High School Record for Career Touchdowns
 

I don't follow anything but pro football, but I heard a stats about a fellow named Johnathan Gray, who is a freshman at the University of Texas this year.

He apparently set the high school career record for touchdowns last year, with 205.

205 touchdowns? Really? Wow.

His senior year, he scored 70 touchdowns. 65 rushing, 5 receiving, in 16 games. So he averaged 4.4 touchdowns per game. (And interestingly, that wasn't a single-season record, which stands at 71.)

I can't find his other years' stats, but if he played 16 games every season, he averaged 3.2 touchdowns per game for four years.

His senior year, he ran the ball 346 times for 3906 yards, averaging 11.3 yards per carry and 244 yards per game. He added 21 receptions for another 480 yards, averaging 22.9 yards per receptions.

I guess his coach decided to ride the best horse to victory, but that seems insane in many ways. Insane in how often he was used, and insane in his production. It'll be interesting to see if he can keep up the pace in college.

Meh. /cp
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I watched over half that video (pretty boring). I never really saw him plant his foot and change direction at all... of course he didn't really have to or anything. He just looks like a sprinter; upright and fast as ****.

Good thing he didnt go over 400 carries.

What was that coach thinking on that 2nd play?

Having him run a 15-yard touchdown and dragging down his average. Totally insensitive...

That was a nifty delayed handoff at 3:58, and I thought the inadvertently delayed handoff at 6:15 was kind of funny.

He made some good runs, but you're right that a lot of those long touchdowns were flat-out sprints through massive holes. Maybe that's just how long touchdowns typically work, though.

HS football in Texas IS insane.

I was recently down there attending my Grandson's HS graduation and saw a HS football stadium that would do many Div 1 Universities proud.

Who's that freshman QB for TXAM? Forget his name but they put his HS stats up on the TV screen in between plays and I remember thinking "holy shit".

Texas HS football is indeed insane.

Pfffttt!!! I scored 4 touchdowns in 1 game!!!
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Johnny Manziel is his name, just looked it up. Just in his Sr HS season the guy threw for 3600 yrds 66comp%, 45 TD's 5 INT's, and ran for 1670 more yrds and 30 TD's while avg almost 10ypc.

75 TD's in one season....That's nuckin futs.

His Rivals profile:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...an-Gray-103880

BTW: Even better stat line for Mizzou's incoming quarterback, Maty Mauk:

382/566, 5,413 yds passing, 68 TDs. In addition he had 241 carries for 1,768 yards and 24 more touchdowns.

That's right - over 7,000 yards of total offense and a staggering 92 touchdowns. And he wasn't much worse than that in 2010 when he threw for 5600 yds, 69 TDs and rushed for 16 more.

He's the most prolific quarterback in HS football history.

Al Bundy holds that record I believe

LMAO holy shit

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Can we draft some of these guys now?

I've always thought it would be interesting if NFL teams could draft anybody, not just the guys who are graduating. Really promising college freshman? Take him in the fifth. Superstar 8th-grader? Throw a 7th-round pick on him. Maybe you expand the draft back to about 15 rounds, so you can sign that 8th-grader really late and pay him $40,000 a year until he becomes eligible. It's a win-win situation, and it would expand interest in college and high school football if you could watch a Chiefs draft pick during the college or high school season.

In all seriousness, and I know I'm a Jayhawk, but WTF is wrong with Mizzou football? You guys get so many great players. NFL players! Not just great in college. Why the hell can't you ever pay this off? I just don't understand why they weren't up there with Texas every year. It makes no sense.

BTW you also have one of the most prolific HS wide receivers coming in also. If you can't make it happen with those two, just cancel the program.