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High school football has been around for nearly 150 years, and during that time, the passing game has been playing catch-up.
The running game has long been the staple in the high school game with its first 10,000-yard rusher arriving in 1953 in the form of back Ken Hall. He ran for 11,232 yards in his four seasons at Sugar Land (Texas) and he held the career yardage record for nearly 60 years.
Meanwhile, the passing game lagged behind. The year before Hall ran for his record total, fellow Texan Doyle Traylor of Temple became, what is believed to be, the first 5,000-yard career passer with 5,188 yards in 1952.
There wasn't a 6,000-yard passer until 1968 when future Buffalo Bill Joe Ferguson of Woodlawn (La.) threw for 6,710 career yards. ...
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