)
11 – Gregg (Greeneville)
10 – White (Campbell County)
10 – Venerable (Cocke County)
Holden Willis and the Greenback Cherokees won 27-26 over the South Pittsburg Pirates in a TSSAA Class 1A state semifinal at Cooper Field in Greenback, Tennessee, on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (Photo By Danny Parker)
RECEIVING YARDS
1729 – Willis (Greenback)
1182 – Stinnett (Greenback)
1181 – Tilley (TKA)
1159 – Smith (Austin-East)
1079 – Hollin (Claiborne)
994 – Hurst (Sevier County)
982 – Geer (Grace)
974 – King (Jellico)
966 – Stinnett (Greenback)
923 – Candela (Bearden)
818 – Davis (Maryville)
783 – Keathley (Farragut)
763 – Elliott (Anderson County)
743 – Wright (West)
727 – Warwick (Grace)
715 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
693 – Wilson (Sevier County)
686 – Gaston (Central)
678 – Redmond (Powell)
677 – Osborne (Central)
673 – Maples (Maryville)
668 – Kirkess (Powell)
660 – Dukes (Campbell County)
646 – Owens (Scott)
640 – Fortner (Central)
616 – Williams (TKA)
600 – Hawkins (Karns)
589 – Shopovick (Farragut)
581 – Carter (Tellico Plains)
559 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
554 – Ligon (Austin-East)
553 – Harville (Mo East)
547 – Adebayo (South-Doyle)
531 – Sparkman (CAK)
517 – Kirkwood (Grace)
508 – Winchester (Clinton)
508 – Schober (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
508 – Sterchi (CAK)
495 – Curcio (Grace)
487 – Stinnett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
483 – Anderson (Central)
455 – Matossian (William Blount)
455 – Ridenour (Loudon)
453 – Santana (South-Doyle)
Holden Willis and the Greenback Cherokees fell 38-23 to the Lake County Falcons in the TSSAA Class 1A state championship at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
28 – Willis (Greenback)
16 – Smith (Austin-East)
14 – King (Jellico)
13 – Hurst (Sevier County)
13 – Tilley (TKA)
13 – Maples (Maryville)
13 – Gaston (Central)
12 – Davis (Maryville)
12 – Redmond (Powell)
12 – Stinnett (Greenback)
11 – Wright (West)
11 – Hollin (Claiborne)
11 – Candela (Bearden)
11 – Stinnett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
9 – Owens (Scott)
9 – Geer (Grace)
9 – Carter (Tellico Plains)
8 – Dukes (Campbell County)
8 – Osborne (Central)
8 – Kirkess (Powell)
8 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
8 – Ridenour (Loudon)
8 – Smaller (Loudon)
8 – Anderson (Alcoa)
7 – Wilson (Sevier County)
7 – Sparkman (CAK)
7 – Johnkins (Sweetwater)
7 – Kirkwood (Grace)
7 – Stewart (Oak Ridge)
7 – Keathley (Farragut)
The Greenback Cherokees won 45-20 over Daniel Schaar and the Coalfield Yellow Jackets in TSSAA Region 2-1A action in Coalfield, Tennessee, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
TACKLES
152 – Schaar (Coalfield)
151 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
147 – Max Smith (CAK)
146 – Spining (Bearden)
136 – Livesay (Mo. East)
135 – Barnhart (Oneida)
129 – Shelton (Maryville)
126 – Myers (CAK)
126 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
124.5 – Scott (West)
120 – K. Fortner (Central)
120 – Eller (Grace Christian)
120 – Dockins (Loudon)
118 – Hurst (Sevier County)
116 – Seritt (Bearden)
114 – Ligon (Austin-East)
106.5 – Eggleston (West)
103 – Frederick (Bearden)
103 – Baron (Catholic)
102.5 – Quinones (Catholic)
102 – Valentine (Central)
100 – Belcher (Greenback)
99 – Webb (Powell)
98 – Diggs (Kingston)
98 – Bost (Central)
97 – Filipkowski (HVA)
