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Stats alone don’t lead to success in Texas High School football, though piling up the yards and collecting touchdown catches certainly helps.
Last year was last year, and it is hard to predict what will happen based on the previous season’s failures or successes. Still, it’s nice to know which playmakers, game-changers and record-breakers will once again play under the Friday night lights.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll look at the top returning players in terms of passing yards, rushing yards and receiving yards in the 6A, 5A and private school classifications.
Below are the top returning receivers among all 6A athletes, based on The Dallas Morning News’ top 20 receiving leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards). We’ll do a comparative look at the top players at the very end of this post.
Jacob Jordan, Southlake Carroll
Stats: 64 catches for 1,202 yards (18.78 average) and 16 TDs
Note: No. 85 on The Dallas Morning News’ top 100 for the class of 2024 and the No. 13 overall wide receiver, Jordan holds offers from Texas Tech, Tulsa, North Texas and others.
Josiah Martin, Denton Guyer
Stats: 60 catches for 878 yards (14.63 average) and 9 TDs
Note: The No. 26 overall recruit in The News’ top 100 for 2024 and the 6th overall wider receiver, Martin is currently committed to Boston College.
A comparative look
Below are the stats of everybody on this list:
| Player, school | Catches | Yards | Avg. | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Jordan, Southlake Carroll | 64 | 1,202 | 18.78 | 16 |
| Josiah Martin, Denton Guyer | 60 | 878 | 14.63 | 9 |
More stat leaders
6A: Passing | Rushing | Receiving
5A: Passing | Rushing | Receiving
Private schools: Passing | Rushing | Receiving
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