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 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 7A Rushers: Yards Per Game

Minimum: 6 games

1. Jayden Jones, senior, Independence — 184.5 YPG
2. Jamarion Ross, senior, Hillside (transfer from Riverside) — 182.1 YPG
3. Mason Iovino, senior, Cuthbertson — 129.8 YPG
4. Mozes Morris, senior, Lake Norman — 92.4 YPG
5. John Evans Jr., sophomore, Reagan — 92.2 YPG
6. Crisean Williams, senior, D.H. Conley — 88.0 YPG
7. Eric Payne, senior, Jack Britt — 87.7 YPG
8. Aiden Smalls, senior, Clayton — 83.8 YPG
9. Kamari Holloway, junior, Southern Durham — 83.2 YPG
10. Christian Freeman, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 80.6 YPG
11. Marvin Reed Jr., senior, Hopewell — 78.8 YPG
12. Tai Phillips, junior, Cape Fear — 73.3 YPG
13. Jadarius McCombs, senior, Mooresville — 73.1 YPG
14. James Adams, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 73.0 YPG
15. Kaleb Ferrell, junior, Cleveland — 70.9 YPG

Top Returning 7A Rushers: Yards Per Attempt

Minimum: 50 carries

1. Jayden Jones, senior, Independence — 14.1 YPA
2. Kamari Holloway, junior, Southern Durham — 12.57 YPA
3. Christian Freeman, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 11.19 YPA
4. James Adams, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 10.77 YPA
5. Jamarion Ross, senior, Hillside (transfer from Riverside) — 10.41 YPA
6. Tai Phillips, junior, Cape Fear — 10.23 YPA
7. Shawn Blackshear Jr., junior, West Mecklenburg — 8.45 YPA
8. Chance Crowder, junior, Richmond — 8.03 YPA
9. Faizon Brandon, senior, Grimsley — 8.01 YPA
10. Anthony Barrino, junior, Weddington — 7.56 YPA
11. Jadarius McCombs, senior, Mooresville — 7.25 YPA
12. Cannen Rottweiler, senior, East Forsyth — 6.97 YPA
13. Jared Street, junior, Independence (transfer from West Cabarrus) — 6.91 YPA
14. Travis Hill, senior, Independence — 6.78 YPA
15. Geronimo Sanzhez, senior, Cape Fear — 6.75 YPA

Top Returning 7A Rushers: Touchdowns per Game

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

1. Jayden Jones, senior, Independence — 2.25 TD/GM
2. Mason Iovino, senior, Cuthbertson — 1.8 TD/GM
3. Crisean Williams, senior, D.H. Conley — 1.27 TD/GM
4. Geronimo Sanzhez, senior, Cape Fear — 1.08 TD/GM (13 games, 904 yards)
5. Brody Norman, senior, Mooresville — 1.08 TD/GM (13 games, 657 yards)
6. Jadarius McCombs, senior, Mooresville — 1.0 TD/GM (13 games)
7. Aiden Smalls, senior, Clayton — 1.0 TD/GM (12 games)
8. Hunter Pittman, senior, McDowell — 1.0 TD/GM (8 games)
9. Tai Phillips, junior, Cape Fear — 0.92 TD/GM
10. James Adams, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 0.89 TD/GM
11. Jamarion Ross, senior, Hillside (transfer from Riverside) — 0.88 TD/GM
12. Mozes Morris, senior, Lake Norman — 0.82 TD/GM (9 games, 1,016 yards)
13. Clevon Akande, senior, South Central — 0.82 TD/GM (9 games, 610 yards)
14. Noah Terry, senior, Cardinal Gibbons — 0.82 TD/GM (9 games, 350 yards)
15. John Evans Jr., sophomore, Reagan — 0.8 TD/GM

Top Returning 7A Rushers: Touchdowns per Attempt

Minimum: 25 carries, ties broken by most yards

1. Jayden Jones, senior, Independence — 0.17198 TD/Att.
2. Damorian Thomas-Wright, junior, Butler — 0.17073 TD/Att.
3. Noah Terry, senior, Cardinal Gibbons — 0.14754 TD/Att.
4. Brody Norman, senior, Mooresville — 0.14286 TD/Att.
5. James Adams, junior, Southeast Raleigh — 0.13115 TD/Att. (657 yards)
6. Anthony Barrino, junior, Weddington — 0.13115 TD/Att. (461 yards)
7. Tai Phillips, junior, Cape Fear — 0.12791 TD/Att.
8. Emorian Towns, senior, Jack Britt — 0.12 TD/Att.
9. Faizon Brandon, senior, Grimsley — 0.11539 TD/Att.
10. Travis Hill, senior, Independence — 0.10526 TD/Att.
11. Geronimo Sanzhez, senior, Cape Fear — 0.10448 TD/Att.
12. Jadarius McCombs, senior, Mooresville — 0.09924 TD/Att.
13. Kamari Holloway, junior, Southern Durham — 0.09302 TD/Att.
14. Aamere Montgomery, senior, North Brunswick — 0.08824 TD/Att.
15. Hunter Pittman, senior, McDowell — 0.08696 TD/Att.

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