Missouri high school football: Top teams, games, players and prospects ahead of 2020 season

The third week of the high school football season kicks off with 10 more states set to begin play. Missouri will be among the next set of states to begin the season with a schedule that gets underway Aug. 28. As things stand, the postseason is set to begin Nov. 11 with championship games scheduled for Dec. 4-5.

Missouri is one of 34 states planning to play football this fall. Sixteen others plus the District of Columbia have moved their respective seasons to 2021.

In Missouri, a total of 186 games are set to kick off on Friday and Saturday.

In advance of season openers, here's a look at what you need to know about Missouri football in 2020.



Webb City at Joplin, Aug. 28
Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar) at Rockhurst (Kansas City), Aug. 28
Christian Brothers (St. Louis) at De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis), Sept. 11
Rockhurst (Kansas City) at Christian Brothers (St. Louis), Oct. 16
Carthage at Webb City, Sept. 18

1. DeSmet Jesuit (St. Louis)
2. Webb City
3. Christian Brothers (St. Louis)
4. Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar)
5. Joplin

Class 6: De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)
Class 5: Carthage
Class 4: Webb City
Class 3: Odessa
Class 2: Lutheran North (St. Louis)
Class 1: Valle Catholic (Ste. Genevieve)
8-man: Mound City/Craig (Mound City)

1. Jakailin Johnson, CB, De Smet (Saint Louis), (No. 40 overall nationally by 247Sports)
2. Gabriel Rubio, DT, Lutheran (St. Peters), (109)
3. Travion Ford, DE, Lutheran North (St. Louis), (200)
4. Connor Tollison, T, Jackson, (377)
5. Brody Wisecarver, G, De Smet (St. Louis), (385)

Passing
Camren Mendoza, True Divine Word Academy (St. Louis) | 203-309 (66%), 3,427 yds., 31 TD
Rushing
Ja'Don Mendoza, True Divine Word Academy (St. Louis) | 252 car., 2,752 yds., 42 TD


Receiving
Jonathon Whiteside, True Divine Word Academy (St. Louis) | 72 rec., 1,628 yds., 21 TD
Jack Clinkenbeard, Glendale (Springfield) | 97 rec., 1,439 yds., 10 TD