In the month of April, HSOT Insiders will receive daily articles to preview the 2025 high school football season in North Carolina.

Today, we have a breakdown of the 8A N.C. High School Athletic Association returning quarterbacks.

Since players often don’t play the same number of games, we break our stats down into averages.

For quarterbacks, completion percentage, we have yards per game, yards per completion, yards per attempt, touchdown:interception ratio, touchdowns per game, touchdowns per attempt, interceptions per game, and interceptions per attempt.

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Top Returning 8A QBs: Completion %

Minimum: 50 attempts

1. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 0.739 Comp.
2. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 0.676 Comp.
3. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 0.648 Comp.
4. Zyon Hailey, senior, Chambers — 0.625 Comp.
5. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 0.605 Comp.
6. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 0.599 Comp.
7. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 0.592 Comp.
8. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 0.581 Comp.
9. David Jarman, senior, Corinth Holders — 0.5802 Comp.
10. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 0.58 Comp.

Top Returning 8A QBs: Yards/Gm

Minimum: 7 games

1. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 202.3 YPG
2. David Jarman, senior, Corinth Holders — 201.1 YPG
3. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 195.5 YPG
4. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 188.1 YPG
5. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 187.8 YPG
6. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 134.9 YPG
7. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 130.4 YPG
8. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 130.2 YPG
9. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 115.5 YPG
10. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 105.2 YPG

Top Returning 8A QBs: Yards/Comp.

Minimum: 29 completions

1. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 18.19 Yds/Comp.
2. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 17.21 Yds/Comp.
3. David Jarman, senior, Corinth Holders — 15.69 Yds/Comp.
4. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 14.29 Yds/Comp.
5. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 13.39 Yds/Comp.
6. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 13.23 Yds/Comp.
7. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 13.15 Yds/Comp.
8. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 13.14 Yds/Comp.
9. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 12.97 Yds/Comp.
10. Bryson Gray, junior, Millbrook — 12.92 Yds/Comp.

Top Returning 8A QBs: Yards/Att.

Minimum: 50 attempts

1. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 12.72 Yds/Att.
2. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 10.78 Yds/Att.
3. David Jarman, senior, Corinth Holders — 9.1 Yds/Att.
4. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 8.56 Yds/Att.
5. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 8.27 Yds/Att.
6. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 8.15 Yds/Att.
7. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 8.01 Yds/Att.
8. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 7.78 Yds/Att.
9. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 7.62 Yds/Att.
10. Zyon Hailey, senior, Chambers — 6.98 Yds/Att.

Top Returning 8A QBs: TD:INT Ratio

Minimum: 6 touchdowns, ties broken by most touchdowns, then most yards

1. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 7.3:1 TD:INT (22 TDs)
2. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 7.25:1 TD:INT (29 TDs)
3. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 6:1 TD:INT (6 TDs)
4. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 4.6:1 TD:INT (23 TDs)
5. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 4:1 TD:INT (20 TDs)
6. Bryson Gray, junior, Millbrook — 4:1 TD:INT (8 TDs)
7. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 3.14:1 TD:INT (22 TDs)
8. Zyon Hailey, senior, Chambers — 2.5 TD:INT (5 TDs)
9. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 2:1 TD:INT (10 TDs, 1,052 yards)
10. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 2:1 TD:INT (10 TDs, 913 yards)

Top Returning 8A QBs: TD/Gm

Minimum: 7 games

1. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 2.2 TD/Gm
2. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 2.07 TD/Gm
3. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 2 TD/Gm
4. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 1.69 TD/Gm
5. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 1.64 TD/Gm
6. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 1.43 TD/Gm
7. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 1.3 TD/Gm
8. David Jarman, senior, Corinth Holders — 1.27 TD/Gm
9. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 1.25 TD/Gm
10. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 1 TD/Gm

Top Returning 8A QBs: TD/Att.

Minimum: 50 attempts

1. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 0.1401 TD/Att.
2. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 0.1400 TD/Att.
3. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 0.12 TD/Att.
4. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 0.0926 TD/Att.
5. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 0.0881 TD/Att.
6. Ryan Rizzuti, sophomore, Myers Park — 0.0877 TD/Att.
7. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 0.0846 TD/Att.
8. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 0.0685 TD/Att.
9. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 0.0649 TD/Att.
10. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 0.0628 TD/Att.

Top Returning 8A QBs: INT/Gm

Minimum: 88 attempts, ties broken by games played, then most attempts

1. Bryson Gray, junior, Millbrook — 0.154 INT/Gm
2. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 0.231 INT/Gm
3. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 0.286 INT/Gm (14 games)
4. Zyon Hailey, senior, Chambers — 0.286 INT/Gm (7 games)
5. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 0.357 INT/Gm
6. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 0.5 INT/Gm
7. Anders Mitchell, senior, Northwest Guilford — 0.667 INT/Gm (12 games)
8. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 0.5 INT/Gm (10 games)
9. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 0.7 INT/Gm (266 attempts)
10. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 0.7 INT/Gm (207 attempts)

Top Returning 8A QBs: INT/Att.

Minimum: 50 attempts

1. Bryson Gray, junior, Millbrook — 0.0116 INT/Att.
2. Matthew Boring, junior, Hoggard — 0.0148 INT/Att.
3. Landon Melton, senior, Jordan — 0.0191 INT/Att.
4. Jamouri Nichols, junior, West Charlotte — 0.0193 INT/Att.
5. Ethan Royal, junior, Hough — 0.02 INT/Att.
6. Kaleb Williams, senior, Rolesville (transfer from Holly Springs) — 0.022 INT/Att.
7. Zyon Hailey, senior, Chambers — 0.0227 INT/Att.
8. Jackson Debe, senior, Providence — 0.0269 INT/Att.
9. Kyle Hulse, junior, Apex — 0.0325 INT/Att.
10. Carter Gillis, senior, South Mecklenburg — 0.0338 INT/Att.

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