97 – C. Duncan (Catholic)
96 – Purcell (Farragut)
96 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
95 – Jackson (CAK)
94 – Turner (William Blount)
94 – Bolland (Bearden)
94 – Edwards (West)
93 – Biggs (Bearden)
92 – Nichols (Loudon)
92 – Stansbury (Grace Christian)
92 – Russell (Oliver Springs)
90 – Burden (Alcoa)
89 – Burchfield (Maryville)
89 – Orren (Maryville)
88 – Albright (Greeneville)
87 – Sterchi (CAK)
86 – Francis (West)
86 – Lowe (Coalfield)
86 – Briggs (Clinton)
86 – Vanwitzenburg (Coalfield)
86 – Williams (TKA)
85 – E. Whaley (TKA)
85 – Buttram (Oneida)
85 – Brown (South-Doyle)
84.5 – Carroll (Alcoa)
84 – Hensley (Coalfield)
83 – Long (Grace Christian)
83 – Cummins (Anderson County)
82 – Shaw (Tellico Plains)
82 – Myers (South-Doyle)
82 – Jeffries (Greenback)
81 – Carleton (Greenback)
81 – Brackins (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
79 – McMahan (Halls)
79 – Fontenot (Farragut)
78 – Schmidt (Northview Academy)
78 – Spurgeon (HVA)
Kalib Fortner and the Central Bobcats rallied for a 20-16 win over the South-Doyle Cherokees in a TSSAA Class 5A quarterfinal at Billy K. Nicely Memorial Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
TACKLES FOR LOSS
34 – K. Fortner (Central)
32 – Ensley (Maryville)
30 – Filipkowski (HVA)
28 – Livesay (Mo. East)
24 – E. Whaley (TKA)
23 – Webb (Powell)
22.5 – Adams (Central)
20 – Burchfield (Maryville)
20 – Myers (South-Doyle)
19.5 – Francis (West)
19 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
18.5 – Edwards (West)
18 – Stansbury (Grace Christian)
17 – Olsen (CAK)
17 – Shelton (Maryville)
17 – Seritt (Bearden)
17 – Jones (Oliver Springs)
16.5 – Baron (Catholic)
16.5 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
16.5 – Scott (West)
16 – Albino (Gibbs)
16 – Carroll (Alcoa)
15.5 – Valentine (Central)
15 – Purcell (Farragut)
15 – Nesbitt (Farragut)
14.5 – Sartelle (West)
13 – Herold (South-Doyle)
13 – Lindsay (Anderson County)
13 – Carleton (Greenback)
13 – Eller (Grace)
13 – Peek (Maryville)
13 – Burden (Alcoa)
12.5 – Manning (Jefferson County)
12.5 – Baumann (Alcoa)
12 – Orren (Maryville)
12 – Brophy (HVA)
12 – Goins (Anderson County)
12 – Staley (Grace)
12 – Myers (CAK)
12 – Cassidy (Union County)
12 – Harrison (CAK)
12 – Brown (Powell)
11.5 – Carson (Scott)
11.5 – Brown (South-Doyle)
11 – Kelloway (Northview Academy)
11 – Wright (Austin-East)
11 – Bost (Central)
11 – Bailey (Greenback)
10.5 – Lott (Grace)
10.5 – Barton (William Blount)
10.5 – Linderman (Clinton)
10.5 – Potter (South-Doyle)
10 – Mayes (Greeneville)
10 – Allison (Jefferson County)
10 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
10 – Quiett (Kingston)
10 – Ferguson (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
10 – Burkett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
10 – Williams (TKA)
SACKS
13 – Boyatt (Oneida)
11 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
11 – Jones (Oliver Springs)
10 – K. Fortner (Central)
10 – Valentine (Central)
10 – Edwards (West)
9 – Webb (Powell)
9 – Ensley (Maryville)
8 – Burchfield (Maryville)
8 – Moore (HVA)
8 – Goins (Anderson County)
7.5 – Carroll (Alcoa)
7.5 – Adams (Central)
7 – Livesay (Mo. East)
7 – Olsen (CAK)
7 – Sudderth (Alcoa)
7 – Whitfield (Loudon)
6.5 – Shelton (Maryville)
6.5 – Albino (Gibbs)
6.5 – Barton (William Blount)
6.5 – Baumann (Alcoa)
6.5 – Staley (Grace Christian)
6 – McNeil-Harrison (CAK)
6 – Burnette (Loudon)
6 – Brown (South-Doyle)
