GHSA stat leaders: Coach says don’t hold schedule against state’s No. 1 rusher

The state’s leading rusher plays for a Class A school with a non-region schedule, but Calhoun County coach Deshon Brock doesn’t believe that should hurt him in the eyes of college coaches, not if they see him live.

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“It might hurt a little bit because they might use that as an excuse, but when they see the film, his talent is undeniable,” Brock said. “He’s a home-run threat. He’s got the ability to run away from defensive backs, enough shake to make the first guy miss, he’s physical enough to break tackles, and he can catch balls out of the backfield. I feel he’s the total package as a running back.”

Quinton Edwards, a senior, rushed for 333 yards and six touchdowns on 13 carries in a 58-6 victory over Jordan last week. Edwards’ season total is 1,483 yards. Calhoun County is only 2-5 but averages 37.3 points per game.

Edwards has faced one Top 10 team, undefeated Randolph-Clay, and rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries in that 62-35 loss.

Edwards has no offers, but Elon and Fort Valley State have shown interest. Edwards is 5 feet, 8 inches, 175 pounds. He also starts at free safety.

Getting Edwards on a college roster would be a big win in Brock’s efforts to get Calhoun County back on a region schedule. The southwest Georgia school better known for its state-contending basketball teams only resumed playing a full 10-game football schedule in 2024. It had played partial schedules or 8-man football since 2020.

Calhoun County was one of 18 GHSA schools without a player on a college roster last season, according to Georgia High School Football Historians researcher Steve Slay. It did not have a signee in its 2026 class, Brock said.

Below are the state’s leading rushers, passers and receivers heading into Week 8.

