Vote: Who should be the SBLive's Northeast Florida high school football defensive player of the week (10/10/2023)?
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 7.
As such, we have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s Northeast Florida high school football defensive player of the week award from October 5-6 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, October 14th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Maddox Lehman, LB, Menendez.
Here are this week's nominations:
Samuel Hayward, LB, Providence School: The outside linebacker provided a punch to the defense as Hayward notched three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in a 43-15 win over Hilliard.
Aden Ealy, LB, St. Joseph’s Academy: Ealy was a leader in the front seven for the Flashes in a 48-0 win over Duval Charter as the backer tallied eight tackles and two went for a loss.
Keegan Mclean, DL, Wolfson: The defensive lineman had two sacks in Wolfson’s 27-26 victory over Stanton last week.
Desean Hall, LB, Mandarin: Hall was a force for the Mustangs in a 49-6 win over Westside, as the linebacker had four tackles and two sacks.
King Massey, DL, Andrew Jackson: Massey was a menace in the backfield of Sandalwood as the defensive end had eight tackles, 3.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Anthony Duncan, DE, Ed White: The defensive back had a strong performance in the 20-19 loss to Fletcher, rallying eight tackles and three sacks.
Johdeem Jones, LB, Raines: In the Vikings win over First Coast, Jones had himself a field day in the Buccaneers’ backfield and notched three sacks.
Chason Clark, LB, Bradford: The linebacker had a team-high 10 tackles in the Tornadoes’ 12-0 shutout win over Oakleaf.
Carson Collins, DE, Tocoi Creek: The defensive end had 4.5 sacks in the Toros’ 34-13 victory over Menendez.
Ridge Richardson, DB, Ponte Vedra: Richardson, a safety for the Sharks, came up and made some hits in the team’s 55-20 defeat on Bishop Kenny. The safety had a team-high 11 tackles.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
