A season of records for some of the 2023 Vandals

The Vandalia Vandals football records were updated after the season-ending playoff loss against Shelbyville.
The records information has been provided by Hannah and Zach Edgar.

These are single season records [playoff totals are included here]

TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS by an individual (Passing/Rushing combined)
1. 47 – Andrew Kelly, 2023  (includes 2 playoff games)
2. 41 – Matthew Hagy, 2021  (includes 2 playoff games)

TOUCHDOWNS PASSING
T1. 24 – Matthew Wells, 2019  (includes 3 playoff games)
T1. 24 – Matthew Hagy, 2021  (includes 2 playoff games)
T2. 23 – Matthew Wells, 2017  (includes 3 playoff games)
T2. 23 – Andrew Kelly,  2023  (includes 2 playoff games)

TOUCHDOWNS RECEIVING
T1. 16 – Marcus Zimmermann, 2019  (includes 3 playoff games)
T1. 16 – Carson Ruot, 2021  (includes 1 playoff game)
2. 15 – Kohnor Depew, 2023  (includes 2 playoff games)

Kohnor Depew is tied for the record with Marcus Zimmerman, with 5 games of 100+ yards receiving in a single season.  He is also now 3rd in the receiving yards category for a single season.  (fell 1 yard shy of Marcus)

1.  2017 Marcus Zimmermann: 12 games, 46 receptions for 1,301 yards, 28.28 yards per catch, 16 TD’s, 108.42 yards per game  (includes 3 playoff games)
2.  2016  Marcus Zimmermann: 10 games, 30 receptions for 985 yards, 32.83 yards per catch, 12 TD’s, 98.50 yards per game  (includes 1 playoff game)
3.  2023 Kohnor Depew: 11 games, 37 receptions for 984 yards, 26.59 yards per catch, 15 TD’s, 89.45 yards per game  (includes 2 playoff games)
11. 2023 Landon Christian: 11 games, 45 receptions for 630 yards, 14.00 yards per catch, 3 TD’s, 57.27 yards per game  (includes 2 playoff games)

Kohnor Depew & Landon Christian are the second pair of Vandals to each have 600+ receiving yards in a season. The other pair to achieve this feat happened in 1976 during their 11 game season. Mike Orr had 32 receptions for 813 yards & 12 TD’s and Mike Hayner had 37 receptions for 729 yards & 7 TD’s.

Andrew Kelly now holds the single season record for consecutive games of 100+ yards passing.  The record is now 9 consecutive games, and it could’ve been all 11 games this season, but he fell 2 yards short during Week 2 against Staunton. Michael Whitten (1988) & Matthew Hagy (2021) had 8 consecutive games, holding the previous record.

Andrew Kelly now holds the record for average yards of total offense per game, individually, for a season at 290.27 yards/game.  Matthew Hagy held the record from his 2021 season at 269.24 yards per game.

SINGLE SEASON TOTAL OFFENSE (combined rushing, passing, & receiving yards)
1. 2023 Andrew Kelly: 11 games, 3,193 yards, 47 TD’s, 290.27 yards per game  (includes 2 playoff games)
2. 2021 Matthew Hagy: 11 games, 2,966 yards, 41 TD’s, 269.64 yards per game  (includes 2 playoff games)
3. 2017 Trevor Smalls: 12 games, 2,546 yards, 34 TD’s, 212.17 yards per game  (includes 3 playoff games)
4. 2022 Matthew Hagy: 10 games, 2,494 yards, 33 TD’s, 249.40 yards per game  (includes 1 playoff game)

Kelly is now the 10th Vandal to reach 3,000 yards of total offense in a career, and he became the only Vandal to reach the 3,000 yard mark for total offense in a single season, reaching that mark during the Lawrenceville game.

ALL-TIME/CAREER RECORDS:

Career Passing:

Andrew Kelly surpassed the 2,000 yard passing mark for his career against Shelbyville.  He is the 8th Vandal QB to reach 2,000 career passing yards.  His career passing amounts to 13 games, 120 completions over 222 attempts for 2,036 yards.  That makes his completion rate 54.05% and he only had 6 Interceptions (new career record low for any Vandal QB).  Andrew ended up with 25 passing TD’s and averaged 16.97 yards per completion with 156.62 yards per game (3rd best all time).

Career Receiving yards:
1. 2014-17 Marcus Zimmerman: 39 games, 112 receptions for 3,115 yards, 27.81 yards per catch, 40 TD’s, 79.87 yards per game (includes 5 playoff games)
2. 2020-21 Carson Ruot: 16 games,  80 receptions for 1,477 yards, 18.46 yards per catch, 20 TD’s, 92.31 yards per game (includes 2 playoff games)
3. 2001-03 Zach Schaeffer: 23 games, 65 receptions for 1,186 yards, 18.25 yards per catch, 13 TD’s, 51.57 yards per game
4. 1987-88 Dannon Cole: 18 games, 69 receptions for 1,067 yards, 15.46 yards per catch, 10 TD’s, 59.28 yards per game
5. 2023 Kohnor Depew: 11 games, 37 receptions for 984 yards, 26.59 yards per catch, 15 TD’s, 89.45 yards per game  (includes 2 playoff games)
Landon Christian ended his career with 46 receptions for 661 yards, 14.37 yards per catch, 3 TD’s, & 55.08 yards receiving per game.

CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE (combined rushing, passing, & receiving yards):
1. 2020-22 Matthew Hagy: 27 games, 6,704 yards, 87 TD’s, 248.30 yards per game  (includes 3 playoff games)
2. 2016-19 Matthew Wells: 34 games, 6,381 yards, 84 TD’s, 187.68 yards per game  (includes 7 playoff games)
3. 2016-18 Trevor Smalls: 32 games, 5,027 yards, 68 TD’s, 157.09 yards per game  (includes 4 playoff games)
4. 1995-97 Travis Blain: 31 games, 4,404 yards, 40 TD’s, 142.06 yards per game  (includes 4 playoff games)
5. 2021-23 Andrew Kelly: 29 games, 3,572 yards, 55 TD’s, 123.17 yards per game  (includes 5 playoff games)