Vote: Who should be SBLive's North Central Florida football defensive player of the week (10/31/2023)?
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 10.
As such, we have 11 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s North Central Florida Defensive Football Player of the Week award from October 26-27, and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, November 4th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week’s winner: Logan McCloud, DE, Newberry
Here are this week's nominees:
Dwayne Goodrum Jr., DE, Trinity Catholic: The defensive end tallied three sacks in the Celtics’ 49-8 win over P.K, Yonge.
Trenton Klein, LB, Union County: Klein notched 12 tackles, four for a loss in the Tigers’ 42-8 win over Dixie County.
Manny Rodriguez, DL, Bell: The defensive lineman tallied three tackles for loss and two sacks in Bell’s 40-0 win over Bronson.
Landry Steele-Denley, DE, The Villages: Steele-Denley notched five tackles and two sacks in the Buffaloes’ 42-20 win over Umatilla.
Skyler Forella, LB, Ocala Christian: The linebacker notched 10 tackles and a sack in the Crusaders’ 60-16 win over Lakeside Christian.
Mykah Newton, DE, Newberry: Newton came off the edge and caused havoc, tallying four tackles and two sacks in a 35-6 win over Crescent City.
Kyshaun Veasey, DB, Branford: The defensive back tallied two interceptions in Branford’s 40-0 win over Bishop McLaughlin.
Timarius Mickens, DT, Forest: The defensive tackle made six tackles, 3.5 went for loss and 2.5 sacks in a 17-14 win over West Port.
Jymir Williams, LB, Williston: Williams tallied three sacks in the Red Devils’ 56-20 win over North Marion.
Andrew Zock, DL, Hawthorne: Zock notched nine tackles, two for loss and forced a fumble in a 55-0 win over Akelynn’s Angels Christian Academy.
Jakel Colbert, DB, Lake Weir: Colbert picked off two passes in the Hurricanes’ 34-14 win over Interlachen.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
