Vote: Who should be the SBLive's Northeast Florida high school football defensive player of the week (10/3/2023)?
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 6.
As such, we have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s Northeast Florida high school football defensive player of the week award from September 28-29 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, October 7th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Braylen Ricks, DE, Yulee.
Here are this week's nominations.
Troy Holloway, LB, Bolles: The senior linebacker made four tackles and three of them went for a loss in the Bulldogs' 48-21 defeat of Episcopal School of Jacksonville.
Torin Brazell, DE, Bradford: Brazell was wrecking havoc in the Keystone Heights' backfield on Friday night. The defensive end collected five tackles, four for a loss, a sack and forced fumble in a 48-6 win.
Samuel Hayward, LB, Providence School: Hayward made sure University Christian didn't make a comeback against the Stallions. The linebacker made 12 tackles and notched two sacks in a 17-14 win.
Lovell Vereen, LB, Trinity Christian Academy: Leading the way in the Conquerors' 19-13 victory over Rockledge was Vereen, who made a team-high 12 tackles.
Rylan Hale, DL, Yulee: The defensive lineman made an impact in the Hornets' 26-14 win over Fernandina Beach as Hale had a team-high nine tackles, one pick and a fumble recovery.
Maddoxx Lehman, LB, Menendez: In a 30-14 win over Gainesville, Lehman led the Falcons with a team-high 14 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble.
Jeramiah Mitchell, DE, Baker County: The defensive end totaled five tackles and two sacks in Baker County's 21-0 win over West Nassau.
Nic Braddock, DB, West Nassau: The strong safety came down in the box and made a team-high 13 tackles in the Warriors' loss to Baker County.
Talan Babin, LB, Ponte Vedra: Babin, a sophomore backer, led the Sharks with a team-high 10 tackles in the team's 31-0 rout of Flagler Palm Coast.
CJ Allen, LB, Sandalwood: The Saints' linebacker totaled nine tackles and one for loss in Sandalwood's 21-14 loss to Nease.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
