Marquise Williams was responsible for seven touchdowns in Mallard Creek's latest win.
Photo by Ron McCann
This week's look at MaxPreps.com's National Player of the Year candidates (listed alphabetically);
Mike Bellamy, RB, Charlotte (Punta Gorda, Fla.)
Team record: 8-0
Last weekend: Charlotte bye week, did not play.
Season: A Clemson verbal commitment, Bellamy has run for 1,677 yards and 31 touchdowns on 140 carries (11.9 yards per carry). The 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior has topped the 200-yard mark in five of eight contests this fall.
Johnathan Gray, RB, Aledo (Aledo, Texas)
Team record: 9-0
Last weekend: The 5-10, 185-pound junior put an exclamation point on a dominant six-week run with 314 yards and six touchdowns on 21 carries in a 40-17 win over North Richland Hills Birdville.
Season: The Bearcats are averaging over 60 points per game since late September behind the play of Gray, who has 1,943 yards and 34 touchdowns on the ground for the season.
Qyendairs Griffin, RB, South Panola (Batesville, Miss.)
Team record: 10-0, No. 2 in this week's Xcellent 25
Last weekend: Griffin cranked out another 286 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries in a 47-13 win over Starkville.
Season: The 6-foot, 215-pound senior is up to 1,935 yards and 27 touchdowns on the season.
Jeremy Hill, RB, Redemptorist (Baton Rouge, La.)
Team record: 9-0
Last weekend: The LSU verbal commitment helped Redemptorist down Northeast 49-6 with 211 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. He became the school's leading career ground-gainer in the game, finishing with 4,675 yards.
Season: Hill's season rushing totals stand at 1,811 yards and 30 touchdowns.
Johnny Manziel, QB, Tivy (Kerrville, Texas)
Team record: 9-1
Last weekend: Manziel helped the Antlers secure a 56-24 win over previously-undefeated Boerne-Champion with 514 total yards. He even caught a touchdown pass thrown by an offensive lineman.
Season: The future Texas A&M Aggie has accounted for 4,418 offensive yards and 65 touchdowns heading into the postseason.
Maty Mauk, QB, Kenton (Ohio)
Team record: 9-1
Last weekend: Mauk and the Wildcats wrapped up the regular season with a 54-14 win over St. Marys Memorial as the junior signal caller connected on 23 of 30 pass attempts for 411 yards and six touchdowns.
Season: Mauk continues to top MaxPreps.com's national passing leaderboard with 4,319 yards and 53 touchdown tosses. Incredibly, he has also found time to run for 726 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Marquise Williams, QB, Mallard Creek (Charlotte, N.C.)
Team record: 10-0, No. 25 in this week's Xcellent 25
Last weekend: Williams recorded another gaudy statistical performance in a 76-30 win over West Charlotte, throwing for 326 yards and six touchdowns while running 129 yards and another score.
Season: Williams has been the driving force behind one of high school football's most unstoppable offenses this season (53.1 points per game). The North Carolina Tar Heel verbal commitment has accumulated over 3,500 yards of total offense and accounted for 52 touchdowns.
Quentin Williams, QB, Jefferson (Tampa, Fla.)
Team record: 8-0
Last weekend: Williams threw five touchdown passes and surpassed University of Georgia signal caller Aaron Murray as Hillsborough County's all-time leader in that category during a 61-0 thrashing of Dixie Hollins.
Season: A fast-rising name, Williams is approaching 2,500 yards through the air with 35 scoring tosses. He has also rushed for over 400 yards.
Justin Worley, QB, Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.)
Team record: 10-0, No. 22 in this week's Xcellent 25
Last weekend: Worley led Northwestern to 40 or more points for the seventh time in 10 games this season in a 42-28 win over Gaffney, completing 37 of 48 pass attempts for 424 yards and five touchdowns.
Season: Committed to Tennessee, Worley has thrown for 3,563 yards and 43 touchdowns while completing 72 percent of his attempts and tossing just seven interceptions.