GHSA

Rushing

• 1,483 - Quinton Edwards, Calhoun County (Class A leader)
• 1,450 - Jae’Veon Williams, Pierce County (Class 3A leader)
• 1,289 - Cooper Shumate, Monroe Area (Class 4A leader)
• 1,264 - Austin Stinson, Houston County (Class 6A leader)
• 1,194 - Javarris Warner, Troup
• 1,173 - Donterrius Mincey, Toombs County
• 1,168 - Danarri Brown, Jackson
• 1,046 - Za’Kian Tobler, Treutlen
• 1,002 - Tyrese Dorsey, Shiloh
• 970 - Derrell Brown, Crisp County
• 959 - Jayden Johnson, Stephenson
• 946 - Nigel Gardner, Brunswick
• 906 - Peyton Davis, LaGrange (Class 5A leader)
• 896 - Brooks Smallwood, East Forsyth
• 870 - Daylan Maxwell, Jackson County
• 856 - Brycen Gault, Evans
• 856 - Keylan Yates, Pike County
• 855 - Kyle Johnson, Swainsboro (Class 2A leader)
• 834 - Brayden Tyson, Brookwood (Class 7A leader)
• 832 - Carson Lott, Creekview
• 830 - Noah Parker, Macon County
• 828 - Emmanuel Ajayi, Villa Rica
• 827 - Rae’shawn Clyde, Randolph-Clay
• 823 - Solomon James, Woodland (Cartersville)
• 785 - LaTavis Devine, Fitzgerald
• 777 - Matthew Baze, Loganville
• 775 - Stanley Smart, Benedictine
• 771 - Zyion Love, Bleckley County
• 771 - Jacez Walton, Central (Carrollton)
• 757 - Khalif Morgan, Utopian Academy
• 753 - Jmere Doe-Davis, Effingham County
• 752 - Zandon Mullins, Parkview
• 738 - Ryder Furtick-Williams, Walker (Class 4A-2A Private leader)
• 734 - Sam Chasteen, Holy Innocents’
• 727 - Gary Walker, Creekside
• 725 - Deron Foster, Valdosta
• 723 - Ashton Barton, Peach County
• 719 - Christian Womack, Westlake
• 718 - Cameron Keeve, Bradwell Institute
• 713 - Antonio Webster, Jordan
• 711 - Caden Waye, Ola
• 710 - Alexander Baert, Towns County
• 708 - Cash Perkins, Berrien
• 705 - Kumari Thomas, Putnam County
• 700 - Jeremiah Johnson, Schley County
• 697 - Ace Hatcher, ACE Charter
• 691 - Courey Bryan, Woodland (Stockbridge)
• 685 - Calvin Wynn Jr., Washington-Wilkes
• 680 - Demarco Huff, Commerce
• 675 - Quin’traevion Huckaby, Terrell County
• 673 - Jacob Jackson, Westlake
• 669 - Khayel Sam, South Forsyth
• 660 - Jeremiah Scott, Johnson County
• 655 - Zaire Sykes, North Springs
• 654 - Kingston Caesar, Etowah
• 652 - Alex Tarboro, Northside (Columbus)
• 651 - Alex Corrias, Morgan County
• 651 - Aidan McPherson, Thomas County Central
• 644 - Christian Hayes, Thomasville
• 643 - Gavin Steele, Mount Vernon
• 641 - Tristian Sloane, East Jackson
• 641 - Linc Allen, Trion
• 638 - Ab Hilton, Screven County
• 636 - Zaden Waller, Montgomery County
• 635 - Jase Kelsey, Pike County
• 632 - Zach Belyeu, North Cobb
• 629 - Jaiden Moore, Hillgrove
• 626 - Kevin Hartsfield, Newton
• 621 - Bobby Reynolds, Coffee
• 618 - X’Zabion Jackson, Bainbridge
• 613 - Josiah Gibbons, Brunswick
• 613 - Charlie Baxter, Christian Heritage
• 610 - Tabrone Ball, Ridgeland
• 607 - Markyl Allen, Long County
• 604 - Aquil Beazer, Lovejoy
• 596 - Reante Byrd, Hephzibah
• 593 - Titus Grant, Marietta
• 593 - Colton Steele, North Hall
• 588 - Deuce Thigpen, Alexander
• 586 - Jamarcus Knight, Dublin
• 585 - Travis Miller, Jones County
• 583 - Christon Kennedy, Callaway
• 581 - Jay’Andre Brown, Richmond Academy
• 579 - Landen Wright, Burke County
• 578 - Bransyn Perry, Murray County
• 578 - Trace Washington, Sequoyah
• 578 - Khyran White, South Effingham
• 564 - Jake Orton, North Cobb Christian
• 563 - MJ Craft, Blessed Trinity
• 563 - Rohan Kent, Cedartown
• 561 - CJ Menzie, Richmond Hill
• 560 - Caden Houston, B.E.S.T. Academy
• 559 - Marquis Fennell, Valdosta
• 558 - Andrew Beard, Prince Avenue Christian
• 558 - Amos Robinson, Whitefield Academy
• 557 - Freedom Jones, South Cobb
• 556 - Tavares Hooks Jr., Baldwin
• 555 - Zavien Villafuerte, Northwest Whitfield

