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 6A N.C. High School Athletic Association returning rushing threats.

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

For ruhers, we have yards per game, yards per attempt, touchdowns per game, and touchdowns per attempt.

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Top Returning 6A Rushers: Yards Per Game

Minimum: 6 games

1. Joshua Smith, senior, White Oak — 118.6 YPG
2. Kaleb Sales, senior, North Iredell — 117.0 YPG
3. Myles Eatmon, junior, Northern Nash — 113.9 YPG
4. Ezekiel Reed, senior, Gray’s Creek — 113.0 YPG
5. Connor Brinton, sophomore, Asheboro — 107.6 YPG
6. Tyjurian White, senior, Scotland — 105.5 YPG
7. Jayden Spencer, senior, Middle Creek — 98.6 YPG
8. Amarion Richmond, senior, Williams — 98.3 YPG
9. Jeremiah Whitaker, senior, Alexander Central — 97.8 YPG
10. Jayson Franklin, senior, Seventy-First — 92.9 YPG
11. Harold Jackson, senior, North Iredell — 91.9 YPG
12. Josiah Hill, senior, Kings Mountain — 91.6 YPG
13. Timothy Baker, senior, Western Guilford — 84.9 YPG
14. Holt Langston, senior, South Johnston — 84.2 YPG
15. Jacob Moore, senior, Terry Sanford — 82.8 YPG

Top Returning 6A Rushers: Yards Per Attempt

Minimum: 50 carries

1. Joshua Smith, senior, White Oak — 12.3 YPA
2. Jayson Franklin, senior, Seventy-First — 10.32 YPA
3. Shon Pone, junior, Seventy-First — 10.22 YPA
4. Davion Summers, senior, Statesville — 10.21 YPA
5. Allen Jones, senior, Statesville — 9.52 YPA
6. Jayden Smith, senior, A.C. Reynolds — 9.36 YPA
7. Jeremiah Whitaker, senior, Alexander Central — 9.2 YPA
8. Montez Jimenez, junior, White Oak — 9.19 YPA
9. Eric Mayo, junior, Northern Durham — 9.13 YPA
10. Myles Eatmon, junior, Northern Nash — 9.04 YPA
11. Kaleb Sales, senior, North Iredell — 8.88 YPA
12. Dequand Anthony, senior, Gray’s Creek — 8.65 YPA
13. Brayden Jeffries, senior, Dudley — 8.53 YPA
14. Tyjurian White, senior, Scotland — 8.47 YPA
15. Rayshawn Wilson, senior, Dudley — 7.64 YPA

Top Returning 6A Rushers: Touchdowns per Game

Minimum: 8 games, ties broken by games then total yards

1. Josiah Hill, senior, Kings Mountain — 1.92 TD/GM
2. Jayden Spencer, senior, Middle Creek — 1.73 TD/GM
3. Ezekiel Reed, senior, Gray’s Creek — 1.64 TD/GM
4. Myles Eatmon, junior, Northern Nash — 1.5 TD/GM (10 games, 1,139 yards)
5. Holt Langston, senior, South Johnston — 1.5 TD/GM (10 games, 842 yards)
6. Sawyer Chapman-Mays, senior, Alexander Central — 1.18 TD/GM
7. Jacob Moore, senior, Terry Sanford — 1.17 TD/GM
8. Jayson Franklin, senior, Seventy-First — 1.0 TD/GM (13 games)
9. Joshua Smith, senior, White Oak — 1.0 TD/GM (11 games)
10. Preston McDaniel, junior, Northern Nash — 1.0 TD/GM (9 games)
11. Amarion Richmond, senior, Williams — 0.91 TD/GM (11 games, 1,081 yards)
12. Timothy Baker, senior, Western Guilford — 0.91 TD/GM (11 games, 934 yards)
13. Isaiah Washington, senior, Terry Sanford — 0.91 TD/GM (11 games, 770 yards)
14. Alphonso Myers, senior, Gray’s Creek — 0.89 TD/GM
15. Jeremiah Whitaker, senior, Alexander Central — 0.88 TD/GM

Top Returning 6A Rushers: Touchdowns per Attempt

Minimum: 25 carries, ties broken by most yards

1. Jayden Smith, senior, A.C. Reynolds — 0.2143 TD/Att.
2. Montez Jimenez, junior, White Oak — 0.1944 TD/Att.
3. Shon Pone, junior, Seventy-First — 0.1316 TD/Att.
4. Eric Mayo, junior, Northern Durham — 0.1304 TD/Att.
5. Braylon Louis, senior, Ragsdale — 0.129 TD/Att.
6. Davion Summers, senior, Statesville — 0.1212 TD/Att.
7. Myles Eatmon, junior, Northern Nash — 0.119 TD/Att.
8. Preston McDaniel, junior, Northern Nash — 0.1169 TD/Att.
9. Blake Terry, senior, Statesville — 0.1163 TD/Att.
10. Allen Jones, senior, Statesville — 0.1129 TD/Att.
11. Jayson Franklin, senior, Seventy-First — 0.1111 TD/Att.
12. Josiah Hill, senior, Kings Mountain — 0.1100 TD/Att.
13. Brayden Jeffries, senior, Dudley — 0.1091 TD/Att.
14. Ezekiel Reed, senior, Gray’s Creek — 0.1071 TD/Att.
15. Joshua Smith, senior, White Oak — 0.1038 TD/Att.

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