Twin Valley’s Drew Engle closing in on prestigious Berks rushing club
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Drew Engle can join an exclusive club Friday.
Just four Berks County running backs have both rushed for 2,000 or more yards in a season and for 4,000 or more yards in a career. The Twin Valley tailback can become the fifth.
Engle needs 145 yards in the PIAA Class 4A semifinal against Aliquippa to become just the seventh back in Berks history to reach 2,000 yards in a season.
He’s only 28 yards away from becoming the seventh to reach the 4,000-yard career mark.
Given the way he’s produced in the postseason both marks look attainable when the Raiders and Quips meet Friday at 7 at Mifflin County High School.
Engle rushed for a career-high 281 yards on a career-high 31 carries last week in a 41-21 win over Susquehanna Township that earned the Raiders their first District 3 football championship.
A week earlier, against the district’s No. 1 scoring defense, he went for 250 yards on 23 carries, with four touchdowns. That was a career-high rushing total at the time.
He opened districts with 219 yards on 12 carries against West Perry, a game which saw him score five touchdowns – one on an interception return, one on a kickoff return.
Berks single-season rushing leaders
| Leo Brown | Exeter | 2,444 | 2025 |
| David Gilmore | Central Catholic | 2,403 | 1983 |
| Jayden Zandier | Exeter | 2,093 | 2024 |
| Nick Singleton | Gov. Mifflin | 2,059 | 2021 |
| Cameron Small | Muhlenberg | 2,051 | 2024 |
| Tyler Emge | Fleetwood | 2,000 | 2014 |
| Angel Cruz | Conrad Weiser | 1,885 | 2012 |
| Jason Reinhart | Muhlenberg | 1,883 | 1998 |
| Drew Engle | Twin Valley | 1,855 | 2025 |
| Joe Rys | Central Catholic | 1,835 | 2010 |
Engle posted one of the greatest district tournament performances in District 3 history, with 750 rushing yards and 12 TDs in three games.
The 2,000/4,000 list he’s threatening to join is a short one: It includes only Central Catholic’s David Gilmore (1983), Fleetwood’s Tyler Emge (2014), Governor Mifflin’s Nick Singleton (2,021), and Muhlenberg’s Cameron Small, who went over 2,000 yards last season and over 4,000 career yards this season.
Before last year 2,000-yard seasons were rare, with just three produced by Berks County players. That number has doubled in the past two seasons. Last year Exeter’s Jayden Zandier and Small each passed that mark; Exeter’s Leo Brown did it this season on the way to breaking the single-season record. Exeter is the only Berks school with two members of the 2,000-yard club.
Engle set the Twin Valley single-season record of 1,599 yards two years ago and went past it last week on his first carry.
It’s worth noting that Engle missed nine games of the regular season last year when he suffered a broken collarbone in Week 1. He returned to play two district playoff games.
Berks career rushing leaders
| Nick Singleton | Governor Mifflin | 6,326 | 2018-21 |
| Iggy Reynoso | Hamburg/Wilson | 4,778 | 2014-17 |
| Nate Romig | Daniel Boone | 4,492 | 2002-05 |
| David Gilmore | Central Catholic | 4,288 | 1981-83 |
| Cameron Small | Reading/Muhlenberg | 4,117 | 2022-25 |
| Tyler Emge | Fleetwood | 4,097 | 2011-14 |
| Drew Engle | Twin Valley | 3,972 | 2022-25 |
| Julio Pellegrino | Central Catholic | 3,867 | 1972-74 |
| Brian Roth | Boyertown | 3,861 | 1975-77 |
| Codie Butler | Conrad Weiser | 3,741 | 2006-09 |
