A D2 Region 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!
Kelby Glaze's Big Game Leads Lincoln County over Lake Oconee Academy
Kelby Glaze's big game helped extend Lincoln County's winning streak to seven on Friday. Nobody could stop Glaze as he rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Those 114 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Glaze has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 73.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 39.40
Greene County Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Amari Durhan
Amari Durhan's big game helped extend Greene County's winning streak to three on Friday. Washington-Wilkes had no answer to Durhan as he rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry.
This season, Durhan has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 80.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.40
Wade Made His Presence Known in Lincoln County's 34-3 Win
Mekhi Wade's big game helped extend Lincoln County's winning streak to seven on Friday. Wade was unstoppable, rushing for 81 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
For the season, Wade has thrown 4 touchdowns (and no picks) while averaging 77.3 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 22.17 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 45 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 24.65
Lincoln County picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jonathan Norman. Norman was unstoppable, rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the year, Norman has averaged 22.7 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to nine.
Gamescore: 24.23
Other Notable Players
- Aiden Jones: 50 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.45)
- Laryous Burt: 9 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
- Travez Gibson: 91 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.68)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
