High school football stat leaders through Week 4 on the Emerald Coast

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Every area high school football coach will reinforce the axiom: "Defense wins championships."

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We've seen that motto take flight in some of the year's best games so far: Mosley 15, Choctaw 13; Florida High 18, South Walton 15; Choctaw 21, Pace 14; Baker 20, Holmes County 14; Lincoln 13, Crestview 10; and so forth.

But we also know the offense has to keep its defense fresh and off the field as much as possible come postseason time. Mosley, although out of our coverage area, and Walton specifically have done a beautiful job so far of sustaining drives and managing the clock three weeks into the season. We've seen some area teams feature the aerial attack more (Navarre, Niceville), some pound the rock (Baker, Freeport) and others have a fairly equal split (Destin, South Walton).

With that said, we've compiled offensive stats (according to MaxPreps) through the first four weeks to highlight the area's stat leaders spanning from Navarre to Okaloosa County to Walton County. Baker (2-2), Crestview (0-4), Freeport (3-1), FWB (2-2), Navarre (0-4) Niceville (2-2) and South Walton (3-1) have played four games while Walton (3-0), Destin (2-1) and Choctaw (1-2) have played only three.

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Passing Leaders

  1. Peyton Johns, Navarre: 870 yards, 61% completion, 5 TDs/3 INTs, 84.4 QB rating
  2. Deagan McCoy, Niceville: 625 yards, 56% completion, 9 TDs/2 INTs, 109.2 QB rating
  3. JD Brown, South Walton: 436 yards, 48% completion, 5 TDs/0 INT, 78.2 QB rating
  4. Kellen Ramsey, Destin: 417 yards, 56% completion, 8 TDs/0 INTs, 120.1 QB rating
  5. Carter Nunes, Freeport: 369 yards, 57% completion, 3 TD/2 INTs, 78.8 QB rating
  6. Whitton West, Walton: 319 yards, 56% completion, 7 TDs/2 INT, 104.7 QB rating
  7. Zy Tassin, Crestview: 268 yards, 45% completion, 1 TD/1 INT, 67.8 QB rating
  8. Lavin McDaniel, FWB: 266 yards, 36% completion, 3 TDs/3 INTs, 44.8 QB rating
  9. Brock Spears, Crestview: 251 yards, 38% completion, 2 TDs/2 INTs, 57.4 QB rating
  10. Baker Giles, Choctaw: 238 yards, 61% completion, 2 TDs/0 INTs, 124.9 QB rating
  11. Dawson Mitchem, Baker: 227 yards, 50% completion, 2 TDs/3 INTs, 53.8 QB rating

Rushing Leaders

  1. Dylan Louthain, Freeport: 589 yards, 7.3 ypc, 12 TDs
  2. Donnie Couitt, Destin: 480 yards, 11.8 ypc, 4 TDs
  3. Talen McElyea, Freeport: 406 yards, 11 ypc, 3 TD
  4. Rodney Clinch, Walton: 369 yards, 9.7 ypc, 8 TDs
  5. Calvin Wilks, Baker: 352 yards, 5 ypc, 4 TDs
  6. Jakobe Gilyard, Niceville: 352 years, 4.8 ypc, 3 TDs
  7. Elijah Donson, FWB: 252 yards, 5.3 ypc, 5 TDs
  8. Ben Eberhardt, Navarre: 245 yards, 6.3 ypc, 1 TD
  9. Jalen Robinson, Crestview: 243 yards, 8.1 ypc, 1 TD
  10. Dawson Mitchem, Baker: 238 yards, 6 ypc, 4 TDs
  11. Max Madden, South Walton: 226 yards, 4.6 ypc, 4 TDs
  12. Peyton Johns, Navarre: 204 yards, 5.2 ypc, 2 TDs
  13. Carter Marracco, Choctaw: 180 yards, 7.8 ypc, 5 TDs

Receiving Leaders

  1. Rayshaun Cargle, Crestview: 274 yards, 24.9 ypc, 1 TD
  2. Nash Jackson, Navarre: 208 yards, 26 ypc, 1 TD
  3. Noah Calderon, Choctaw: 194 yards, 16.2 ypc
  4. Caleb Leonard, Niceville: 172 yards, 19.1 ypc, 2 TDs
  5. Jaxon Dark, Niceville: 159 yards, 22.7 ypc, 2 TDs
  6. Mason Hinson, Navarre: 159 yards, 10.6 ypc, 1 TD
  7. Brody Huston, Navarre: 159 yards, 8.8 ypc, 0 TDs
  8. Cannon Wilbur, FWB: 156 yards, 17.3 ypc, 3 TDS
  9. Brody Powers, Navarre: 152 yards, 12.7 ypc, 2 TDs
  10. Malachi White, Niceville: 149 yards, 16.6 ypc, 3 TDs
  11. Max Madden, South Walton: 142 yards, 10.9 ypc, 1 TD
  12. Sam Kollar, Baker: 139 yards, 19.9 ypc, 0 TDs
  13. Talen McElyea, Freeport: 126 yards, 10.5 ypc, 1 TD
  14. Anthony Guard, Freeport: 126 yards, 15.8 ypc, 1 TD
  15. Ben Eberhardt, Navarre: 123 yards, 10.3, 0 TDs
  16. Chase Wandrick, Destin: 120 yards, 15 ypc, 5 TDs
  17. Tristian Powell, Walton: 118 yards, 59 ypc, 2 TDs
  18. Cameron Kerns, Destin: 103 yards, 25.8 ypc, 2 TDs

This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: High school football stat leaders through Week 4 on the Emerald Coast

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