For 72 years, Kenneth Hall’s single-season rushing record of 4,045 yards in 12 games was believed to be untouchable. But last fall, Mount Enterprise senior Kaegan Ash smashed it with 4,562 yards in 15 games. 

Now that Hall’s record has been broken, here’s an updated ranking of the most unbreakable 11-man football records in TXHSFB.

25. Round Rock Westwood QB RJ Martinez's 50 completed passes in a game against Round Rock Cedar Ridge (2019)

In arguably the greatest stat line ever for a losing quarterback, Martinez completed 50-of-76 passes for 606 yards and seven touchdowns while running for 193 yards and three touchdowns. 

Martinez is the only player in TXHSFB history to surpass the 50 completion-mark, but 12 different quarterbacks have thrown at least 45 completions.

24. Fort Worth Southwest WR Robbie Rhodes' 8 receiving touchdowns in a game (2011)

Coming into the game against Arlington Heights, Rhodes had 21 catches for 503 yards on the entire year. In one night, he caught ten passes for 390 yards and eight touchdowns. 

Robinson receiver Braxton Ashcraft gave Rhodes a scare with seven receiving touchdowns in a 2016 game. For 15 other receivers, six receiving touchdowns is the glass ceiling they couldn’t break.

23. Lake Travis WR Jason Bird's 151 receptions in a single season (2007)

How many guesses would it take for you to name Jason Bird as the only Lake Travis player to still hold a single-season TXHSFB record? Sure, guys like Baker Mayfield, Garrett Gilbert, and Garrett Wilson have gone on to the NFL, but none of them are hung in the sport’s rafters like Bird. His 151 receptions in 2007 helped kickstart five consecutive state championships for Lake Travis.

22. Stamford QB Peyton Bevel's 12 touchdown passes in a game against De Leon (2018)

Bevel holds the all-time TXHSFB single-game records with 789 passing yards and 12 touchdowns in a 90-62 non-district game against De Leon. The game was not as close as the final score appears. Stamford built a 28-0 lead in the second quarter and led 43-14 at halftime. 

Only four players have ever thrown for double-digit touchdown passes in a single game: Bells’ Bryan Ponder in 2017, Magnolia’s Jacob Frazier in 2016, and Refugio’s Travis Quintanilla in 2012. This record is not higher on the list because all the games that have come within striking distance were within the last 15 years.

21. McKinney RB Matt Gadek's 599 rushing yards in a game against Plano East (2017)

Gadek toted the rock 48 times for 599 yards in a 63-50 win over Plano East, and McKinney needed every ounce of it. At the beginning of the game’s final drive, Gadek was well short of the previous record (587 by Somerville’s Darryl Ellis in 1998). But he ripped off 63 yards on eight carries. On 4th-and-1 and needing to ice the game, Gadek had a 31-yard scamper for the win - and the record. 

Shockingly, 20 players in TXHSFB history have reached the 500-yard mark. But only three are within 50 yards of Gadek: Ellis, Wichita Falls Hirschi’s Daimarqua Foster’s 580 yards in 2017, and China Spring’s Emmanuel Abdallah’s 554 yards in 2019.  

20. Frisco Lone Star WR Marvin Mims' 5,485 career receiving yards (2017-19)

I am putting Mims’ career receiving yards mark as more untouchable than his single-season receiving yards mark because only four players in the state’s history have ever crossed the 5,000-yard threshold. Mims is the only one who did not play varsity football as a freshman, making the feat even more bonkers. 

Mims broke Burnet WR Jordan Shipley’s career mark of 5,424. Rockwall’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who just played in the Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks, is also right there, with 5,403 career yards.

19. Sunray QB Armando Lujan's 14,600 career passing yards (2021-24)

Lujan never started at quarterback in a game until his freshman year at Sunray High School, then set the state’s all-time passing yards record. He led the Bobcats to back-to-back 12-win seasons for the first time since the program began playing football in 1954.

Lujan is one of three players to ever cross the 14,000-yard mark. The other two are Booker’s Hunter Lile, who threw for 14,408 yards from 2011-14, and Refugio’s Travis Quintanilla, who threw for 14,223 yards from 2010-13.

18. Laredo Alexander WR Marc Lozoya's 454 receiving yards in a game against Eagle Pass Winn (2013)

Lozoya’s 454 yards came on 17 catches, for an average of 26.7 yards per reception. He would’ve had more yards, too, but was taken out of Laredo Alexander’s 63-35 win over Eagle Pass Winn in the fourth quarter. 

There are only three players who have recorded over 400 receiving yards in a single game. Houston Worthing’s Yzerick Oliver had 419 in 2013, while Dripping Springs’s Cameron O’Banan had 410 in 2020.

17. Travis Quintanilla's 186 career touchdown passes (2010-13)

Quintanilla was a 5-foot-9-inch quarterback who wore No.34. Need I say more about how electric he was? He led Refugio to a 54-4 record and the 2011 Class 2A DII State Championship Game.

