The 12 high school football players to rush 10,000 yards

10. Traylon Shead

Shead lettered in basketball and track and field while shining on the football field at Cayuga High School in Texas. The Class of 2010 graduate rushed for 10,292 yards and 141 touchdowns, per Dave Campbell’s Texas Football records. 

Shead was a consensus top-20 running back nationally. He initially enrolled at Texas but later transferred to Navarro College (JUCO) before joining SMU. Despite his dreams of playing in the NFL, he did not reach the professional level. Today, he works in the farming business.