6 – Lindsay (Anderson County)
6 – Stansbury (Grace Christian)
5.5 – Herold (South-Doyle)
5 – Hipps (McMinn County)
5 – Bowling (Coalfield)
5 – Hurst (Sevier County)
5 – Cassidy (Union County)
5 – Max Smith (CAK)
5 – Akey (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
5 – Burkett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
5 – Manley (Jefferson County)
5 – Francis (West)
5 – Crenshaw (West)
The Maryville Rebels won 17-3 over Caden Tollett (17) and the Alcoa Tornadoes on Goddard Field at Bill Bailey Stadium in Alcoa, Tennessee, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
INTERCEPTIONS
6 – Human (Grace)
6 – Inman (Kingston)
6 – Tollett (Alcoa)
6 – Ridenour (Loudon)
5 – Horton (Central)
5 – Bowers (TKA)
5 – Brackett (Rockwood)
5 – King (Jellico)
5 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
5 – Crowder (Maryville)
4 – Stewart (Greeneville)
4 – Vanwitzenburg (Coalfield)
4 – Hollin (Claiborne)
4 – Lopez (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
4 – James (McMinn County)
4 – Hunt (McMinn County)
4 – Crass (Oliver Springs)
4 – Dukes (Tellico Plains)
3 – Fairbanks (Tellico Plains)
3 – Boudreau (Seymour)
3 – Durman (William Blount)
3 – Iezzi (Greeneville)
3 – Pressley (Union County)
3 – Gardner (William Blount)
3 – McCoy (Jefferson County)
3 – Magdos (Powell)
3 – Thomas (Anderson County)
3 – Kirkess (Powell)
3 – Hughes (Powell)
3 – Carnathan (Webb)
3 – Boswell (Oliver Springs)
3 – Fielden (Grace)
3 – Burks (Maryville)
3 – Turner (Oak Ridge)
3 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
3 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
3- Berven (Oak Ridge)
3 – Bowling (Oneida)
3 – Hamilton (Oneida)
Zeke Rankin and the Alcoa Tornadoes beat the Austin-East Roadrunners 56-28 in a TSSAA Class 3A quarterfinal on Goddard Field at Bill Bailey Stadium in Alcoa, Tennessee, on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
PUNTING
43.7 – Rankin (Alcoa)
41.8 – Hughes (Powell)
41.1 – Flynn (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
40.6 – Tonkin (CAK)
40.4 – Willis (Greenback)
39.5 – Robertson (Catholic)
38.7 – Brackett (Rockwood)
38.2 – Bethel (Anderson County)
38.0 – Jones (Greeneville)
37.9 – Matossian (William Blount)
37.6 – Morgan (Oneida)
37.2 – Hodge (Lenoir City)
36.5 – Ely (Oliver Springs)
36.1 – Bolton (Central)
35.1 – Hodges (Farragut)
34.9 – Collins (Clinton)
34.1 – Ballard (TKA)
34.0 – McKinney (Coalfield)
33.6 – Cross (Bearden)
33.6 – Johnson (South-Doyle)
TOUCHBACKS
66 – Rankin (Alcoa)
63 – Bethel (Anderson County)
60 – Flynn (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
60 – Jones (Greeneville)
42 – Johnson (South-Doyle)
39 – Ridenour (Loudon)
32 – Cross (Bearden)
18 – Matossian (William Blount)
18 – Tonkin (CAK)
KICKING POINTS
101 – Rankin (Alcoa)
91 – Price (Maryville)
79 – Johnson (South-Doyle)
77 – Banuelos (McMinn County)
77 – Ridenour (Loudon)
76 – Swislosky (Central)
73 – Jones (Greeneville)
68 – Siebe (West)
67 – Tonkin (CAK)
66 – Flynn (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
66 – Holmes (Greenback)
64 – Bethel (Anderson County)
60 – Robertson (Catholic)
55 – Ballard (TKA)
54 – Pittman (Gibbs)
53 – Judy (Powell)
49 – Matossian (William Blount)
47 – Canaca (Sevier County)
47 – Cross (Bearden)
47 – McCullar (Grace)
40 – Sharp (Farragut)
39 – Thomas (Oliver Springs)
33 – Mojica (Fulton)
30 – Niendorff (Webb)
29 – Zamboni (Seymour)
29 – Allen (Kingston)