Northern Illinois 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!
Big Game from Kelly As Hononegah Won 44-15
Dom Kelly's big game helped extend Hononegah's winning streak to six on Friday. Kelly did his part (and then some), rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries for the 'W'.
Hononegah's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Kelly will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Boylan Catholic on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.67
Jahmani Muhammad Turns in Another Game with at Least 125 Rushing Yards
Jahmani Muhammad continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his third-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least 125 rushing yards. He rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Muhammad has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 131.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had six rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 21.77
Bryar Krieg Makes It Two for Harlem
Keeping Muhammad company is Bryar Krieg, a fellow Harlem player. He made 12 total tackles.
For the season, Krieg has averaged 10 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 15.18
Demetrious Taborn Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Demetrious Taborn of Belvidere. Taborn picked up 68 receiving yards.
Belvidere is on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Taborn and Belvidere will face off against Jefferson at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 14.05
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
