Find out how many yards all of the Rockford-area football stars finished with in 2023
The IHSA football season drew to a close in exciting fashion last weekend, with two area teams feeling different emotions after Lena-Winslow fell in the Class 1A state title game and Byron won big in the 3A championship showdown.
More: Rockford-area football See the Rockford area's top performers from every round of the state football playoffs
With the season over, it's time to take a look at the final stats for all of the Rockford-area teams and players out of the Big Northern Conference and the NUIC. Caden Considine led Byron and finished with 1,630 yards rushing and 27 TDs, while Gage Dunker was the workhorse most of the way for Le-Win, and he finished with an NUIC single-season record of 2,604 yards and 41 TDs.
Here is a look at the final stats from 2023:
Class 3A state finals
Byron (14-0) def. Mt. Carmel (12-2), 69-7
Big Northern Conference
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Caden Considine (Byron), 156-1,630, 27 TDs
Aiden Wiseman (Dixon), 177-1,241, 12 TDs
Logan Weems (Oregon), 218-1,208, 16 TDs
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 81-1,141, 21 TDs
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 84-1,033, 19 TDs
Connor McKibben (North Boone), 85-785, 8 TDs
Braden Rogers (Stillman Valley), 166-751, 14 TDs
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 149-743, 15 TDs
Brady Brewick (Genoa-Kingston), 126-689, 10 TDs
Supreme Muhammad (Winnebago), 99-625, 9 TDs
Logan Olson (Winnebago), 122-586, 5 TDs
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 26-466, 10 TDs
Michael Orlando (Stillman Valley), 76-457, 4 TDs
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 88-454, 6 TDs
Brock Needs (Stillman Valley), 105-447, 7 TDs
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 62-425, 1 TD
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 57-420, 3 TDs
Kye Aken (Byron), 23-353, 4 TDs
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 56-285, 2 TDs
Peyton Meyer (Genoa-Kingston), 39-280, 1 TD
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 24-321, 6 TDs
Carsen Behn (Byron), 38-255, 6 TDs
Liam Connell (Byron), 11-251, 4 TDs
Korbin Oligney Jr. (Rock Falls), 51-241, 3 TDs
Everett Wichman (Byron), 16-237, 2 TDs
Dillon Schank (Byron), 19-241, 3 TDs
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 28-208, 4 TD
Brandon Wiggan (Winnebago), 31-195, 1 TD
Jacob Ross (Byron), 14-189, 6 TDs
Alijah Carroll (Winnebago), 42-159
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 11-145, 2 TDs
Trasean Lockhart (Lutheran), 12-122, 1 TD
Isaiah Herebia (Stillman Valley), 7-97
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Jaden Williams (Rockford Christian), 120-210-1,818-10-11
Jack Christensen (North Boone), 138-261-1,687-11-20
Tyler Shaner (Dixon), 114-178-1,552-6-17
Jack Washburn (Oregon), 71-165-1,152-3-7
Nathan Kleba (Genoa-Kingston), 38-84-601-6-5
Mitchel Cunningham (Winnebago), 50-105-549-5-5
Gavin Sanders (Lutheran), 29-62-466-5-3
Daniel Ballard (Lutheran) 36-64-368-1-2
Ayden Shank (Byron), 16-29-344-1-5
Mason Landes (Rock Falls), 23-39-266-3-1
Easton Canales (Rock Falls), 21-59-216-7-1
Ryan Rueff (Stillman Valley), 9-22-180-3-2
Braden Engel (Stillman Valley), 11-17-138-0-1
Andrew Talbert (Byron), 2-2-36-0-1
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Easton Morehouse (Rockford Christian), 44-945, 8 TDs
Chris Doetch (North Boone), 41-500, 8 TDs
Cullen Shaner (Dixon), 27-493, 7 TDs
