Wade Brashears of Lake Mary Prep is the Florida High School Football Player of the Week

Junior running back topped 300 yards on the ground last week.

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Oct 12, 2023, 2:55pm
After receiving more than 30,000 votes, Wade Brashears of Lake Mary Prep (Lake Mary) has earned MaxPreps Florida High School Football Player of the Week.

Brashears, a junior running back, carried 28 times for 303 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-24 victory over Calvary Chapel Academy (West Melbourne).

Here are the rest of this week's candidates, who collectively garnered more than 21,000 votes:

Wells Bettenhausen, Walton (DeFuniak Springs): Junior signal caller completed 21 of 26 passes for 406 yards and five total touchdowns in a 48-14 victory over Marianna.

Riley Blevens, Hudson: Senior quarterback connected on 17 of 23 passes for 337 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-6 victory over Sunlake (Land O' Lakes).

Luke Knight, Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel): Senior quarterback connected on 22 of 32 passes for 381 yards and four total touchdowns in a 57-27 win against River Ridge (New Port Richey).

Dalton Kolmetz, Walton: Senior running back hauled in eight receptions for 223 yards and one touchdown in a 48-14 victory over Marianna.

Walson Morin, Key West: Sophomore running back carried 17 times for 227 yards and three touchdowns in a South Fork (Stuart).

Jack Niemann, Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel): Senior quarterback completed 15 of 22 pass attempts for 435 yards and seven touchdowns in a 55-0 triumph against Hollins (St. Petersburg).

Jayce Nixon, Gaither (Tampa): Junior quarterback completed 21 of 29 pass attempts for 347 yards and four touchdowns in a 50-0 win over Bloomingdale (Valrico).

Corey Simms, Mitchell (New Port Richey): Sophomore running back ran for 295 yards on 13 carries for four touchdowns in a 41-0 blowout of The Villages Charter (The Villages).

Kyree Wilson, Christ's Church Academy (Jacksonville): Freshman running back carried 31 times for 247 yards and one touchdown, while hauling in two receptions for 45 yards and an additional score in a 19-14 win over Impact Christian Academy (Jacksonville).

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