In Week 11, the official state leaderboard by the AJC and Georgia High School Football Daily (GHSFD) published the 8th of 10 editions of state leaders. Of those, 12 local players are on the list (the previous high was 14 a few weeks ago).
RUSHING LEADERS (min 800 yds)
STATE LEADER – Zayden Cook – Chattooga – 1,959 yds
- Tysean Wiggins (Commerce) – 1,202 yds (16th; high of 4th) [former Class 1A DI State Leader]
- Reid Giles (Rabun County) – 1,090 yds (24th; high of 13th)
- Dustin Barrett (Towns County) 914 yds (46th; high of 33rd)
- Connor Schuknecht (Union County) – 820 yds (83rd; high of 58th);
CLOSE (575+): Jacari Huff (Commerce) – 732 yds (high of 82nd);Nolan Matthews (Lumpkin County) – 726 yds (high of 63rd); Donovan Warren (Habersham Central) 713 yds (high of 89th); Gavin Markey (Jefferson) – 614 yds; Cody McBrayer (Dawson County) 603 yds; Cal Faulkner (Lumpkin County) – 603 yds; Javin Gordon (Stephens County) – 580 yds [high of 76th]
PASSING LEADERS (min 1,250 yds)
STATE LEADER – Tanner Savasir – Cherokee – 2,438 yds
- Tripp Nix (White County) – 1,969 yds (12th; high of 10th; Class 3A State Leader)
- Tripp Underwood (Stephens County) – 1,609 yds (39th; high of 7th)
- Paris Wilbanks (Habersham Central) – 1,594 yds (40th; high of 23rd)
- Kamden Kendrick (Union County) – 1,253 yds (98th; high of 33rd)
CLOSE (600+): Gavin Markey (Jefferson) – 1,016 yds; Cal Faulkner (Lumpkin County) – 1,074 yds; Gunnar Weaver (Dawson County) – 755 yds; Peyton McGaha (Towns County) – 661 yds; Preston Bannister (Dawson County) – 622 yds; Ty Truelove (Rabun County) – 611 yds
RECEIVING LEADERS (min 500 yds)
STATE LEADER – Jaylen Elder – Morgan County – 1,135 yds
- Zeke Whittington (Habersham Central) – 774 yds (16th; high of 11th)
- Maddox Young (Union County) – 572 yds (68th; high of 39th)
- Gaines Clark (White County) – 529 yds (92nd; high of 70th)
- Davon Swinton (Stephens County) – 512 yds (100th; high of 21st)
CLOSE (350+): Chatham Burnett (Dawson County) – 459 yds (high of 88th); Dylan Edwards (Dawson County) – 428 yds; Jonah Swinton (Stephens County) – 407 yds; Zach Godfrey (White County) – 394 yds; Javin Gordon (Stephens County) – 394 yds (high of 35th); AJ Scott (Lumpkin County) – 376 yds; Talan Childress (Jefferson) – 366 yds; Noel Lammers (White County) – 362 yds
