Video: Puka Nacua Ultimate HighlightsHighlights from Puka Nacua's record breaking senior season.
Puka Nacua of
Orem (Utah) saw his high school football career came to an end on a high note. He played a major role in the Tiger's back-to-back 4A state championships and earned the MaxPreps Polyneisan Bowl Player of the Week award after hauling in nine receptions for 182 yards and two touchdowns against Dixie (St. George) in their 60-13 win.
His two receiving touchdowns gave him 26 for the season, setting the new Utah single-season state record. He also broke the single-season state records for receptions (103) and receiving yards (2,336). The 2019 USC commit's 2,336 yards receiving in one season is good for fifth best all-time and needed just 129 more yards to set the new record.
Only players who are selected for the
2019 and
2020 Polynesian Bowl are eligible to be selected for the Player of the Week.
Puka Nacua, Orem
Photo by Kevin Lee
The top-rated quarterback from the Class of 2020 put on a clinic in St. John Bosco's 56-10 win over previously unbeaten Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) in the CIF Southern Section Division I semifinals. He completed 13-of-17 passes for 361 yards and six touchdowns. The 5-star gunslinger now has 3,221 yards passing to go with 47 touchdowns and is one of the favorites to be named the 2018 MaxPreps National Football Player of the Year. Up next for Uiagalelei is No. 3 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) in the section championship game.
The 2019 Arizona commit already owns the Texas state record for career passing yards and touchdowns and those numbers continue to rise. Gunnell threw for 518 yards and five touchdowns in their 48-7 win over All Saints (Fort Worth) in the first round of the playoffs. He also added 58 yards on the ground with on more score. His 16,020 career yards passing rank fourth best all-time as he moved past Chris Leak this week. Up next is Folsom's (Calif.)
Jake Browning, who threw for 16,775 yards.
The No. 1 player from Hawaii in the Class of 2020 has been having a huge junior season for the No. 8 team in high school football. He had a monster game in the Crusaders 49-22 win over Kahuku to advance to the Open Division I state championship game. He had five tackles, two sacks, and a 25-yard pick six. St. Louis goes for its third straight state title on Saturday night against 2019 Polynesian Bowl commit
Dillon Gabriel and
Mililani (Hawaii).
Manuel is one of three players from the 2020 Polynesian Bowl roster that made the list this week. The 5-star wide receiver had nearly 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns in Vanguard's 19-0 win over Lake Wales in the second round of the 6A Florida state playoffs. Manuel and Vanguard are now a perfect 13-0 this year and up next is a very talented Armwood (Seffner) team in the quarterfinals.
