In Week 8, the official state leaderboard by the AJC and Georgia High School Football Daily (GHSFD) published the fifth of 10 editions of state leaders. Of those, 14 local players are on the list (the previous high was 13 a couple of weeks ago).
Rushing Leaders (min 550 yds)
State Leader – Zayden Cook – Chattooga – 1,494 yds
- Tysean Wiggins (Commerce) – 845 yds (16th; high of 4th) [former 1A DI State Leader]
- Reid Giles (Rabun County) – 774 yds (22nd)
- Connor Schuknecht (Union County) – 634 yds (58th)
- Nolan Matthews (Lumpkin County) – 607 yds (66th; high of 63rd)
- Jacari Huff (Commerce) – 577 yds (84th; high of 82nd)
Close (400+): Cal Faulkner (Lumpkin County) – 540 yds; Donovan Warren (Habersham Central) – 502 yds; Dustin Barrett (Towns County) – 485 yds (xxth; high of 64th); Javin Gordon (Stephens County) – 449 yds [prev 76th]; Noel Lammers (White County) – 411 yds
Passing Leaders (min 900 yds)
State Leader – Antwann Hill, Jr – Houston County – 1,709 yds
- Tripp Nix (White County) – 1,466 yds (10th)
- Tripp Underwood (Stephens County) – 1,437 yds (12th; high of 7th)
- Paris Wilbanks (Habersham Central) – 1,211 yds (23rd)
- Kamden Kendrick (Union County) – 1,126 yds (33rd)
Close (500+): Cal Faulkner (Lumpkin County) – 789 yds; Gavin Markey (Jefferson) – 731 yds; Preston Bannister (Dawson County) – 622 yds; Peyton McGaha (Towns County) – 572 yds
Receiving Leaders (min 375 yds)
State Leader – Cody Bryan – Heritage-Ringgold – 813 yds
- Zeke Whittington (Habersham Central) – 570 yds (23rd)
- Maddox Young (Union County) – 473 yds (39th)
- Davon Swinton (Stephens County) – 469 yds (40th; high of 21st)
- Gaines Clark (White County) – 402 yds (70th)
- Javin Gordon (Stephens County) – 376 yds (86th; high of 35th)
Close (250+): Jonah Swinton (Stephens County) – 354 yds; Chatham Burnett (Dawson County) – 319 yds; AJ Scott (Lumpkin County) – 286 yds; Brayden Roach (White County) – 239 yds (missing WK 7); Noel Lammers (White County) – 217 yds (missing WK 7); Zach Godfrey (White County) – 209 yds (missing WK 7); Dalton Dye (Jefferson) – 251 yds
