Six state championships in eight years. Three alumni playing in the NFL. A 48-game winning streak that set a Utah record from 2018 to 2021. Corner Canyon High School's football program has turned a Draper school that opened in 2013 into a nationally recognized recruiting pipeline.
The numbers tell the story. Under former head coach Eric Kjar, the Chargers went 112-10 across nine seasons, winning Class 6A titles in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The most recent championship came on Thursday, November 20, 2025, when senior running back Weston Briggs ran for 170 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-20 win over Lone Peak at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Quarterback Helaman Casuga, a four-star Texas A&M signee who finished with 11,510 career passing yards (fourth in state history), capped his high school career that night. Wide receiver Jerome Myles Jr., who set a Utah state record in the 100 meters at 10.36 seconds at the May 18, 2024, state track championships, signed with a Power Four program after recording 18 touchdowns and 1,431 receiving yards over three seasons.
Three jerseys, one stage
On Monday, March 30, 2026, roughly 300 fans packed into Corner Canyon's gymnasium to watch the school retire the jerseys of its three NFL products: quarterback Zach Wilson (No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft), offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson (Las Vegas Raiders), and quarterback Jaxon Dart (New York Giants).
"This is the coolest thing I've had in my career," Powers-Johnson told the crowd. "From coach Kjar to everybody in between here at Corner Canyon, it's the sole reason why I'm in the NFL and why I'm having a great career."
Powers-Johnson was known for arriving at school before the coaches for morning lifts and Saturday film sessions. Wilson's connection to the program started even earlier. He sought out Kjar in seventh grade, riding the train from Crescent View Middle School to Jordan High School for early-morning throwing sessions before eventually transferring to Corner Canyon.
The infrastructure behind the wins
Canyons School District has invested heavily in the program's physical footprint. In January 2024, the Board of Education approved plans to build a fieldhouse at Corner Canyon and replace the soccer, baseball, and softball fields with turf, funded by lease-revenue bonds. By December 2025, construction projects at Corner Canyon, Jordan, and Hillcrest high schools had pushed the district's Capital Outlay Fund expenditures to $103 million, $68.5 million more than the prior year.
Then there's Charger TV (ChargerTV.net). The school broadcast program, founded by teacher Rob Geertsen roughly a decade ago, streams games through Vimeo. A typical football game draws 5,000 logins. A 2023 matchup against nationally ranked Bishop Gorman drew 50,000. Players have used the archived footage to build highlight reels for college recruiters.
"It helped being able to put things out there to the media," Dart said at the March 30 ceremony. "We definitely have an advantage there."
New coach, same expectations
Kjar left Corner Canyon in December 2025 to become head coach at Weber State. Canyons School District tapped Casey Sutera to replace him. Sutera served as Corner Canyon's defensive coordinator from 2017 to 2021, helping win three state titles, before compiling a 35-14 record and earning 2024 5A Coach of the Year honors at Brighton High School.
"I learned under the best play caller in the state," Sutera told the Draper Journal in February 2026. "It is an honor to return to Corner Canyon and continue the tradition of excellence entrusted to me."
The Chargers enter the 2026 season chasing a fourth consecutive Class 6A title, something no program in Utah's highest classification has done. They'll do it without Casuga, Briggs, and leading rusher Kingston Fiefia Cooper.
