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 7A N.C. High School Athletic Association returning receiving threats.

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

For wideouts and tight ends, we have yards per game, yards per reception, touchdowns per game, and touchdowns per reception.

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Top Returning 7A Receivers: Yards Per Game

Minimum: 6 games

1. Ethan Driver, senior, Davie County — 91.6 YPG
2. Dominic Morin, senior, Mooresville — 84.9 YPG
3. Brayden Karras, senior, Cardinal Gibbons — 77.9 YPG
4. Jaire Richburg, senior, East Forsyth — 70.7 YPG
5. Ryyan Coley, junior, Overhills — 70.6 YPG
6. Brody Hunt, senior, South Iredell — 70.2 YPG
7. Deangelo Ruffin Jr., senior, Cleveland — 69.2 YPG
8. Kaden Catoe, senior, Grimsley — 63.5 YPG
9. Lance Henderson, junior, Southern Durham — 62.3 YPG
10. Javonte Brooks, senior, Jack Britt — 62.0 YPG
11. Jonathan Dillon, junior, Southern Durham — 61.4 YPG
12. Jameer Langley, senior, A.L. Brown — 60.9 YPG
13. Kaishawn Taylor, senior, New Bern — 58.3 YPG
14. Alex Voss, senior, Marvin Ridge — 58.0 YPG
15. Hudson Cooper, senior, Grimsley — 57.8 YPG

Top Returning 7A Receivers: Yards Per Reception

Minimum: 15 receptions

1. Hudson Cooper, senior, Grimsley — 34.67 Yds/Rec.
2. Caden Vann, senior, Southern Durham — 27.75 Yds/Rec.
3. Chosen Wynn, senior, Cape Fear — 24.38 Yds/Rec.
4. Kaishawn Taylor, senior, New Bern — 21.37 Yds/Rec.
5. Jonathan Dillon, junior, Southern Durham — 21.0 Yds/Rec.
6. Lance Henderson, junior, Southern Durham — 20.76 Yds/Rec.
7. Dominic Morin, senior, Mooresville — 20.06 Yds/Rec.
8. Connor McGeehan, senior, Cardinal Gibbons — 19.86 Yds/Rec.
9. Jon Manley, senior, Weddington — 19.77 Yds/Rec.
10. Deangelo Ruffin Jr., senior, Cleveland — 17.62 Yds/Rec.
11. DJ Howerton, senior, Grimsley — 17.47 Yds/Rec.
12. Tyler Campbell, senior, Clayton — 17.2 Yds/Rec.
13. Jayden Hamilton, senior, Richmond — 17.12 Yds/Rec.
14. Ameir Morrison, senior, Richmond — 17.0 Yds/Rec.
15. Jaire Richburg, senior, East Forsyth — 16.5 Yds/Rec.

Top Returning 7A Receivers: Touchdowns per Game

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

1. Ryyan Coley, junior, Overhills — 1.182 TD/GM
2. Javonte Brooks, senior, Jack Britt — 1.091 TD/GM
3. Brody Hunt, senior, South Iredell — 1.0 TD/GM
4. Jaire Richburg, senior, East Forsyth — 0.929 TD/GM (14 games, 990 yards)
5. Deangelo Ruffin Jr., senior, Cleveland — 0.929 TD/GM (14 games, 969 yards)
6. Kaishawn Taylor, senior, New Bern — 0.909 TD/GM
7. Ethan Driver, senior, Davie County — 0.8 TD/GM
8. Brayden Karras, senior, Cardinal Gibbons — 0.786 TD/GM
9. Dominic Morin, senior, Mooresville — 0.769 TD/GM
10. Kaden Catoe, senior, Grimsley — 0.733 TD/GM
11. Gavin Barber, senior, Mooresville — 0.692 TD/GM
12. Hudson Cooper, senior, Grimsley — 0.667 TD/GM
13. Raishawn Elmore, senior, Porter Ridge — 0.636 TD/GM
14. Joell Wooten, senior, Hickory Ridge — 0.6 TD/GM
15. Alex Voss, senior, Marvin Ridge — 0.583 TD/GM

Top Returning 7A Receivers: Touchdowns per Reception

Minimum: 10 receptions, ties broken by most yards

1. DJ Howerton, senior, Grimsley — 0.41178 TD/Rec.
2. Hudson Cooper, senior, Grimsley — 0.4 TD/Rec.
3. Kaishawn Taylor, senior, New Bern — 0.3333 TD/Rec.
4. Gavin Barber, senior, Mooresville — 0.3 TD/Rec.
5. Tyrus White, senior, Southeast Raleigh — 0.2857 TD/Rec.
6. Raishawn Elmore, senior, Porter Ridge — 0.2692 TD/Rec.
7. Ryyan Coley, junior, Overhills — 0.2653 TD/Rec.
8. Javonte Brooks, senior, Jack Britt — 0.24 TD/Rec.
9. Deangelo Ruffin Jr., senior, Cleveland — 0.2364 TD/Rec.
10. Damarion Smith, senior, Topsail — 0.2353 TD/Rec.
11. Jon Manley, senior, Weddington — 0.2273 TD/Rec.
12. Brody Hunt, senior, South Iredell — 0.2174 TD/Rec.
13. Jaire Richburg, senior, East Forsyth — 0.2167 TD/Rec.
14. Tyler Campbell, senior, Clayton — 0.2 TD/Rec.
15. Chosen Wynn, senior, Cape Fear — 0.1905 TD/Rec.

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