Recruiting Update: Raton’s Walton signs with NMHU
New Mexico Highlands has pulled off a major recruiting coup. 2023 Raton running back Cayden Walton Cayden Walton 5'9" | 180 lbs | RB Raton | 2023 State NM , the state’s all-time career rushing leader, has signed with NMHU,…
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Continue ReadingNew Mexico Highlands has pulled off a major recruiting coup.
2023 Raton running back Cayden Walton Cayden Walton 5'9" | 180 lbs | RB Raton | 2023 State NM , the state’s all-time career rushing leader, has signed with NMHU, Prep Redzone New Mexico has learned.
Sources within the football programs at both Raton High School and NMHU with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed the signing.
Walton finished his distinguished career with 7,971 rushing yards in four seasons, including a state single season record 3,123 yards in 2022 when the Tigers reached the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs.
He earned 2022 District MVP honors.
Walton scored an astounding 95 touchdowns in his prep career, as well as amassing 9,641 all-purpose yards. Raton was a combined 20-5 in his junior and senior seasons.
He was offered by NMHU on Feb. 24. He was one of Prep Redzone’s three finalists for the New Mexico Heisman Award.
Walton is the 29th 2023 prospect from New Mexico to sign with NM Highlands, which has made signing in-state players a major priority under second-year head coach Ron Hudson and new recruiting coordinator Garrett Myers.