Vote Now: Who should be SBLive’s North Central 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 nine athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s North Central 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 Sunday, September 17 at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Here are this week's nominations:
Markell Davis, LB, Vanguard: The inside linebacker led the Knights with a team-high 10 tackles in the team's 28-21 victory over Dunnellon last week.
Tre Rollerson, LB, Dunnellon: On the losing end against Vanguard, the linebacker had a strong game and totaled 10 tackles and two went for a loss.
Timothy Taylor Jr., DL, Williston: The defensive tackle tallied two sacks in the Red Devils' 43-6 rout of Land O' Lakes.
Malakhi Boone, LB, South Sumter: One of the top performances by a linebacker in the state in Week 3 went to Boone, who notched 18 tackles and five went for a loss in the 48-29 win over Forest.
Elian Godin, DB, Forest: Playing more in the box against South Sumter's run-heavy offense, the strong safety tallied a team-high 16 tackles.
Jarquez Carter, DL, Newberry: The defensive tackle had himself a night in Newberry's 41-13 rout of West Port, finishing with four sacks.
Darius Cook, LB, Dixie County: Cook finished with a team-high nine tackles in Dixie County's 48-0 rout of Bronson.
Andrew Zock, DE, Hawthorne: The defensive end nabbed 12 tackles and a sack in the Hornets' 46-6 win over Terry Parker.
Miles Hoffman, LB, Interlachen: The linebacker had six tackles and four sacks in the Rams' 22-18 loss to Crescent City last week.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
