7A Region 4 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!
Jl Davis Delivers Best Effort of Season
Austin was led to victory by Jl Davis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Davis threw for 243 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
The win for Austin keeps them at an undefeated 9-0. Davis and Austin will challenge Muscle Shoals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 49.30
Caleb Sanders' Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Caleb Sanders produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bob Jones to the win on Friday. Sanders rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. Bob Jones is 5-1 when Sanders posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Bob Jones has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Sanders and Bob Jones will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Auburn at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th.
Gamescore: 42.00
A Season-Best Performance from Jaxon Potter Leads Austin over Grissom
Jaxon Potter produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Austin to the win on Friday. Potter picked up 166 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Potter has caught 14 touchdowns while averaging 98.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he had five receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 35.10
Bob Jones Gets a Boost from Jackson in 54-14 Victory
Another Bob Jones player making an appearance on this list is Johnny Jackson. He threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
On the year, Jackson has thrown 24 touchdowns while averaging 225.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.73
Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles from Josh Murphy
Josh Murphy continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 18th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least seven total tackles. He made 15 total tackles (4.0 for loss), good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long.
This year, Murphy has averaged 11.1 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.25
Other Notable Players
- Cameron Berry: 107 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 30 yards receiving (Gamescore: 26.97)
- Dj Orr: 1 sack, 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Ty Doughty: 64 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 32 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.58)
- Will Carter: 65 yards passing; 80 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.83)
- Mj Gideon: 74 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 23 yards receiving (Gamescore: 21.18)
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