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Georgia high school running back breaks 49-year old record

Coffee's Tyrese Woodgett rushed for 278 yards in a 27-14 win over Gadsden County last week

Andy Villamarzo

Cecil Copeland

It's been 49 years since Mike Worth set Coffee High School's single game rushing record of 262 yards.

That was in 1975 and nearly 50 years later, Worth's single game record has finally been broken.

Coffee running back Tyrese Woodgett rushed for 278 yards in a 27-14 win over Gadsden County last week, setting a new single game record at the school.

That's one record down by Woodgett and if he keeps up the current pace he's at, he could be in line for another one. Last year's starting running back Fred Brown rushed for a school-record 2,488 yards in 2023.

If Woodgett can continue the pace he's on currently of 171 yards per game, the running back can finish with 2,565 yards if he plays 15 games.

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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