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.com. Each winner receives a certificate and a letterman patch to showcase the honor.
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 top nominees for Player of the Week for 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
QB Corey Fields ('18), Baptist Hill (Hollywood, S.C.); 21-23, 402 yards, 4 TD
DL Holden Killinger ('18), Arendell Parrott Academy (Kinston, N.C.); 5 carries, 261 yards, 4 TD
Southeast region
QB Michael Penix, jr ('18), Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa, Fla.); 13-24, 233 yards, 3 TD
Phillip Saylor ('18), Ballard Christian (Auburn, Ala.); 17 carries, 74 yards, 2 rush TD; 223 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD
MLB Curry Andrew ('18), Ola (McDonough, Ga.); 18 tackles (10 solo, 8 asst.) 2 TFL, 1 sack
Midwest region
QB Collin Sutton ('19), Winfield (Winfield, Mo.); 16-19, 383 yards, 6 TD
RB Corey Kroll ('18), Montgomery County (Montgomery City, Mo.); 32 carries, 275 yards, 4 TD; 92 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD
OLB Breck Hancock ('18), Paris (Paris, Mo.); 20 tackles (9 Solo, 11 asst.) 3 TFL, 1 sack
Great Lakes region
Andrew McCormick ('18), East Noble (Kendallville, Ind.); 34-45, 487 yards, 6 TD
RBHeisman Skeens ('19), Mississinewa (Gas City, Ind.); 12 carries, 118 yards, 4 TD; 88 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD
OL Kemon Reese ('19),IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, Ill.); 16 tackles (14 solo, 2 asst.) 2 TFL
Southwest region
RB Ray Elcee ('18), Mount Carmel Academy (Houston, Texas); 32 carries, 293 yards, 4 TD; 108 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD
QB Aaron Brown ('18), Gilmer (Gilmer, Texas); 37-47, 577 yards, 6 TD
SS Adam Aguirre ('18), Bloomfield (Bloomfield, N.M.); 18 tackles (9 solo, 9 asst.) 1 TFL
West region
QB Deshaun Harvey ('18), Buena Park (Buena Park, Calif.); 16-22, 296 yards, 6 TD
RB Dusty Frampton ('18), St. Mary's (Stockton, Calif.); 21 carries, 265 yards, 6 TD
ATH Dajahn Outland ('18), Lynwood (Lynwood, Calif.); 16 tackles (6 solo, 10 asst.), 1 TFL, 2 sacks
Northwest region
QB Stone Samaras ('19), Holy Family (Broomfield, Colo.); 18-29, 297 yards, 4 TD
Bryce Miracle ('19), Otis (Otis, Colo.); 24 carries, 289 yards, 4 TD
FB Koby Anderson ('19), Highland (Ault, Colo.); 17 tackles (12 solo, 5 asst.) 2 TFL
USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 31.
