Tim Hayes

Patrick Henry High School’s football team began the 2025 season with a new head coach, an inexperienced offensive line and a transfer playing quarterback.

However, the Rebels still had the man named Jeb.

That would be 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior running back Jeb Stewart, who is being fed the ball frequently and is piling up the yardage.

Stewart has rushed for 742 yards with 10 touchdowns, while amassing 274 receiving yards with three scores and will try to keep up that pace when PH (2-3) plays at Rural Retreat (2-3) on Friday night in a Hogoheegee District game that holds major importance for the playoff hopes of both teams.

Stewart is coming off one of Southwest Virginia’s most impressive individual performances of the season. He amassed 341 rushing yards, 70 receiving yards

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