There are many "stories" and "tales" of how many yards someone once rushed for in an Oklahoma High School football game. With El Reno's Malachi Nicholson going for 516 on Friday night, I've had several people reach out to me wanting to verify this as a record. I'm going to give you some of the numbers I have in my data and if there is other information out there, hopefully someone will let me know. I also feel the need to break this out into 11-man and 8-man record sooooooo here we go...
Oklahoma 11-Man Rushing
- 523 yards : Ethan Mullins (Wayne-A) on October 4, 2019 vs Mounds (45 carries & 8 TD) (source Brandon Sharp - Wayne head football coach)
- 516 yards : Malachi Nicholson (El Reno-5A) on September 29, 2023 vs Noble (34 carries & 8 TD) (source Glen Miller / El Reno Tribune)
- 507 yards : Peyton Scott (Sand Springs-6A) 2017 vs Bartlesville (42 carries & 7 TD)
- 479 yards : Harvey Pogue (Stigler) 1924 - 219-0 win over Fort Gibson
- 466 yards : Papi White (Seminole-3A) 2013 (3 TD)
- 447 yards : Blake Smittle (Heavener-3A) 2012
Oklahoma 8-Man Rushing
- 613 yards : Blake Stafford (Depew) on October 25, 2019 in 102-55 win over Wesleyan (30 carries and 11 TD)
- 540 yards : Mark Downing (White Oak-C) 2002 (6 TD)
- 514 yards : Kyler Thornburg (Alex-B) 2014 (42 carries and 7 TD) - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
- 481 yards : Jason Proctor (Grandfield) 1997
