Hines tops 1,000-yard rushing mark

Mason Hines

For the first time since 2009, a Rocky Mount football player has topped the1,000-yard mark in rushing.

Junior running back Mason Hines, with his 170-yard effort Friday in the Gryphons' 27-14 loss to Wilson Hunt, reached that magical mark.

He now has 149 carries for 1,100 yards and 11 touchdowns and leads all rushers in the Big East Conference. His 82-yard kickoff return for a score against the Warriors was his second such effort of the season. He had earlier TD return against Bunn.  

RMHS ALL-TIME 1,000-YARD RUSHERS

1. 2,140, Demetric Marshall, 2006
2. 1,576, Marquavis Alston, 2007
3. 1,408, Kelvin Farmer, 1981
4. 1,376, J.J. Jones, 1990
5. 1,372, Kelly Hudgins, 2000
6. 1,354, Mychal Bynum, 2005

7. 1,227, Calvin Hudgins, 1998

8. 1,220, Linwood Silver, 1997
9. 1,181, Victor Thorne, 1979
10. 1,137, Marquavis Alston, 2009
11. 1,110, Jordan Ford, 2008
12. 1,106, Marquavis Alston, 2008

13. 1,100, Mason Hines, present
14. 1,097, Kendrick Dean, 2005
15. 1,031, Lloyd Bynum, 1976
16. 1,001, Delasio (P.D.) Bartley, 1973