Vote: Who should be SBLive's Tampa Bay Florida high school football offensive player of the week (10/23/2023)?
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 23 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Tampa Bay Offensive 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 28th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Dallas Sims, WR, Clearwater Academy International
Here are this week's nominations:
Antwan Raymond, RB, Clearwater Academy International: Raymond is quickly becoming a name known throughout the state. The tailback helped lead the Knights to an upset win over Lakeland, rushing for 159 yards and scoring a touchdown.
TJ Moore, WR, Tampa Catholic: The Clemson commitment caught seven passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns in Tampa Catholic's 51-48 loss to Fort Myers.
Trey Hedden, QB, Tampa Catholic: Hedden, a Furman commit, threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns in the loss to the Green Wave.
Gavin Richardson, WR, Northside Christian: The junior wide receiver hauled in seven passes for 125 yards in the Mustangs' 22-21 win over Indian Rocks Christian.
Damarion Rowe, RB, St. Petersburg Catholic: Rowe carried the ball 12 times and had 93 yards, scoring a touchdown in a 32-0 win over Bishop Athletics.
Jacob Drackett, QB, Calvary Christian: The Air Force commitment completed 12-of-15 passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-7 win over Lakeland Christian.
Sean Cuono, RB, Calvary Christian: Cuono rushed for a game-high 123 yards on 18 carries and two touchdowns in the win over the Vikings.
Mohamed Barrie, RB, Boca Ciega: In a 48-0 win over Hollins, Barrie rushed for 101 yards on four carries and scored two touchdowns.
Trey O'Malley, QB, Plant: O'Malley completed 6-of-10 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-6 win over Steinbrenner.
Waltez Clark, RB, Plant: The Florida commit had five receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown plus added a scoring run on the ground versus the Warriors.
Justin Thurman, RB, Jesuit: The Notre Dame commit rushed for 68 yards and scored three touchdowns in a 35-28 win over Tampa Bay Tech.
Xzavier Jackson, QB, Tampa Bay Tech: Despite being on the losing end, Jackson threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns versus Jesuit.
Joshua Balloon, RB, Middleton: Balloon led the way in a 15-7 win over Sickles, rushing for a game-high 143 yards and scoring two touchdowns.
Mykhel Boebert, RB, Palm Harbor University: The running back rushed for over 100 yards and scored twice in a 20-0 win over Seminole.
Elijah Mason, RB, Gaither: Mason rushed for 94 yards and scored three touchdowns in a 35-21 win over Durant.
Malachi Peterson, RB, Largo: Peterson rushed for 100 yards and picked off a pass on defense in Largo's win over Lakewood.
Jeff Jones, QB, St. Petersburg: The Green Devils' quarterback did it again in a 49-0 win over Countryside. Jones had 211 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Girard Pringle, RB, Armwood: Pringle got loose in the Hawks' 43-9 win over Plant City, rushing for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
Jadarian Collins, WR, Blake: The Yellow Jackets' wide receiver had four catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns in a 54-19 win over Chamberlain.
Parkees Harris, RB, Tarpon Springs: Harris rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in the Spongers' 42-6 win over Dunedin.
Joseph Troupe, RB, Berkeley Prep: Troupe rushed for 127 yards and scored two touchdowns in a 42-0 win over East Bay.
Z'orey Cotton, RB, Spoto: The Spartans' running back tallied 155 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-26 win over Brandon.
Grover Colbert, RB, Brandon: Colbert rushed for 145 yards and scored two touchdowns in the loss to Spoto.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
