Big Thumb - Blue (8 Man) 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!
Colin Kolb Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Oakland Christian got the W thanks in part to Colin Kolb playing the best football he has all season. Kolb rushed for 278 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 57 yards.
For the year, Kolb has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 199.6 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 32.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 97.37
A Season-Best Performance from Hunter Garza Leads Deckerville over Kingston
On Friday, Deckerville got the W thanks in part to Hunter Garza playing the best football he has all season. Garza rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 51 yards and a touchdown.
The victory for Deckerville keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Garza will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Capac on Friday.
Gamescore: 50.10
Parker Merriman Turns in Season-Best Performance
Deckerville was led to victory by Parker Merriman, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Merriman rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
On the year, Merriman has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 82.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.32
Jake Brock put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 57 yards.
For the season, Brock has averaged 71 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he was only averaging 4.8 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.8 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 23.18
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
