State Leaderboard Update: See who sits among the best in the state

The latest leaderboard published weekly by Georgia High School Football Daily features 5 quarterbacks, 3 running backs, and 6 wide receivers. The 14 locals makes it three straight weeks with that number of local players on the board.

The highest-ranking individual is Union’s Pierson Allison, who is 3RD in the state in passing after leading the last two weeks. Gunner Stockton (Rabun) sits just behind him at 10TH. Union has 4 representatives, while Habersham has 3, and Rabun, White, and Dawson all have 2. Stephens has 1.

PASSING

State Leader: Blake Kytle (Mount Vernon Presbyterian), 2,044 yds

Pierson Allison (Union Co SR QB)

1,880 yds (3rd)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 1st

Gunner Stockton (Rabun Co SO QB)

1,611 yds (10th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 6th

Ryte Woodruff (Habersham Central SR QB)

1,335 yds (29th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 23rd

J Ben Haynes (White Co JR QB)

1,306 yds (35th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 4th
Last or best ranking – 16th

Zach Holtzclaw (Dawson Co SO QB)

1,173 yds (52nd)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 3rd
Last or best ranking – 56th

Others within striking distance: The minimum to be on the state leaderboard was 1,000 yards.

RUSHING

State Leader: Jahmyr Gibbs (Dalton), 1,860 yds

Jonah Daniel (Union Co JR RB)

870 yds (20th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 6th

Hudson Spurlock (Stephens Co SR RB)

770 yds (37th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 4th

Jackson Clouatre (Habersham Central SR RB)

696 yds (59th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 3rd
Last or best ranking – 46th

Others within striking distance: The minimum to be on the state leaderboard was 650 yards. White’s JBen Haynes (564 yds), Rabun’s Gunner Stockton (559 yds; previously on leaderboard twice, as high as 45th), Dawson’s Shawn Thomas (482 yds), Commerce’s Samuel Roach (457 yds) and Tyelon Brock (444 yds), Jefferson’s Malaki Starks (416 yds), and Rabun’s Brody Jarrard (360 yds) are all in the conversation here.

RECEIVING

State Leader: Daejon Reynolds (Central Gwinnett), 974 yds

Sawyer Drake (Union Co SR WR)

634 yds (20th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 4th
Last or best ranking – 12th

Joshua Pickett (Habersham Central JR WR)

563 yds (27th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 23rd

Kyle Morlock (Union Co SR WR)

535 yds (33rd)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 14th

Braxton Hicks (Rabun Co SR WR)

500 yds (39th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 5th
Last or best ranking – 28th

Dakohta Sonnichsen (Dawson Co JR WR)

479 yds (51st)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 1st
Last or best ranking – N/A

Cooper Turner (White Co JR WR)

438 yds (66th)

Times featured as a state leader this season – 4th
Last or best ranking – 25th

Others within striking distance: The minimum to be on the state leaderboard was 425 yards. Rabun’s Sam Adams (388 yds; previously on leaderboard twice as high as 62nd), Habersham’s Grayson Taylor (337 yds), White’s Jesse Thomas (329 yds), Union’s Mason McCombs (288 yds), Rabun’s Sutton Jones (256 yds), Dawson’s Hunter Barron (253 yds), and Stephens’ Gamarion Carter (241 yds, previously on leaderboard once as high as 66th), are all in the conversation here.