MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for November 14-20, 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 November 14-20, 2016 are:


Northeast region
MLB Ky'juon Butler ('19), Bloomfield (Bloomfield, Conn.); 11 tackles (7 solo, 4 asst.) 1 TFL

Mid-Atlantic region
LB Irvin Mulligan ('19), Whale Branch (Beaufort, S.C.); 27 carries, 257 yards, 4 yards

Southeast region
OLB Michael Barrett ('18), Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.); 15-20, 367 yards, 3 TD

Midwest region
MLB Coby Tillman('18), Bixby (Bixby, Okla.); 18 tackles (9 solo, 9 asst.) 2 TFL, 1 sack

Great Lakes region
MLB Mason Parris ('18),Lawrenceburg (Lawrenceburg, Ind.); 21 tackles (9 solo, 12 asst.)

Northwest region
QB Peter Mendazona ('18), Central (Independence, Ore.) 21-34, 289 yards, 5 TD

West region
RB Sal Tovar ('18), South El Monte (South El Monte, Calif.); 32 carries, 308 yards, 7 TD 

Southwest region
CB Ethan Lilljedahl ('19), Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Texas); 16 carries, 200 yards, 5 TD

To view all the Week 14 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.