Vote: Who should be SBLive's South Suncoast Florida high school football defensive player of the week (10/22/2023)?
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 9.
As such, we have nine athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s South Suncoast Defensive Football Player of the Week award from October 19-20 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, October 28 at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Braden Krejci, LB, Charlotte
Here are this week's nominations:
Dameyon Bloomfield, DT, Charlotte: The defensive tackle racked up eight tackles, forced fumble and recovered one in the Fightin' Tarpons 21-10 loss to Braden River.
Ivan Tulupov, LB, Saint Stephen's Episcopal: Tulupov turned in a solid performance in the Falcons' 29-7 win over Oasis, notching 15 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
Trey Duque, LB, Bradenton Christian: The freshman linebacker tallied eight tackles in the Panthers' 35-7 defeat of Out-of-Door Academy.
Ashton Springfield, DL, Parrish Community: Springfield was all over the place in the Bulls' 41-34 loss to Cypress Creek, notching 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.
Tyreek'e Robinson, DT, Manatee: The defensive tackle made a team-high nine tackles in the Hurricanes' 21-14 loss to Sarasota Riverview.
Ryan Daly, DT, Venice: Daly just recently committed to Duke and you can see why the Blue Devils want him. The defensive tackle notched seven tackles and a sack in a 51-16 win over Palmetto.
Jordan Radkey, DT, Sarasota Booker: Radkey is another defensive tackle that made the list after the lineman tallied seven tackles and two sacks in a 30-21 loss to Wiregrass Ranch.
Andrew Creed, DT, Out-of-Door: Creed notched two tackles for loss and two sacks in the Thunder's 35-7 loss to Bradenton Christian.
Ronin Dangler, LB, Braden River: Dangler notched two of the team's five sacks in the Pirates' 21-10 victory over Charlotte.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
