High school football: Great Lakes region passing leaders

Current high school football passing yardage leaders in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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Sep 16, 2026, 8:15am

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High School Football: Great Lakes Region Passing Leaders

Illinois Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Jaxton Ohren - Jr Highland (IL)	1435
2	Ben Peterson - Sr Geneva (IL)	1331
3	Armani Ford - So Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	1285
4	Hunter Hochbaum - Jr Mater Dei (Breese, IL)	1261
5	Michael Vander Luitgaren - Sr Batavia (IL)	1209
6	JAKE NAWROT - Sr Hersey (Arlington Heights, IL)	1112
7	Bryson Little - Jr Quincy (IL)	1072
8	Davin Wooley - Sr Carbondale (IL)	1061
9	Evan West - Sr Round Lake (IL)	1023
10	Dariontez Monroe - Sr Sparta/Steeleville (Sparta, IL)	995
11	Malachi Henigan - Jr Kenwood (Chicago, IL)	979
12	Konner Fisher - Jr Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL)	932
13	Nate Lang - Sr IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, IL)	931
14	Robert Morales - Jr Addison Trail (Addison, IL)	914
15	Aiden Williams - Sr Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL)	908
16	Elijah James/washington - Jr Dyett (Chicago, IL)	897
17	Reece Shanklin - Sr East St. Louis (IL)	888
18	Keagan Peters - Jr Williamsville (IL)	859
19	Grady Hickey - Jr Galesburg (IL)	847
20	Chase Schnurr - Jr Johnsburg (IL)	796
21	Zac Slater - Jr North Boone (Poplar Grove, IL)	793
22	Lane McKinney - Jr St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL)	790
23	Nigel Gooden - Sr Cahokia (IL)	789
24	Beau Chance - Sr Auburn (IL)	788
25	Will Clark - Jr Fremd (Palatine, IL)	768

Indiana Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Aiden Robinson - Sr Maconaquah (Bunker Hill, IN)	1339
2	Cole Stephens - Sr Greencastle (IN)	1192
3	Amari Price - So Hammond Morton (Hammond, IN)	1185
4	Caden Rochleau - Sr Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, IN)	1166
5	Cooper Dold - Sr Twin Lakes (Monticello, IN)	1162
6	Zaden Baumer - Jr South Adams (Berne, IN)	1136
7	Gabe Frisinger - Sr Carroll (Fort Wayne, IN)	1122
8	Jack Sorgi - Sr Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton, IN)	1098
9	Gibson Eagle - Sr Eastern (Greentown, IN)	1065
10	Colin Cook - Jr Northwestern (Kokomo, IN)	1046
11	Blake Biddle - Sr West Lafayette (IN)	1033
12	Jake Scholl - So Northridge (Middlebury, IN)	1023
13	Andrew Stapleton - So Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette, IN)	1007
14	Chase Grove - Jr North Central (Indianapolis, IN)	1004
15	Conner Battle - So Speedway (IN)	1002
16	Wyatt Tewell - Sr Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN)	956
17	Landon Hall - Sr Penn (Mishawaka, IN)	940
18	Carter Schickel - Sr North Posey (Poseyville, IN)	929
19	Caiden Marsden - Jr Franklin Central (Indianapolis, IN)	922
20	Fisher Pugh - Fr Bloomington North (Bloomington, IN)	921
21	Gabe Kennett - So Ben Davis (Indianapolis, IN)	918
22	Trysten Barrett - Sr Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN)	912
23	Weston Brown - Jr Delphi Community (Delphi, IN)	893
24	Mason Ferguson - Jr Muncie Central (Muncie, IN)	874
25	Matt Hunt - Jr Eastern Hancock (Charlottesville, IN)	871

Michigan Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Gibson Rondy - Sr Ithaca (MI)	777
2	Tyger Whitbeck - Sr Perry (MI)	773
3	Charlie King - Sr Christian (Grand Rapids, MI)	717
4	Carson Elder - So Evart (MI)	717
5	Zach Scharrer - Jr Michigan Lutheran Seminary (Saginaw, MI)	683
6	Joel Cranmore - Sr Leslie (MI)	680
7	Brady Cannatella - Jr Grosse Ile (MI)	669
8	Mason Henry - Sr Caro (MI)	651
9	Joel Scully - Sr Flat Rock (MI)	622
10	Will Smith - So West Catholic (Grand Rapids, MI)	610
11	Brayden Tillman - Jr Traverse City West (Traverse City, MI)	588
12	Colin O'Connor - Sr East Kentwood (Kentwood, MI)	587
13	Evan Bergdoll - Sr Cabrini (Allen Park, MI)	571
14	Evan Killinger - Jr Stockbridge (MI)	544
15	Cody Walker - Sr Novi (MI)	543
16	Blake Burke - Sr Okemos (MI)	538
17	Espen Rushing - So Denby (Detroit, MI)	536
18	Sam Rouleau - Sr Grosse Pointe South (Grosse Pointe, MI)	510
19	Kendall Franklin - Sr Belleville (MI)	509
20	Maximus Persails - So Davison (MI)	494
21	Jack Betts - Sr Sandusky (MI)	492
22	Bentley Moreno - Fr Milford (Highland, MI)	491
23	Raine Thomas - Sr Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills, MI)	486
24	Madix Gorleski - Sr Vassar (MI)	475
25	Jax Raymond - Sr Pinckney (MI)	472

