AAAAA Region 7 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Tojuan Peyton Jr. Leads Lanier over Johns Creek
Tojuan Peyton Jr. produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lanier to the win on Friday. Peyton Jr. rushed for 283 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.
On the year, Peyton Jr. has averaged 22.2 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he had five rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 13.
Gamescore: 72.28
Trey Smith Goes Supernova in Roswell Victory
Trey Smith's big game helped extend Roswell's winning streak to four on Friday. Nobody could stop Smith as he threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards and two touchdowns.
Roswell pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Smith and Roswell will head out to face off against Lanier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 52.87
Milton Wins 18th-Straight Thanks to TJ Lester
Milton picked up their 18th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to TJ Lester. Lester showed up in a big way, rushing for 143 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (102.6) per game. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Milton's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Lester and Milton will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Johns Creek at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 33.00
Nickel Made His Presence Known in Milton's 42-24 Victory
Luke Nickel's big game helped extend Milton's winning streak to 18 on Friday. Nickel was dynamite, throwing for 286 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 32 yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in December of 2023.
For the season, Nickel has thrown 19 touchdowns while averaging 230.2 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.27
Nick Peal Makes It Two for Roswell
Another Roswell player making an appearance on this list is Nick Peal. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making two total tackles (1.0 for loss). The game was his third straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 58 yards.
If history really does repeat itself, Peal might just drop another big game when he faces off against Lanier on Friday. Back in November of 2023 (the last time Peal saw the Longhorns), he made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss) and defended two passes.
Gamescore: 29.63
Other Notable Players
- Dj Avery: 100 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.67)
- Ethan Barbour: 140 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.42)
- Hayden Tumminia: 0.5 sacks, 11 total tackles (1.5 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Brody Duffy: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.50)
- Tristen Payne: 96 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
