These 40 Juniors lead state in Steals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2238887' first='Avyion' last='McCleton'] (Cane Ridge)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The following 40 juniors lead the state in<strong> steals per game</strong>, (spg) as determined by MaxPreps.com. It is important to note that many, if not most high school coaches do not submit their statistics to MaxPreps.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The final column, state rank, is the PrepHoopsTN overall rank, which does not align with steals exactly. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Name</td><td>School</td><td>Total<br>Steals</td><td>SPG</td><td>State<br>Rank</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1344316' first='Cam'ron' last='Dowell']</td><td>Kenwood</td><td>58</td><td>3.1</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2343066' first='Zack' last='Turner']</td><td>Gibbs</td><td>83</td><td>3.0</td><td>WL</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Anthony Petway</td><td>LEAD</td><td>77</td><td>3.0</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2285497' first='Jalen' last='Jefferson']</td><td>LEAD</td><td>74</td><td>3.0</td><td>177</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Cooper Shamer</td><td>Wayne County</td><td>50</td><td>2.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Avyion Mcleton</td><td>Cane Ridge</td><td>74</td><td>2.8</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Deonte Smith</td><td>Berean Christian</td><td>75</td><td>2.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1547325' first='Colin' last='Brown']</td><td>Tennessee</td><td>76</td><td>2.7</td><td>133</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Connor Copeland</td><td>Berean Christian</td><td>73</td><td>2.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Jadyn Lee</td><td>Munford</td><td>62</td><td>2.7</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Kaleb Holmes</td><td>Middleton</td><td>61</td><td>2.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1259400' first='Rodney' last='McNeal']</td><td>Hamilton</td><td>42</td><td>2.5</td><td>WL</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1259399' first='Ty' last='Glasper']</td><td>GP</td><td>75</td><td>2.4</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1317550' first='Grayson' last='Burleson']</td><td>Summertown</td><td>69</td><td>2.4</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Sam Mullins</td><td>Merrol-Hyde</td><td>41</td><td>2.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1664321' first='Timothy' last='Matthews']</td><td>Hamilton</td><td>41</td><td>2.3</td><td>127</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Tamarcus Smith</td><td>Middleton</td><td>56</td><td>2.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2624793' first='Wade' last='Whaley']</td><td>GP</td><td>69</td><td>2.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Lleyton Logel</td><td>Lancaster Christian</td><td>50</td><td>2.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1347318' first='Mills' last='Terry']</td><td>University School-Jackson </td><td>50</td><td>2.2</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Jamahl Gentry</td><td>Marshall County</td><td>49</td><td>2.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Khari Escober</td><td>Sale Creek</td><td>38</td><td>2.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1551289' first='Jaylen' last='Rice']</td><td>Red Bank</td><td>61</td><td>2.1</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>James David Coln</td><td>Rocket City</td><td>42</td><td>2.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1399746' first='Brayden' last='Waller']</td><td>Trinity Christian</td><td>65</td><td>2.1</td><td>WL</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Evan Higgins</td><td>Sale Creek</td><td>29</td><td>2.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1259390' first='Rodney' last='Henderson'] III</td><td>Tyner Academy</td><td>49</td><td>2.0</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Lekendrick Phillips</td><td>Haywood</td><td>57</td><td>2.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Braden Carlton</td><td>Chatt Patriots</td><td>63</td><td>2.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1722765' first='Adam' last='Clark']</td><td>Cane Ridge</td><td>51</td><td>2.0</td><td>105</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Carter Anderson</td><td>McMinn Central</td><td>63</td><td>2.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1664831' first='Tyren' last='Fisher']</td><td>Hillsboro</td><td>44</td><td>1.9</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1572498' first='Quaylan' last='Hampton']</td><td>Fayette Ware</td><td>42</td><td>1.9</td><td>113</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Chris Belew</td><td>Berean Christian</td><td>49</td><td>1.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1352797' first='Savion' last='Anderson']</td><td>City University</td><td>43</td><td>1.9</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Kevin Wiggins</td><td>Whites Creek</td><td>24</td><td>1.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Mason Deschaine</td><td>CH Patriots</td><td>68</td><td>1.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Romeo Cantrell</td><td>White House</td><td>49</td><td>1.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1927473' first='Tarecous' last='Stevens']</td><td>Fayette Ware</td><td>43</td><td>1.8</td><td>66</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Jakryi McClure</td><td>Mt. Pleasant</td><td>47</td><td>1.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->