If and when the high school football season begins during the 2020-21 school year, look for Treveyon Henderson of Hopewell (Va.) to lead the nation in scoring. After all, Henderson, scored 318 points as a junior to finish No. 5 in the country.
If Henderson leads the nation in 2020-21, he joins a long list of high-scoring players that include future NFL greats, Heisman trophy winners and even a couple of movie stars.
MaxPreps compiled the list of the highest scoring leader from each season dating back to 1912 based on information found in Doug Huff's National High School Record Book (2001), the Cal-Hi Sports Almanac by Mark Tennis and Nelson Tennis, Joe Lee Smith's Texas High School Football History website, state association websites and research via Newspapers.com. The list is fluid and put together with the best information available.
Among those on the list include future NFL greats like Curt Warner of Pineville (W.Va.), Dick Bass of Vallejo (Calif.) and David Overstreet of Big Sandy (Texas). Heisman Trophy winners include Billy Cannon of Istrouma (Baton Rouge, La.) and Glenn Davis of Bonita (La Verne, Calif.). Davis also went on to star in several Hollywood movies while George "Dutch" Hendrian of Detroit Central (Mich.) had one of the more interesting careers of anyone on the list as he played on a national high school championship team, starred in college football, played in the NFL and went on to appear in over 150 movies.
The list has four players who led the nation during two different seasons. Johnathan Gray of Aledo (Texas) led in 2009 and 2010, Ken Hall of Sugarland (Texas) led in 1951 and 1953, Glen Lippman of El Campo (Texas) was the top scorer in 1946 and 1947 and John Barrett of Oak Park led in 1912 and 1913.
The year 1912 is used as a starting point because, as Tim Hudak points out in his book "All the Way to No. 1," football had several rule changes that season that fundamentally changed the way as to how the game was played from that point forward.
At least two seasons lists players with unknown totals. Elvin McCoy of Haven is the most likely leader in 1927 as he scored 90 points in a 256-0 win over Silvia. He also had 24 points in Haven's final game. Totals for McCoy in his team's other six games are unknown at this time, but Haven scored 579 points on the season and he is thus the most likely leader.
Likewise, John Zontini of Sherman (Seth) was a prolific rusher and scorer in 1930 and his team scored 546 points during that season. However, his exact total is unknown.
Two other players, Jack Dodd of Gothenburg (Neb.) in 1933 and Valentine "Rock" Grundman of DePaul Academy (Chicago) in 1916 are listed with partial totals as their totals for the entire season are unknown, but they still rank as the national leader even though their totals are incomplete.
Johnathan Gray, Aledo
File photo by Kyle Dantzler
2019 — Davon Booth,
El Monte (Calif.), 361
2018 — Charlie Spegal,
New Palestine (Ind.), 422
2017 — Kazmeir Allen,
Tulare Union (Tulare, Calif.), 432
2016 — Roshauud Paul,
Bremond (Texas), 348
2015 — DeShawn Smith,
Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, Fla.), 408
2014 — Kellen Overstreet,
Penney (Hamilton, Mo.), 426
2013 — Arkeel Newsome,
Ansonia (Conn.), 424
2012 — Jake Taylor,
Rim of the World (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.), 342
2011 — Joseph Sadler,
Devine (Texas), 451
2010 — Johnathan Gray,
Aledo (Texas), 368
2009 — Johnathan Gray, Aledo (Texas), 354
2008 — Zach Barkett,
Schuylkill Haven (Pa.), 404
2007 — Tyler Cardin,
Fife (Wash.), 306
2006 — Darren Evans,
Warren Central (Indianapolis), 372
2005 — Levi Ferguson,
North Mahaska (New Sharon, Iowa), 416
2004 — Kirk Elsworth,
Goodrich (Mich.), 379
2003 — Michael Hart,
Onondaga (Nedrow, N.Y.), 406
2002 — Cole Seifrig,
Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, Ind.), 308
2001 — T.A. McLendon,
Albemarle (N.C.), 428
2000 — Josh Smith,
Attica (Ind.), 449
1999 — Jermaine Marshall,
Kilpatrick (Malibu, Calif.), 358
1998 — Onterrio Smith,
Grant (Sacramento, Calif.), 318
1997 — DeShaun Foster,
