North Star - Big Dipper (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!
Brett Culham Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Atlanta's Brett Culham, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Culham rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (109). He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 84-yard run.
Culham might have his next game, a home matchup with Mio-Au Sable, circled on his calendar. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Culham saw the Thunderbolts), he rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown.
Gamescore: 52.28
Garrett Somers' Big Game Leads Alcona over Whittemore-Prescott
Garrett Somers's big game helped extend Alcona's winning streak to seven on Friday. Somers did his part (and then some), throwing for 307 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 32 yards for the 'W'.
Unfortunately for Whittemore-Prescott, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Somers. Somers threw for 112 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown on only five carries the last time he and the Cardinals duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 48.37
Evan Woods Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Alcona got the W thanks in part to Evan Woods playing the best football he has all season. Woods rushed for 84 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Woods has averaged 3.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.18
Blake King Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Blake King posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 108 yards on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This year, King has thrown 15 touchdowns while averaging 143.1 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 52.09 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 96.97 passer rating.
Gamescore: 33.90
Other Notable Players
- Landon Galea: 107 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.03)
- Brandon Fogle: 107 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.78)
- Gavin Dellar: 34 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.32)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
