Took another look and I think the J.J. McCarthy stat is not included in the top 20 because that was from his 247 Sports page and not the IHSA website. 3289 yds in 2018 was submitted to the IHSA website. Title game + season stats submitted before the title game. But the 4241 yds by Tyler Macon...
IHSA website must not have updated the season passing yards list because it doesn't have:
Tyler Macon had 4241 yds in 2019 for East St. Louis
J.J. McCarthy had 3448 yds in 2018 for Nazareth Academy
And even after Pottinger left we ran it and we ran it no huddle.
Also talking option football Belvidere North switch to the Flexbone in 2015 and still run it now.
To my knowledge when Aaron Rodgers won the league MVP that is the only time in the Super Bowl era where a team has drafted an MVP to replace a previous league MVP. The only other similar situation was 49er's when Steve Young replaced Joe Montana but 49er's traded for Young and did not draft him.
That seams correct at least from the IHSA form:
https://www.ihsa.org/documents/forms/2021-22/2021-22_2022-23%20PlayingUpRequestForm.pdf
Here is what it says:
“In all cases, the request must be for a classification equal to or
higher than the class they qualify for based on their IHSA...