MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for October 3-9, 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 October 3-9, 2016 are:



Northeast region
QB Austin Albericci ('18), NV - Demarest (Demarest, N.J.); 11-13, 274 yards, 2 pass TD; 27 carries, 91 rush yards, 4 rush TD

Mid-Atlantic region
OLB Alex Maxbauer('17), Hertford County (Ahoskie, N.C.); 19 tackles (11 solo, 8 asst.) 1 TFL, 1 sack

Southeast region
RB Christopher Rodriguez ('18), Ola (McDonough, Ga.); 43 carries, 391 yards, 6 TD

Midwest region
RB Drake Gorrin ('17), Winnebago (Winnebago, Neb.); 40 carries, 224 yards, 4 rush TD; 235 rec. yards, 5 rec. TD

Great Lakes region
RB Nick D"Ambrose ('18), Addison Trail (Addison, Ill.); 22 carries, 216 yards, 3 rush TD; 130 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD

Southwest region
QB Grant Gunnell ('19), St. Pius X (Houston, Texas) 27-38, 583 yards, 8 TD



West region
RB Kazmeir Allen ('18), Tulare Union (Tulare, Calif.); 13 carries, 154 yards, 3 TD; 166 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD

Northwest region
QB Derrick Smashum ('18), Vista PEAK Prep (Aurora, Colo.); 19-27, 378 yards, 5 TD; 8 carries, 106 yards, 1 rush TD


To view all the Week 8 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.