Big 8 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!
Jansen Hunt's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Starting off the list is Aurora's Jansen Hunt, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Hunt picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards.
Aurora moved to 2-5 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. Hunt and Aurora will head out on the road to take on Lamar at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 69.65
East Newton had to settle for second on Friday, but Braxton Wolfe sure wasn't going down easily. Aurora had no answer to Wolfe as he made 13 total tackles and defended a pass. Wolfe also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making 13 total tackles and defending a pass.
Wolfe and East Newton will challenge Seneca at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Patriots had to take a loss when they last met the Indians, but Wolfe had little to do with the loss: he made 13 total tackles and defended a pass. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 33.37
Virgil Rosiere Makes It Two for East Newton
Keeping Wolfe company is Virgil Rosiere, a fellow East Newton player. He picked up 87 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Rosiere has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 62.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.62
Will Eichelberger put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Eichelberger has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 183.1 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 13.43 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 29.43 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 20.73
Other Notable Players
- Porter Reed: 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
