They’ve Made Their Mark
Nov 20, 2024 21:33:49 GMT -2
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Post by themamba on Nov 20, 2024 21:33:49 GMT -2
To put your name up among the greats at any high school program is impressive, but to do it at Wise, Quince Orchard, and Fort Hill, is something else. Sometime over the next 17 days, DeCarlos Young, Iverson Howard, and Jabril Daniels, will be ending their illustrious careers at their respective championship-caliber programs.
The three running backs have cemented their names among their program’s greats, and each have an opportunity to chisel their names among the MPSSAA’s post-season greats, if they can duplicate their November’s and December’s over the last three years.
Over the last three weeks, Young has become the Pumas all-time leading rusher, all-time leading touchdown scorer, and has moved into second place on their all-time tackles list. Young surpassed Chase Powell, ‘Moo Moo’ Oliver, CJ Rainey, and Uriah Beatha on both the rushing yards and touchdown lists, and sits 12 tackles behind Tracey White on the tackles list.
Young 3307 rush yds/52 tds
Beatha 2841 rush yds/41 tds
Rainey 2836 rush yds/46 tds
Oliver 2826 rush yds/47 tds
Powell 2477 rush yds/46 tds
White 249 tackles
Young 237 tackles
Like Howard at Quince Orchard, and to a bit of a lesser extent Daniels at Fort Hill, Young doesn’t have the monumental rushing yards other greats have had, in large part because of his team’s dominance, and limited opportunities relative to many of their counterparts. But, like Howard and Daniels, the Temple commit has made the most of his limited opportunities, and more importantly, has made a post-season impact like few others have for their respective programs.
In nine post-season games over the last three years, Young has rushed for 1,249 yards on 94 carries, averaging 13.3 yards per carry, scored 19 touchdowns, threw for a touchdown, and made 44 tackles. Last season, Young rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on just nine carries in the Pumas state semifinal win over Eleanor Roosevelt, and added an 80 yard kickoff return for a score.
A week later, in the Pumas state title game win over Broadneck, Young rushed for 146 yards and two scores on 19 carries. Last week, Young needed just ten carries to amass 159 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the Pumas rout of Bowie.
Howard, unlike Young and Daniels, made an immediate impact as a freshman, and was the Cougars primary back during their state title run in ‘21, scoring two touchdowns in the Cougars 31-13 win over Wise.
While Howard was limited to just eight carries in the Cougars stunning loss to Northwest last November, Howard put together one of the best post-seasons by a running back in the Cougars ‘22 championship season, as a sophomore.
After taking just 80 carries in eight regular season games in ‘22, Howard hauled it 86 times for 733 yards and seven touchdowns in their four post-season games, averaging 183.3 rushing yards per game. Howard punctuated a brilliant sophomore campaign by rushing for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the Cougars 32-7 victory over Flowers in the state title game.
Howard is just the second Cougars running back to surpass 4,000 career rushing yards, and ranks second to all-time leading rusher Marquez Cooper in program history in touchdowns scored, with 65. Now, the Maryland commit is searching for something no other Cougars has ever achieved, a third state crown.
Jabril Daniels surpassed the 4,000 career rushing yardage mark last week with a colossal performance in the Sentinels 55-20 rout of Clear Spring, rushing for 336 yards and five touchdowns on 17 carries. That just added to his post-seasons of years past.
Daniels had a breakout post-season as a sophomore, after limited touches in the regular season. Then, in last year’s post-season, Daniels punctuated an All-State season by rushing for 292 yards and five touchdown in just the first half of the Sentinels title game rout of Mountain Ridge.
In the last two post-seasons, in six games, Daniels has rushed for 1,051 yards on only 71 carries, averaging 14.8 yards per carry, and has scored 19 touchdowns in those six post-season games.
Daniels has produced 4,082 career rushing yards on 428 carries, averaging 9.5 yards per carry, and scored a program record 73 touchdowns, passing Sentinels great Josh Page’s mark of 71. Daniels joined Page as the only 4,000 yard rushers in the Sentinels legendary history.
