Percentage of offense generated by running game for the 16 GHSA football finalists

Below are the 16 state finalists ranked on the percent of total offense they get running the ball. The median percentage is 55.9%. The last time GHSF Daily ran this kind of list was in 2019, when the median was 62.0%.

81.6% - Marist

77.6% - Northeast

69.9% - Jefferson

66.6% - Burke County

59.3% - Bowdon

56.4% - Carver (Columbus)

56.2% - Toombs County

56.1% - Hebron Christian

55.7% - Prince Avenue Christian

51.6% - Brooks County

51.6% - Hughes

50.5% - Grayson

44.9% - Calhoun

43.8% - Milton

43.4% - North Oconee

33.4% - Carrollton

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