GIAA AAAA/AAA District 3 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!
John Robert Walker Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Tiftarea Academy's John Robert Walker, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Walker wasn't messing around on Friday, throwing for 233 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns. The contest was his sixth straight with two or more rushing touchdowns.
Tiftarea Academy pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Walker and Tiftarea Academy will venture away from home to challenge Brookwood at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 58.73
Tayt Snellgrove's Big Game Leads Valwood over Terrell Academy
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Tayt Snellgrove stepped things up a notch to give Valwood the 'W'. Snellgrove turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 161 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 passes, while also rushing for 42 yards.
Valwood's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Snellgrove and Valwood will head out on the road to take on Deerfield-Windsor at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.23
While Deerfield-Windsor might've come up empty on Friday, Cole Jones wasn't going down without a fight. Jones was dynamite, making ten total tackles.
This season, Jones has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 63.63 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 134.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 29.95
Gabe Daniel Makes It Two for Deerfield-Windsor
Keeping Jones company is Gabe Daniel, a fellow Deerfield-Windsor player. He picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making eight total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
For the year, Daniel has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 81.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 28.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.30
John Jackson Delivers Best Effort of Season
Tiftarea Academy was led to victory by John Jackson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jackson picked up 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Jackson has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 84 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.30
Other Notable Players
- Jackson Johnson: 1 sack and 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Triston White: 57 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 36 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.48)
- Dylan Harden: 81 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.60)
- Lane Sceals: 199 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.87)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
