Ty Keys of Poplarville is 27 touchdowns away from breaking Mississippi’s all-time high school football touchdown record, according to the Magnolia Shine Podcast.
Keys has 94 touchdowns and is pursuing the record of 120 set by Jason McNair of Mt. Olive. He has at most 11 games remaining this season, with the required average ranging from 4.5 touchdowns over six games to 2.5 over 11 games.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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