Here were southwest Missouri's high school football statistical leaders for 2023
Here were the 2023 high school football statistical leaders for southwest Missouri at the end of the season. All stats were either from MaxPreps or submitted by coaches or the team's designated statistician.
We did not receive stats from Buffalo, El Dorado Springs, Hillcrest, Miller, Monett, Pierce City, Salem, Sarcoxie, Skyline, Waynesville or Willow Springs. If a coach or representative reaches out to Wyatt Wheeler at wwheeler@news-leader.com with stats, he will add them to the story.
Passing
Name | School | Year | Games | Comp | Att | Yds | TD |
Kade Durnin | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 247 | 384 | 3187 | 34 |
Gavin Johnston | Mount Vernon | 11 | 12 | 166 | 266 | 2611 | 26 |
Isaiah Jones | West Plains | 11 | 11 | 161 | 262 | 2493 | 30 |
Blandy Burall | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 142 | 261 | 2490 | 25 |
Quenton Hughes | Neosho | 12 | 10 | 197 | 338 | 2433 | 16 |
Gavyn Hoover | Seneca | 12 | 14 | 90 | 141 | 2304 | 25 |
Cash Newberry | Glendale | 10 | 10 | 182 | 325 | 2274 | 18 |
Carter Pruett | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 137 | 226 | 1972 | 24 |
Chase Hamme | Kickapoo | 12 | 11 | 119 | 166 | 1740 | 20 |
Hobbs Gooch | Joplin | 12 | 10 | 123 | 212 | 1690 | 15 |
Russell Roweton | Willard | 12 | 11 | 107 | 204 | 1447 | 17 |
Drake Durham | Bolivar | 12 | 11 | 118 | 203 | 1446 | 15 |
Nate Uber | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 72 | 112 | 1440 | 15 |
Peyton Russell | Ozark | 10 | 11 | 155 | 233 | 1393 | 6 |
Bryer Guerin | Marionville | 10 | 14 | 104 | 149 | 1385 | 22 |
Dexter Merrell | Carl Junction | 12 | 12 | 85 | 181 | 1334 | 11 |
Caimon James | Parkview | 12 | 10 | 110 | 229 | 1325 | 8 |
Spensar Seiger | Fair Grove | 11 | 13 | 64 | 94 | 1221 | 15 |
Jourdyn Edelstein | Strafford | 11 | 12 | 77 | 150 | 1175 | 11 |
Wyatt Hughes | Houston | 12 | 10 | 85 | 141 | 1129 | 11 |
Destyn Dowd | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 88 | 166 | 1099 | 5 |
Brady Carlton | Carthage | 11 | 12 | 75 | 126 | 1019 | 12 |
Rushing
Name | School | Year | Games | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
Jack Cheaney | Nevada | 11 | 12 | 207 | 2056 | 9.9 | 31 |
Silas Morton | Strafford | 12 | 12 | 193 | 1982 | 10.2 | 29 |
Kellen Lair | Fair Grove | 11 | 13 | 165 | 1968 | 11.9 | 37 |
Jax Glendenning | Lebanon | 11 | 11 | 222 | 1723 | 7.8 | 23 |
Braden Dodson | Mt. Vernon | 11 | 12 | 223 | 1720 | 7.7 | 23 |
Hunter Adams | Ava | 11 | 12 | 206 | 1712 | 16.7 | 27 |
Jackson Marrs | Seneca | 12 | 14 | 250 | 1710 | 6.9 | 35 |
Trenton Patke | Bolivar | 12 | 11 | 251 | 1604 | 6.4 | 22 |
Quin Renfro | Joplin | 12 | 8 | 174 | 1601 | 9.2 | 18 |
Wyatt Woods | Republic | 12 | 14 | 248 | 1543 | 6.2 | 19 |
Kendal King | Diamond | 12 | 11 | 228 | 1497 | 6.6 | 19 |
Landyn Collins | Carthage | 11 | 12 | 235 | 1489 | 6.3 | 17 |
Gavin Johnson | Webb City | 10 | 11 | 119 | 1417 | 11.9 | 13 |
Carter Pruett | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 198 | 1389 | 7 | 19 |
Tyler Fleetwood | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 226 | 1381 | 6.1 | 14 |