For a player to break this record, he would have to throw for 46.5 touchdown passes a season. Quintanilla is 15 touchdown passes ahead of Sunray QB Armando Lujan, the state’s all-time leader in passing yards.

16. Navasota WR Tren'Davian Dickson's 76 career receiving touchdowns (2013-15)

One of the more absurd parts of Dickson’s story is that he didn’t even like football in youth sports. Basketball was his first love, and his high school basketball coach said in a recent feature that he thought he would play that sport in college. 

But Dickson was special on the football field, too. In Navasota’s 2014 state championship season, he set a then-national record with 39 receiving touchdowns in a single season (it has since been tied by Ingleside’s Jaydon Smith). But his career record for 76 receiving touchdowns still stands today. He and Burnet wide receiver Jordan Shipley are the only players to ever cross the 70-touchdown mark. Only eight players have ever had more than 60. 

The reason this record is not higher, however, is that all players who’ve crossed the 60 threshold have occurred in the 21st century.

15. Levelland QB Nick Gerber's 5,617 passing yards in the 2016 season

Nick Gerber in 2016 wasn’t playing the same sport as the rest of TXHSFB. He set two state records with 5,617 passing yards and 77 touchdown passes through a 14-game season, meaning he averaged over 401 yards and 5.5 touchdowns per game. 

Poor Shelton Eppler only held the record for two years after throwing for 5,444 yards in Navasota’s 2014 state championship season. Gerber, Eppler, Collinsville’s Logan Jenkins (5,060), and Gilmer’s Aaron Brown (5,013) are the only players who have crossed the 5,000-yard mark.

14. Booker WR Jared Reagan's 391 career receptions (2011-14)

In a tiny town so far up in the Texas Panhandle that you can see Oklahoma from it, cousins Hunter Lile (QB) and Jared Reagan (WR) set TXHSFB passing records from 2011 to 2014. Lile ranks second in state history with 14,408 career passing yards, while Reagan is one of two players ever to surpass the 300-career receptions mark.

To set this record, Reagan had to catch 97.75 passes a season. Reagan is 41 receptions ahead of second-place Hunter Hawthorne (Bells) and 83 receptions ahead of third-place Jake Oliver (Dallas Jesuit).

13. Trinidad RB Steve Williams's 62 rushing attempts in a single game against Oakwood (1970)

This is an unbreakable record because if it were broken today, the coach might get arrested in the postgame handshake line.

Somehow, three players in TXHSFB history have carried the ball at least 60 times in a single game, but all occurred before the turn of the 21st century. Teague’s Chris Nelms hit 60 in 1998, while Scott Hutchinson did it for Dumas in 1976. The closest any player has come in recent history was Little Elm’s Ke’aun Kinner’s 57 attempts against Frisco Wakeland in 2012.

12. Refugio's 48-consecutive winning seasons (1978-Present)

A few American staples began in 1978: Ben and Jerry’s, Home Depot, and the Refugio Bobcats’ dynasty. Refugio has missed the playoffs just once in 48 seasons, going 6-4 in 1991. In that time, they’ve made nine state championship appearances. 

The reason this insane feat is not higher on the list is that there are several TXHSFB programs within striking distance, but that’s only if Refugio has a losing season this year. Calallen has had a winning record in 42 consecutive seasons, a streak that began in 1984. There are also three programs in the high 30s: Austin Westlake at 39 (started in 1987), Celina at 39 (started in 1987), and Highland Park at 38 (started in 1988).

11. Aledo RB Johnathan Gray's 1,225 career rushing attempts from 2008-11

Johnathan Gray toted the rock over 350 times in each of his last three seasons at Aledo. He is one of 13 players to ever eclipse the 1,000-carry mark, and one of just six to do it in the 21st century. Gray is 91 rushing attempts ahead of second-place Jacquizz Rodgers (Rosenberg Lamar, 2004-07).

This won’t be the last time you see Gray on this list.

10. Mount Enterprise RB Kaegan Ash's 11,382 career rushing yards from 2022-25

I know this record was just set in 2025. Put the recency bias aside and remember that it took 72 years for a man-child named Kaegan Ash to pop up in Mount Enterprise, a program with an all-time .400 winning percentage, and break Kenneth Hall’s career rushing yards mark. Breaking this record would require averaging 2,845.75 yards per season in a sport that is increasingly relying on the pass game.

Richmond Randle running back Landen Williams-Callis is technically within striking distance of this record. But even he would need 3,832 rushing yards as a senior, which would be over 300 more than he’s ever had in a season.

9. Aledo scoring 1,023 points in the 2013 season

RB Johnathan Gray was the best player in Aledo history, but the Bearcats’ 2013 team, a couple of years after he graduated, was the best offense in TXHSFB history. Aledo’s 1,023 points made the program the first in state history to score over 1,000 points in a single season. The Bearcats averaged 63.94 points per game. How good was Aledo’s team? After a 91-0 win over Fort Worth Western Hills, a parent filed a bullying complaint against Aledo’s coaching staff.