Tustin (Calif.), 362
1996 — Chuck Moore,
Mogadore (Ohio), 310
1995 — Cedric Washington,
Holyoke (Mass.), 308
1994 — Greg Oliver,
Bloomington (Calif.), 352
1993 — DeAngelo Evans,
Collegiate (Wichita, Kan.), 294
1992 — Aaron Johnson,
Villa Grove (Ill.), 382
1991 — Brad Hocker,
Archie (Mo.), 324
1990 — Travis Hollingsworth,
Western Boone (Thorntown, Ind.), 343
1989 — Dan Kneeshaw,
Branson (Mo.), 344
1988 — Brett Law,
Sheridan (Ind.), 453
1987 — Robert Strait,
Cuero (Texas), 372
1986 — Michael McKnight,
Chillicothe (Texas), 283
1985 — Randy Simmons,
McKinney (Texas), 266
1984 — Jimmy Fleming,
East Clarendon (Turbeville, S.C.), 336
1983 — John Krocker,
Heartland (Neb.), 311
1982 — Jeff Rogan,
Urbana (Ohio), 313
1981 — Nathaniel Williams,
Ferriday (La.), 288
1980 — Mike Atkinson,
Princeton (N.C.), 354
1979 — Tim Alspaugh,
Tippecanoe Valley (Akron, Ind.), 326
1978 — Curt Warner, Pineville (W.Va.), now
Wyoming East (New Richmond, W. Va.), 309
1977 — Mike Carnell,
Mission San Jose (Fremont, Calif.), 264
1976 — Todd Blackwell,
New Providence (N.J.), 254
1975 — David Overstreet,
Big Sandy (Texas), 362
1974 — Jamie Jordan,
Grapeland (Texas), 262
1973 — Bobby Mitchell,
Big Sandy (Texas), 245
1972 — Doug Simcik,
Northglenn (Colo.), 322
1971 — Art Owens,
Stroudsburg (Pa.), 288
1970 — Byron Shaw,
Refugio (Texas), 266
1969 — Grant Burger,
Stroud (Okla.), 306
1968 — Wayne Prescher,
Clifton (Texas), Eddie Byrge, Huntsville (Tenn.), 228
1967 — Ray Bell,
Clinton (Okla.), 276
1966 — Mickey Cureton,
Centennial (Compton, Calif.), 240
1964 — Rodney Marek,
Taylor (Texas), 218
1963 — Warren McVea,
Brackenridge (San Antonio, Texas), 315
1962 — Herbie Phelps, Old Kentucky Home (Bardstown, Ky.), 292
1961 — George Haynes, Clinton (La.), 257
1960 — Bert Gravitt,
Denver City (Texas), 333
1959 — James Brown,
Kenedy (Texas), 216
1958 — Ronnie Chesser,
Yukon (Okla.), 246
1957 — Ronnie Bull,
Bishop (Texas), 228
1956 — George Johnson,
Sonora (Texas), 286
1955 — Billy Cannon,
Istrouma (Baton Rouge, La.), 229
1954 — Dick Bass,
Vallejo (Calif.), 256
1953 — Ken Hall, Sugarland (Texas), 395
1952 — Hubert Bobo, Chauncey-Dover (Dover, Ohio), 323
1951 — Ken Hall, Sugarland (Texas), 224
1950 — John Giannantonio, Netcong (N.J.), 246
1949 — Sandy Hill,
Circleville (Ohio), 259
1948 — Kenneth Moore,
Calhoun (Ga.), 197
1947 — Glenn Lippman,
El Campo (Texas), 291
1946 — Glenn Lippman, El Campo (Texas), 187
1945 — Lauren Moll, Paulina, 227
1944 — Billy Wayne Frazier,
Merkel (Texas), 245
1943 — Allen "Dinky" Bowen,
Greenville (Miss.), 227
1942 — Glenn Davis,
Bonita (La Verne, Calif.), 236
1941 — Tommy Gray,
Hopkinsville (Ky.), 216
1940 — Freddie Kling, Albany (St. Joseph, Mo.), 203
1939 — Junior Golding,
Eufaula (Okla.), 224
1938 — Linden Davis, Mount Vernon (Texas), 267
1937 — Dean Bagley,
San Saba (Texas), 260
1936 — Jack Crain,
Nocona (Texas), 258
1935 — Milton Henderson,
Athens (Ala.), 192
1934 — Dick Todd,
Crowell (Texas), 318
1933 — Roy Fisher, Searcy (Ark.), 188
1932 — Francis Lengel,
Waite (Toledo, Ohio), 194
1931 — Phil Dickens,
Trousdale County (Hartsville, Tenn.), 202
1930 — John Zontini,
Sherman (Seth, W. Va.), unknown
1929 — Frank Greene,
Coronado (Calif.), 164
1928 — Dixie Roberts,
Warren County (McMinnville, Tenn.), 246
1927 — Elvin McCoy,
Haven (Kan.), unknown
1926 — Dean Pierson,
Princeton (N.J.), 206
1925 — Billy Hicks,
Pine Bluff (Ark.), 284
1924 — Clarence "Click" Peterson,
Elkhart (Ind.), 211
1923 — Frank Wilsbach, Harrisburg Tech (Harrisburg, Pa.), 186
1922 — Albert Glenn,
Elkins (W. Va.), 359
1921 — Cully Berndt, Waite (Toledo, Ohio), 333
1920 — John Zinser,
Peoria (Ill.), 286
1919 — Carl Beck, Harrisburg Tech (Harrisburg, Pa.), 204
1918 — Carl Beck, Harrisburg Tech (Harrisburg, Pa.), 168
1917 — Herb Dunphy, Lansing Central (Mich.), 156
1916 — Valentine "Rock" Grundman, De Paul Academy (Chicago), 132+
1915 — George "Dutch" Hendrian,
Central (Detroit, Mich.), 175
1914 — Jackson Cannell,
Everett (Mass.), 198
1913 — John Barrett, Oak Park (Chicago), now
Oak Park-River Forest (Oak Park, Ill.), 223
1912 — George Brickley, Everett (Mass.), 232
