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

Today, we have a breakdown of the 3A 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 3A Receivers: Yards Per Game

Minimum: 6 games, ties broken by most touchdowns

1. Brennan Chambers, senior, Kinston (transfer from Spring Creek) — 132.1 YPG
2. Tyreek Copper, senior, Kinston — 99.4 YPG
3. Anthony Killiebrew, senior, Martin County — 70.4 YPG
4. Gavin Gault, senior, Madison — 69.7 YPG
5. Jamarius Howard, senior, Beddingfield — 56.0 YPG
6. Nygel Morgan, senior, Ayden-Grifton — 51.4 YPG
7. Kwahli Basnight, senior, Martin County — 49.2 YPG
8. RJ Lynch, sophomore, Lincolnton — 48.8 YPG
9. Mason Miller, senior, West Davidson — 48.5 YPG
10. Tyler Morgan, junior, Shelby — 46.2 YPG
11. Thomas Jenkins, junior, Pine Lake Prep — 44.8 YPG
12. Matthew Pinkerton, senior, East Rutherford — 44.3 YPG
13. Andrew Thomas, senior, Providence Grove — 41.8 YPG
14. Walter McCoy, senior, Bessemer City — 40.9 YPG
15. Kayden Crooke, senior, Union Academy — 40.6 YPG

Top Returning 3A Receivers: Yards Per Reception

Minimum: 15 receptions

1. Brennan Chambers, senior, Kinston (transfer from Spring Creek) — 32.03 Yds/Rec.
2. Matthew Pinkerton, senior, East Rutherford — 28.0 Yds/Rec.
3. Samuel Avent, senior, Greene Central — 19.0 Yds/Rec.
4. CJ Jackson, senior, East Rutherford — 18.26 Yds/Rec.
5. Uzziah Harney, senior, Northeastern — 18.22 Yds/Rec.
6. Tyreek Copper, senior, Kinston — 18.07 Yds/Rec.
7. Braxton Davis, senior, East Surry — 17.73 Yds/Rec.
8. Tyler Morgan, junior, Shelby — 17.65 Yds/Rec.
9. Jamarius Howard, senior, Beddingfield — 17.38 Yds/Rec.
10. Trashad Lineberger, senior, Lincolnton — 17.16 Yds/Rec.
11. Nazir Staton, senior, Trinity — 17.06 Yds/Rec.
12. Gavin Gault, senior, Madison — 16.08 Yds/Rec.
13. Khadn Fuller, senior, Trinity — 16.05 Yds/Rec.
14. Zach Keener, senior, East Surry — 15.69 Yds/Rec.
15. Andrew Thomas, senior, Providence Grove — 15.48 Yds/Rec.

Top Returning 3A Receivers: Touchdowns per Game

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

1. Brennan Chambers, senior, Kinston (transfer from Spring Creek) — 1.5 TD/GM
2. Tyreek Copper, senior, Kinston — 1.143 TD/GM
3. RJ Lynch, sophomore, Lincolnton — 0.82 TD/GM
4. Anthony Killiebrew, senior, Martin County — 0.8 TD/GM
5. Jamarius Howard, senior, Beddingfield — 0.67 TD/GM (9 games)
6. Gavin Gault, senior, Madison — 0.67 TD/GM (6 games)
7. Kwahli Basnight, senior, Martin County — 0.64 TD/GM
8. Chris McKnight, junior, Louisburg — 0.63 TD/GM
9. Tyler Morgan, junior, Shelby — 0.62 TD/GM
10. Noah Congleton, junior, Martin County — 0.56 TD/GM
11. Andrew Thomas, senior, Providence Grove — 0.5 TD/GM
12. JJ Williams, junior, Shelby — 0.42 TD/GM
13. Uzziah Harney, senior, Northeastern — 0.4 TD/GM (15 games)
14. Nazir Staton, senior, Trinity — 0.4 TD/GM (10 games)
15. Walter McCoy, senior, Bessemer City — 0.39 TD/GM

Top Returning 3A Receivers: Touchdowns per Reception

Minimum: 10 receptions, ties broken by most receptions, then most yards

1. Chris McKnight, junior, Louisburg — 0.4167 TD/Rec.
2. JJ Williams, junior, Shelby — 0.3846 TD/Rec. (13 receptions, 254 yards)
3. Noah Congleton, junior, Martin County — 0.3846 TD/Rec. (13 receptions, 125 yards)
4. Brennan Chambers, senior, Kinston (transfer from Spring Creek) — 0.3636 TD/Rec.
5. Cason Jones, senior, Mountain Heritage — 0.3077 TD/Rec.
6. Ethan McCloskey, junior, West Davidson — 0.2727 TD/Rec.
7. Tyler Morgan, junior, Shelby — 0.2353 TD/Rec. (34 receptions)
8. Nazir Staton, senior, Trinity — 0.2353 TD/Rec. (17 receptions)
9. Uzziah Harney, senior, Northeastern — 0.2222 TD/Rec.
10. RJ Lynch, sophomore, Lincolnton — 0.2195 TD/Rec.
11. David Zeleya, senior, James Kenan — 0.2143 TD/Rec.
12. Matthew Pinkerton, senior, East Rutherford — 0.2105 TD/Rec.
13. Tyreek Copper, senior, Kinston — 0.2078 TD/Rec.
14. Jamarius Howard, senior, Beddingfield — 0.2069 TD/Rec.
15. Braxton Davis, senior, East Surry — 0.2 TD/Rec.

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