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Rushing yards, annual state leaders
| YEAR | NAME | SCHOOL | YARDS |
| 2024 | Geremiah Ademola-Sadipe | Carthage | 2907 |
| 2023 | Zymere Smith | Clyde-Savannah | 1970 |
| 2022 | Xander Hind | Randolph | 2580 |
| 2021 | Dominac Allen | Buffalo Bennett | 2373 |
| 2020 | | | |
| 2019 | Luke Scott | Chenango Forks | 2672 |
| 2018 | Ray Leach | Batavia | 3038 |
| 2017 | Dylan Laube | Westhampton | 2680 |
| 2016 | Joe Benedict | Sandy Creek | 2329 |
| 2015 | Jesse Manuel | Tioga | 2885 |
| 2014 | Alec Bush | Homer | 2418 |
| 2013 | Johnnie Alkins | L.I. Roosevelt | 2593 |
| 2012 | Tyler Rouse | Baldwinsville | 2977 |
| 2011 | Saxon Smith | Chester | 3057 |
| 2010 | Derelle Hunter | St. John Baptist | 2304 |
| 2009 | Malik Burkes | Baldwinsville | 3013 |
| 2008 | Jamar Smith | Binghamton | 2729 |
| 2007 | Dale Ross | Westhill | 2421 |
| 2006 | Dave Lopez | Christ The King | 2584 |
| 2005 | David Zapata | Hornell | 2236 |
| 2004 | Jason Gwaltney | North Babylon | 2882 |
| 2003 | Michael Hart | Onondaga | 3489 |
| 2002 | Michael Hart | Onondaga | 2866 |
| 2001 | Michael Hart | Onondaga | 3341 |
| 2000 | Terry Butler | Syracuse Henninger | 2560 |
| 1999 | Sam Maldonado | Harrison | 3235 |
| 1998 | Fred Riullano | Delaware Valley | 2833 |
| 1997 | Cassel Smith | Tottenville | 2035 |
| 1996 | Matt Frese | Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk | 2287 |
| 1995 | Chuck Ogbogu | Archbishop Stepinac | 2225 |
| 1994 | Leroy Collins | Hudson | 2551 |
| 1993 | Rusty Dean | Chittenango | 2226 |
| 1992 | Chad Bosch | Connetquot | 2045 |
| 1991 | Max Freeman | Cuba-Rushford | 1879 |
| 1990 | Scott Greene | Canandaigua | 1810 |
| 1989 | Mario Reeves | Turner-Carroll | 1872 |
| 1988 | Matt Muller | Byram Hills | 1972 |
| 1987 | Tom Lynch | Indian River | 2216 |
| 1986 | James "Scotty" Graham | Long Beach | 1534 |
| 1985 | Jay Williams | Susan Wagner | 1349 |
| 1984 | Dave Gaffey | Altmar-Parish-Williamstown | 1864 |
| 1983 | Greg Rogers | Byram Hills | 1742 |
| 1982 | Byram Abraham | Utica Notre Dame | 1901 |
| 1981 | Walter Moseley | Ellenville | 2066 |
| 1980 | Brian Niezgoda | Amsterdam Bishop Scully | 1771 |
| 1979 | Kevin Baugh | Deer Park | 1423 |
| 1978 | Tim Linehan | Bishop Maginn | 1648 |
| 1977 | Daryl Knox | North Shore | 1424 |
| 1976 | George Thomas | Wallkill | 1638 |
| 1975 | Dave Conklin | Hinsdale | 1667 |
| 1974 | Dave Goetz | Binghamton Catholic | 1405 |
| 1973 | Tony Black | Central Islip | 1623 |
| 1972 | Tim Jenks | Chenango Forks | 1532 |
| 1971 | Frank Urso | Brentwood | 1343 |
| 1970 | Bill Ezzo | Canastota | 1512 |
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The NYSSWA updates these football record book pages annually with new entries from the previous season. The latest updates were made in August 2025.
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