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5Star Preps Stat Leaders – Through the 2019 TSSAA state semifinals
Here are the area’s football statistical leaders through the fourth round of the postseason.
We’ve had 46 teams report so far. We will continue to add to this list.
Stats will run each week of the playoffs. So, coaches, please continue to send those in to [email protected]. Thanks!
Teams not yet reporting: Cosby, Harriman, Heritage, McMinn Central, Midway, Morristown West, Oakdale, Pigeon Forge, Rockwood, Scott, Sequoyah, Sunbright, Wartburg, West.
South-Doyle’s Elijah Young won the 2019 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award for Class 5A during a ceremony at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
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)
1267 – McGill (Maryville)
1253 – Gudger (Greeneville)
1248 – Parris (Halls)
1222 – Holmes (Anderson County)
1054 – Gunn (HVA)
1024 – Bishop (Karns)
1021 – Jarmon (Catholic)
986 – Ligon (Austin-East)
975 – Boswell (Oliver Springs)
964 – Atkins (Jefferson County)
954 – Pierce (Union County)
938 – Merritts (Central)
925 – Williams (Bearden)
914 – Jackson (Oak Ridge)
894 – Hughes (Powell)
865 – Hodge (Maryville)
861 – Nelson (William Blount)
859 – 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)
790 – Sankey (Alcoa)
780 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
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 – Gudger (Greeneville)
16 – Bishop (Karns)
16 – Sankey (Alcoa)
14 – Parris (Halls)
14 – Humphries (Gibbs)
14 – Boswell (Oliver Springs)
14 – Hunt (McMinn County)
14 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
13 – Maney (McMinn County)
13 – Hodge (Maryville)
13 – Pierce (Union County)
13 – Hodge (Maryville)
12 – McKinney (Coalfield)
12 – Atkins (Jefferson County)
12 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
11 – Cooper (William Blount)
11 – Jackson (Oak Ridge)
10 – Stone (Claiborne)
10 – McGill (Maryville)
10 – Jarmon (Catholic)
10 – Merritts (Central)
10 – Creech (Union County)
10 – Stockton (CAK)
9 – Hughes (Powell)
9 – McIntosh (Powell)
9 – Martin (Catholic)
9 – Hill (Kingston)
9 – Buttram (Oneida)
9 – Ligon (Austin-East)
8 – Davidson (Carter)
8 – McBee (Grainger)
8 – Trusley (Powell)
8 – Blankenship (Alcoa)
8 – Harig (Loudon)
7 – Hicks (Sweetwater)
7 – Franklin (William Blount)
7 – Evans (McMinn County)
7 – Tollet (Alcoa)
7 – Harig (Loudon)
7 – Lowe (Coalfield)
7 – Williams (TKA)
7 – Robinson (Gibbs)
7 – Hensley (Farragut)
Braden Carnes 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)
PASSING YARDS
3983 – Carnes (Greenback)
3053 – Riggs (Grace)
2662 – Fawver (Central)
2636 – Shannon (Sevier County)
2433 – Foster (Austin-East)
2342 – Trusley (Powell)
2308 – Wilkinson (Farragut)
2,104 – Harig (Loudon)
2092 – Hatmaker (Anderson County)
2008 – Degges (CAK)
2008 – Shults (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
1860 – Chambers (Maryville)
1811 – Gibbons (Oak Ridge)
1777 – Stone (Claiborne)
1736 – White (Campbell County)
1691 – Acuff (TKA)
1589 – Henson (Mo East)
1571 – Paul (Jellico)
1483 – Ironside (Bearden)
1466 – Clemmer (William Blount)
1386 – 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)
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
52 – Carnes (Greenback)
34 – Harig (Loudon)
29 – Chambers (Maryville)
28 – 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)
20 – Acuff (TKA)
20 – Vaulton (Alcoa)
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)
