2011 High School Football Season: An All-Time Record Breaker

It would be an understatement to say 2011 was a record-breaking year for high school football.

Thanks to the arms and legs of quarterback Maty Mauk of Kenton High School (Ohio), Aledo High School (Texas) running back Johnathan Gray and Hillcrest High School (Missouri) wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham several major national offensive records fell by the wayside.

Mauk, who’s given his verbal commitment to play at Missouri next year, set four national passing records in 2011, and he also became the nation’s all-time leader in total offense with 22,681 yards during his four-year career as a starter for the Wildcats.

The 6'2", 195-pound Mauk holds the national career record for passing yards (18,932), touchdowns (219), passing attempts (2,110) and completions (1,353). Interestingly, his brother Ben, who served as his younger brother’s quarterback coach the past two seasons, previously held three of Maty’s new records.

In 2011, Mauk passed for 5,413 yards and 68 touchdowns, and ran for 1,768 yards and 24 scores.

So where do the Mauks rank against the famous Manning family?

Ben and Maty combined to throw for 36,296 yards, while Peyton and Eli are nearly 22,000 yards behind with 14,596. The Mauks also are head-and-shoulder above the Mannings in touchdown passes with 397 to 181.

In Texas, Gray capped off his incredible four-year career by leading his school to its third straight Texas state title. In his final game, Gray scored his 205^th touchdown to become the nation's all-time leading touchdown-maker.

Gray, who has given his verbal to the University of Texas, also challenged the nation’s all-time rushing mark set by Ken Hall of Sugar Land High School (Texas). Gray finished with 10,908 yards, 330 yards shy of Hall’s record of 11,232 yards.

Rounding out the record breakers is Green-Beckham, whom many recruiting services rank as the nation’s top recruit. Green-Beckham set the national record for receiving yards with 6,356 yards.

This year, the 6'6", 225-pound wide receiver caught 119 passes for 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns.