Nebraska High School Football’s Returning 1000 Yard Rushers for 2018.

Kearney's Mike Maessner (#3, left) will be one of Class A's most versatile players in 2018 and he's only a junior.

Here is a list of Nebraska prep running backs who rushed for over a 1000 yards a year ago. There are 39 in all, and in this elite group are a handful of elite runners who could eclipse the coveted 5000 yard career rushing mark in 2018.

Class A is especially rich in backfield talent, some of which already have secured Division One offers.

In the coming days, we’ll tell you a little about many of these backs based on either seeing them play live or on film. There will be no rankings or ratings for the simple reason I never rank young men in any high school sport. Could never see the game that way. I’ll leave that to the recruiting experts, although a D1 prospect is not that difficult to spot after 50 years of watching Nebraska high school football.

Returning 1000 Yard Rushers in Nebraska prep football for 2018 :

(Last years total plus career yards and touchdowns) {* denotes 1000 yard season}

Dylan Kautz-Norfolk Catholic*** - 2,406, Sr. (4,843 career rushing yards/52 TDs)

Trent Reed-Hay Springs** - 2,401, Sr. (4,217 career yards/71 TDs)

Lane Edis-Mullen** - 2,325, Sr. (4,105 career yards/79 TDs)

James Burks-Omaha Burke - 1,981, Sr. (2,342 career yards/31 TDs)

Zander Gray-Omaha North** - 1,707, Sr. (3,167 career yards/45 TDs)

Jayvon Ducker-Bellevue West - 1,707, Jr. (1,833 career yards/27 TDs)

Jared Minnick-West Point Guardian Angels CC - 1,669, Sr. (3,048 career yards/48 TDs)

Ty Martinsen-Riverside - 1,669, Sr. (2,640 career yards/42 TDs)

Dylan Horjesi-Howells-Dodge - 1,622, Sr. (2,505 career yards/36 TDs)

Garrett Snodgrass-York - 1,542, Sr. (N/A)

Chris Busby-Scottsbluff - 1524, Sr. (1,524 career yards/13TDs)

Jacob Keiser-Hartington Cedar Catholic - 1,437, Jr. (2,013 career yards/29 TDs)

Kyle Smith-Allen - 1,419, Sr. (1,879 career yards 29 TDs)

Christian Timm-Eustis-Farnam - 1,346, Sr. (2,310 career yards/24 TDs)

Justin Davis-Hemingford - 1,289, Sr. (2,228 career yards/30 TDs)

Derek Wortman-Creighton - 1,245, Sr. (1,548 career yards/36 TDs)

Jase Williams-Burwell - 1,205, Jr. (N/A)

AJ Jenkins-Wilcox-Hildreth*** - 1,196, Sr. (3,852 career yards/6 TDs)

Eproen Lovato-Minatare - 1,184, Sr. (2,229 carer yards/35 TDs)

Kobee Olson-Hyannis - 1,181, Sr. (1,832 career yards/34 TDs)

Baily Darnell-Auburn - 1,156, Sr. (2,184 career yards/33 TDs)

Bryce Zimmerer-Creighton - 1,136, Sr. (2,875 career yards/24 TDs)

Gentry Anderson-Arapahoe** - 1,125, Sr. (3,201 career yards/49 TDs)

Adam Cooper-Grand Island Northwest - 1,106, Sr. (1,839 career yards/13 TDs)

Tyler Pawloski-Pleasanton - 1,106, Sr. (2,033 career yards/39 TDs)

Cauy Pokorny-Sandhills/Thedford - 1,104, Sr. (1,792 career yards/22 TDs)

Jaden Kohls-Omaha Westside - 1,102, Jr. (1,511 career yards/36 TDs)

Chandler Cotton-Papillion LV - 1,070, Sr. (1,070 career yards/13 TDs)

Dylan Zink-Ogallala - 1,070, Jr. (1,070 career yards/9 TDs)

Bryce Kitrell-Ashland-Greenwood - 1,060, Jr. (1,080 career yards/10 TDs)

Gabe Conant-Adams Central - 1,052, Jr. (1,052 career yards/6 TDs)

Miko Maessner-Kearney - 1,046, Jr. (1,046 career yards/10 TDs)

Dominic Wendell-Perkins County - 1,125, Sr. (1,207 career yards/15 TDs)

Edwin Baptista-Friend - 1,033, Sr. (2,089 career yards/30 TDs)

Brett Simonsen-Sutton - 1,018, Sr. (1,612 career yards/16 TDs)

Gabe Sehnert-McCook - 1,014, Sr. (1,281 career yards/24 TDs)

Luke Sims-Creighton Prep - 1,005, Sr. (1,005 career yards/18 TDs)

Jordan Buhr-Sioux County** - 1,005, Sr. (2,173 career yards/41 TDs)

Ethan Koch-Hartington/Newcastle - 1,001, Sr. (1,171 career yards/17 TDs)

***Up next will be a list of returning quarterbacks who threw for over a thousand yards a year ago.