{"id":457553,"date":"2026-10-06T02:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457553\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T02:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:20:51","slug":"richland-rb-leads-week-6-fort-worth-area-rushing-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457553\/","title":{"rendered":"Richland RB leads Week 6 Fort Worth-area rushing rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Fort Worth-area running backs turned in big performances in Week 6. Here are the top rushing performances overall and by classification, according to MaxPreps.<\/p>\n

Overall rushing leaders<\/p>\n

1. Jayshon Gibson, RB<\/a>, Richland: 272<\/a> yards<\/a> on 21 carries, 13.0 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

2. Carson James, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Arlington Heights: 267<\/a> yards<\/a> on 36 carries, 7.4 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

3. Christopher Johnson, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Eastern Hills: 245<\/a> yards<\/a> on 32 carries, 7.7 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

4. Kentrell Steward, QB<\/a>, Fort Worth Wyatt: 182<\/a> yards<\/a> on 25 carries, 7.3 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

5. Elijah Williams, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Trimble Tech: 178<\/a> yards<\/a> on 11 carries, 16.2 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

6. Bobby Fields, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside: 167<\/a> yards<\/a> on 28 carries, 6.0 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

7. Desmez Vargas, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth South Hills: 164<\/a> yards<\/a> on 24 carries, 6.8 yards per carry, 5 TDs<\/p>\n

8. Kaine Hill, QB<\/a>, Springtown: 152<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 10.9 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

9. Jace Walker, ATH, Grapevine Faith Christian: 147<\/a> yards<\/a> on 23 carries, 6.4 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

10. Eli Hufstetler, QB<\/a>, Southwest Christian School: 146<\/a> yards<\/a> on 12 carries, 12.2 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

Class 5A rushing leaders<\/p>\n

1. Jayshon Gibson, RB<\/a>, Richland: 272<\/a> yards<\/a> on 21 carries, 13.0 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

2. Carson James, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Arlington Heights: 267<\/a> yards<\/a> on 36 carries, 7.4 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

3. Kentrell Steward, QB<\/a>, Fort Worth Wyatt: 182<\/a> yards<\/a> on 25 carries, 7.3 yards per carry, 4 TDs<\/p>\n

4. Elijah Williams, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Trimble Tech: 178<\/a> yards<\/a> on 11 carries, 16.2 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

5. Desmez Vargas, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth South Hills: 164<\/a> yards<\/a> on 24 carries, 6.8 yards per carry, 5 TDs<\/p>\n

6. Camren Green, QB<\/a>, Keller Fossil Ridge: 140<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 10.0 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

7. Anthony White, RB<\/a>, Birdville: 138<\/a> yards<\/a> on 17 carries, 8.1 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

8. Kameron Coleman, RB<\/a>, White Settlement Brewer: 136<\/a> yards<\/a> on 23 carries, 5.9 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

9. Howard Blackmore, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth North Side: 95<\/a> yards<\/a> on 24 carries, 4.0 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

10. Sirpaul McCullough, QB<\/a>, Fort Worth Trimble Tech: 76<\/a> yards<\/a> on 7 carries, 10.9 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

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

1. Christopher Johnson, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Eastern Hills: 245<\/a> yards<\/a> on 32 carries, 7.7 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

2. Bobby Fields, RB<\/a>, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside: 167<\/a> yards<\/a> on 28 carries, 6.0 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

3. Kaine Hill, QB<\/a>, Springtown: 152<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 10.9 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

4. Jace Walker, ATH, Grapevine Faith Christian: 147<\/a> yards<\/a> on 23 carries, 6.4 yards per carry, 1 TD<\/p>\n

5. Eli Hufstetler, QB<\/a>, Southwest Christian School: 146<\/a> yards<\/a> on 12 carries, 12.2 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

6. Luke Koehler, RB<\/a>, Decatur: 143<\/a> yards<\/a> on 24 carries, 6.0 yards per carry, 3 TDs<\/p>\n

7. Kaleb Elizaldi, RB<\/a>, Godley: 128<\/a> yards<\/a> on 9 carries, 14.2 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

8. Derek Hershberger, RB<\/a>, Nolan Catholic: 118<\/a> yards<\/a> on 14 carries, 8.4 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

9. Bryer McDonald, RB<\/a>, Brock: 106<\/a> yards<\/a> on 6 carries, 17.7 yards per carry, 2 TDs<\/p>\n

10. Ayden Turner, RB<\/a>, Kennedale: 83<\/a> yards<\/a> on 7 carries, 11.9 yards per carry, 0 TDs<\/p>\n

Touchdown figures may be omitted when the quality or completeness of coach-entered source data does not support a reliable player value. Teams that did not submit to MaxPreps or send stats to stats@star-telegram.com in time for publication are not represented in the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

Class 6A rankings are not shown due to the vast majority of Fort Worth-area 6A teams not playing in Week 6.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM.<\/p>\n


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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":"Several Fort Worth-area running backs turned in big performances in Week 6. Here are the top rushing performances…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-457553","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\/457553","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=457553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}