MaxPreps/USA Football Players of the Week for September 12-18, 2016

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States.

Selected by USA Football, players are chosen based upon statistics that are submitted to MaxPreps. Each winner receives a certificate and a letterman patch to showcase the honor.

The USA Football/MaxPreps Regional High School Football Players of the Week honors eight top high school football performers each week throughout the United States. Every Tuesday during the football season, 5 nominees from each region will be announced and on Wednesday's the 8 region Player of the Week winners will be selected. To nominate players, coaches or team administrators must enter the athlete's game stats by Monday evening of each week. High school coaches can obtain an access code for their teams by visiting: www.maxpreps.com/cl.

The eight weekly selections for Players of the Week for the week of September 12-18, 2016 are:


Northeast region
WR Devaun Ford ('19), Mashpee (Mashpee, Mass.); 13 carries, 101 yards, 2 rush TD; 107 rec. yards, 2 rec. TD

Mid-Atlantic region
QB Sam Hartman ('18), Davidson Day (Davidson, N.C.); 11-16, 380 yards, 7 TD

Southeast region
DE Marcel Bell ('19), St. Francis Catholic (Gainesville, Fla.); 15 tackles (3 solo, 12 asst.) 5 TFL, 3.5 sacks

Midwest region
RB Ronald Faulk-tindal ('18), Maur Hill Prep-Mount Academy (Atchison, Kan.); 15 carries, 177 yards, 3 rush TD; 102 yards, 2 rec. TD

Great Lakes region
ATH Tre'von Mccarter('18), Woodlan (Woodburn, Ind.); 12 carries, 134 yards, 4 rush TD; 117 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD

Southwest region
George Tavarez ('18), Williamson County HomeSchool (Austin, Texas); 11 carries, 187 yards, 4 rush TD; 201 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD

West region
LB Halid Djibril ('18), Cathedral (Los Angeles, Calif.); 23 tackles (10 solo, 13 asst.), 6 TFL, 2 sacks

Northwest region
QB Ted Wickman ('18),Yoncalla (Yoncalla, Ore.); 18-21, 212 yards, 4 TD


To view all the Week 5 nominees, please click here. And to read more about the MaxPreps/USA Football Player of the Week program, click here.