Cash Pomeroy | Marionville | 10 | 14 | 158 | 1340 | 8.5 | 21 |
Chris Daniels | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 166 | 1327 | 8 | 10 |
Destyn Dowd | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 203 | 1292 | 17 | 6.4 |
Dylan Rebura | Nixa | 11 | 12 | 180 | 1288 | 7.2 | 18 |
Rylin Dickson | Ava | 12 | 12 | 76 | 1272 | 16.7 | 23 |
Sam Barton | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 208 | 1270 | 6.1 | 15 |
Malachi Rider | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 156 | 1236 | 7.9 | 25 |
Aden Estep | Mountain Grove | 10 | 12 | x | 1186 | x | 24 |
Spensar Seiger | Fair Grove | 11 | 13 | 128 | 1183 | 9.2 | 8 |
Brady Carlton | Carthage | 11 | 12 | 236 | 1092 | 4.6 | 15 |
Dayvion Harris | Marshfield | 12 | 10 | 115 | 1087 | 9.5 | 13 |
Kanon Krol | Republic | 12 | 14 | 227 | 1077 | 4.7 | 13 |
Gage Depee | Branson | 12 | 11 | 183 | 1058 | 5.8 | 8 |
Gavyn Hoover | Seneca | 12 | 14 | 157 | 1052 | 6.7 | 14 |
Tyce Jones | Marshfield | 11 | 10 | 112 | 1042 | 9.3 | 9 |
Bryce Nolen | Forsyth | 11 | 10 | 133 | 1016 | 7.6 | 15 |
Gary Walker | Willard | 12 | 11 | 204 | 982 | 4.8 | 6 |
Hugh Eaton | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 180 | 944 | 5.2 | 16 |
Gavin Smith | Lebanon | 12 | 11 | 126 | 926 | 7.4 | 24 |
Kolbey Ballowe | Rogersville | 12 | 10 | 170 | 915 | 5.4 | 14 |
Logan Kish | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 137 | 915 | 4.9 | 19 |
Grayson Mitchell | Houston | 12 | 10 | 147 | 912 | 6.2 | 7 |
Hayden Emory | Rolla | 10 | 10 | 178 | 900 | 5.1 | 12 |
Devin Adams | Central | 12 | 9 | 134 | 889 | 6.6 | 9 |
Denver Welch | Neosho | 11 | 8 | 198 | 887 | 4.5 | 11 |
Drake Durham | Bolivar | 12 | 11 | 153 | 885 | 5.8 | 12 |
Bodee Rose | Cassville | 10 | 11 | 138 | 881 | 6.4 | 13 |
River Enlow | East Newton | 10 | 10 | 171 | 879 | 5.1 | 8 |
Jax Prater | Aurora | 12 | 10 | 131 | 814 | 6.2 | 5 |
Rolly Fisher | Forsyth | 11 | 11 | 131 | 811 | 6.2 | 17 |
Alex Wilkerson | Lamar | 11 | 9 | 115 | 802 | 7 | 12 |
Receiving
Name | School | Year | Games | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
James Dowdy | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 74 | 1205 | 16.3 | 14 |
Briggs Hughston | West Plains | 12 | 11 | 58 | 1080 | 18.6 | 20 |
Ethan Altic | Seneca | 12 | 14 | 30 | 1029 | 34.3 | 11 |
Rylan Kenslow | West Plains | 12 | 11 | 65 | 977 | 16.8 | 6 |
Kyle Eidson | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 64 | 975 | 15.4 | 12 |
Hudson Williams | Neosho | 11 | 10 | 69 | 789 | 11.4 | 7 |
Ben Sheppard | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 51 | 785 | 15.4 | 6 |
Xavier Robinson | Clever | 11 | 10 | 55 | 696 | 12.7 | 4 |
Braydon Bellah | Marionville | 11 | 14 | 54 | 691 | 12.8 | 12 |
Gavin Reese | Mountain View | 11 | 11 | 46 | 686 | 14.9 | 9 |
Tyrone Harris | Neosho | 11 | 8 | 59 | 685 | 11.6 | 3 |
Sam Clark | Ozark | 11 | 11 | 57 | 682 | 12 | 4 |
Davin Thomas | Joplin | 11 | 11 | 47 | 680 | 14.5 | 6 |
Gardner Casey | Bolivar | 11 | 11 | 45 | 664 | 14.8 | 10 |
Wyatt Vincent | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 24 | 639 | 26.6 | 7 |
