Nebraska Prep Football's Top Returning Quarterbacks and Receivers for 2017.

Burwell QB Cayden Owens (purple) prepares to kneel and seal a trip to Lincoln in last years semifinal victory over Palmer. Burwell went on to win the Class D-1 championship.

Here are the Quarterbacks and Receivers who will attempt to hook up for another huge season in 2017. There are 10 QBs returning in Classes A and C-1 that threw for over a thousand yards in 2016. This list includes Boone Central/Newman Grove's dual-threat Dylan Gentrup, a terrific gridiron wizard that passed and rushed for over a 1000 yards each.

Omaha Westside's Caleb Schweigart is the only player coming back this fall who hauled in over a thousand yards worth of aerials a year ago. Schweigart is listed as the #1 college prospect in the state at the wide receiver position.

Quarterbacks:

Name - School - Yards - TDs - Ints - Completion % - Rushing Yards

( A ) Joe Dolincheck - Bellevue West - 2,806 - 25 - 5 - 64% - 185

(C-1) Matt Masker - Kearney Catholic - 2,717 - 36 - 8 - 66% - minus 50

( B ) Carter Terry - GI Northwest - (Jr.) - 2,313 - 23 - 13 - 53% - 18

(C-1) Alex Thramer - O’Neill - 2,211 - 27 - 0 - 66% - 339 - (9 TD)

( A ) Dylan Plautz - Omaha Westside - 2,188 - 18 - 6 - 58%. - minus 57

( A ) Tyler Chadwick - Omaha Burke - (Jr.) - 2,104 - 25 - 7 - 58% - minus 37

(C-2) Treyson Bigler - Lincoln Christian - 1,996 - 16 - 16 - 58% - 500 - (8)

( A ) Cedric Case - Lincoln High - (Jr.) - 1,880 - 19 - 5 - 67% - minus 26

(C-2) Wyatt Ehlers - Centennial - (Jr.) - 1,876 - 20 - 11 - 52% - 376

(C-2) Koby Dillon - Palmyra - (Jr.) - 1,681 - 15 - 10 - 60% - 23

( B ) Joseph Krause - Seward - (Jr.) - 1,669 - 14 - 7 - 55% - 145

(D-1) Carter Croxen - CWCE - 1,595 - 23 - 3 - 60% - 440 - (12)

(C-2) Mitch McKibben - Bayard - 1,56 - 8 - 15 - 51% - 197

(D-1) Alex Goracke - Giltner - 1,552 - 23 - 4 - 54% - 375 - (8)

(C-2) Jordan Kelber - Valentine - 1,538 - 13 - 9 - 56% - 49

(C-1) Coy Bila - Chadron - 1,534 - 13 - 7 - 61% - minus 26

(C-1) Zach Claussen - Lincoln Lutheran (Jr.) - 1,533 - 12 - 2 - 65% - 551 (8)

(D-2) Drew Bippes - Falls City Sacred Heart (Jr.) - 1,524 - 27 - 6 - 67% - 9 (11)

(C-1) Evan Johnson - Adams Central (Soph) - 1,503 - 11 - 8 - 51% - minus 26

(D-2) Blaine Flack - Crawford - 1,481 - 18 - 9 - 55% - 655 (15)

( A ) Kanon Koster - Kearney - 1,452 - 17 - 5 - 58% - 491 (4)

( A ) Braiden Ruffin - North Platte - 1,437 - 14 - 12 - 51% - 171

( A ) Riley Harms - Fremont - 1,409 - 12 - 5 - 57% - minus 107

(D-2) Kort Dye - Leyton - 1,388 - 16 - 12 - 42% - 188

( A ) Jaxon Walls - Bellevue East - 1,303 - 7 - 13 - 54% - 193

(C-1) Adam Wasserman - Fairbury - 1,297 - 23 - 11 - 49% - 743 (10)

( B ) Zach Hurlbert - Holdrege - 1,279 - 10 - NA - 52% - NA

(D-1) Dalton Bohac - East Butler - 1,264 - 18 - 9 - 59% - 834 (10)

( A ) Andy Reel - Millard South - 1,224 - 4 - 8 - 52% - minus 104

(C-2) Tanner Wroblewski - St. Paul - 1,224 - 14 - 9 - 49% - 566 (10)

(C-1) Tijaih Davis - Boys Town - 1,218 - 13 - 5 - 70% - 441 (9)

(D-1) Jack Rush - South Loup - 1,183 18 - 4 - 56% - 839 (18)

( B ) Michael Koch - Columbus - 1,186 - 11 - 6 - 62% - 576 (3)

(D-1) Dax Van Lengen - Howells-Dodge - 1,151 - 11 - 8 - 56% - 85 (10)

