Week 8 MaxPreps and USA Football Players of the Week winners have been announced.
The MaxPreps/USA 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.
Every Tuesday during the football season, 5 nominees from each region will be announced and on Thursday'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.
The eight weekly selections for Players of the Week for the week of October 23 - October 28, 2018 are:
Northeast
DE
Darin Buono (Sr) Mountain Valley (ME) 21 tckls (19 solo) 7 TFL 4 sacks
Mid-Atlantic
QB
David Piestrak (Sr) Northwest Area (PA) 15-24, 345 yds, 6 TD’s 100 rush yds, 1 TD
Southeast
Midwest
Great Lakes
S
Preston Rapczak (Sr) Newton Falls (OH) 24 tckls (18 solo) 4 TFL 3 sacks, 2 INT’s, 1 PD
Northwest
RB
Noah Leonard (Sr) Crescent (WA) 17 rushes, 392 yds, 8 2 rec, 137 yds, 2 TD’s
West
CB Chris Franco (Fr) Yerington (NV) 25 tckls (19 solo) 2 TFL 1 INT, 1 PD, 1 FR
SouthwestQB
Trevor Messing (Sr) Thunderbird (AZ) 25-36, 557 yds, 9 TD’s 6 rush yds
MLB/DE
Zak Betancourt (Jr) Levelland (TX) 23 tckls (17 solo) 11 TFL 2 sacks
To view the nominees for this week, click here. Read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program.
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