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 October 19-25, 2015 are:
Northeast RegionRB
Phil Campbell ('16),
South Brunswick (Monmouth Junction, N.J.); 13 carries, 108 yards, 3 TD
Mid-Atlantic RegionRB
Shadoe Smith ('16),
Windber (Windber, Pa.) (PA); 29 carries, 441 yards, 8 TD; 21 receiving yards, 1 receiving TD
Southeast RegionLB
Shane Lewis ('16),
Shiloh Hills Christian (Kennesaw, Ga.) (Kennesaw, GA); 29 tackles (14 solo, 15 asst.)
Midwest RegionWR
Christian Jegen ('16),
Mill Valley (Shawnee, Kan.) (Shawnee, KS); 21 carries, 178 yards, 3 rush TD; 3 receptions, 99 yards, 1 receiving TD
Great Lakes RegionQB
Nick Sellers ('16),
Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, Ind.) (Fort Branch, IN); 14-16, 323 yards, 6 TD
Southwest RegionQB
Dallin Edwards ('17),
American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek, Ariz.) (Queen Creek, AZ); 19-26, 489 yards, 8 TD 78 rush yards, 1 rush TD
West RegionRB
Jake Garcia ('16),
Biggs (Biggs, Calif.) (CA); 18 carries, 402 yards, 6 TD
Northwest RegionQB
John Bledsoe ('17),
Summit (Bend, Ore.) (Bend, OR); 14-20, 334 yards, 6 TD
To view all the Week 8 nominees, please
click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program,
click here.