Passing

• 2,183 - Ashton Clare, Trinity Christian (Class 4A-2A Private leader)
• 1,946 - CJ Cypher, Carrollton (Class 7A leader)
• 1,942 - JR Harris, Central (Carrollton) (Class 5A leader)
• 1,894 - Kamden Patterson, Baldwin (Class 4A leader)
• 1,707 - Elijah Fudge, Spencer
• 1,641 - Jordan Wiggins, Northeast Class 3A leader)
• 1,609 - Brodie Campbell, Newnan (Class 6A leader)
• 1,585 - Tristin Sharpe, Union Grove
• 1,546 - Branson Stowe, Stephens County
• 1,477 - Rex Greene, Flowery Branch
• 1,465 - James Mobley, Calvary Day
• 1,457 - Tucker Parson, Hart County
• 1,453 - Caden Jones, Lassiter
• 1,444 - Derrick Baker, Milton
• 1,431 - Greg Hart, Parkview
• 1,420 - Charlie Baxter, Christian Heritage
• 1,419 - Micah Joyner, Dougherty
• 1,393 - Christion Peacock, Walton
• 1,391 - Jorden Guinn, Woodland (Stockbridge)
• 1,382 - Cannon Robinson, Westlake
• 1,371 - Alex Schlieman, North Hall
• 1,370 - Savoy Nichols, Creekside
• 1,342 - Jayden Whiteside, Marietta
• 1,341 - CJ Peoples, South Gwinnett
• 1,338 - Czar Daniels, Columbia
• 1,334 - Jah’Barri Felix, Bradwell Institute
• 1,301 - Aiden Watson, Harrison
• 1,297 - Ryan Maxwell, Houston County
• 1,282 - Caden Hight, Heritage (Ringgold)
• 1,277 - Khayel Sam, South Forsyth
• 1,268 - Jameson Hilton, Wesleyan
• 1,264 - Jax Bowles, East Coweta
• 1,231 - Gary Chatman, Brookwood
• 1,207 - Justin Stephenson, Lithia Springs
• 1,184 - Smith Browning, Northwest Whitfield
• 1,183 - Brody Fleming, Bleckley County (Class 2A leader)
• 1,165 - Evan Jones, Denmark
• 1,162 - Zion Butler, Mountain View
• 1,159 - Caleb Hill, Sandy Creek
• 1,144 - Cason Carrigan, Eagle’s Landing Christian
• 1,140 - Ethan Tisdale, Heard County
• 1,127 - Braden Stark, North Paulding
• 1,117 - Clay Hicks, Schley County (Class A leader)
• 1,113 - Brody Cato, West Forsyth
• 1,111 - Josiah Frazier, Newton
• 1,110 - Blaine Brown, Villa Rica
• 1,091 - Noah Bourque, North Forsyth
• 1,087 - Joseph Owens, Toombs County
• 1,086 - Jamal Ambler, Archer
• 1,086 - Riley Braiden, Providence Christian
• 1,085 - Nolan Shakar, Sequoyah
• 1,083 - Braylon Carter, Southwest DeKalb
• 1,071 - Brinn Robinson, White County
• 1,061 - Leland Holder, Taylor County
• 1,060 - Tanner Bail, Pickens
• 1,058 - Caden Houston, B.E.S.T. Academy
• 1,054 - Omarion Guilford, Calhoun County
• 1,044 - Omari Burse, Benedictine
• 1,029 - Cooper Shumate, Monroe Area
• 1,020 - Jody Dudley, East Hall
• 1,014 - Keygan Walker, Brunswick
• 1,014 - Landon Ryan, Whitefield Academy
• 1,013 - Ryan Woods, Holy Innocents’
• 1,012 - Matthew Dillon, Effingham County
• 1,008 - Cohen Lawson, Lee County
• 998 - Maximus Newson, Discovery
• 995 - Jhamard Cobb, Perry
• 986 - Khi Mitchell, Colquitt County
• 983 - John Fair III, Drew
• 981 - Ben Musser, Jackson County
• 972 - Tristan Owens, Hampton
• 970 - Sebastian Heard, Carver (Columbus)
• 968 - Bode Spence, East Paulding
• 963 - Caden Worley, Ola
• 959 - Demond Slaughter, Chattahoochee
• 957 - RJ Perry, Dacula
• 957 - Caiden Ivory, Peach County
• 957 - Zain Belfield, Peachtree Ridge
• 956 - Ryan Dvce, Lambert
• 940 - Deuce Smith, Grayson
• 935 - Jayden Martin, Windsor Forest
• 934 - Chris Miller, Kennesaw Mountain
• 930 - Jayden McCullough, North Cobb Christian
• 930 - Lyndon Worthy, Worth County
• 929 - Zabrian Boler, Stephenson
• 920 - Turner Stevenson, Aquinas
• 915 - Kharim Hughley, Gainesville
• 915 - Carson Hand, Richmond Academy
• 914 - Xavier Collins, Camden County
• 913 - Zeke Douglass, Etowah
• 910 - CJ Payne, Cherokee Bluff
• 902 - Ben Herrington, Lakeside (Evans)
• 900 - Arthur Holt, Mount Zion (Jonesboro)
• 900 - Gavin Hollum, Prince Avenue Christian
• 892 - Joshua Scott, Stockbridge
• 890 - Hudson Ruppert, Dalton
• 890 - Wailer Sands, Jasper County
• 883 - Jack Gable, Alexander
• 881 - AJ Williams, Callaway
• 881 - Trayvian King, Turner County
• 863 - Elam Rahman, North Gwinnett
• 859 - Jordan Singleton, Mary Persons
• 855 - Fisher Blankenship, Coahulla Creek
• 853 - Chase Mosley, Troup
• 851 - Marion Luckett, Duluth

