Video: Charlie Spegal highlights from junior season
The running back has one game left to score five touchdowns and break national record.New Palestine (Ind.) running back
Charlie Spegal broke an Indiana state record on Saturday and because of it, he's headed to the state championship game.
The 5-foot-10, 221-pound junior scored three touchdowns in New Palestine's 35-10 Class 5A state semifinal win, putting him at 68 touchdowns on the season. That total gives him the state record, surpassing the 66 touchdowns Brett Law scored for Sheridan in 1988.
New Palestine faces Decatur Central in the Class 5A state championship
game in Indianapolis on Saturday. Spegal has a chance to set several
national records in that contest.
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Spegal now needs five touchdowns to break the national record of touchdowns in a season at 72, which
Kazmeir Allen of
Tulare Union (Tulare, Calif.) set last year. In addition to the TD mark, Spegal also needs 44 points to break Law's national record of 453 points in a season.
Spegal also has 410 points, which ranks No. 10 in national history and No. 3 in Indiana behind Law, who had 453, and Joshua Smith of Attica, who had 449 points in 2000.
He also gained 189 yards rushing Saturday to put him at 3,130 yards on the season. That total ranks No. 7 in state history. Markell Jones of Columbus East set the record in 2014 with 3,536 yards.
Charlie Spegal, New Palestine
File photo by Brenda Adams-Turk
