Northeast 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!
Foster Made His Presence Known in Leo's 34-20 Victory
Starting off the list is Leo's Nathan Foster, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Foster rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the season, Foster has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 136.1 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 49.88
While Bellmont might've come up empty on Friday, Grady Baker wasn't going down without a fight. Despite the loss, Baker was still balling out as he rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown.
Bellmont is on a 17-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Baker and Bellmont will head out to square off against DeKalb at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.12
A Season-Best Performance from Graham Blythe Leads Dekalb over Norwell
On Friday, DeKalb got the W thanks in part to Graham Blythe playing the best football he has all season. Blythe wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 16 total tackles (5.0 for loss). The matchup was his 11th straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season. He has become a key player for DeKalb: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least one forced fumble, but 1-3 otherwise.
This year, Blythe has averaged 9.3 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had one forced fumble. This year he is already up to three.
Gamescore: 35.75
Brady Culler Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, DeKalb got the W thanks in part to Brady Culler playing the best football he has all season. Culler picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Culler must have Norwell's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Culler saw the Knights), he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 32.63
Landin Hoeppner Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Landin Hoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made five total tackles and defended a pass. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards.
On the year, Hoeppner has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 24 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 36.57 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 32.47
Other Notable Players
- Drake Hall: 58 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 31.95)
- Brock Schott: 93 yards receiving; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 24.47)
- Caiden Hinkle: 72 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.40)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
