Burford, who's also placed at the state wrestling championships, now has 12 career games with at least three rushing touchdowns.
The Air Force commit moved into third place on California's rushing list for 2025 with 860 yards, according to statistics submitted to MaxPreps. The previous week against
Escalon, the 6-foot, 210-pound back barrelled his way to 322 yards and a pair of scores. His per-game average for the season is up to 215.
California's rushing leader is
Darnell Miller of
Santee (Los Angeles) who has chugged his way to 1,026 yards and 10 TDs. Miller exploded for 311 yards and three scores while also adding nine tackles on defense in a 44-35 win over
Contreras (Los Angeles).
Miller has already topped his total of last year, 717 yards in 11 games, in five weeks.
Lorenzo Sims of
Ramona (Riverside) is second on the leaderboard this week with 937 yards and 12 touchdowns after the Rams' first four games. Sims helped Ramona beat
Rancho Mirage 28-21 with 199 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns.
Rounding out the top five rushing leaders are freshman
Anthony Estrada of
Madera with 806 yards and senior
Quentin Pacelli of
Garden Grove with 782 yards.
Read on for a look at the top 25 rushing yardage leaders in California.
| Leaderboard - Player Rushing Yards |
| 1 | | 1026 |
| 2 | | 937 |
| 3 | | 860 |
| 4 | | 806 |
| 5 | | 782 |
| 6 | | 763 |
| 7 | | 736 |
| 8 | | 730 |
| 9 | | 727 |
| 10 | | 724 |
| 11 | | 714 |
| 12 | | 704 |
| 13 | | 697 |
| 14 | | 675 |
| 15 | | 671 |
| 16 | | 670 |
| 17 | | 669 |
| 18 | | 668 |
| 19 | | 661 |
| 20 | | 657 |
| 21 | | 638 |
| 22 | | 634 |
| 23 | | 631 |
| 24 | | 629 |
| 25 | | 625 |