Greenback’s Holden Willis won the 2019 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award for Class 1A during a ceremony at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
RECEIVING YARDS
1722 – Willis (Greenback)
1181 – Tilley (TKA)
1159 – Smith (Austin-East)
1079 – Hollin (Claiborne)
1066 – Stinnett (Greenback)
994 – Hurst (Sevier County)
982 – Geer (Grace)
974 – King (Jellico)
966 – Stinnett (Greenback)
923 – Candela (Bearden)
783 – Keathley (Farragut)
763 – Elliott (Anderson County)
727 – Warwick (Grace)
715 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
704 – Davis (Maryville)
693 – Wilson (Sevier County)
678 – Redmond (Powell)
668 – Kirkess (Powell)
660 – Dukes (Campbell County)
654 – Maples (Maryville)
646 – Owens (Scott)
633 – Gaston (Central)
616 – Williams (TKA)
600 – Hawkins (Karns)
595 – Fortner (Central)
589 – Shopovick (Farragut)
581 – Carter (Tellico Plains)
581 – Osborne (Central)
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)
487 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
456 – Anderson (Central)
455 – Matossian (William Blount)
455 – Ridenour (Loudon)
453 – Santana (South-Doyle)
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
28 – Willis (Greenback)
16 – Smith (Austin-East)
14 – King (Jellico)
13 – Hurst (Sevier County)
13 – Tilley (TKA)
12 – Redmond (Powell)
12 – Stinnett (Greenback)
12 – Gaston (Central)
12 – Maples (Maryville)
11 – Hollin (Claiborne)
11 – Candela (Bearden)
11 – Davis (Maryville)
11 – Wright (West)
11 – Stinnett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
9 – Owens (Scott)
9 – Geer (Grace)
9 – Carter (Tellico Plains)
8 – Dukes (Campbell County)
8 – Kirkess (Powell)
8 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
8 – Ridenour (Loudon)
8 – Smaller (Loudon)
7 – Wilson (Sevier County)
7 – Osborne (Central)
7 – Anderson (Alcoa)
7 – Sparkman (CAK)
7 – Johnkins (Sweetwater)
7 – Kirkwood (Grace)
7 – Stewart (Oak Ridge)
7 – Keathley (Farragut)
TACKLES
152 – Schaar (Coalfield)
151 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
147 – Max Smith (CAK)
146 – Spining (Bearden)
136 – Livesay (Mo. East)
135 – Barnhart (Oneida)
126 – Myers (CAK)
126 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
120 – Eller (Grace Christian)
120 – Dockins (Loudon)
118 – Hurst (Sevier County)
117 – K. Fortner (Central)
117 – Shelton (Maryville)
116 – Seritt (Bearden)
114 – Ligon (Austin-East)
103 – Frederick (Bearden)
103 – Baron (Catholic)
102.5 – Quinones (Catholic)
99 – Webb (Powell)
98 – Diggs (Kingston)
97 – Filipkowski (HVA)
97 – C. Duncan (Catholic)
96 – Purcell (Farragut)
96 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
95 – Jackson (CAK)
94 – Turner (William Blount)
94 – Bolland (Bearden)
93 – Biggs (Bearden)
93 – Bost (Central)
92 – Nichols (Loudon)
92 – Valentine (Central)
92 – Stansbury (Grace Christian)
92 – Russell (Oliver Springs)
88 – Albright (Greeneville)
87 – Sterchi (CAK)
86 – Lowe (Coalfield)
86 – Belcher (Greenback)
86 – Briggs (Clinton)
86 – Vanwitzenburg (Coalfield)
86 – Williams (TKA)
85 – E. Whaley (TKA)
85 – Buttram (Oneida)
85 – Brown (South-Doyle)
84 – Hensley (Coalfield)
84 – Burchfield (Maryville)
83 – Long (Grace Christian)
83 – Cummins (Anderson County)
82 – Shaw (Tellico Plains)
82 – Burden (Alcoa)
82 – Myers (South-Doyle)
81 – Orren (Maryville)
81 – Brackins (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
79.5 – Carroll (Alcoa)
79 – McMahan (Halls)
79 – Fontenot (Farragut)
78 – Schmidt (Northview Academy)
78 – Spurgeon (HVA)
Linebacker Kalib Fortner and the Central Bobcats visited Farragut for a spring football scrimmage on Bill Clabo Field in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