Young
298-3307-11.1-46/52
Howard
478-4092-8.6-61/65
Daniels
428-4082-9.5-71/73
Three greats. Salute.
The three running backs have cemented their names among their program’s greats, and each have an opportunity to chisel their names among the MPSSAA’s post-season greats, if they can duplicate their November’s and December’s over the last three years.
Over the last three weeks, Young has become the Pumas all-time leading rusher, all-time leading touchdown scorer, and has moved into second place on their all-time tackles list. Young surpassed Chase Powell, ‘Moo Moo’ Oliver, CJ Rainey, and Uriah Beatha on both the rushing yards and touchdown lists, and sits 12 tackles behind Tracey White on the tackles list.
Young 3307 rush yds/52 tds
Beatha 2841 rush yds/41 tds
Rainey 2836 rush yds/46 tds
Oliver 2826 rush yds/47 tds
Powell 2477 rush yds/46 tds
White 249 tackles
Young 237 tackles
Like Howard at Quince Orchard, and to a bit of a lesser extent Daniels at Fort Hill, Young doesn’t have the monumental rushing yards other greats have had, in large part because of his team’s dominance, and limited opportunities relative to many of their counterparts. But, like Howard and Daniels, the Temple commit has made the most of his limited opportunities, and more importantly, has made a post-season impact like few others have for their respective programs.
In nine post-season games over the last three years, Young has rushed for 1,249 yards on 94 carries, averaging 13.3 yards per carry, scored 19 touchdowns, threw for a touchdown, and made 44 tackles. Last season, Young rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on just nine carries in the Pumas state semifinal win over Eleanor Roosevelt, and added an 80 yard kickoff return for a score.
A week later, in the Pumas state title game win over Broadneck, Young rushed for 146 yards and two scores on 19 carries. Last week, Young needed just ten carries to amass 159 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the Pumas rout of Bowie.
Howard, unlike Young and Daniels, made an immediate impact as a freshman, and was the Cougars primary back during their state title run in ‘21, scoring two touchdowns in the Cougars 31-13 win over Wise.
While Howard was limited to just eight carries in the Cougars stunning loss to Northwest last November, Howard put together one of the best post-seasons by a running back in the Cougars ‘22 championship season, as a sophomore.
After taking just 80 carries in eight regular season games in ‘22, Howard hauled it 86 times for 733 yards and seven touchdowns in their four post-season games, averaging 183.3 rushing yards per game. Howard punctuated a brilliant sophomore campaign by rushing for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the Cougars 32-7 victory over Flowers in the state title game.
Howard is just the second Cougars running back to surpass 4,000 career rushing yards, and ranks second to all-time leading rusher Marquez Cooper in program history in touchdowns scored, with 65. Now, the Maryland commit is searching for something no other Cougars has ever achieved, a third state crown.
Jabril Daniels surpassed the 4,000 career rushing yardage mark last week with a colossal performance in the Sentinels 55-20 rout of Clear Spring, rushing for 336 yards and five touchdowns on 17 carries. That just added to his post-seasons of years past.
Daniels had a breakout post-season as a sophomore, after limited touches in the regular season. Then, in last year’s post-season, Daniels punctuated an All-State season by rushing for 292 yards and five touchdown in just the first half of the Sentinels title game rout of Mountain Ridge.
In the last two post-seasons, in six games, Daniels has rushed for 1,051 yards on only 71 carries, averaging 14.8 yards per carry, and has scored 19 touchdowns in those six post-season games.
Daniels has produced 4,082 career rushing yards on 428 carries, averaging 9.5 yards per carry, and scored a program record 73 touchdowns, passing Sentinels great Josh Page’s mark of 71. Daniels joined Page as the only 4,000 yard rushers in the Sentinels legendary history.
Young
298-3307-11.1-46/52
Howard
478-4092-8.6-61/65
Daniels
428-4082-9.5-71/73
Three greats. Salute.
