Final 2023 Area Passing Leaders

Here are the top quarterbacks in terms of passing yardage for the 2023 football season.

A player had to have at least 1,000 yards passing and be a player on a full member MSHSAA team to make this list.

We compiled this list by contacting coaches and getting numbers for area players. If you know of a player who is missing, please have their coach email at stats@ky3.com with the information.

NOTE: THIS IS A RANKINGS BASED SOLELY ON TOTAL YARDS PASSING. THESE ARE NOT SUBJECTIVE.

Place	Name	School	Yards	Completions	Touchdowns	YPC
1	Kade Durnin	Camdenton	3,175	262	34	12.12
2	Gavin Johnston	Mt. Vernon	2,611	166	26	15.73
3	Isaiah Jones	West Plains	2,493	161	30	15.48
4	Blandy Burrall	Reeds Spring	2,490	142	25	17.54
5	Quenton Hughes	Neosho	2,433	197	16	12.35
6	Gavyn Hoover	Seneca	2,276	89	25	25.57
7	Cash Newberry	Glendale	2,274	182	18	12.49
8	Carter Pruett	Liberty	1,972	137	24	14.39
9	Chase Hamme	Kickapoo	1,740	119	20	14.62
10	Hobbs Gooch	Joplin	1,690	123	15	13.74
11	Caimon James	Parkview	1,552	130	9	11.94
12	Russell Roweton	Willard	1,447	107	17	13.52
13	Drake Durham	Bolivar	1,446	118	15	12.25
14	Nate Uber	Nixa	1,440	72	15	20.00
15	Peyton Russell	Ozark	1,393	155	6	8.99
16	Bryer Guerin	Marionville	1,385	104	22	13.32
17	Dexter Merrell	Carl Junction	1,334	85	11	15.69
18	Henry Schnelle	Lockwood	1,313	83	17	15.82
19	Cooper Burks	Ash Grove	1,250	113	12	11.06
20	Spensar Seiger	Fair Grove	1,221	64	15	19.08
21	Jourdyn Edelstein	Strafford	1,175	67	11	17.54
22	Wyatt Hughes	Houston	1,129	85	11	13.28
23	Riley Sanders	Lincoln	1,123	79	17	14.22
24	Destyn Dowd	McDonald County	1,099	88	5	12.49
25	Easton Hubbard	Stockton	1,029	89	8	11.56
26	Brady Carlton	Carthage	1,019	75	12	13.59