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Saturday Stat Stuffers: UNC’s Drake Maye throws for 442 yards; Reid, Byrd rush for 200+

Recognizing the top passers, rushers, receivers, kickers and tacklers from Week 6 in NC college football

Quinzel Lockhart (Elizabeth City State), Drake Maye (UNC) and Desmond Reid (Western Carolina) had big performances over the weekend. (Photos courtesy of ECSU, UNC and WCU athletics).

One quarterback enjoyed a 400-yard passing day, while two running backs eclipsed the 200-yard rushing mark during Saturday’s college football action involving North Carolina schools.

Those three players — UNC’s Drake Maye, Western Carolina’s Desmond Reid and North Carolina Wesleyan’s Anthony Byrd — headline our list of Saturday Stat Stuffers for Week 6.

Maye came within six yards of his career high in the Tar Heels’ 40-7 romp of Syracuse, completing 33-of-47 passes for 442 yards. The redshirt sophomore tallied three touchdowns, including a 77-yarder to Kobe Paysour.

Reid rushed for 211 yards and two scores on 15 carries before exiting with an injury in the Catamounts’ 52-50 win at Chattanooga. Reid had two of the longest scoring plays of the week, finding the end zone on runs of 70 and 58 yards.

Maye and Reid you may know if you’ve frequented NC Football News this season. But NC Wesleyan’s Byrd is a new name in our weekly look at statewide stat leaders. The junior, who played high school football for Wallace-Rose Hill, galloped for 203 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s win over LaGrange — the Battling Bishops’ first ‘W’ of the season.

Byrd rushed for 638 yards a year ago but his season high for a game this season had been 50 yards until Saturday. Getting him untracked is good news for a NC Wesleyan team looking to build momentum in the USA South Conference.

Guilford’s Bailey Baker had the second-best passing performance in the state, throwing for 352 yards and three touchdowns. Catawba’s Preston Brown was third (323 yards, 3 TDs).

NC State’s new starter MJ Morris threw four touchdown passes but also had three interceptions. Barton’s Jaquan Lynch and Brevard’s Ethan Beamish also tossed four TDs. Lynch was turnover free.

NC Central Davius Richard rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another in one of the best multi-purpose games of the weekend. He accounted for 285 total yards.

Quinzel Lockhart of Elizabeth City State had a pass-catching bonanza against Virginia Union. He made nine catches for 175 yards and three touchdowns. One of his scoring receptions was the longest play of the day, covering 95 yards. Eleven receivers in all had at least 100 yards in catches.

—> READ MORE: Most Explosive Scoring Plays From Week 6

Guilford’s Adam Lacy made 18 tackles, including 11 solo stops — tops in the state for Week 6.

NC State’s Payton Wilson made 14 hits and recovered a fumble. Wilson, according to NCSU’s Twitter/X football page, has posted 19 double-digit tackle games in his career. He’s been the Pack’s leading tackler in every game this season, ranks first in the ACC and fourth in the FBS in stops.

Ty French is one of Gardner-Webb’s all-time leaders in sacks. But this week it was teammate Brice Bass harassing the Robert Morris quarterback. Brice had three sacks for 17 yards in losses.

North Carolina (40-7 win), Western Carolina (52-50 win), Brevard (49-28 win) and NC State (48-41 win) kept their kickers busy.

UNC’s Noah Burnette made all four of his field goal attempts and hit four PATs to lead the kicker scoring. For the second week in a row, WCU’s Richard McCollum went 7-of-7 on extra points. His 32-yard field goal as time expired left Chattanooga, which had just scored the go-ahead touchdown moments before, heartbroken at the buzzer.

Brevard’s Hugo Taylor also was 7-of-7 on PATs. NCSU’s Brayden Narveson was 6-of-6, with two made field goals.

Jason Zapata had the longest field goal of the week, booting a 50-yarder in Livingstone’s win over Winston-Salem State.

—> READ MORE: Check Out The Statewide Standings After Week 6

Other notable performances from the weekend:

* Devin Hibbitt (Lenoir-Rhyne): picked off two Limestone passes, had one sack and recorded eight total tackles.

* Chowan as a team picked off three North Greenville passes, including one returned 44 yards by Kmare Carey.

* Ed Dennis of Campbell made two interceptions, returning the two picks 44 yards.

