Week 8 NIC-10 football stats: New passing leader and rushing race tightens up
Jefferson sophomore Sebastian Bracius passed Boylan's Connor Dennis to take over the NIC-10 passing lead. His 1,480 yards, including 252 last week, are also a school record, topping the 1,415 yards by James Dunner in 2016.
Harlem sophomore Jahmani Muhammad (940 yards) is within 40 yards of Guilford senior Jayvon Jones for the conference rushing lead.
Here are all of our large-school football leaders (NIC-10 teams plus Rochelle) heading into the final week of the regular season:
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RUSHING
Player | School | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
Garrett Gensler | Rochelle | 135 | 1,360 | 10.1 | 22 |
Jayvon Jones | Guilford | 140 | 986 | 7.0 | 12 |
Jahmani Muhammad | Harlem | 149 | 940 | 6.3 | 9 |
Trey Taft | Rochelle | 82 | 750 | 9.1 | 10 |
Mekhi Glover | Boylan | 80 | 721 | 9.0 | 8 |
Patrick Dubose, Jr. | Auburn | 88 | 578 | 6.6 | 10 |
Javius Catlin | East | 102 | 536 | 5.3 | 6 |
Nico Bertolino | North | 50 | 524 | 10.4 | 8 |
Darius Fort | North | 98 | 523 | 5.3 | 4 |
Deterrace Dotson | East | 82 | 513 | 6.3 | 3 |
Denarius Jackson | Freeport | 101 | 450 | 4.5 | 6 |
Rasheed Johnson | Boylan | 46 | 439 | 9.5 | 9 |
Estin Fichter | Hononegah | 91 | 418 | 4.6 | 3 |
Maddox Gyllenswan | North | 95 | 417 | 4.4 | 8 |
Cole Warren | Hononegah | 74 | 403 | 5.4 | 8 |
Erich Metzger | Rochelle | 55 | 398 | 7.8 | 3 |
Chauncey Jackson | Jefferson | 47 | 377 | 8.0 | 2 |
Jason Dean | Belvidere | 51 | 367 | 7.2 | 2 |
Xzaveon Segner | Freeport | 76 | 351 | 4.6 | 3 |
DeAndre Young | Harlem | 52 | 337 | 6.5 | 3 |
Joey Alvarez | Jefferson | 51 | 336 | 6.6 | 5 |
Luke Poppe | Hononegah | 54 | 273 | 5.1 | 1 |
Trent Dinsmore | North | 69 | 266 | 3.9 | 3 |
Cody Collum-Stover | Rochelle | 33 | 266 | 8.1 | 4 |
Skyler Wolf | Guilford | 32 | 240 | 7.5 | 1 |
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PASSING
Player, School | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | Int. |
Sebastian Bracius, Jefferson | 105 | 181 | 1,480 | 15 | 7 |
Connor Dennis, Boylan | 77 | 153 | 1,394 | 20 | 5 |
Anthony Purifoy, Auburn | 66 | 128 | 1,113 | 8 | 8 |
Xzaveon Segner, Freeport | 70 | 140 | 1.046 | 13 | 10 |
Cole Warren, Hononegah | 70 | 145 | 966 | 15 | 5 |
Skyler Wolf, Guilford | 57 | 106 | 912 | 12 | 2 |
Austin Redmon, Harlem | 52 | 118 | 876 | 8 | 4 |
Hyden Inman, Rochelle | 16 | 29 | 350 | 4 | 2 |
Derek Anderson, Harlem | 20 | 31 | 275 | 3 | 1 |
Maddox Gyllenswan, North | 6 | 14 | 168 | 1 | 1 |
Gunnar Vuorenmaa, Belvidere | 11 | 24 | 187 | 1 | 2 |
Twaine Phillips, East | 14 | 44 | 175 | 1 | 4 |
Trey Williams, Belvidere | 15 | 33 | 110 | 1 | 3 |
Mahki Mathews, East | 6 | 24 | 66 | 1 | 4 |
RECEIVING
Player | School | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD |
Tyler Gaines | Jefferson | 41 | 617 | 15.0 | 10 |
Dedric Macon | Freeport | 23 | 478 | 20.8 | 8 |
Nick James | Jefferson | 30 | 445 | 14.8 | 3 |
DeAndre Young | Harlem | 20 | 403 | 20.1 | 4 |
Kelton Busekros | Harlem | 20 | 377 | 18.9 | 6 |
Mark Harris | Boylan | 21 | 368 | 17.5 | 5 |
Randy Johnson | Jefferson | 22 | 359 | 16.3 | 2 |
Bryce Tessendorf | Freeport | 20 | 350 | 17.5 | 2 |
Athavion Coleman | Auburn | 20 | 339 | 17.0 | 1 |
Ladamion Hoffman | Guilford | 13 | 304 | 23.4 | 6 |
Leonard Spates | Auburn | 15 | 289 | 19.3 | 3 |
Terry Horton | Auburn | 18 | 282 | 15.7 | 1 |
J'Mar Johnson | Boylan | 13 | 266 | 20.5 | 4 |
Rasheed Johnson | Boylan | 15 | 256 | 17.1 | 1 |
Isaiah Houi | Hononegah | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 5 |
Marquez Jordan | Guilford | 16 | 233 | 14.6 | 2 |
Jacob Scaduto | Hononegah | 15 | 215 | 14.3 | 3 |
Santana English | Boylan | 15 | 205 | 13.7 | 1 |
Trey Taft | Rochelle | 7 | 185 | 26.4 | 2 |
Cody Neiber | Hononegah | 9 | 184 | 20.4 | 3 |
Mekhi Glover | Boylan | 12 | 179 | 14.9 | 3 |
Jaymere Williams | East | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 2 |
This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: Week 8 NIC-10 football stats: League rushing, passing races tight
