Big 8 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!
Jansen Hunt Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Starting off the list is Aurora's Jansen Hunt, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Hunt picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards.
With the win, Aurora broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5. Hunt will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Lamar on Friday.
Gamescore: 69.65
While East Newton might've come up empty on Friday, Braxton Wolfe wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Wolfe as he made 13 total tackles and defended a pass. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making 13 total tackles and defending a pass.
East Newton is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Wolfe and East Newton will look to defend their home field on Friday against Seneca.
Gamescore: 33.57
Virgil Rosiere Makes It Two for East Newton
Another East Newton player making an appearance on this list is Virgil Rosiere. He picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Rosiere has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 64.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.92
Will Eichelberger put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Eichelberger has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 188.1 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 13.43 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 31.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 21.07
Other Notable Players
- Porter Reed: 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
