Hoosier Heartland Top Football Player Performances

By Team Reports Nov 18, 2024, 11:05pm

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Hoosier Heartland 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!

Braylen Word Drops League-Best Performance on Friday

Starting off the list is Eastern's Braylen Word, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Word picked up 74 receiving yards.

This year, Word has averaged 72.6 receiving yards per game.

Gamescore: 18.48

Bently Hullinger Makes It Two for Eastern

Another Eastern player making an appearance on this list is Bently Hullinger. He picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown.

On the year, Hullinger has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 25.1 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.67 receiving yards per game.

Gamescore: 15.53

Sheridan had to settle for second on Friday, but Caleb Alexander sure wasn't going down easily. Alexander turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 55 yards.

On the season, Alexander has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 22 receiving yards per game.

Gamescore: 14.77

A Constellation of Stars for Eastern

Another Eastern player making an appearance on this list is Owen Tolle. He made six total tackles (1.0 for loss).

On the season, Tolle has averaged 7.8 total tackles per game.

Gamescore: 14.45

Jonathan Barnes Makes It Two for Sheridan

Another Sheridan player making an appearance on this list is Jonathan Barnes. He rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown.

For the year, Barnes has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 55.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.17 rushing yards per game.

Gamescore: 13.80

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