As part of our continuing coverage of top football players from California high schools, this week we’re presenting our rankings of the top 100 greatest players from the state who’ve made it to the NFL. These are rankings based on how the players have done after high school and not what they did during high...
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The 10,000-Yard, 100-TD Club
It takes playing very early in one’s high school varsity career and being very good for a quarterback to either pass for 10,000 yards in a career or pass for 100 career touchdowns. As a celebration to updating all of our state passing records, here’s an all-time list of all of those quarterbacks who have […]
TOP 25 For First 25 Years (1-10)
Instead of doing a new set of state rankings this week while traveling, we are presenting our picks for the top 25 players from California high school football for the first 25 years of the current century. Many of them we’ve seen play in person. The No. 1 spot has gone to a current NFL […]
All State Individual Records Updated
We just went ahead and finished updating all individual state football records in the last few days. The most attention this season will be on Newbury Park’s Brady Smigiel moving toward the top of the all-time passing & total offense lists. And making it more impactful is that the players he may be passing on […]
State’s All-Time NFL Starting QBs (2024)
Here’s the all-time list of quarterbacks who have started at least one game in the NFL updated through the 2024 season. Rookie sensation Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders & Cajon High (San Bernardino) is the major new addition, but we picked up another one on Sunday’s final game of the regular season with Tanner...
Daniels leads four from CA in NFL Draft
Jayden Daniels from Cajon of San Bernardino rises up to the No. 2 place overall in the NFL Draft one year after California had the first and second picks. Three others also heard their names called during Thursday’s first round in Detroit. The state had five in the first round just two years ago and […]
State FB Record Book Expands Again
It’s a continuing process of adding categories and doing updates to the exclusive Cal-Hi Sports state football record archives. This week, we’ve added new categories for total offense by individuals. This includes yardage, scoring and points accountable for during a season and career. Go inside to see why we got motivated to add these categories […]
Football Individual Records: Total Offense (Season, Career)
Welcome to the online Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. These state record lists are for individual single season and career for total offense and all-purpose in football. This also is place to find category for most games played by individual for career. For more on late Cal-Hi Sports record book founder Nelson Tennis, CLICK...
All-Decade All-State Football: Teams
We have a first team and a second team comprised of California’s best players since 2010 season, based mostly on high school accomplishment but without ignoring what they might have done later on. Three from the 2019 season are on first team, one is on second. We also have the best current receiver in the...
Prep Notes With A Twist
This week’s version of our prep column includes thoughts on the NFL career of the best linebacker from a Southern California high school that we’ve ever seen (he’s been in the news this week), the search for a state record holder for most games played in state football history, plus the usual assortment of noteworthy...