* Devin Vann of NC State had eight tackles, 1.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry and forced a fumble.

* Ed Jones IV of Western Carolina returned a pick 48 yards for a touchdown. He also had seven tackles.

* Mars Hill’s Tristan Rankin returned an interception 21 yards for a score against Erskine. In the season opener against Wingate, Rankin notched the winning TD when he returned a fumble for a score.

* Brevard’s Robert Dorsey forced two fumbles, had a sack, assisted on another tackle for loss and made five stops.

* Jamae Blank and Raydarius Freeman led UNC Pembroke’s defensive efforts in a loss at Frostburg State. Blank had eight tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. Freeman forced a fumble, recovered a fumble, had a sack, assisted on another tackle for loss and finished with seven total stops.

* Despite NC A&T’s struggles, the Aggies have seen solid individual defensive efforts. Janorris Robertson forced two fumbles against Villanova, made a sack and had four tackles.

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Top Passers Week 6

TOP PASSING YARDAGEDIVISIONCOMPATTYARDSTDSINTSLONG
Drake Maye (North Carolina)FBS33474423077
Bailey Baker (Guilford)D324373523175
Preston Brown (Catawba)D226453232038
Donoven Davenport (Elizabeth City State)D220403013495
Ethan Beamish (Brevard)D318283004175
Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina)FCS13252763055
MJ Morris (NC State)FBS17322654362
Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell)FCS14212382146
Alex Williams-Carr (Greensboro)D322322351055
TOUCHDOWN PASSESDIVISIONTDS
Ethan Beamish (Brevard)D34
Jaquan Lynch (Barton)D24
MJ Morris (NC State)FBS4
Bailey Baker (Guilford)D33
Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina)FCS3
Donoven Davenport (Elizabeth City State)D23
Drake Maye (North Carolina)FBS3
Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell)FCS2
JR Martin (Mars Hill)D22
Preston Brown (Catawba)D22

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Top Rushers Week 6

TOP RUSHERSDIVISIONATTYARDSTDSYDS/CARRYLONG
Desmond Reid (Western Carolina)FCS15211214.170
Anthony Byrd (NC Wesleyan)D32620327.824
Jordan Terrell (Barton)D22615806.119
Dwayne McGee (Lenoir-Rhyne)D22413015.439
Chanellor Lee-Parker (Brevard)D32212225.519
Davius Richard (NC Central)FCS11114310.422
Chris McKay (Campbell)FCS897112.161
Latrell Collier (NC Central)FCS119518.663
NaQuari Rogers (Campbell)FCS299013.125
JR Martin (Mars Hill)D298609.664
Myles Martin (NC Wesleyan)D3198524.511
RUISHING TOUCHDOWNSDIVISIONTDS
Davius Richard (NC Central)FCS3
Anthony Byrd (NC Wesleyan)D32
Chanellor Lee-Parker (Brevard)D32
Desmond Reid (Western Carolina)FCS2
Jymikaah Wells (Livingstone)D22
Myles Martin (NC Wesleyan)D32
RUSHING YARDS/CARRYDIVISIONATTYPC
Desmond Reid (Western Carolina)FCS1514.1
Chris McKay (Campbell)FCS812.1
Davius Richard (NC Central)FCS1110.4
JR Martin (Mars Hill)D299.6
Latrell Collier (NC Central)FCS118.6
Anthony Byrd (NC Wesleyan)D3267.8
Jordan Terrell (Barton)D2266.1
Chanellor Lee-Parker (Brevard)D3225.5
Dwayne McGee (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2245.4
Myles Martin (NC Wesleyan)D3194.5

