Stats alone don’t lead to success in Texas High School football, though piling up the yards and collecting touchdown catches certainly helps.
Last year was last year, and it is hard to predict what will happen based on the previous season’s failures or successes. Still, it’s nice to know which playmakers, game-changers and record-breakers will once again play under the Friday night lights.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll look at the top returning players in terms of passing yards, rushing yards and receiving yards in the 6A, 5A and private school classifications.
Below are the top returning passers among all 6A receivers, based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 receiving leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards). We’ll do a comparative look at the top players at the very end of this post.
The Top 5
Brock Boyd, Southlake Carroll
Stats: 110 catches for 1,856 yards (16.87 average) and 19 TDs
Notable: Boyd, an Ohio State pledge, is the No. 4 WR and No. 16 overall recruit on The Dallas Morning News’ top 100.
Damarion Mays, North Crowley
Stats: 74 catches for 1,576 yards (21.30 average) and 14 TDs
Dameon Crowe, Richardson
Stats: 59 catches for 1,228 yards (20.81 average) and 14 TDs
Ayson Theus, Duncanville
Stats: 58 catches for 1,081 yards (18.64 average) and 11 TDs
Notable: Theus, a TCU pledge, is the No. 9 WR and the No. 45 overall recruit on The News’ top 100.
Kohen Brown, Waxahachie
Stats: 57 catches for 1,060 yards (18.60 average) and 11 TDs
Next up
Amarean Porter, Wylie East
Stats: 60 catches for 1,037 yards (17.28 average) and 12 TDs
Zach Turner, Duncanville
Stats: 58 catches for 933 yards (16.09 average) and 16 TDs
Notable: Turner is the No. 1 tight end and the No. 26 overall recruit on The News’ top 100.
DJ Reese, Denton Guyer
Stats: 48 catches for 867 yards (18.06 average) and 11 TDs
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