Taylor County (Perry, Fla.) at Yulee (Fla.)
Derrick Henry chases a national record and Yulee seeks to advance in the playoffs this week.
Photo by Gray Quetti
If Yulee senior
Derrick Henry can run for 102 yards Friday night against Taylor County, the Alabama recruit will break the all-time high school record for career rushing yards that has stood since 1953. To say the milestone is well within reach would be a major understatement. Henry, a 6-3, 240-pound senior, has
averaged a whopping 327 rushing yards per game this season and has run for more than 100 yards in 44 consecutive contests.
View the MaxPreps Florida football playoff bracketsAs for the game itself, Taylor County (6-4) secured a spot in this Class 4A playoff game by winning three games in a row at the end of the regular season. The Bulldogs proved they could play with Yulee, losing by a slim 42-41 margin when the teams met in the first round of the playoffs last year.
On the other side, Yulee (7-3) tied its highest scoring output of the season in a 56-6 rout of Hamilton County (Jasper) in the regular season finale last week. In the game, Henry ran for 404 yards – his third-highest total this season – and tied his season-high of six touchdowns.
Mitch Stephens: Yulee 45, Taylor County 28
Steve Montoya: Yulee 45, Taylor County 21
Stephen Spiewak: Yulee 48, Taylor County 14
Kevin Askeland: Yulee 50, Taylor County 6
Leland Gordon: Yulee 42, Taylor County 32
Jamie DeMoney: Yulee 49, Taylor County 20
