7A Region 1 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!
Jamarion Pegues Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Oxford's Jamarion Pegues, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Pegues rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (121.7). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Oxford moved to 2-4 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. Pegues and Oxford will head out on the road to square off against DeSoto Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.60
Desoto Central Gets a Boost from Perry in 35-21 Victory
DeSoto Central found a leader in Eric Perry as the team took down Southaven on Friday. Nobody could stop Perry as he rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
Perry might have his next game, a road matchup with Oxford, circled on his calendar. Perry rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes the last time he and the Chargers duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 32.50
Drew Dean Delivers Best Performance of Season
Drew Dean produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Oxford to the win on Friday. Dean threw for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Dean has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 120.8 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.20
Jason Edwards Jr Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Horn Lake had to settle for second even though Jason Edwards Jr put up the best numbers he has all season. Edwards Jr threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 56 yards.
Horn Lake moved to 5-2 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak. Edwards Jr and Horn Lake will square off against Hernando at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.13
Lenden Fairley Has Career-Day on Friday
Lenden Fairley produced his most outstanding game to date while leading DeSoto Central to the win on Friday. Fairley rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 65 yards.
For the season, Fairley has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 85.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 24.40
Other Notable Players
- Rivers Robertson: 0.5 sacks and 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.25)
- DJ Longino: 9 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Braylon King: 91 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.35)
- Trey Wallace: 2 interception and 5 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Kingston Gregory: 67 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.87)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