Kellen Lair | Fair Grove | 11 | 13 | 30 | 638 | 21.3 | 10 |
Tegan Asbury | Branson | 11 | 11 | 28 | 623 | 22.3 | 8 |
Rylan Michel | Nixa | 12 | 11 | 39 | 621 | 15.9 | 4 |
Trevor Heman | Glendale | 9 | 10 | 48 | 608 | 12.7 | 4 |
James Rexroat | Republic | 12 | 14 | 21 | 592 | 28.2 | 8 |
Ryder Dampf | Mt. Vernon | 12 | 12 | 33 | 573 | 17.5 | 8 |
Timmy Ruble | Willard | 12 | 11 | 38 | 572 | 15.1 | 6 |
Chase Querry | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 21 | 563 | 26.8 | 8 |
Luke Rich | Glendale | 12 | 9 | 55 | 547 | 9.9 | 4 |
Jordan Arthur | Houston | 11 | 10 | 35 | 541 | 15.5 | 6 |
Josh Pacheco | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 33 | 526 | 15.9 | 5 |
Chaz Amodeo | Willard | 12 | 11 | 27 | 517 | 19.1 | 7 |
Shaun Campbell | Kickapoo | 12 | 11 | 37 | 501 | 13.5 | 9 |
Tackles
Name | School | Year | Games | Total | Solo | Assists |
Mason McCurry | Bolivar | 11 | 11 | 228 | 111 | 117 |
Spencer Ward | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 157 | 112 | 45 |
Elijah Frazier | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 153 | 88 | 65 |
Henry Campbell | Nevada | 12 | 12 | 146 | 90 | 56 |
Carter Pruitt | Marshfield | 11 | 10 | 140 | x | x |
Parker Elliott | Ozark | 11 | 11 | 136 | 58 | 73 |
Alex Judd | West Plains | 11 | 11 | 133 | x | x |
Parker Mann | Nixa | 11 | 12 | 133 | 88 | 45 |
Korbyn York | Neosho | 11 | 10 | 129 | 84 | 45 |
Jonathan Williams | Joplin | 12 | 11 | 127 | 81 | 46 |
Kadin Rodgers | Diamond | 12 | 11 | 123 | 62 | 61 |
Trey Hardin | Neosho | 11 | 10 | 120 | 73 | 47 |
Devin Adams | Central | 12 | 9 | 118 | 75 | 53 |
Javen Finkbone | Branson | 12 | 11 | 117 | 69 | 48 |
Cade Spiva | Neosho | 11 | 10 | 116 | 64 | 52 |
Tyler Fleetwood | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 115 | 77 | 38 |
Khiler Nance | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 114 | x | x |
Dalvin Adams | Central | 12 | 10 | 112 | 73 | 39 |
Kolbey Ballowe | Rogersville | 12 | 10 | 112 | 22 | 90 |
Christian Brock | Webb City | 12 | 13 | 112 | 17 | 95 |
James Dowdy | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 111 | 60 | 51 |
Gage Depee | Branson | 12 | 11 | 111 | 75 | 36 |
Brody Rutledge | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 111 | 52 | 59 |
Eli Burgin | Willard | 11 | 11 | 110 | x | x |
Kellen Lindstrom | Glendale | 12 | 10 | 109 | 65 | 44 |
Silas Morton | Strafford | 12 | 12 | 109 | 70 | 39 |
Josh Pacheco | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 108 | 74 | 34 |
Trustin Richards | Rolla | 11 | 10 | 107 | 50 | 56 |
Brayden Hicks | Marshfield | 11 | 10 | 107 | x | x |
Kendell Curbow | Republic | 12 | 14 | 107 | x | x |
Ethan Whitlock | Aurora | 12 | 10 | 107 | 20 | 87 |
Rourke Dillion | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 107 | x | x |
Lucas Wattenburger | Reeds Spring | 11 | 11 | 106 | 45 | 61 |
Connor Gayman | Webb City | 12 | 13 | 105 | 19 | 86 |
Carter Pruett | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 104 | 53 | 51 |
Aven Guajardo | Clever | 10 | 10 | 103 | x | x |
Jack Whitlinger | Clever | 11 | 10 | 101 | x | x |
Austin Scott | Clever | 12 | 10 | 100 | x | x |