Minnesota Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Jackson Kirchner - Sr Andover (MN)	351
2	Bo Sanford - Jr Aitkin (MN)	317
3	Jameson Niska - Sr Blaine (MN)	272
4	Torii Berg - So Eden Valley-Watkins (Eden Valley, MN)	270
5	Tristan Kowalkowski - Sr Becker (MN)	269
6	Max Ladman - Sr Rockford (MN)	258
7	Gabriel Shimanski - Jr Mayer Lutheran (Mayer, MN)	177
8	Eli Carlson - Jr Lake Park-Audubon (Lake Park, MN)	176
9	Jacob Kruger - So Jackson County Central (Jackson, MN)	168
10	Alex Zimmer - Sr Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids, MN)	162
11	Gavin Meyer - Sr Lac qui Parle Valley (Madison, MN)	158
12	Brecken Wacholz - Sr Albert Lea (MN)	129
13	Carter McClure - Sr Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids, MN)	121
14	Tristan Karl - Sr St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, MN)	109
15	Hudson Midthun - So Hawley (MN)	109
16	miles leida - 7th Edina (MN)	99
17	Brayden Krank - So Roseau (MN)	98
18	Logan Charboneau - Jr Barnum (MN)	82
19	Cobe Diekmann - So Park Rapids (MN)	75
20	Brady Fast - Sr Warroad (MN)	68
21	Nick Schultz - Sr International Falls (MN)	51
22	Ethan Robran - Sr Rockford (MN)	47
23	Jackson Davis - Jr Elk River (MN)	42
24	Max Swenson - So Andover (MN)	33
25	Aaron Skogquist - Sr Elk River (MN)	25

New York Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Jason Poremba - La Salle Institute (Troy, NY)	546
2	Vincenzo Mullett - So St. Mary's (Lancaster, NY)	538
3	Jackson Childs - Jr Greece Arcadia (Rochester, NY)	516
4	Jonah Elsenheimer - Jr St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY)	506
5	Trent Buttles - Sr St. Francis (Hamburg, NY)	490
6	Brody Pusateri - Sr Pittsford (NY)	458
7	Ryan Higley - So Queensbury (NY)	452
8	Zane Ison - Jr Cazenovia (NY)	447
9	Tayden Margeson - So Allegany-Limestone (Allegany, NY)	436
10	Brendan Mangone - Sr Rush-Henrietta (Henrietta, NY)	419
11	Eric Milisauskas - Sr Warwick (NY)	390
12	Peyton Taylor - Jr Eden/North Collins (Eden, NY)	388
13	Zaire Chase - Sr North Rockland (Thiells, NY)	388
14	Ben Santos - Jr Geneva (NY)	358
15	Noah Gregorek - Jr Shoreham-Wading River (Shoreham, NY)	348
16	Joseph Royal - Jr Middletown (NY)	347
17	MATT KOWALSKI - Sr Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, NY)	336
18	Errol Bailey III - So Amsterdam (NY)	332
19	Jalon Morgan - Jr Spackenkill (Poughkeepsie, NY)	322
20	Ethan Briggs - Sr Holland Patent (NY)	305
21	Pooty Cunningham - Sr Monroe (Rochester, NY)	300
22	Thomas Boler - Jr Niskayuna (NY)	288
23	Brailon Johnson - Sr Eastridge (Rochester, NY)	287
24	Andrew Waite - So Valley Central (Montgomery, NY)	282
25	Ben Delmonico - Jr Skaneateles (NY)	277

