MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for September 19-25, 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 eight weekly selections for Players of the Week for the week of September 19-25, 2016 are:



Northeast Region
LB Roan Sullivan ('18), Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River, Conn.); 15 tackles (3 solo, 12 asst.) 5 TFL, 2 sacks

Mid-Atlantic Region
LB Joe Kahn ('19), Selinsgrove (Selinsgrove, Pa.); 17 tackles (3 solo, 14 asst.)

Southeast Region
RB Jacob Fisher ('18), Vernon (Vernon, Fla.); 15-30, 321 yards, 4 TD; 15 carries, 115 rush yards, 1 rush TD

Midwest Region
Dexton Swinehart ('19), Lyndon (Lyndon, Kan.); 11 carries, 203 yards, 3 rush TD, 121 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD

Great Lakes Region
QB Aj Gucciardo ('19), Springfield (Holland, Ohio); 14-18, 368 yards, 7 TD

Southwest Region
WR Solomon Enis ('18), North Canyon (Phoenix, Ariz.); 13 carries, 104 yards, 1 rush TD; 235 rec. yards, 4 rec. TD

West Region
QB Michael Johnson jr. ('19), King's Academy (Sunnyvale, Calif.); 24-34, 357 yards, 4 TD; 17 carries, 176 rush yards, 2 rush TD



Northwest Region
QB Derrick Smashum ('18), Vista PEAK Prep (Aurora, Colo.); 19-28, 458 yards, 6 TD

To view all the Week 6 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.