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One of the most remarkable statistical seasons in area history includes four of the top 16 passing yardage totals on record. And three of the four quarterbacks who have gone over 2,200 yards for the season still have games to go.
Oviedo junior Blake Bortles broke the Seminole Athletic Conference single-season record last week, and St. Cloud senior E.J. White, rewrote the Osceola County mark.
Here is the all-time list. If we are missing anybody from the Sentinel coverage area, please notify me by e-mail:
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Central Florida single-season passing leaders (includes postseason)
3,133 Xavier Lee, Seabreeze, 2003 (198-361-7, 37 TDs for 5-6 team)
3,077 Xavier Lee, Seabreeze, 2002 (Jr.; 11-2 team)
2,934 Mike Mitchell, Colonial, 1998 (226-395, 29 TDs; 3-7 team)
2,873 Xavier Lee, Seabreeze, 2002 (So.; 164-310-14, 28 TDs for 6-4 team)
2,472 Blake Bortles,
Oviedo, 2008 (Jr.; 197-337-11, 23 TDs; 3-7 team)
2.375 Mike Napier, Leesburg, 1969
2,365 Sean Connolly,
Lake
Mary, 2006 (173-293-8, 16 TDs; 5-5 team)
2,353 Taylor Beasley,
Lake
Howell, 2005 (Jr; 18 TDs; 4-6 team)
*2,344 E.J. White,
St. Cloud, 2008 (151-264-6, 22 TDs; 9-1 team)
2,295 Mike McKinzie, Seminole, 2003 (173-282, 15 TDs; 4-6 team)
2,293 David Tabor, Poinciana, 1999 (Jr., 185-359-11, 20 TDs; 5-5 team)
2,263 Anthony Paradiso, Colonial, 1994 (20 TDs, 5-5 team)
#2,260 Trevor Siemian,
Olympia, 2008 (Jr.; 161-234-6, 20 TDs; 7-3 team)
2,259 Jarrod Fleming,
South Sumter, 2005 (124-210-3, 28 TDs; 12-2 team)
2,232 Gerry Connell,
New
Smyrna
Beach, 2000 (13 games; 141-254-8, 27 TDs; rushed 64-126, 2)
*2,226 Nico Ranieri, Dr. Phillips, 2008 (143-228-7, 24 TDs; 9-1 team)
2,219 Pat Prewitt, University, 1996 (135-299, 17 TDs for 5-6 team)
2,190 Mark Marshall,
South
Lake, 1996 (23 TDs for 10-1 team)
2,171 Kerry King,
St. Cloud, 1975 (125-216-11; 25 TDs; 11 games)
2,099 Fred Geisler, Edgewater, 1969 (11 games)
2,085 Caleb Day, Gateway, 2003 (147-281-13, 14 TDs; 4-6 team)
2,082 Mike Mitchell, Colonial, 1997 (Jr.; 3-7 team)
2,050 Steve Christmas, Colonial, 1974 (21 TDs; 7-3 team)
2,032 Luke Brigham, CFCA, 2008 (Jr.; 162-291-18, 16 TDs; 2-8 team)
2,014 Pa’Tell Troutman, Seabreeze, 1995 (114-205-4, 16 TDs for 8-4 team)
2,012 Jimmy Sullivan, Father Lopez, 1970 (147-241-10, 30 TDs for 11-1 team)
(*St. Cloud and Dr. Phillips are still alive in playoffs; #Olympia has a bowl game Thursday night)
Central Florida regular season passing leaders
2,934 Mike Mitchell, Colonial, 1998 (226-395, 29 TDs; 3-7 team)
2,758 Xavier Lee,
Daytona Beach Seabreeze, 2003 (176-325-7, 33 TDs)
2,651 Xavier Lee, Daytona Beach Seabreeze, 2001 (So.; 147-283-14, 26 TDs; 9 games)
2,472 Blake Bortles,
Oviedo, 2008 (Jr.; 197-337-11, 23 TDs; 3-7 team)
2,365 Sean Connolly,
Lake
Mary, 2006 (173-293-8, 16 TDs; 5-5 team)
2,353 Taylor Beasley,
Lake
Howell, 2005 (Jr; 18 TDs; 4-6 team)
2,344 E.J. White,
St. Cloud, 2008 (151-264-6, 22 TDs; 9-1 team)
2,295 Mike McKinzie, Seminole, 2003 (173-282, 15 TDs; 4-6 team)
2,293 David Tabor, Poinciana, 1999 (Jr., 185-359-11, 20 TDs; 5-5 team)
2,263 Anthony Paradiso, Colonial, 1994 (20 TDs, 5-5 team)
2,295 Mike McKinzie, Seminole, 2003 (173-282, 15 TDs; 4-6 team)
2,293 David Tabor, Poinciana, 1999 (Jr., 185-359-11, 20 TDs; 5-5 team)
2,260 Trevor Siemian,
Olympia, 2008 (Jr.; 161-234-6, 20 TDs; 7-3 team)
2,226 Nico Ranieri, Dr. Phillips, 2008 (143-228-7, 24 TDs; 9-1 team)
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Buddy Collings is a senior sports writer for the Orlando Sentinel. He has covered high school sports since the 1970s, when you had to get fouled to make a 3-point play. For the more than 20 years, he has been the clearing house for state high school records in all varsity sports. buddy@varsitygridiron.com
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Austin Lyon began covering high school sports at the age of 15 as a correspondent for the Orlando Sentinel. He has also worked in radio and television, including handling play-by-play for numerous football and basketball state championship broadcasts. He was teh play-by-play voice for Friday Night Football, a weekly high school game of the week in Central Florida. He has lived in Orlando since he was 8 and is a graduate of Bishop Moore and UCF.
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Ty Ensor hasn't been a football coach all his life. It just seems that way. Ensor, a former football and baseball player at Baker High School (Class of '91), was a high school football coach in Central Florida from 1999-2007. Most of his experience is on the offensive side of the ball, and he served as a position coach Cypress Creek and Apopka, as co-offensive coordinator at Dr. Phillips, as offensive coordinator and Osceola. He was also Apopka's head coach from 2003-05. He is married with twin sons. 
Charles King is the producer of the weekly Orlando Sentinel Varsity Sports television show. Before that, he created and ran his own high school football Web site, FridayNightFootball.net, from 2002-07. He also developed, produced and co-hosted Friday Night Football, a radio show that broadcast a high school game every week and followed up with a post-game show. The show broadcast more than 90 games, including six state championships. In 2004 he created and produced FNF-TV, a half-hour weekly TV show dedicated to high school football in Central Florida. 