Receiving

• 777 - Jarious Hamm, Union Grove (Class 5A leader)
• 722 - Tyler Robinson, Flowery Branch
• 717 - Collins Price, Lassiter (Class 6A leader)
• 707 - Bryce Bell, Monroe Area (Class 4A leader)
• 679 - Kaiden Harbin, Stephens County (Class 3A leader)
• 677 - Jeffery Thomas, Houston County
• 674 - Aaron Graham, M.L. King
• 668 - Jake Ivester, Central (Carrollton)
• 643 - Kamari Frazier, Lithia Springs
• 629 - Jaylen Britt, Newnan
• 615 - Eron Mallard, Benedictine
• 612 - Madoxx Davis, Cartersville
• 612 - Christian Ema, Parkview (Class 7A leader)
• 608 - Jayden Juniors, South Gwinnett
• 601 - Jordan Carrasquillo, Milton
• 592 - Aiden Opore, Walton
• 571 - Jackson Nesmith, Marietta
• 571 - Geno Houchins, Wesleyan (Class 4A-2A Private leader)
• 558 - Brayden Bailey, Holy Innocents’
• 550 - Jordan Kendrix, Central (Carrollton)
• 550 - Jaden Upshaw, Lee County
• 550 - Brandon Stevens, Toombs County
• 549 - Zalen Green, Douglass
• 546 - Jordan Peacock, Walton
• 545 - Roscoe Hayes, Westlake
• 542 - Jacobi Pasley, Bradwell Institute
• 537 - Jakhi Litmon, B.E.S.T. Academy (Class A leader)
• 537 - King Bateman, Turner County
• 537 - Ian Kelly, Whitefield Academy
• 535 - Jacob Springer, Discovery
• 533 - Aidan Randolph, Trinity Christian
• 533 - Carlos Robertson Jr., Trinity Christian
• 522 - Luke Thompson, Trinity Christian
• 520 - Tavares Tinsley Jr., Northeast
• 517 - Kurston Curry, Hart County
• 513 - Marlon Knight, Calvary Day
• 513 - Kyle Cummings, Northwest Whitfield
• 512 - Justin Burton, Baldwin
• 511 - Jason McNulty, Bleckley County (Class 2A leader)
• 509 - Brock Teal, Pickens
• 502 - DJ Huggins, Harrison
• 500 - JD Arnette, Perry
• 499 - Qua Pinkard, Taylor County
• 498 - Andrew Spaulding, West Forsyth
• 490 - Dondre Mulligan, Jackson
• 485 - Duke Collins, Stephens County
• 481 - Carter Ross, South Forsyth
• 477 - Sean Green, Camden County
• 477 - Jordan Christie, Southwest DeKalb
• 476 - Cade Zeman, Northview
• 473 - King Grissom, Mitchell County
• 472 - Timothy Woodson, Carver (Columbus)
• 472 - Taurean Rawlins, Mount Vernon
• 472 - Cole Cable, North Hall
• 471 - Darrell McFadden, Carrollton
• 469 - Jordan Hudson, Spencer
• 469 - Kenderzous Wylie, Washington-Wilkes
• 464 - Mason Stephens, Mary Persons
• 461 - Jabari Wade, Banneker
• 456 - Brady Johnson, Douglas County
• 456 - Dextavion Reese, Hephzibah
• 455 - Ty Pinckney, Calvary Day
• 454 - Luc McClendon, Pope
• 453 - Kaiden James, Callaway
• 446 - Brad Sanders, Hampton
• 446 - Ta’Shawn Poole, Howard
• 446 - Mason Malone, Providence Christian
• 445 - David Burgess, Dougherty
• 442 - Waseem Murray, Brunswick
• 438 - Matis Saint Jean, Lambert
• 437 - Antwan Lockett, Colquitt County
• 437 - Neal Sajere, Denmark
• 435 - Quinn Smith, Blessed Trinity
