MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for September 26-October 2, 2016

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States.

Selected by USA Football, players are chosen based upon statistics that are submitted to MaxPreps. Each winner receives a certificate and a letterman patch to showcase the honor.

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States. Every Tuesday during the football season, 5 nominees from each region will be announced and on Wednesday's the 8 region Player of the Week winners will be selected. To nominate players, coaches or team administrators must enter the athlete's game stats by Monday evening of each week. High school coaches can obtain an access code for their teams by visiting: www.maxpreps.com/cl.

The eight weekly selections for Players of the Week for the week of September 26-October 2, 2016 are:


Northeast region
RB Flaitz Zach ('18), Canisteo-Greenwood (Canisteo, N.Y.); 12 carries, 317 rush yards, 5 rush TD, 1 rec, 56 rec yards, 1 rec TD

Mid-Atlantic region
WR Logan Sterner ('18), Pen Argyl (Pen Argyl, Pa.); 15 carries, 133 rush yards, 3 rush TD, 1 rec, 21 rec yards, 1 rec TD, 4 punt ret, 168 punt ret yards, 2 punt return TD

Southeast region
QB Kolten Gibson ('18), Walker Valley (Cleveland, Tenn.); 29-39, 420 pass yards, 5 pass TD, 92 rush yards, 3 rush TD

Midwest region
DB Tre Dixon ('20), Parkview Christian (Lincoln, Neb.); 18 tackles (14 solo, 4 asst.), 1 INT, 3 PD

Great Lakes region
RB/WR Caleb Hamilton ('18), Eastern Greene (Bloomfield, Ind.); 24 carries, 181 rush yards, 3 rush TD, 7 rec, 182 rec yards, 3 rec TD

Northwest region
RB Jontay Edwards ('18), Bartlett (Anchorage, Alaska); 19 carries, 368 rush yards, 4 rush TD

West region
WR Gabe Prendergast ('18), Santa Ynez (Santa Ynez, Calif.); 2 carries, 49 rush yards, 14 recs, 250 rec yards, 4 rec TD

Southwest region
QB Bubba Henson ('18), Pecos (Pecos, Texas); 23-36, 387 pass yards, 8 pass Td, 130 rush yards, 2 TD


To view all the Week 7 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.