Heart of Central Illinois - Large Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Chuck Hathaway III Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is Deer Creek-Mackinaw's Chuck Hathaway III, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Hathaway III rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This season, Hathaway III has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 72.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.52
Big Game from Graves As Clinton Fell 21-14
Clinton had to settle for second on Friday, but Keaton Graves sure wasn't going down easily. Graves turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 51 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 182 yards while completing 71.4% of his passes.
This year, Graves has averaged 115.2 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 7.61 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 93.73 passer rating.
Gamescore: 34.28
Max Eccles put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September on Friday. He rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 33 receiving yards. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making five total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
This year, Eccles has averaged 50 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to six.
Gamescore: 31.00
Colton Walker Makes It Two for Clinton
The second Clinton player making an appearance here is Colton Walker, and for good reason. He picked up 106 receiving yards.
This year, Walker has averaged 55.9 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 31.89 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.52
Jordyn Balsimo Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Jordyn Balsimo posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 69 yards.
This season, Balsimo has averaged 20.6 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.47
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