Vote Now: Who should be SBLive’s Northeast Florida Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 7-9)?
High school football is back in the Sunshine State and so begins our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state. Teams started off the regular season with some great individual performances in Week 3.
As such, we have eight athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Northeast Florida Defensive Football Player of the Week award from September 7-9 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, September 16 at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Troy Butler, DE, Ed White.
Here are this week's nominations.
Israel Ratliff, LB, Mandarin: The linebacker led the team with nine tackles in the Mustangs’ 50-20 victory over Riverside.
Julian Holt, DB, Ed White: The Commanders spoiled the first game on artificial turf at Englewood as Holt notched three sacks in a 36-14 win.
Benjamin Preyer, DL, Englewood: Despite in a losing effort, the defensive lineman had 14 tackles and four of them went for a loss.
Synorice Barnes, DL, Baldwin: The junior defensive tackle helped lead the defense as Barnes had eight tackles and three for loss.
Travis Lan, DL, Fletcher: In the Senators 7-0 win over Andrew Jackson, Lan was a menace in the backfield with 5.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.
Torin Brazell, DE, Bradford: The defensive end was a key factor in the Tornadoes’ 32-7 win over Middleburg as he notched seven tackles and three for loss.
Jackson Christoforo, LB, Tocoi Creek: In a narrow 23-20 loss to Bishop Kenny, the linebacker had a nice game and nabbed nine tackles and two sacks.
Marquice King, DB, St. Augustine: The defensive back notched two interceptions in the Yellow Jackets’ 45-35 victory over Brunswick last week.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