• 434 - Robert Van Alstyne, Sequoyah
• 432 - Isaiah Alford, East Coweta
• 429 - Blake Dowler, Trinity Christian
• 428 - Derrick Simelton, Mount Zion (Jonesboro)
• 427 - Isaiah Brown, Effingham County
• 427 - Noah Norwood, Jefferson County
• 423 - Ja’Londi O’Hara, Ware County
• 419 - Braxton Palmer, Peachtree Ridge
• 416 - Mohamed Toure, Dacula
• 413 - Oakleen Padgett, North Cobb Christian
• 411 - Cohen Fletcher, Heritage (Ringgold)
• 411 - Jacoby Parker, Ola
• 409 - Cornell Watkins, Ridgeland
• 408 - Jasper Williams, Flowery Branch
• 406 - Cameron Matthews, Eagle’s Landing Christian
• 401 - Gunnar Weaver, Dawson County
• 399 - Marquis Fennell, Valdosta
• 398 - Jason Horne, Parkview
• 398 - Spencer Cohen, Spencer
• 397 - Gabriel Tatum, Christian Heritage
• 397 - Javon Swanigan, Cross Creek
• 396 - Jaylin Logan, Calhoun County
• 396 - Hudson Hill, Prince Avenue Christian
• 395 - Damarion Davis, Columbia
• 395 - Austen Kitchings, Jefferson
• 395 - Jaquaveon Nelson, Worth County
• 394 - Robbie Dunn, Archer
• 387 - Carlito Savea, Bradwell Institute
• 386 - Kyron Pipes, Alpharetta
• 385 - Josiah Walker, Villa Rica
• 384 - PJ Johnson, Hart County
• 384 - Evan Hawkins, North Gwinnett
• 383 - William Bucey, Savannah Christian
• 381 - Dylan Haley, Cherokee Bluff
• 380 - Will Watkins, South Forsyth
• 377 - Kamdon London, Dalton
• 373 - Tooga Whatley, Paulding County
• 373 - Beck Baxley, Wesleyan
• 371 - Deion Saunders, Mountain View
• 371 - Mikhail Simmons, Westover
• 370 - Joseph Thomas, Eagle’s Landing Christian
• 370 - Dara Esamagu, Mountain View
• 370 - Duke Sanders, Sequoyah
• 367 - Gavin Green, Rockmart
• 366 - Jerrick Carswell, Baldwin
• 366 - Trayvis Hunter, Effingham County
• 363 - Beau Moore, Christian Heritage
• 363 - Seth Williams, Lakeside (Atlanta)
• 362 - Lyriq Davis, Centennial
• 361 - Brayden Stoker, Heritage (Ringgold)
• 361 - Jeremiah Mathis, Northeast
• 359 - Samaj Anderson, Creekside
• 359 - Gavin Kinchen, Stockbridge
• 359 - Dwane Franklin, Windsor Forest
• 358 - Walker Hughes, Etowah
• 358 - Bryson Niehr, North Paulding
• 357 - Cason Rainey, East Coweta
• 357 - Lo’than McBride, Richmond Academy
• 357 - Jamarian Mingo, Valdosta
• 356 - Derek Lofton Jr., Union Grove
• 355 - Kaevone Thomas, Lowndes
• 354 - George Lamons Jr., Brooks County
• 354 - Havyn Searels, Dalton
• 354 - Andrew Cowart, Lakeside (Evans)
• 353 - Jacob Hester, Baldwin

GIAA

Rushing

• 1,643 - Braxton Wilkinson, Calvary Christian
• 1,566 - Cutler Fleming, Briarwood
• 1,268 - Brock Johnson, Westfield
• 1,211 - Tucker Johnston, Stratford Academy
• 1,034 - Angelo Bellamy Jr., Tattnall Square
• 998 - Matthew Alexich, St. Anne-Pacelli
• 939 - Broughton Branch, Brookstone
• 932 - Benjamin Burney, Mount de Sales
• 910 - Jordan Turner, Bethesda Academy

Passing