San Francisco 49ers trainer Costs Walsh may have come up with the West Coast Infraction in the 1980s, however The golden state senior high school quarterbacks have been prolific goal passers since the late 1940s.

In MaxPreps listing of the yearly touchdown passing leaders considering that 1941, included on our National Secondary School Document Publication, The golden state quarterbacks have actually led the nation 23 times, consisting of a nationwide record 91 touchdown passes by Jake Browning of Folsom in 2014.

Dick Horn of Santa Monica was the very first California quarterback to lead the country, throwing 25 goal passes in 1947. He was the very first of 7 quarterbacks from the West Coastline to lead in the nation over the next 12 seasons.

MaxPreps' checklist starts in 1941 with Texas quarterback Genetics Hillside from Wichita Falls. He's thought to have actually established a Texas document with 25 goal passes that year. He's the first quarterback that MaxPreps has been able to confidently determine as a national leader. Records prior to 1941 are not well maintained as well as the passing away game was much less evolved before that year.

MaxPreps has additionally not had the ability to identify a national leader in 1942 and the leader in 1943 as well as 1944 is believed to be prolific Lufkin quarterback Harmon Carswell, that led his team to back-to-back state championship games. Carswell's full goal total amounts are inaccessible however they are thought to be near to 20 touchdowns each season.

Other notables on the checklist include NFL quarterback Rub Haden of Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.) in 1970 and previous MaxPreps Coach of the Year Todd Dodge of Port Arthur Jefferson in 1980.

Various other two-time leaders besides Carswell consist of John White of Metairie Park Country Day (La.) in 1983 as well as 1984, Kellen Moore of Prosser (Wash.) in 2005 and also 2006, Maty Mauk of Kenton (Ohio) in 2010 and 2011 as well as Will Grier of Davidson Day (N.C.) in 2012 and 2013.

Resources for the listing consist of the National Federation of High Schools document publication, the MaxPreps National Senior High School Football Document Publication, Doug Huff's National Senior high school Football Document Publication (released 2001), the Cal-Hi Sports Almanac by Nelson Tennis as well as Mark Tennis, state association document publications and also the MaxPreps leaderboards.

National Touchdown Pass Yearly Leaders

California quarterbacks have led the nation in touchdown passes 23 times; Texas quarterbacks have led the nation 13 times.

