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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Football - Vermont

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FOOTBALL

Orion Yates

Quarterback/linebacker
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION HS
HINESBURG, VERMONT
SOPHOMORE
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

2056

Passing Yards

29

Touchdown Passes

280

Rushing Yards

3

Rushing Touchdowns
“Yates is great in all facets of the game. He has a strong arm, he’s well-composed and he’s a great kid who’s a leader. He can beat you throwing or with his feet. What sets him apart is that he’s equally as impressive on the defensive side of the ball.”
Tom McCoy
Head Coach - Burr and Burton Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound sophomore quarterback and linebacker passed for 2,056 yards and 29 touchdowns this past season, leading the Redhawks (11-0) to a Division I state championship. Yates also rushed for 280 yards and three scores. The 2024 MaxPreps Vermont Player of the Year, he recorded 51 tackles on defense, including 15 for loss, along with six sacks, three forced fumbles and one interception. He accounted for four total touchdowns and passed for 177 yards in Champlain Valley Union’s 41-14 win over Rutland in the state final. 

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Academic Achievement

Yates has maintained a 3.66 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his junior year next fall. 

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Exemplary Character

An avid skier and guitar player, Yates has volunteered locally on behalf of a clothing drive for those in need as well as for an organization dedicated to teen suicide prevention.