Texas opening weekend, by the numbers

Texas high school football opened its 2026 season the weekend of August 28. Recruit Intel scored every recorded box score from that weekend and ranked the top performers by RPM, our Recruit Performance Metric. The Texas field was deep: 1,418 performances from the class of 2027 and later, across 209 schools that reported box scores. What follows are the five highest scores among the class of 2027 and later. Every stat line below comes from our canonical database, drawn from recorded box scores for games of August 28, and each player is verified by record against a current 2026 roster.

The top five performers

RPM is a percentile score within the weekend's recorded box scores, so 100 sits at the top of the field. The Texas top five were tightly bunched, separated by fractions of a point, so the order below reflects small differences. Each performance carries a sample of one game.

  • Buddha Guerra, RB, Seminole (Seminole), class of 2029. The state's top raw production of the weekend came from a sophomore: against Bushland he carried 22 times for 296 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 6 passes for 62 yards and a seventh score. RPM 100.00, the top score in the state.
  • Ethan Rivera, WR, Eastlake (El Paso), class of 2027. Against Del Valle he caught 7 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown, and ran 3 times for 43 yards and a second score. RPM 99.89.
  • Walker Hughes, WR, Mercy Culture Prep (Fort Worth), class of 2028. A two way game against Prince of Peace: 2 catches for 58 yards and a touchdown on offense, and 9 tackles with an interception on defense. RPM 99.84.
  • Chance Miller, WR, Lake Creek (Montgomery), class of 2027. Against Bastrop he caught 15 passes for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns. RPM 99.81.
  • Trenton Harris, RB, Mildred (Corsicana), class of 2027. Against Palmer he carried 21 times for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns, and added an interception on defense. RPM 99.81.

How we counted

RPM is a percentile score computed within the weekend's recorded box scores, so a 99 means the performance sat near the very top of every game we scored. Each line above rests on a sample of one game, the season opener, and that sample is stated on purpose, because a single strong night is a single strong night and not a season. The board ranks production, not recruiting stock, so an underclassman with a big night sits where his numbers put him, and his class year is listed alongside.

Every number here comes from the Recruit Intel canonical database. Each player was verified by record against a current 2026 roster, including class year and school. Common names were resolved to a single record by school and class before anything was published, so the player credited with each line is the player who actually produced it.

This is one of the Recruit Intel opening weekend performance boards, published in kickoff order as each state's season begins.