The high school career of
Grayson Rigdon came to an end Friday as
Columbus fell to
Tatum 84-49 in the Texas Class 3A Division I state championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The three-star Arizona State football signee had 31 points.
Rigdon is one of the most prolific football players to ever play in Texas. He won four state championships and had over 10,000 total yards in his career, primarily as a running back.
A phenomenal athlete, he also reached state in the triple jump. On the basketball court he led the nation with 45.1 points per game as a junior and scored 3,292 points in his four years. Rigdon ends his 85-game basketball career with a scoring average of 38.7 points per game.
Columbus had to win five games to get to the final and Rigdon had 240 points in that span, including a 58-point performance in the second round.
Rigdon has been putting up insane numbers on both the basketball court and the football field his entire high school career.
As a freshman at
Strawn, he scored 652 points in 20 games. On the football field he led Greyhounds to a state championship on the six-man level.
Rigdon transferred to
Benjamin for his sophomore and junior seasons. In 45 basketball games he scored 1,938 points for an average of 43.1 points per game as the Mustangs reached the state basketball final his junior year. During those two years he scored at least 30 points in all but two games with 11 50-point games and a high of 72. Over a five-game stretch in his junior season, he averaged 55.2 points per game.
On the football field the Mustangs were a perfect 29-0 on the six-man level. Rigdon totaled 6,663 yards in those two seasons with 158 touchdowns across offense, defense and special teams.
As a senior, Rigdon transferred to Columbus to play 11-man football. His game translated to that level immediately as he rushed for 255 yards and three touchdowns in his first game.
He ended the season with 2,071 rushing yards and 39 touchdowns on the ground and another state championship victory at AT&T Stadium. His 31 total state championship touchdowns (including passing) is a Texas record.
