Entering Week Seven, the official state leaderboard by the AJC and Georgia High School Football Daily (GHSFD) published the fourth edition of state leaders. In those, 8 local players (last week featured 11, 9 the week before, and the previous week 8) made the cut. Both Jefferson and Rabun County have a pair on the list, and Commerce, Banks County, Habersham Central, and Union County are repped as well. The highest-ranking player continues to be Jaden Gibson of Rabun, who leads the entire state in all classifications in receiving.

RUSHING LEADERS (min 625 yds)

STATE LEADER – Cam Vaughn – Temple – 1,166 yds

• Andrew Shockley (Banks County) – 827 yds (16th; high of 9th)
• Jaiden Daniels (Commerce) – 647 yds (41st; high of 31st)
• Sammy Brown (Jefferson) – 636 yds (47th; high of 16th)

CLOSE (290+): Mason Sullens (Lumpkin County; high of 59th) – 540 yds; Javin Gordon (Stephens County) – 479 yds; Blayden Rader (Union County) – 425 yds; Lang Windham (Rabun County) – 362 yds; Seth Gillis (Towns County) – 357 yds; Tripp Nix (White County) – 328 yds; Tysean Wiggins (Commerce) – 322 yds; Jacari Huff (Commerce) – 298 yds

PASSING LEADERS (min 900 yds)

STATE LEADER – Julian Lewis – Carrollton – 1,598 yds

• Keegan Stover (Rabun County) – 1,529 yds (3rd; high of 2nd; was Class 1A DI leader)
• Caiden Tanner (Union County) – 974 yds (45th; high of 23rd)

CLOSE (450+): Cooper Scott (Lumpkin County) – 810 yds; Max Aldridge (Jefferson) – 709 yds; Ben Stowe (Stephens County; high of 70th) – 707 yds; Connor Chastain (Towns County) – 488 yds; Tripp Nix (White County) – 455 yds

RECEIVING LEADERS (min 375 yds)

STATE LEADER – Jaden Gibson – Rabun County – 661 yds

• Jaden Gibson (Rabun County) – 780 yds (1st; high of 1st; current Class 1A-DI & overall state leader)
• Eljiah Dewitt (Jefferson) – 543 yds (11th; high of 9th)
• Zeke Whittington (Habersham Central) – 510 yds (18th; high of 18th)

CLOSE (275+): Cal Faulkner (Lumpkin County) – 365 yds; Cam Lacy (Stephens County) – 358 yds (high of 44th); Jensen Goble (Union County) – 347 yds (high of 50th); Dom LeBlanc (Dawson County) – 308 yds (high of 46th); Noah Legault (Rabun County) – 299 yds