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810 Varsity Awards: Running Backs

By Chad Rader, 810 Varsity, 12/27/18, 8:00PM CST

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Read the 2018 Running Backs Award Winners

810 Varsity has named its 810 Varsity 2018 Elite 81 award winners, revealed throughout the holiday break.


Price racked up a ludicrous 3,022 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns, and his 274.7 yards per game rank 4th in MSHSAA history. (Photo: David Smith)

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Clyde Price, North Kansas City

Price led all Metro area rushers with 3,022 yards and 38 touchdowns, adding 3 receiving scores for 41 total. His 274.7 yards per game rank fourth in MSHSAA state history. Price helped the Hornets into the Class 5 top 10 and a 9-2 record.

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Dakota DeGraffenried, Odessa 

DeGraffenried helped lead the Bulldogs to a 12-0 start with 2,167 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns. The senior ripped off five straight games over 220 yards, and scored 3+ touchdowns in eight games.


Young rushed for a school record 2,075 yards in just 10 games. (Photo: Susana Goodwyn)

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Tank Young, St. Thomas Aquinas 

Young blew up as just a sophomore, rushing for an Aquinas school record 2,075 yards and 26 touchdowns and a ridiculous 9.7 yards per carry average in helping Aquinas to its first state title.


Moore rushed for 1,554 yards and 21 touchdowns and led Louisburg to a 10-0 start. (Photo: A.J. Hilbreth, 810 Varsity)

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Austin Moore, Louisburg

Moore led the Wildcats to a 10-0 record before the senior missed the Bishop Miege Class 4A quarterfinal game with injury. Moore rushed for 1,554 yards and 21 touchdowns, in addition to a being a Frontier League first-team linebacker..