{"id":379481,"date":"2026-07-20T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379481\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:12","slug":"txhsfb-primer-top-returning-dallas-area-5a-passing-leaders-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379481\/","title":{"rendered":"TXHSFB primer: Top returning Dallas-area 5A passing leaders for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Buck Randall\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/>Demetrio Teniente \/ The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n<p>Stats alone don&#8217;t lead to success in Texas High School football, though piling up the yards and collecting touchdown catches certainly helps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" alt=\"\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last year was last year, and it is hard to predict what will happen based on the previous season&#8217;s failures or successes. Still, it&#8217;s nice to know which playmakers, game-changers and record-breakers will once again play under the Friday night lights.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few weeks, we&#8217;ll look at the top returning players in terms of passing yards, rushing yards and receiving yards in the 6A, 5A, 4A\/others and private school classifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Below are the top returning passers at 5A schools, based on The Dallas Morning News&#8217; top 20 passing leaders from a season ago (listed in descending order of yards).<\/p>\n<p>Buck Randall, \u00a0Highland Park<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 254 of 366 (69%) for 4,396 yards, 51\u00a0TDs and 9 INTs<\/p>\n<p>Notable: Randall is ranked 52rd overall in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/high-school-sports\/2026\/02\/09\/meet-the-50-best-dallas-area-high-school-football-players-in-the-class-of-2027\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Dallas Morning News\u2019 Top 100 recruits<\/a> for the Class of 2027 and is the No. 3 overall\u00a0QB.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Wright, \u00a0Frisco Lone Star<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 206 of 309 (67%) for 3,879 yards, 43\u00a0TDs and 8 INTs<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Hayes Hackney, \u00a0Argyle<\/p>\n<p>Stats (while at Prosper Walnut Grove): 224 of 335 (67%) for 3,134 yards, 37\u00a0TDs and 7 INTs<\/p>\n<p>Notable: Hackney has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/high-school-sports\/football\/article\/star-quarterback-hayes-hackney-ruled-eligible-22268996.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruled eligible<\/a> and has been cleared to play for Argyle after moving into the school district during the offseason. Argyle was 12-2 and reached the 5A Division II Region I final. It beat Walnut Grove 59-42 in the third round of the playoffs, even though Hackney threw for 303 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Williams, \u00a0South Oak Cliff<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 176 of 261 (67%) for 2742 yards, 28\u00a0TDs and 2 INTs<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Notable: Helped South Oak Cliff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/high-school-sports\/football\/2025\/12\/20\/south-oak-cliff-richmond-randle-5a-dii-uil-texas-high-school-football-state-championship\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win a state title in 2025<\/a>,\u00a0completing 12 of his 13 passes for 89 yards with a touchdown in the Golden Bears\u2019 35-19 win over Richmond Randle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cason Williams, Carrollton Creekview<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 178 of 271 (66%) for 2,698 yards, 30\u00a0TDs and 7 INTs<\/p>\n<p>Brett Kates, Richland<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 162 of 281 (58%) for 2,630 yards, 22\u00a0TDs and 6 INTs<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Shaw, DeSoto<\/p>\n<p>Stats (While at Arlington Lamar): 2145 of 248 (58%) for 2,496 yards, 26\u00a0TDs and 8 INTs<\/p>\n<p>Notable: Transferred to\u00a0DeSoto after playing for Arlington Lamar as a junior.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Harn, Frisco Reedy<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 159 of 229 (69%) for 2,023 yards, 28\u00a0TDs and 5 INTs<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen Gaines, The Colony<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 142 of 258 (55%) for 1,910 yards, 19\u00a0TDs and 8 INTs<\/p>\n<p>Steven Hall, Mansfield Timberview<\/p>\n<p>Stats: 111 of 194 (57%) for 1,646 yards, 14\u00a0TDs and 4 INTs<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>More stat leaders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demetrio Teniente \/ The Dallas Morning News Stats alone don&#8217;t lead to success in Texas High School football,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-379481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}