Class 1A football is filled with explosive offensive talent returning from a year ago including five passers with at least 1,100 yards and five rushers with over 1,000 yards a year ago. Below is the top ten returnees in several offensive and defensive categories.
Passing Yards
1. | Logan Hughes | Meeker | 2,529 |
2. | Ty Judge | Clear Creek | 1,973 |
3. | Justin Purkat | Dolores | 1,208 |
4. | Zach Dube | Cornerstone Christian | 1,123 |
Jeff Holbrook | Grand Valley | 1,123 | |
6. | Joe McCain | Lyons | 873 |
7. | Nate Anderson | Centauri | 810 |
8. | Tyler Englert | St Mary’s | 536 |
9. | Trevor Walker | Peyton | 533 |
10. | Pedro Madaleno | Cedaredge | 532 |
Rushing Yards
1. | Jesse Rodriquez | Bennett | 1,317 |
2. | Rocky Lechman | Bennett | 1,281 |
3. | Trevor Sander | Platte Canyon | 1,155 |
4. | Hunter Bergstrom | Strasburg | 1,110 |
5. | Doak Mantle | Meeker | 1,058 |
6. | Jaden Miller | Paonia | 977 |
7. | Hauk Hubbard | Limon | 787 |
8. | Jeff Holbrook | Grand Valley | 784 |
9. | Logan Stewart | Highland | 763 |
10. | Jaxon Mahler | Front Range Christian | 738 |
Receiving Yards
1. | Noah Sarria | Clear Creek | 827 |
2. | Chiante Stewart | Ellicott | 719 |
3. | Jordan Greager | Colorado Springs Christian | 700 |
4. | David Trujillo | Rocky Ford | 695 |
5. | Ethan Carlson | Cornerstone Christian | 634 |
6. | Carlos Romo | Rocky Ford | 626 |
7. | Lucas Gerding | Clear Creek | 514 |
8. | Brandon Buhr | Centauri | 451 |
9. | Hunter Bergstrom | Strasburg | 446 |
10. | Jonah Hanson | Burlington | 441 |
Tackles
1. | Forest Pejsa | Dolores | 165 |
2. | Koby Anderson | Highland | 135 |
3. | Adam Chacon | Centauri | 104 |
4. | Jake Laurienti | Lyons | 101 |
5. | Mitchell Swartz | Peyton | 97 |
6. | Teddy Sowards | Centauri | 95 |
7. | Braden Witzel | Burlington | 92 |
8. | Mario Dominquez | Monte Vista | 90 |
9. | Ethan Hanks | Colorado Springs Christian | 89 |
10. | George Gothman | Clear Creek | 89 |
Interceptions
1. | Justin Purkat | Dolores | 6 |
Laytham Magana | Grand Valley | 6 | |
Doak Mantle | Meeker | 6 | |
4. | Josh Lang | Front Range Christian | 5 |
Josh Gonzales | Peyton | 5 | |
6. | Ben Sanchez | Clear Creek | 4 |
Lucas Gerding | Clear Creek | 4 | |
Michael Morgan | Buena Vista | 4 | |
Jonah Hanson | Burlington | 4 | |
10. | 11 players with 3 | ||
Stats provided by MaxPreps.com