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 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 6A Receivers: Yards Per Game

Minimum: 6 games

1. William Vaughn, senior, Kings Mountain — 90.4 YPG
2. DJ Brown, senior, Harnett Central — 72.9 YPG
3. Jordan Coleman, junior, Swansboro — 69.8 YPG
4. Landon Culbreth, senior, Harnett Central — 69.5 YPG
5. Tracy Harrington Jr., senior, Middle Creek (transfer from Holly Springs) — 57.9 YPG
6. Kayden Ray, senior, Asheville — 52.6 YPG
7. Christian Carter, senior, Terry Sanford — 52.2 YPG
8. Nicolas Bocciardi, junior, Middle Creek — 50.3 YPG
9. Andrew Doody, senior, Sun Valley — 49.4 YPG
10. Na Na Mensah, junior, Berry Academy — 46.7 YPG
11. Greyson Council, senior, Northern Guilford — 45.8 YPG
12. William Overby, senior, Williams — 45.3 YPG
13. Kyrian Fuller, senior, Williams — 44.8 YPG
14. Evan Burroughs, senior, Watauga — 43.8 YPG
15. Eric Mayo, junior, Northern Durham — 42.9 YPG

Top Returning 6A Receivers: Yards Per Reception

Minimum: 15 receptions

1. William Vaughn, senior, Kings Mountain — 22.09 Yds/Rec.
2. Kamren Freeman, junior, Northern Nash — 21.25 Yds/Rec.
3. Na Na Mensah, junior, Berry Academy — 21.23 Yds/Rec.
4. DJ Brown, senior, Harnett Central — 19.56 Yds/Rec.
5. Jordan Coleman, junior, Swansboro — 18.47 Yds/Rec.
6. Greyson Council, senior, Northern Guilford — 17.16 Yds/Rec.
7. Shon Pone, junior, Seventy-First — 16.46 Yds/Rec.
8. Eric Mayo, junior, Northern Durham — 16.33 Yds/Rec.
9. Kaden Dowdy, junior, West Johnston — 16.0 Yds/Rec.
10. Christian Carter, senior, Terry Sanford — 15.94 Yds/Rec.
11. Landon Culbreth, senior, Harnett Central — 15.59 Yds/Rec.
12. Logan Williams, senior, Northern Nash — 15.25 Yds/Rec.
13. Dallas Brinton, junior, Asheboro — 15.18 Yds/Rec.
14. Dontrio Davis, senior, West Johnston — 15.13 Yds/Rec.
15. Gaven Kraut, senior, Terry Sanford — 14.84 Yds/Rec.

Top Returning 6A Receivers: Touchdowns per Game

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

1. DJ Brown, senior, Harnett Central — 1.36 TD/GM
2. Landon Culbreth, senior, Harnett Central — 1.0 TD/GM
3. Kayden Ray, senior, Asheville — 0.88 TD/GM
4. William Vaughn, senior, Kings Mountain — 0.82 TD/GM
5. Christopher Morrison Jr., senior, Northern Guilford — 0.7 TD/GM
6. William Overby, senior, Williams — 0.67 TD/GM (12 games, 543 yards)
7. Kyrian Fuller, senior, Williams — 0.67 TD/GM (12 games, 537 yards)
8. Jordan Coleman, junior, Swansboro — 0.67 TD/GM (9 games)
9. Hayne Tobias, senior, Union Pines — 0.6 TD/GM
10. Christian Carter, senior, Terry Sanford — 0.46 TD/GM (11 games, 574 yards)
11. Kamren Freeman, junior, Northern Nash — 0.46 TD/GM (11 games, 425 yards)
12. Tramell Hankins, senior, Westover — 0.44 TD/GM
13. Andrew Doody, senior, Sun Valley — 0.42 TD/GM (12 games, 593 yards)
14. Greyson Council, senior, Northern Guilford — 0.42 TD/GM (12 games, 549 yards)
15. Tracy Harrington Jr., senior, Middle Creek (transfer from Holly Springs) — 0.4 TD/GM

Top Returning 6A Receivers: Touchdowns per Reception

Minimum: 10 receptions, ties broken by most receptions

1. DJ Brown, senior, Harnett Central — 0.3659 TD/Rec.
2. JC Helms, senior, Piedmont — 0.2727 TD/Rec.
3. Kamren Freeman, junior, Northern Nash — 0.25 TD/Rec.
4. Kayden Ray, senior, Asheville — 0.2414 TD/Rec.
5. Landon Culbreth, senior, Harnett Central — 0.2245 TD/Rec.
6. Kyrian Fuller, senior, Williams — 0.2051 TD/Rec.
7. William Vaughn, senior, Kings Mountain — 0.2 TD/Rec. (45 receptions)
8. William Overby, senior, Williams — 0.2 TD/Rec. (40 receptions)
9. Jaydon Mahfooth, senior, Mount Tabor — 0.2 TD/Rec. (20 receptions)
10. Christopher Morrison Jr., senior, Northern Guilford — 0.1944 TD/Rec.
11. Shon Pone, junior, Seventy-First — 0.1923 TD/Rec.
12. Hayne Tobias, senior, Union Pines — 0.1818 TD/Rec. (33 receptions)
13. Na Na Mensah, junior, Berry Academy — 0.1818 TD/Rec. (22 receptions)
14. Jordan Coleman, junior, Swansboro — 0.1765 TD/Rec.
15. Malyk McLean, senior, South View — 0.1667 TD/Rec.

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