Peyton Bullinger | Ozark | 11 | 11 | 99 | 36 | 63 |
Jack Schoen | Catholic | 12 | 10 | 98 | 49 | 49 |
Carson Allen | Mountain Grove | 12 | 12 | 98 | x | x |
Sam Demott | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 98 | x | x |
Brody Eggleston | Webb City | 11 | 13 | 98 | 27 | 71 |
Hugh Eaton | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 97 | 35 | 62 |
Rolly Fisher | Forsyth | 11 | 11 | 97 | 52 | 45 |
Jed Plank | Rolla | 10 | 10 | 97 | 51 | 36 |
Deric Washington | Glendale | 10 | 10 | 97 | x | x |
Kaden Clouse | Seneca | 11 | 14 | 95 | x | x |
Sterling Sederwal | Camdenton | 11 | 11 | 93 | x | x |
Garret Grimm | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 92 | 32 | 60 |
Frankie Munoz | Ozark | 12 | 11 | 92 | 41 | 47 |
Cole Schoen | Catholic | 12 | 10 | 92 | 45 | 47 |
Preston Metty | Mountain Grove | 12 | 12 | 91 | x | x |
Jeff Gebeke | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 90 | 65 | 25 |
Tyler Longobardi | Nevada | 12 | 12 | 89 | 60 | 29 |
Timmy Ruble | Willard | 12 | 11 | 88 | x | x |
Dan Fliflet | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 87 | 48 | 39 |
Brayden Kent | Rogersville | 11 | 10 | 87 | 17 | 70 |
Keagon Fish | Reeds Spring | 10 | 11 | 87 | 48 | 39 |
Chavis Coleman | Joplin | 12 | 11 | 86 | 61 | 25 |
Spencer Michaud | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 86 | 38 | 48 |
Jase Motlagh | Willard | 12 | 11 | 85 | x | x |
Dre Jones | Rogersville | 10 | 10 | 85 | 13 | 72 |
Cash Pomeroy | Marionville | 10 | 14 | 84 | 20 | 64 |
Trevor Wilson | Central | 11 | 10 | 84 | 57 | 27 |
Garren Berry | Joplin | 12 | 10 | 84 | 61 | 23 |
Noah Henderson | Catholic | 12 | 10 | 84 | 40 | 44 |
Marshall Storm | Branson | 12 | 11 | 84 | 50 | 34 |
Haze Hagedon | East Newton | 12 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 37 |
Jordan Howard | Webb City | 12 | 13 | 84 | 13 | 71 |
Owen Casper | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 82 | 55 | 27 |
Kayden Crawford | Houston | 12 | 10 | 82 | 43 | 39 |
Braxton Wolfe | East Newton | 11 | 10 | 82 | 51 | 31 |
Mario Delapena | Lamar | 11 | 14 | 82 | x | x |
Cole Gimlin | Republic | 12 | 15 | 81 | x | x |
Charlie Woodall | Catholic | 11 | 10 | 81 | 38 | 43 |
Lachlan Letterman | East Newton | 9 | 10 | 81 | 37 | 44 |
Samuel Murphy | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 81 | 47 | 34 |
Mogan Vaughn | Seneca | 12 | 14 | 81 | x | x |
JR Romero | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 81 | x | x |
Matthew Cutbirth | Aurora | 11 | 10 | 80 | 22 | 58 |
Asra Smith | Glendale | 12 | 10 | 80 | x | x |
Quincy Johnson | Glendale | 12 | 10 | 80 | x | x |
Griffin Jones | Lebanon | 12 | 11 | 80 | 21 | 59 |
Brody Crane | Neosho | 10 | 10 | 80 | 43 | 37 |
Sacks
Name | School | Year | Games | Sacks |
Kellen Lindstrom | Glendale | 12 | 10 | 13.0 |
Logan Churchill | Ava | 11 | 12 | 12.0 |
Mason McCurry | Bolivar | 11 | 11 | 11.0 |
Trevor Wilson | Central | 11 | 10 | 10.0 |
Jeff Gebeke | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 9.5 |
Jaden Antonelli | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 8.0 |
Kaden Davis | Ava | 12 | 12 | 8.0 |
Noah Richardson | Hollister | 12 | 8 | 6.0 |