Brad Dahl (North Boone), 25-403, 4 TDs
Tyson Dambman (Dixon), 38-377, 5 TDs
Julian Rodriguez (North Boone), 37-347, 1 TD
Austin Egyed (Oregon), 25-326
Josh Crandall (Oregon), 15-295, 4 TDs
David Ballard (Lutheran), 23-284, 2 TDs
Jermaine Francis (Rockford Christian), 20-278, 3 TDs
Kirkan Johnson (Rockford Christian), 20-223
Hayden Hodgson (Genoa-Kingston), 13-216, 5 TDs
Griffin Marlatt (Oregon), 10-211, 1 TD
Azriel Dixon (North Boone), 9-188, 1 TD
Brayden Knoll (Byron), 7-187, 2 TD
R.J. Wolski (North Boone), 15-161, 2 TDs
Austin Castaneda (Rock Falls), 12-156
Connor McKibben (North Boone), 16-154, 4 TDs
Blaise Brown (Winnebago), 16-108, 2 TDs
Mikey Flowers (Rock Falls), 10-95
Jacob Rhodes (Stillman Valley), 4-80, 1 TD
Myles Smith (Winnebago), 17-76, 1 TD
K.J. Chavers (Stillman Valley), 4-76
Michale Orlando (Stillman Valley), 3-74, 1 TD
Austin Castaneda (Rock Falls), 7-68, 1 TD
Avery Lewis (Oregon), 4-65, 1 TD
Everett Wichman (Byron), 2-59, 1 TD
Kaenan McDevitt (Stillman Valley), 3-54, 1 TD
Reed Schrank (Winnebago), 6-37
Logan Weems (Oregon), 1-33
Kyle Jones (Byron), 2-35
Ashton Henkel (Byron), 2-30
Braylon Kilduff (Byron), 4-35, 3 TD
Keaton Rauman (Stillman Valley), 1-15
NUIC
Class 1A state finals
Camp Point Central (14-0) def. Lena-Winslow (13-1), 14-0
Rushing leaders
Player, team, carries, yards, TDs
Gage Dunker (Le-Win), 325-2,604, 41 TDs
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 133-1,120, 14 TDs
Owen Mulder (Forreston), 169-830, 15 TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Du/Pec), 123-811, 15 TDs
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 121-656, 5 TDs
Kaleb Sanders (Forreston), 107-619, 7 TDs
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 80-607, 3 TDs
Tanner Gile (Stockton), 126-568, 10 TDs
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 73-558, 7 TDs
Jason Bowers (Dakota), 90-537, 8 TDs
Nick Tippett (Le-Win), 56-527, 3 TDs
Connor Hughes (Du/Pec), 62-496, 7 TDs
Lucas Fye (Le-Win), 48-388, 4 TDs
Conner Mathews (Dakota), 79-368, 5 TDs
Mark Detwiler (Stockton), 49-252, 2 TDs
Dane Setterstrom (Forreston), 71-251, 1 TD
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 49-239, 2 TDs
Jayden Gordon (Dakota), 45-206
Bennie Gordon (Dakota), 22-166, 3 TDs
Passing leaders
Player, team, completions, attempts, yards, interceptions, TDs
Cooper Hoffman (Durand/Pecatonica), 167-267-2,016-7-23
Colby Tucker (Stockton), 22-46-367-4-6
Nolan Mayberry (Dakota), 10-29-162-4-1
Drake Davis (Dakota), 9-36-157-1-3
Jake Schumacher (Le-Win), 6-9-134-1-3
Brady Gill (Forreston), 5-27-124-5-1
Receiving leaders
Player, team, catches, yards, TDs
Drew Williams (Du/Pec), 42-656, 7 TDs
Jaxon Diedrich (Du/Pec), 32-392, 4 TDs
Brady Haas (Stockton), 11-243, 4 TDs
Brody Black (Du/Pec), 19-222, 4 TDs
Jaylen Noud (Du/Pec), 28-211, 2 TDs
Max Milbrath (Du/Pec), 12-196, 2 TDs
Braxton Niedermeier (Dakota), 6-125, 5 TDs
Cobryn Lynch (Le-Win), 4-80, 3 TDs
Micah Nelson (Forreston), 4-65
Alex Ryia (Forreston), 2-52
Bennie Gordon (Dakota), 1-49
Karl Hubb (Stockton), 3-44, 1 TD
Jay Taft is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at jtaft@rrstar.com and follow him on Twitter at @JayTaft. Sign up for the Rockford High School newsletter at rrstar.com. Jay has covered a wide variety of sports, from the Chicago Bears to youth sports, since the turn of the century at the Register Star, and for over 30 years all together.
This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Here are all of the final offensive stats from the BNC and NUIC for 2023
