High school football: Peyton Houston's 817 passing yards among single-game highs for 2024 season

An 800-yard passing game, two 60-yard field goals, 107 rushing attempts over two games and a 600-yard rushing performance are among the best single-game performances from the 2024 high school football season.

Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, La.) is home to some all-time great prep quarterbacks, including Brock Berlin and Josh Booty. Now add Peyton Houston to the list after he threw for 817 yards in a 77-76 overtime loss to Captain Shreve (Shreveport). The 817 yards rank as the third-highest single-game total in history and the most ever for a sophomore. Houston also topped the nation this year with 53 completions.

Dominic De Freitas of NorthWood (Nappanee, Ind.) had not one, but two 60-yard field goals this year. De Freitas had a 60-yard field goal on Sept. 20 vs. Northridge and topped that effort a week later with a 62-yard field goal against Concord. He is believed to be just the third high school kicker with two field goals of 60 yards or more. The others are Corey Lewis of Diamond Ranch Academy (Hurricane, Utah) and Graham Gano of Tate (Cantonment, Fla.). Trey Coury of Burrell (Lower Burrell, Pa.) had 269 carries in 10 games this year but 107 of them occurred in two games. He had 54 carries for 252 yards in a win over East Allegheny and followed that performance with 53 carries for 266 yards in a win over Valley. Those two games proved to be the only wins for the Bucs in 2024 and those efforts put Coury in the top two spots for single-game rushing attempts.

Tyrese Woodgett of Coffee (Douglas, Ga.) didn't just break the state record for rushing yards in a single game, he annihilated it. Averaging 31.8 yards a carry on 19 carries, Woodgett gained 605 yards in a 72-48 win over Sequoyah to break the previous record by 120 yards, according to Todd Holcomb of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The efforts of Houston, De Freitas, Coury and Woodgett are just some of the performances listed below detailing the best single-game performances of the 2024 season. Only statistics submitted by coaches into the MaxPreps database are included on the list.

Top single-game performances in 2024

Rushing yards
605 — Tyrese Woodgett, Coffee (Douglas, Ga.)
593 — Adam Nunes, South Park (Buffalo, N.Y.)
526 — Keeshawn Love, Fernley (Nev.)
486 — Mason Pickett-Hicks, South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C.)
474 — Gabe Fields, Central (St. Joseph, Mo.)
464 — Zayden Cook, Chattooga (Summerville, Ga.)

Rushing attempts
54 — Trey Coury, Burrell (Lower Burrell, Pa.)
53 — Trey Coury, Burrell
53 — Brody Boness, Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (Ritzville, Wash.)
52 — Landon Robinson, Walhalla (S.C.)
52 — Terrion Thomas, Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville, Tenn.)
51 — Judson Walls, Central Fellowship Christian Academy (Macon, Ga.)
51 — Aengus Doody, Out-of-Door Academy (Sarasota, Fla.)
50 — Zac Frashier, Chase (Forest City, N.C.)
50 — Tyrese Woodgett, Coffee

Pass completions
53 — Peyton Houston, Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, La.)
46 — Avery Hollifield, Asheville Christian Academy (Swannanoa, N.C.)
43 — Alexander Lundsberg, Canyon (Anaheim, Calif.)
43 — Avery Hollifield, Asheville Christian Academy
42 — Star Thomas, Orange (Orange, Calif.)

Pass attempts
76 — Avery Hollifield, Asheville Christian
74 — Alexander Lundsberg, Canyon
68 — Rashawn Truell, New Hampstead (Savannah, Ga.)
67 — Halas Wise, Centaurus (Lafayette, Colo.)
66 — Dylan Washick, Monett (Mo.)
65 — Peyton Houston, Evangel Christian Academy
64 — Brandon Cobb, Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.)
64 — Dominic Pierini, Monte Vista Christian (Watsonville, Calif.)
64 — Brayden Matheney, Hallsville (Mo.)

