MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for September 14-20, 2015

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 September 14-20, 2015 are:

Northeast Region
Ayinde Briggs of Deer Park (Deer Park, N.Y.)
Senior (Class of '16); ATH/DB
Offense: 7 carries, 109 yards, 1 TD; 3 receptions, 177 yards, 3 TD
Defense: 19 tackles (17 solo, 2 asst.), 4.5 TFL, 1 Sack, 2 Interceptions, 1 Fumble Recovery

Mid-Atlantic Region
Izayah Cole of West Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.)
Senior (Class of '16); Quarterback
43-62, 516 yards, 7 TD

Southeast Region
Deshawn Smith of Nature Coast Tech (Brooksville, Fla.)
Senior (Class of '16); Running back
20 carries, 413 yards, 7 TD; 1 reception, 38 yards, 1 receiving TD

Midwest Region
Tucker Horak of Rossville (Rossville, Kan.)
Senior (Class of '16); Running back
13 carries, 353 yards, 5 TD

Great Lakes Region
Kiante Enis of Winchester (Winchester, Ind.)
Senior (Class of '16); Running back
20 carries, 196 yards, 2 TD; 2 receptions, 80 yards, 1 TD

Southwest Region
Nathan Chesney of Trinity Christian (Willow Park, Texas)
Junior (Class of '17); Running back
16 carries, 287 yards, 9 TD; 1 reception, 42 yards, 1 receiving TD

West Region
Mikey Dean of Chaffey (Ontario, Calif.)
Senior (Class of '16); Running back
13 carries, 336 yards, 5 TD

Northwest Region
Joey Sinclair of Lincoln (Tacoma, Wash.)
Junior (Class of '17); Quarterback
23-34, 474 yards, 6 TD; 73 rush yards

To view all the Week 3 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.