That may be, but there just aren't a lot people who live in places like Moberly and Jefferson City, Hannibal's conference opponents. Hard to imagine they have very many good high school football players. Whereas Elliott, even if his school was smaller, played a lot of St. Louis-area private schools that can recruit local talent, which as we know is abundant.
Regardless, I'm all for these kids having normal high school lives and not shipping off to sports boarding schools in Florida just to goose their recruiting rankings. And he gets to score a shitload of touchdowns. Good for him. Hope he sticks with us.