Passing yards
817 — Peyton Houston, Evangel Christian Academy
647 — Jordan Durham, Zarephath Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)
638 — Malcolm Houze, Guerin Catholic (Noblesville, Ind.)
635 — Rashawn Truell, New Hampstead
627 — Ja'niaus Avanti K'mere Hall, Lima Senior (Lima, Ohio)
624 — Graham Simpson, Westview (Martin, Tenn.)
608 — Jack Moran, Hun (Princeton, N.J.)
607 — Matt Bodnar II, Notre Dame-Green Pond (Easton, Pa.)
593 — Aiden Scott, Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, Kan.)
593 — Lucas Dyer, Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, Ill.)

Touchdown passes
10 — Ja'niaus Avanti K'mere Hall, Lima Senior
9 — Jordan Durham, Zarephath Academy
9 — Ge’arey Johnson, Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, N.C.)
9 — Bryson Riggins, Russell County (Seale, Ala.)
9 — Brodie Stump, Kearny (San Diego, Calif.)

Receptions
26 — Hayden Cler, Guerin Catholic
23 — Caleb Daugherty, Brockway (Pa.)
21 — Ryan Vallejo, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (San Juan, Texas)
21 — Kamari Maxwell, New Hampstead
21 — Jacob Hogue, Montgomery County (Montgomery City, Mo.)

Touchdown receptions
6 — Hayden Cler, Guerin Catholic
6 — Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley (Saginaw, Mich.)
6 — Marcus Buchanan, Burke (Omaha, Neb.)

Receiving yards
403 — Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley
396 — Hayden Cler, Guerin Catholic
383 — Dawson Cambron, New Hope (Ala.)
378 — Jayvan Boggs, Cocoa (Fla.)
367 — Quentin Isom, Mineral County (Hawthorne, Nev.)
361 — Taylor Clark, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory (Indianapolis, Ind.)
354 — Kolbe Bufardeci, Willits (Calif.)
345 — Andre Watson, Sehome (Bellingham, Wash.)
344 — Trey Peters, Mahomet-Seymour

Touchdowns
9 — Alvin Henderson, Elba
8 — Cole Allen, St. John's (Houston, Texas)
8 — Rashad Dockery, South View (Hope Mills, N.C.)
8 — Jaquan Griffin, Middlesex (Saluda, Va.)
8 — Cardea Collier, Alvarado (Texas)
8 — Brock Nauman, Wes-Del (Gaston, Ind.)
8 — Conor Booth, Bishop Neumann (Wahoo, Neb.)
8 — Kelvin Washington, Longview (Texas)
8 — Gabe Fields, Central (St. Joseph, Mo.)
8 — Kip Brigham, Wahoo (Neb.)

Points
58 — Alvin Henderson, Elba
54 — Niko Carestia, Schuylkill Haven (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.)
54 — Brock Nauman, Wes-Del
54 — Jaquan Griffin, Middlesex

Extra point kicks
13 — Ashton Mercer, Davenport (San Antonio, Texas)
12 — Jordan Reyes, Duluth (Ga.)
12 — Joe Rodriguez, Ganado (Texas) vs. Flatonia
12 — Brosh Dadekian, Bloomington (Ill.)
12 — Joe Rodriguez, Ganado vs. Bloomington
12 — Kelan Brown, Refugio (Texas)
12 — Gavin Lykon-Leffler, Troy (Pa.)
12 — Andrew Silva, Sinton (Texas)

Field goals
6 — Dillon Curtis, Murray (Utah)
5 — Noah Godhard, Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.)
5 — Paolo La Matta, Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas)
5 — Brent Knickerbocker, Grantsville (Utah)
5 — Grant Argiro, Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)

Kick scoring
20 — Dillon Curtis, Murray
19 — Grant Argiro, Pine-Richland
18 — Paolo La Matta, Strake Jesuit
16 — Noah Godhard, Blessed Trinity
15 — Brent Knickerbocker, Grantsville

Longest field goal
63 — Dillon Curtis, Murray
62 — Dominic De Freitas, NorthWood (Nappanee, Ind.)
61 — Rhett Armstrong, Palmer Ridge (Monument, Colo.)
61 — Evan Noel, St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis, Miss.)
60 — Dominic De Freitas, NorthWood
59 — Zachry Sugandi, St. Louis Catholic (Lake Charles, La.)
59 — Brogan Woeber, Jupiter (Fla.)