Kanien Klineline | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 6.0 |
Matthew Cutbirth | Aurora | 11 | 10 | 7.5 |
Alex Judd | West Plains | 11 | 11 | 7.0 |
Gannon Benton | Kickapoo | 12 | 11 | 7.0 |
Leroy Horinek | Ava | 12 | 12 | 6.0 |
Gage Depee | Branson | 12 | 11 | 5.0 |
Cole Gimlin | Republic | 12 | 15 | 5.0 |
Kendall Curbow | Republic | 12 | 14 | 5.0 |
Deric Washington | Glendale | 10 | 10 | 5.0 |
Dilan Manley | Diamond | 12 | 11 | 5.0 |
Tayshaun Finley | Parkview | 12 | 10 | 5.0 |
Kimo Loque | Parkview | 12 | 10 | 5.0 |
Alex West | Willard | 12 | 11 | 5.0 |
Damari Barr | Rogersville | 11 | 10 | 5.0 |
Matthew Lakey | Ava | 12 | 12 | 5.0 |
Tyson Tidwell | Ava | 12 | 12 | 5.0 |
Brody Rutledge | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 4.5 |
Willard DeMott | Camdenton | 11 | 11 | 4.0 |
Ruben Arvisu | Ozark | 11 | 11 | 4.0 |
Quincy Johnson | Glendale | 12 | 10 | 4.0 |
Braydin Casey | Republic | 12 | 15 | 4.0 |
Tyler Blecher | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 4.0 |
Michael Henegar | Nixa | 12 | 12 | 4.0 |
Kadin Rodgers | Diamond | 12 | 11 | 4.0 |
Owen Willis | Marionville | 11 | 14 | 4.0 |
Trevor Meadows | Carthage | 11 | 12 | 4.0 |
Jayce Hitt | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 4.0 |
Landon Bland | Carthage | 10 | 12 | 4.0 |
Jed Plank | Rolla | 10 | 10 | 4.0 |
Ben Rice | Parkview | 11 | 10 | 4.0 |
Eli Burgin | Willard | 11 | 11 | 4.0 |
Interceptions
Name | School | Year | Games | Int. |
Bryer Guerin | Marionville | 10 | 14 | 8 |
Gage Depee | Branson | 12 | 11 | 7 |
Jordan Arthur | Houston | 11 | 10 | 7 |
Grayson Gann | Mt. Vernon | 11 | 12 | 6 |
Andrew Young | Webb City | 11 | 13 | 6 |
Trey Atkins | Cabool | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Jacob Leeper | Mt. Vernon | 12 | 12 | 5 |
Hugh Eaton | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 5 |
Xavier Robinson | Clever | 11 | 10 | 5 |
JR Romero | Lamar | 12 | 14 | 5 |
Cameron Wray | Rogersville | 12 | 10 | 5 |
Gavin Reese | Mountain View | 11 | 11 | 5 |
Josh Pacheco | McDonald County | 12 | 13 | 5 |
Braxton Wolfe | East Newton | 11 | 10 | 5 |
Laden Adams | Diamond | 12 | 11 | 4 |
Carson Lindsey | Cabool | 11 | 11 | 4 |
Carter Pruett | Mountain View | 12 | 11 | 4 |
Ben Sheppard | Camdenton | 12 | 11 | 4 |
Noah Whiteley | Catholic | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Gage Guerin | Marionville | 12 | 14 | 3 |
Bradlee Mullins | Strafford | 11 | 12 | 3 |
Garrett Lester | Republic | 12 | 15 | 3 |
Juliun Hernandez | Mt. Vernon | 11 | 12 | 3 |
Mason Williams | Webb City | 10 | 8 | 3 |
Brayden Ackerman | Webb City | 11 | 13 | 3 |
Gardner Casey | Bolivar | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Connor Neal | Bolivar | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Johnny Starks | Carl Junction | 12 | 12 | 3 |
Zack Preston | Reeds Spring | 12 | 11 | 3 |
Ryder Dampf | Mt Vernon | 12 | 12 | 3 |
Chavis Coleman | Joplin | 12 | 11 | 3 |
Omero Inda | Willard | 12 | 11 | 3 |
Braudem Allen | Aurora | 10 | 10 | 3 |
This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: Springfield area high school football 2023 final stats