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 October 12-18, 2015 are:
Northeast RegionDB
Zachary Masessa ('17),
Montgomery (Skillman, N.J.); 15 tackles (11 solo, 4 asst.), 2 TFL, 2 INT
Mid-Atlantic RegionRB
Tre Harbison ('16),
Crest (Shelby, N.C.); 12 carries, 123 yards, 1 TD; 4 receptions, 121 yards, 2 receiving TD
Southeast RegionQB
TJ Roberts ('18),
Northeast Baptist (West Monroe, La.); 7-13, 327 yards, 3 TD; 211 rush yards, 5 rush TD
Midwest RegionQB
Connor Byers (‘16),
Bonner Springs (Bonner Springs, Kan.); 14-23, 236 yds, 5 TD; 11 carries, 109 yds, 2 rush TD
Great Lakes RegionRB
Ke'Vaughn Chappell (‘17),
Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.); 13 carries, 185 yards, 6 TD
Southwest RegionQB
Gunther Johnson ('16),
Boulder Creek (Anthem, Ariz.); 22-32, 339 yards, 3 TD; 151 rush yds, 4 rush TD
West RegionQB
Kaylor Sullivan ('16),
Fort Bragg (Fort Bragg, Calif.); 35-49, 500 yards, 8 TD; 41 rush yards
Northwest RegionRB
Mikey Griebel (‘17),
Columbine (Littleton, Colo.); 11 carries, 222 yds, 3 TD; 3 receptions, 41 yds, 1 receiving 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.