(C-1) Beau Bowers - Wayne - 1,144 - 9 - 2 - 55% - NA

( B ) Zach Schlager - McCook - 1,134 - NA - NA - NA - NA

(C-2) Evan Reinert - Oakland-Craig - 1,124 - 12 - 3 - 50% - 239

(D-1) Ryan Ehresman - Omaha Brownell-Talbot* - 1,118 - 10 - 4 - 38% - 258

(D-2) Ethan Sattler - Stuart - 1,115 - 18- 13 - 38% - 34

(C-1) Dylan Gentrup - Boone Central/NG - 1,111 - 11 - 8 - 52% - *1,060 (13)

(C-2) Jacob Gramann - Freeman - 1,086 - 13 - 11 - 54% - 438

(D-1) Cayden Owens - Burwell - 1,085 - 20 - 6 - 46% - 719 (10)

(C-1) Jesse Ulrich - Ord (Jr.) - 1,080 - 10 - NA- 50% - NA

(C-2) Jamie Warner - Fort Calhoun - 1,079 - 5 - 8 - 52% - 350 (8)

(D-1) Max Madsen - Thayer Central - 1,076 - 13 - 8 - 45% - minus 6

(6M) Colton Storer - Arthur County - 1,002 - 14 - 1 - 58% - 85

( A ) Jack Strong - Lincoln SE - - 991 10 4 61% 202 (5)

Receivers:

Name - School - Yards/Receptions - TDs - Yards per Catch

( A ) Caleb Schweigart - Omaha Westside - 1,006 - 67 - 11 - 15.0

(C-2) Alex Schreiner - Lincoln Christian - 956 - 51 - 11 - 18.6

(D-1) Thomas Ragland Jr. - Nebraska City Lourdes - 905 - 50 - 15 - 8.1

(C-2) Reid Houchin - Lincoln Christian - 901 - 57 - 6 - 15.8

( A ) Grant Matthies - Creighton Prep- 820 - 46 - 12 - 17.8

(C-2) Bryce Burry - Bayard - 815 - 54 - 4 - 15.1

(C-2) Garrett Seagren - Oakland-Craig - 775 - 38 - 10 - 20.1

(C-1) Justin Appleby - O’Neill - 768 - 46 - 11 - 16.7

(C-2) Drew Bessey - Palmyra - 765 - 37 - 9 - 20.7

(D-1) Josh Hinrichs - Giltner - 700 - 50 - 10 - 14.0

(6M) Mark Thurston - Silver Lake - 676 - 38 - 11 - 17.8

(D-1) Caden Houghtelling - Cambridge - 650 - 33 - 8 - 19.7

(D-1) Yordi Gutierrez - Arapahoe - 644 - 27 - 13 - 23.9

(C-2) Bret Johnson - Doniphan-Trumbull - 638 - 39 - 8 - 16.4

(D-1) Trevor Havlovic - East Butler - 637 - 51 - 8 - 12.5

(D-2) Cameron Geary - Crawford (Jr.) - 633 - 48 - - 13.2

(C-1) Logan Kreizel - Lincoln Lutheran - 612 - 32 - 5 - 19.1

(C-1) Ryan Jaixen - Wayne - 607 - 39 - 7 - 15.6

(C-2) Reece Froman - Centennial - 607 - 37 - 10 - 16.4

(C-1) Wyatt Liewer - O’Neill 606 - 35 - 8 - 17.3

(D-1) Ty Hahn - Johnson-Brock (Soph) - 585 - 33 - 8 - 17.7

(C-1) Sam Rischling - Chadron 572 - 52 - 9 - 11.0

(6M) Mathew Bloom - Spalding Academy - 569 - 23 - 11 - 24.7

( B ) Brady Glause - G I Northwest - 562 - 39 9 6 - 14.4

(C-2) Stone Kraft - Battle Creek - 558 - 26 - 6 - 21.5

(D-1) Christian Maas - Omaha Christian Academy - 551 - 25 - 6 - 22.0

( B ) Riley Schliep - G I Northwest - 549 - 34 - 5 - 16.1

( B ) Bret Meyer - Seward 543 - 23 -5 - 23.6

(C-1) Brett Kaiser - Kearney Catholic - 538 - 30 - 5 - 17.9

(C-2) Jackson Hirschfeld - Centennial (Jr.) - 518 - 33 - 7 - 15.7

( A ) Bryson Krull - North Platte - 505 - 36 - 5 - 14.0

( B ) Garrett Snodgrass - York (Jr.) - 501 - 32 - 2 - 15.7

(C-2) Korrell Koehlmoos - Lutheran High Northeast - 501 - 30 - 5 - 16.7

( A ) Zion Perry - Lincoln High - 498 - 32 - 7 - 15.6

(D-2) Reid Spady - Garden County (Soph) - 494 - 21 - 6 - 23.5

(D-2) Nic Coppman - Garden County - 490 - 23 - 10 - 21.3

( A ) Will Nordhues - Grand Island - 484 - 32 - 5 - 15.1

( A ) Chris Jones - Lincoln High (Jr.) - 480 - 30 - 4 - 16.0