Piedmont senior quarterback Jack Hayes breaks a record held by 2019 Mr. Football Kristian Story of Lanett. alpreps
Oct. 28, 2022, 10:33 p.m.
Piedmont's Jack Hayes scrambles away from Montgomery Academy's Hudson Whitt during the AHSAA Super 7 Class 3A championship at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Hayes set a new career total offense record – breaking the record held by 2019 Mr. Football Kristian Story of Lanett – and accounted for all six Piedmont touchdowns in the 41-20 victory over Sylacauga. Story’s previous record was 13,218 yards.
“We play a style that is very quarterback-friendly,” Piedmont coach Steve Smith said. “He does a great job of using all of his playmakers, he’s had a lot of really good offensive lineman, and our guys are all very unselfish. That makes it the ultimate team game, and they all have a part in the records that he has broken. They believe in Jack, and he believes in them.”
Hayes finished with 474 yards of total offense, with 304 passing on and 170 rushing, in the Friday’s win. He threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more.