The reason this record is so difficult to match is that you not only have to have a historic offense, but you must make it to the state championship. There have been just seven programs to ever cross the 900-point mark, and all played 16 games. The next closest team is Gilmer’s 950 points in a single season, which was still 73 points shy of Aledo.

8. Aledo's 135-game active district winning streak (2007-Present)

The last time Aledo lost a district game was October 5, 2007, during the George W. Bush administration, and before any of the graduating seniors in the Class of 2026 were born. The next closest district-winning streak is Newton, whose 85-game run started in 2011. For reference, Newton played six district games this year, which means they’d have to continue their streak for the next eight-plus years just to tie Aledo. And that’s only if Aledo lost its next district game. 

This record will be put to the test when Aledo moves to Class 6A this year.

7. Celina's 68-consecutive wins from 1998-02

Celina is the only team in TXHSFB history to win over 60 games in a row. That means Celina’s 2002 graduating class never lost a high school game. They are the only graduating class in the state of Texas that has ever accomplished that feat. 

Only two other TXHSFB programs have reached the 50-consecutive-win mark. Allen won 57-straight from 2012-15, a good chunk coming during future No.1-overall NFL Draft pick Kyler Murray’s run. Austin Westlake won 54-straight from 2019-22 during coach Todd Dodge’s three-peat. 

One of the many reasons this record is so hard to break is that it requires the program to win four straight state championships, which only four programs have ever done.

Carthage, at 31, is the current active leader for most consecutive wins.

6. Aledo K Chance Nevarez's 207 consecutive PATs from 2011-13

This record feels nearly impossible to break because you not only have to have excessive opportunities (record-setting offense and starting kicker by sophomore year at the latest), but you cannot have a bad snap, hold, or kick on any of the opportunities. We’re talking about high school football here, where even the most well-oiled machines get a little wonky on special teams. 

Case in point: the next-closest mark to Nevarez is China Spring’s James French, with 114.  

5. Aledo RB Johnathan Gray's 205 career touchdowns from 2008-11

To achieve this record, Gray had to start on varsity as a freshman for a program that reached the state championship game in three of his four years, and not miss extended time due to an injury despite a gargantuan workload. 

To put in perspective how hard this record is, Kaegan Ash, who broke Kenneth Hall’s single-season and career rushing yards mark, scored 77 touchdowns as a senior and still finished 32 touchdowns shy of Gray’s career record. In other words, the record-breaking running back still came a terrific season’s worth of touchdowns short of Gray.

4. Pilot Point athlete Jiggs Ray's 75 points in a game against Tom Bean (1937)

Ol' Jiggsy had a whale of a ball game in a 92-0 win over Tom Bean. Ray had 11 touchdowns and nine extra points. 

We have seen some six-man football players put up these kinds of stats, most recently Jayton’s Bode Ham in the state championship game. But no one has done it in an 11-man contest since Getting Jiggsy With It. A non-kicker would have to score 13 touchdowns. A kicker/offensive player would need 10 touchdowns, 10 extra points, and two field goals.

3. Brenham DB Jim Linnstaeder's 35 interceptions in a season (1956)

People in Brenham are still talking about Slim Jim Linnstaeder’s 1956 season. I didn’t even know they threw 35 times in a season back in the late 50s. Linnstaeder went on to a four-year career at Texas A&M and was inducted into the Brenham Cubs Football Hall of Honor in 2002.

The next closest player is Edcouch-Elsa’s Javior Sandoval, who had 24 interceptions in 1980. That is still 11 interceptions short of Linnstaeder, which is the same number of interceptions West Orange-Stark legend and NFL All-Pro defensive back Earl Thomas had in his entire career.

2. 12 Overtimes in Jacksonville's 84-81 win over Nacogdoches (2010)

This is believed to be the longest game in U.S. history. It’s by far the longest game in TXHSFB history, with the next closest being five overtimes. Jacksonville and Nacogdoches were tied at 28 at the end of regulation, then played an additional 2.5 hours, not finishing until just before 1:00 a.m.

Since Nacogdoches had to win by eight points to advance to the playoffs, they intentionally threw the ball out of the back of the end zone on multiple two-point conversion attempts, which would’ve won the game by two points. 

The improbability of that playoff scenario repeating - combined with the improbability of both teams executing, or not executing, the exact same way for 11 overtime periods - makes this one of the most unbreakable records in TXHSFB. But it’s not the most unbreakable record.

1. Spur and Lorenzo combine for 186 points in a single game (1930)

Actually, Spur and Lorenzo didn’t combine for 186 points - Spur beat Lorenzo 186-0. If your child is ever down in the dumps about an embarrassing loss, just remind them of this game. According to folks in Lorenzo, Texas, this game started the Great Depression, not the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange.

Just to put into perspective how impossible breaking this record is, Jacksonville and Nacogdoches played 12 overtimes and combined for 165 points, which is still three touchdowns below Spur and Lorenzo’s point total.