Ohio Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Gavin Brown - So Fairview (Sherwood, OH)	1400
2	Luke Long - Sr North Baltimore (OH)	1283
3	Jackson Szabo - Jr Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus, OH)	1223
4	Brody Barber - So Western Brown (Mt. Orab, OH)	1212
5	Elijah Kerber - Fr Lima Senior (Lima, OH)	1194
6	Daniel Cole - Sr Bath (Lima, OH)	1157
7	Owen Scalf - Sr Anderson (Cincinnati, OH)	1105
8	Jonan Snyder - Jr Elida (OH)	1099
9	Bradley Lanz - So Norwayne (Creston, OH)	1085
10	Jj Dufour - Sr Edgewood (Ashtabula, OH)	1079
11	Aj Pearson - Jr Girard (OH)	1068
12	Nile Knutson - Jr Lakota East (Liberty Township, OH)	1060
13	Kaden Leggett - Sr Conotton Valley (Bowerston, OH)	1052
14	Luke Jensen - Sr South (Willoughby, OH)	1052
15	Brady Golliday - Sr Indian Lake (Lewistown, OH)	1015
16	Cameron Sullivan - Sr Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville, OH)	963
17	Aiden Wehrum - So Milford (OH)	947
18	Xavier Gammon - So Kenton (OH)	946
19	Ethan Hunt - Sr South Point (OH)	946
20	Max Rebich - Jr Toronto (OH)	912
21	Carter Atwater - Jr Rocky River (OH)	887
22	Brayden Luidhardt - Jr Eastwood (Pemberville, OH)	872
23	Tyler Walder - So Marlington (Alliance, OH)	865
24	Sam Pfeifer - Jr Washington (Washington Court House, OH)	861
25	Dior Hansard - Jr East (Columbus, OH)	852

Pennsylvania Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Jaivin Peel - Sr Beaver (PA)	958
2	Evan Kuhn - Jr McDowell (Erie, PA)	849
3	Brody Chismar - Sr Greensburg Salem (Greensburg, PA)	836
4	NOLEN PAULING - Jr Jersey Shore (PA)	721
5	Cohen Kirby - Jr Blue Mountain (Schuylkill Haven, PA)	705
6	Jaydon Oliver - Sr Armstrong (Kittanning, PA)	704
7	Ty Jansma - Sr Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg, PA)	700
8	Tommy Murphy - Jr Notre Dame-Green Pond (Easton, PA)	686
9	Kayden Stephens - Sr Harrisburg (PA)	675
10	Logan Cummings - Sr East (West Chester, PA)	668
11	Harrison Ortiz - Jr Middletown (PA)	650
12	Witten Carter - Jr Midd-West (Middleburg, PA)	649
13	Cole Peterson - Sr Wilson (West Lawn, PA)	648
14	Jamin Ilgenfritz - So Central York (York, PA)	645
15	Aiden Patton - Sr Brockway (PA)	642
16	Trey Snyder - So Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli, PA)	627
17	Jensen Ferber - Jr West York Area (York, PA)	626
18	Sebastian Williams - Sr Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, PA)	622
19	Brennan Fillhart - Jr Port Allegany (PA)	622
20	Logan Stevenson - Jr Warrior Run (Turbotville, PA)	620
21	Chris Dailey - Sr Apollo Ridge (Spring Church, PA)	612
22	Dante Mangieri - Sr Deer Lakes (Russellton, PA)	600
23	Bentley Bainey - Sr Bishop McCort (Johnstown, PA)	592
24	Teagen Crouse - Sr Waynesburg Central (Waynesburg, PA)	589
25	Cullen O'Connor - Jr Fairview (PA)	581

Wisconsin Top 25 Passers

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Andrew Greisen - Jr West De Pere (De Pere, WI)	976
2	Jordan Garcia - Sr Waukesha South (Waukesha, WI)	826
3	Henry Chase - So Winneconne (WI)	693
4	Ryde Ehley - Sr Living Word Lutheran (Jackson, WI)	491
5	Jayvon Davis - Jr Janesville Craig (Janesville, WI)	437
6	Cole Erdmann - Sr Hamilton (Sussex, WI)	431
7	Kale Schneider - Sr Lodi (WI)	420
8	Harvey Hellen - Jr Mount Horeb/Barneveld (Mount Horeb, WI)	402
9	Brady Bauer - Sr Lourdes Academy (Oshkosh, WI)	387
10	Colton Nesbitt - Jr River Falls (WI)	385
11	Jackson Riley - Sr Wausau West (Wausau, WI)	333
12	Joel Perez - Sr Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI)	332
13	Chase Wolter - Sr Whitefish Bay (WI)	241
14	Preston Myers - So Mount Horeb/Barneveld (Mount Horeb, WI)	229
15	Nolberto Rosales - Jr Kenosha Bradford (Kenosha, WI)	184
16	Beau Podnar - Sr Black Hawk/Warren IL (South Wayne, WI)	176
17	Ashton Vanbeek - Sr Neenah (WI)	166
18	Ammerman Otto - Jr Deerfield (WI)	137
19	Owen Richardson - Sr Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)	124
20	Gabe Servais - Sr La Crosse Central (La Crosse, WI)	124
21	Parker Kasuboski - Sr Omro (WI)	124
22	Jordan Hammond - So Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI)	109
23	Urijah Moore - Sr Green Bay West (Green Bay, WI)	100
24	Ronald Hatch - Sr Webster (WI)	98
25	Willy McGregor - Sr University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)	95

High school football: Great Lakes region passing leaders

Current high school football passing yardage leaders in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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