Unlikely receivers, quarterbacks top NIC-10 football stats leaders after Week 1

Auburn's Athavion Coleman catches the ball against Harlems Austin Pinkston on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at Harlem High School in Machesney Park.
Auburn's Athavion Coleman catches the ball against Harlems Austin Pinkston on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at Harlem High School in Machesney Park.

Auburn senior Athavion Coleman opened his senior season with the second-biggest receiving game in school history and leads the conference. That highlighted an unlikely opening week that ended with Jefferson and Auburn having the NIC-10's two leading passers as well as the top two in receiving yards.

Here are our NIC-10 rushing, passing and receiving leaders so far for the 2022 season:

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RUSHING

Player

School

Atts

Yards

Avg.

TD

Nico Bertolino

Belv. North

7

106

15.1

2

Luke Poppe

Hononengah

12

102

8.5

1

Jayvon Jones

Guilford

12

101

8.4

1

Denarius Jackson

Freeport

18

90

5.0

0

Mardarion Whitlock

Guilford

1

65

65.0

1

Xzaveon Segner

Freeport

8

61

7.6

0

Darius Fort

Belv. North

13

59

4.5

0

Joseph Brown

Belv. North

5

55

11.0

1

DeAndre Young

Harlem

13

53

4.1

0

Erick Roman

Belv. North

4

50

12.5

0

Chauncey Jackson

Jefferson

12

49

4.1

1

Patrick Dubose, Jr.

Auburn

12

49

4.1

1

Ryan Coon

Freeport

12

47

3.9

0

Estin Fichter

Hononegah

10

47

4.7

1

Trent Dinsmore

Belv. North

16

42

2.6

0

Rasheed Johnson

Boylan

4

38

9.5

2

Jahmani Muhammad

Harlem

11

37

3.4

1

Jordan Woods

Guilford

7

37

5.3

1

Mekhi Glover

Boylan

5

33

5.6

0

Nyvion Jackson

Auburn

4

32

8.0

0

Maddox Gyllenswan

Belv. North

7

29

4.1

1

Makhi Matthews

East

7

27

3.9

0

Cole Warren

Hononegah

6

27

4.5

0

Cameren Harris

East

6

21

3.5

0

PASSING

Comp-Atts

Yds

Pct.

TD

INT

Sebastian Bracius, Jefferson

10-22

177

.455

2

0

Anthony Purifoy, Auburn

9-23

168

.391

1

3

Connor Dennis, Boylan

8-13

153

.615

2

0

Xzaveon Segner, Freeport

8-19

120

.421

1

2

Austin Redmon, Harlem

8-22

105

.364

0

1

Skylar Wolfe, Guilford

9-16

105

.563

1

1

Makhi Matthews, East

4-8

45

.500

0

0

Maddox Gyllenswan, Belv. North

1-1

18

1.000

0

0

Oshavian Dismuke, Auburn

2-7

13

.286

0

1

Chauncey Jackson, Jefferson

4-8

13

.500

0

0

Twaine Phillips, East

1-1

1

1.000

0

0

Gunnar Vuorenmaa, Belvidere

0-3

0

.000

0

1

RECEIVING

Catches

Yards

Avg

TD

Athavion Coleman

Auburn

6

144

24.0

0

Chauncey Jackson

Jefferson

1

69

69.0

1

J'Mar Johnson

Boylan

2

65

32.5

2

Nick James

Jefferson

4

54

13.5

1

Dedric Macon

Freeport

3

52

17.3

1

Bryce Tessendorf

Freeport

3

48

16.0

0

Rasheed Johnson

Boylan

1

46

46.0

0

Ladamion Hoffman

Guilford

3

44

14.7

1

Jayvon Jones

Guilford

1

43

43.0

0

Tyler Gaines

Jefferson

3

34

11.3

0

Terry Horton

Auburn

3

33

11.0

0

Mark Harris

Boylan

2

32

16.0

0

Randy Johnson

Jefferson

3

27

9.0

0

Leonard Spates

Auburn

2

19

9.5

1

Kelton Busekros

Harlem

1

18

18.0

0

Cooper Gillette

Harlem

2

18

9.0

0

Joseph Brown

Belv. North

1

18

18.0

0

This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: IHSA football: NIC-10 stat leaders after Week 1 in Rockford area