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Top Pass-Catchers Week 6

TOP RECEIVERSDIVISIONNO.YARDSTDSLONGYPC
Quinzel Lockhart (Elizabeth City State)D2917539519.4
Nate McCollum (North Carolina)FBS713504819.3
Kameron Johnson (Barton)D2412116530.3
Leonard Greer (Greensboro)D3711915517.0
Devontay Deloatch (Livingstone)D21111002910.0
Chaney Fitzgerald (Campbell)FCS410704626.8
Shane Shapiro (Guilford)D3610502817.5
Kevin Concepcion (NC State)FBS810223812.8
Bo Pryor (Catawba)D2910102711.2
Kobe Paysour (North Carolina)FBS310017733.3
Reggie Taylor II (Brevard)D3210027550.0
Trent Pennix (NC State)FBS39926233.0
Jordan Mitchell (Catawba)D269713316.2
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNSDIVISIONTDS
Quinzel Lockhart (Elizabeth City State)D23
Censere Lee (Western Carolina)FCS2
Jayden Brown (Gardner-Webb)FCS2
Kevin Concepcion (NC State)FBS2
Reggie Taylor II (Brevard)D32
RJ Mobley (Winston-Salem State)D22
Trent Pennix (NC State)FBS2
RECEIVING YARDS PER CATCHDIVISIONYPC
Reggie Taylor II (Brevard)D350.0
Kobe Paysour (North Carolina)FBS33.3
Trent Pennix (NC State)FBS33.0
Kameron Johnson (Barton)D230.3
Censere Lee (Western Carolina)FCS29.0
Chaney Fitzgerald (Campbell)FCS26.8
Jayden Brown (Gardner-Webb)FCS25.7
RJ Mobley (Winston-Salem State)D220.8
Tremel Jones (Wingate)D219.8
Quinzel Lockhart (Elizabeth City State)D219.4
Nate McCollum (North Carolina)FBS19.3
Shane Shapiro (Guilford)D317.5
Leonard Greer (Greensboro)D317.0

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Top Kickers Week 6

KICKERS: TOP SCORERSDIVISIONFGMFGALONGPAT MADEPAT ATTPOINTS
Noah Burnette (North Carolina)FBS44364416
Brayden Narveson (NC State)FBS22406612
Jake Brown (Lenoir-Rhyne)D234382211
Jason Zapata (Livingstone)D233502211
Richard McCollum (Western Carolina)FCS11327710
Lon Teachey (Mars Hill)D21122558
TOP PUNTERSDIVISIONNO.YARDSAVGLONGIN20
Ivan Mora (Wake Forest)FBS627746.2592
Caleb Brickhouse (NC A&T)FCS730443.4591
Nicholas Acus (Brevard)D314343.0430
Stewart Simmons (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2521442.8572
Chance Cummings (St. Andrews)NAIA312742.3562
Vraj Patel (Catawba)D2312341.0450

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Top Tacklers Week 6

TACKLING LEADERSDIVISIONSOLOASSISTSTOTAL
Adam Lacy (Guilford)D311718
Payton Wilson (NC State)FBS6814
Larry Jones (Greensboro)D35813
Jamieso Alston (St. Augustine’s)D23912
Jon Ross Maye (Lenoir-Rhyne)D211112
Shane Perry (Barton)D25712
Dev’on Grant (Elizabeth City State)D25611
Kade Moledor (NC A&T)FCS7411
William McRainey (Gardner-Webb)FCS6511
Daryl Taybron (Johnson C. Smith)D25510
Nick Iannone (Guilford)D32810
Saige Lee (UNC Pembroke)D24610
William Paithorpe (Greensboro)D36410

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TACKLES FOR LOSSDIVISIONTFLTFL/YDSSACKSSACK/YDS
Brice Bass (Gardner-Webb)FCS3.0173.017
Saevion Gibbs (Shaw)D23.0162.015
Jon Ross Maye (Lenoir-Rhyne)D23.04
Tiyeni Onabanjo (Johnson C. Smith)D23.041.01
Tyler Alston (Greensboro)D32.5181.08
Daniel Morrison (Wingate)D22.5152.014
Ahman Winston (NC Wesleyan)D32.5121.510
Trey Middleton (NC Central)FCS2.591.07
Quantez Mansfield (NC Central)FCS2.561.53
Dev’on Grant (Elizabeth City State)D22.54
Trey Williams (Brevard)D32.0122.012
Jaylen Dollar (Elizabeth City State)D22.081.07
Jamae Blank (UNC Pembroke)D22.071.06
BJ Turner (NC A&T)FCS2.020.00
SACKSDIVISIONSACKSSACK/YDS
Brice Bass (Gardner-Webb)FCS3.017
Daniel Morrison (Wingate)D22.014
Saevion Gibbs (Shaw)D22.015
Trey Williams (Brevard)D32.012
Ahman Winston (NC Wesleyan)D31.510
Quantez Mansfield (NC Central)FCS1.53

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