{"id":422771,"date":"2026-09-01T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422771\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:04:12","slug":"fort-worth-area-high-school-football-week-1-rushing-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/422771\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-area high school football: Week 1 rushing leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arlington<\/p>\n

Arlington Heights running back Carson James (1) carries the ball out of the backfield during the first half of a UIL football game between Arlington Heights and Paschal at Farrington Field in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday Nov. 07, 2025.<\/p>\n

Bob Booth<\/p>\n

Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Several Fort Worth-area running backs posted big numbers in Week 1. Here are the top receiving performances overall and by classification, according to MaxPreps.<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall rushing leaders<\/p>\n

1. Z. Husband, RB, Cleburne: 271<\/a> yards<\/a> on 30 carries, 9.0 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

2. C. James, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Arlington Heights: 240<\/a> yards<\/a> on 23 carries, 10.4 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

3. K. Parks, RB, SB<\/a>, Haltom: 220<\/a> yards<\/a> on 34 carries, 6.5 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

4. A. White, RB<\/a>, Birdville: 206<\/a> yards<\/a> on 11 carries, 18.7 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

5. B. Fields, RB, DB<\/a>, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside: 197<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 19.7 yards per carry, TDs not listed<\/p>\n

6. D. Vargas, RB, CB<\/a>, Fort Worth South Hills: 194<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 14.9 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

7. J. Jones-priest, RB<\/a>, Arlington Martin: 184<\/a> yards<\/a> on 27 carries, 6.8 yards per carry, 5 TDs<\/p>\n

8. C. Johnson, QB, WR<\/a>, Granbury: 173<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 17.3 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

9. S. Taylor, RB<\/a>, Granbury: 167<\/a> yards<\/a> on 16 carries, 10.4 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

10. K. Steward, QB, WR<\/a>, Fort Worth Wyatt: 165<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 12.7 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

Class 6A leaders<\/p>\n

1. K. Parks, RB, SB<\/a>, Haltom: 220<\/a> yards<\/a> on 34 carries, 6.5 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

2. J. Jones-priest, RB<\/a>, Arlington Martin: 184<\/a> yards<\/a> on 27 carries, 6.8 yards per carry, 5 TDs<\/p>\n

3. C. Johnson, QB, WR<\/a>, Granbury: 173<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 17.3 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

4. S. Taylor, RB<\/a>, Granbury: 167<\/a> yards<\/a> on 16 carries, 10.4 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

5. H. Howard, ATH, Keller Timber Creek: 127<\/a> yards<\/a> on 12 carries, 10.6 yards per carry, TDs not provided<\/p>\n

6. E. Okwelume, WR, CB<\/a>, Keller Timber Creek: 124<\/a> yards<\/a> on 9 carries, 13.8 yards per carry, TDs not provided<\/p>\n

7. C. Sela, RB, Northwest: 105<\/a> yards<\/a> on 28 carries, 3.8 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

8. R. Weaver, RB<\/a>, Mansfield: 103<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 7.9 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

T-9. B. Fonteno, RB<\/a>, Keller: 100<\/a> yards<\/a> on 20 carries, 5.0 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

T-9. D. Quimby, RB<\/a>, Weatherford: 100<\/a> yards<\/a> on 19 carries, 5.3 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

Class 5A leaders<\/p>\n

1. Z. Husband, RB, Cleburne: 271<\/a> yards<\/a> on 30 carries, 9.0 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

2. C. James, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Arlington Heights: 240<\/a> yards<\/a> on 23 carries, 10.4 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

3. A. White, RB<\/a>, Birdville: 206<\/a> yards<\/a> on 11 carries, 18.7 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

4. D. Vargas, RB, CB<\/a>, Fort Worth South Hills: 194<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 14.9 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

5. K. Steward, QB, WR<\/a>, Fort Worth Wyatt: 165<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 12.7 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

6. E. Williams, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Trimble Tech: 143<\/a> yards<\/a> on 8 carries, 17.9 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

7. J. Gibson, RB, OLB<\/a>, Richland: 132<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 9.4 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

8. J. Lindley, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Wyatt: 121<\/a> yards<\/a> on 17 carries, 7.1 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

9. K. Asberry, RB<\/a>, Keller Fossil Ridge: 114<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 8.8 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

10. T. Matthews, RB<\/a>, Joshua: 112 yards on 16 carries, 7.0 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

Class 4A and private school leaders<\/p>\n

1. B. Fields, RB, DB<\/a>, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside: 197<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 19.7 yards per carry, TDs not provided<\/p>\n

2. Z. Carliss, QB, DB<\/a>, Kennedale: 138<\/a> yards<\/a> on 16 carries, 8.6 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

3. D. Duron, QB<\/a>, River Oaks Castleberry: 125<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 9.6 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

4. N. Bonjour, RB, CB<\/a>, Grace Prep Academy-Arlington: 122<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 12.2 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

5. A. Duron, ATH, River Oaks Castleberry: 114<\/a> yards<\/a> on 13 carries, 8.8 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

6. C. Tolbert, QB<\/a>, Trinity Valley: 109<\/a> yards<\/a> on 17 carries, 6.4 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

7. J. Reese, Jr., DB, WR<\/a>, Alvarado: 99<\/a> yards<\/a> on 3 carries, 33.0 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

8. B. McDonald, RB<\/a>, Brock: 95<\/a> yards<\/a> on 18 carries, 5.3 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

9. L. Koehler, RB, LB<\/a>, Decatur: 91<\/a> yards<\/a> on 10 carries, 9.1 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

10. A. Rivera, RB, OLB<\/a>, Decatur: 90<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 6.4 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Arlington, Arlington Oakridge, Arlington Sam Houston, Arlington Seguin, Fort Worth Benbrook, Fort Worth Boswell, Fort Worth Country Day, Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis, Fort Worth Eagle Mountain, Fort Worth Eastern Hills, Fort Worth Paschal, Fort Worth Polytechnic, Fort Worth Southwest, Fort Worth Western Hills, Grapevine, Grapevine Faith Christian, Haslet Eaton, Hurst L.D. Bell, Keller Central, Lake Worth, Mansfield Legacy, Mansfield Summit, Mansfield Timberview and Southwest Christian School did not enter usable statistics in time for publication.<\/p>\n

Touchdown figures may be omitted when the quality or completeness of coach-entered MaxPreps data does not support a reliable player value.<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arlington Heights running back Carson James (1) carries the ball out of the backfield during the first half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-422771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422771","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=422771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}