TACKLES FOR LOSS
33 – K. Fortner (Central)
31 – Ensley (Maryville)
30 – Filipkowski (HVA)
28 – Livesay (Mo. East)
24 – E. Whaley (TKA)
23 – Webb (Powell)
20 – Myers (South-Doyle)
20 – Adams (Central)
19 – Youngblood (Greeneville)
19 – Burchfield (Maryville)
18 – Stansbury (Grace Christian)
17 – Olsen (CAK)
17 – Seritt (Bearden)
17 – Jones (Oliver Springs)
16.5 – Baron (Catholic)
16.5 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
16 – Albino (Gibbs)
15 – Purcell (Farragut)
14.5 – Carleton (Greenback)
15 – Nesbitt (Farragut)
15 – Shelton (Maryville)
13 – Herold (South-Doyle)
13 – Lindsay (Anderson County)
13 – Carroll (Alcoa)
13 – Peek (Maryville)
13 – Eller (Grace)
13 – Valentine (Central)
12.5 – Manning (Jefferson County)
12 – Orren (Maryville)
12 – Bailey (Greenback)
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)
10.5 – Lott (Grace)
10.5 – Barton (William Blount)
10.5 – Linderman (Clinton)
10.5 – Baumann (Alcoa)
10.5 – Potter (South-Doyle)
10 – Mayes (Greeneville)
10 – Allison (Jefferson County)
10 – Bost (Central)
10 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
10 – Burden (Alcoa)
10 – Quiett (Kingston)
10 – Ferguson (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
10 – Burkett (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
10 – Williams (TKA)
10 – Bailey Jr. (Greenback)
SACKS
11 – Mitchel (Greeneville)
11 – Jones (Oliver Springs)
9 – K. Fortner (Central)
9 – Webb (Powell)
9 – Ensley (Maryville)
8.5 – Valentine (Central)
8 – Moore (HVA)
8 – Burchfield (Maryville)
8 – Goins (Anderson County)
7.5 – Carroll (Alcoa)
7 – Livesay (Mo. East)
7 – Olsen (CAK)
7 – Whitfield (Loudon)
6.5 – Albino (Gibbs)
6.5 – Barton (William Blount)
6.5 – Baumann (Alcoa)
6.5 – Staley (Grace Christian)
6 – McNeil-Harrison (CAK)
6 – Adams (Central)
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)
Caden Tollett 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)
INTERCEPTIONS
6 – Human (Grace)
6 – Inman (Kingston)
6 – Tollett (Alcoa)
6 – Ridenour (Loudon)
5 – Bowers (TKA)
5 – King (Jellico)
5 – Rutgerson (Greenback)
4 – Crowder (Maryville)
4 – Stewart (Greeneville)
4 – Vanwitzenburg (Coalfield)
4 – Hollin (Claiborne)
4 – Horton (Central)
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 – Burks (Maryville)
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 – Turner (Oak Ridge)
3 – Johnson (Oak Ridge)
3 – Adams (Oak Ridge)
3- Berven (Oak Ridge)
3 – Bowling (Oneida)
3 – Hamilton (Oneida)
PUNTING
43.0 – Rankin (Alcoa)
41.8 – Hughes (Powell)
41.6 – Willis (Greenback)
41.1 – Flynn (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
40.6 – Tonkin (CAK)
39.5 – Robertson (Catholic)
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)
35.1 – Hodges (Farragut)
34.9 – Collins (Clinton)
34.8 – Bolton (Central)
34.1 – Ballard (TKA)
34.0 – McKinney (Coalfield)
33.6 – Cross (Bearden)
33.6 – Johnson (South-Doyle)
TOUCHBACKS
64 – 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)
Alcoa’s Zeke Rankin won the 2019 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award for kicker of the year during a ceremony at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (Photo by Danny Parker)
KICKING POINTS
98 – Rankin (Alcoa)
87 – Price (Maryville)
79 – Johnson (South-Doyle)
77 – Banuelos (McMinn County)
77 – Ridenour (Loudon)
73 – Jones (Greeneville)
70 – Swislosky (Central)
68 – Siebe (West)
67 – Tonkin (CAK)
66 – Flynn (Gatlinburg-Pittman)
65 – 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)