4A 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!
Ford Posts Huge Game in 67-16 Win
Starting off the list is Leesville's Xavier Ford, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Ford rushed for 277 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 16.3 yards per carry.
Ford might have his next game, a home matchup with Eunice, circled on his calendar. Ford rushed for 309 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry the last time he and the Bobcats duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 84.60
Dylon Rhodes Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles
Dylon Rhodes continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 20th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He turned in his biggest game of the season, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 16 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This season, Rhodes has averaged 14.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 35.25
Bushnell Came Up Big in Iowa's 48-21 Win
Jeremiah Bushnell put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in November of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 13 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win (which was Iowa's sixth in a row) raised their record to 7-1. Bushnell will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against LaGrange on Thursday.
Gamescore: 24.28
A Constellation of Stars for Deridder
Another DeRidder player making an appearance on this list is Tanner Davis. He threw for 167 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
For the year, Davis has thrown 16 touchdowns while averaging 132.2 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.23
Other Notable Players
- Uriah Wade: 109 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.15)
- Dylan Vines: 1 interception (1TD) and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.50)
- Amari Willis: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.25)
- J'Vien Adams: 40 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.20)
- Reed Dupre: 44 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 16.43)
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