MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for August 22-28, 2016

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School 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.

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States. Every Tuesday during the football season, 5 nominees from each region will be announced and on Wednesday'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. High school coaches can obtain an access code for their teams by visiting: www.maxpreps.com/cl.

The seven weekly selections for Players of the Week for the week of August 22-28, 2016 are:

Mid-Atlantic region
SB Cooper Hepler('18), West Carteret (Morehead City, N.C.); 21 tackles (10 solo, 11 asst.) 1 TFL, 2 Int

Southeast region
Phillip Saylor ('18), Ballard Christian (Auburn, Ala.); 17 carries, 74 yards, 2 rush TD; 223 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD

Midwest region
QB Collin Sutton ('19), Winfield (Winfield, Mo.); 16-19, 383 yards, 6 TD

Great Lakes region
RB Heisman Skeens ('19), Mississinewa (Gas City, Ind.); 12 carries, 118 yards, 4 TD; 88 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD

Southwest region
RB Ray Elcee ('18), Mount Carmel Academy (Houston, Texas); 32 carries, 293 yards, 4 TD; 108 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD

West region
RB Dusty Frampton ('18), St. Mary's (Stockton, Calif.); 21 carries, 265 yards, 6 TD

Northwest region
Bryce Miracle ('19), Otis (Otis, Colo.); 24 carries, 289 yards, 4 TD

To view all the Week 2 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.