1941 — Gene Hill, Wichita Falls (Texas), 25
1942 — Unknown
1943 — Harmon Carswell, Lufkin (Texas), NA
1944 — Harmon Carswell, Lufkin (Texas), NA
1945 — Jim Holmes, Gothenburg (Neb.), 19
1946 — Charley Albertus, West Catholic (Philadelphia), 19
1947 — Dick Horn, Santa Monica (Calif.), 25
1948 — Gene Bowman, Santa Barbara (Calif.), 23
1949 — Landon Exley, Santa Monica (Calif.), 23
1950 — Orlando Gutierrez, Pecos (Texas), 20
1951 — Doyle Traylor, Temple (Texas), 34
1952 — Ronnie Knox, Santa Monica (Calif.), 27
1953 — Joe Contestabile, Hawthorne (Calif.), 32
1954 — Hal Sandefer, Paducah (Texas), 23
1955 — Butch Weiss, Troy (Ohio), 19
1956 — Gary Musick, Red Bluff (Calif.), 23
1957 — Tony Lanham, Corbin (Ky.), 24
1958 — Ezell Singleton, San Diego (Calif.), 28
1959 — MIke Brown, Ferndale (Mich.), 20
1960 — Tom Manning, Marblehead (Mass.), 25
1961 — Floyd Hatfield, Belfry (Ky.), 26
1962 — Randy McCollum, Barbers Hill (Mt. Belvieu, Texas), 39
1963 — Curtis Wilson, Douglass (Oklahoma City), 29
1964 — Charlie Riggs, Galena Park (Texas), 30
1965 — Steve Sterr, Lomira (Wis.), 29
1966 — Tony Netto, Lemoore (Calif.), 29
1967 — Horace Gatewood, Westside (Smithfield, Va.), 41
1968 — Pernell Denson, Westside (Smithfield, Va.), 43
1969 — David Bosden, Kathleen (Lakeland, Fla.), 39
1970 — Pat Haden, Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.), 42
1971 — Bob Baker, Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia, Pa.), 33
1972 — Wayne Folsom, Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), 32
1973 — Anthony Flanagan, Southwest Atlanta (Ga.), 31
1974 — Wally Woodham, Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), 30, Jim Freitas, Serra (San Mateo, Calif.), 30
1975 — Jimmy Jordan, Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.), 40
1976 — Randy Hertel, Los Altos (Hacienda Heights, Calif.), 32
1977 — Ron Cuccia, Wilson (Los Angeles), 36
1978 — Steve Clarkson, Wilson (Los Angeles), 28
1979 — Henry Gonzalez, Carpinteria (Calif.), 35
1980 — Todd Dodge, Jefferson (Port Arthur), 30; Jeff Walsh, Oak Grove (San Jose, Calif.), 30
1981 — Ron Moyer, Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.), 41
1982 — John Paye, Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 41
1983 — John White, Metairie Park Country Day (Metairie, La.), 38
1984 — John White, Metairie Park Country Day (Metairie, La.), 40
1985 — Sol Graves, Ouachita Christian (Monroe, La.), 50
1986 — Kirk Saul, Valley (Turkey, Texas), 54
1987 — Lupe Rodriguez, Mission (Texas), 50
1988 — Doug Musgrave, Grand Junction (Colo.); Jim McKinley, Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 44
1989 — Santiago Alvarez, Franklin (Los Angeles), 52
1990 — John Walsh, Carson (Calif.), 48
1991 — Pat Graham, DeSales (Walla Walla, Wash.), 51
1992 — Josh Booty, Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, La.), 47
1993 — Ben Wilkens, Princeton (Calif.), 45
1994 — Chris Redman, Male (Louisville, Ky.), 57
1995 — Chris Czernek, Newbury Park (Calif.), 45
1996 — Jared McBride, Nashville (Ark.); Phillip Deas, Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, La.), 53
1997 — Taylor Barton, Beaverton (Ore.), 56
1998 — Josh Floyd, Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.), 66
1999 — Robert De La Cruz, Cathedral (Los Angeles), 65
2000 — Rhett Lashlee, Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.), 53
2001 — Thomas Thrash, Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 77
2002 — Ben Mauk, Kenton (Ohio), 76
2003 — Graham Harrell, Ennis (Texas), 67
2004 — Brett Henson, Hatch Valley (Hatch, N.M.), 70
2005 — Kellen Moore, Prosser (Wash.) 66
2006 — Kellen Moore, Prosser (Wash.), 67
2007 — Corey Robinson, Lone Oak (Paducah, Ky.), 91
2008 — Spencer Keith, Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 70
2009 — Scotty Young, Ryan (Denton, Texas), 64
2010 — Maty Mauk, Kenton (Ohio), 69
2011 — Maty Mauk, Kenton (Ohio), 68
2012 — Will Grier, Davidson Day (Davidson, N.C.), 69
2013 — Will Grier, Davidson Day (Davidson, N.C.), 77
2014 — Jake Browning, Folsom (Calif.), 91
2015 — Alex Huston, Glendale (Springfield, Mo.), 69
2016 — Nick Gerber, Levelland (Texas), 77
2017 — Layne Hatcher, Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 66
2018 — Anthony Munoz, Western (Anaheim, Calif.), 67
2019 — Ethan Garbers, Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, Calif.), 71
2020 — Jaxson Dart, Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah), 67
2021 — Richard Stallworth, Yuma Catholic (Yuma, Ariz.), 67
2022 — Kirk Francis, Metro Christian (Tulsa, Okla.), 60