Vote: Who should be SBLive's Tampa Bay Florida high school football defensive player of the week (11/1/2023)?
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 15 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Tampa Bay 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: Samuel Ehret, LB, Clearwater Academy International.
Here are this week's nominations:
Brady Schmiel, DE, Gaither: The defensive end tallied two sacks in the Cowboys’ 62-0 win over Leto.
Jordan Thomas, LB, Tarpon Springs: Thomas notched eight tackles, one for loss and an interception in the Spongers’ 34-8 win over North Port.
Anthony Cavallaro, DE, Indian Rocks Christian: The freshman defensive end had two sacks in the Eagles’ 34-22 win over LaBelle.
Solomon Williams, DL, Carrollwood Day: Williams notched two sacks in the Patriots’ 63-19 win over Cambridge Christian.
Max Taken, LB, Tampa Catholic: The freshman linebacker tallied 10 tackles and three sacks in the Crusaders’ 42-7 win over Jefferson.
Gunner Fodor, LB, Palm Harbor University: The linebacker notched 13 tackles, two for loss and two sacks in the Hurricanes’ 23-7 win over East Lake.
Brock Smith, DB, Calvary Christian: Smith intercepted two passes in the Warriors’ 65-0 win over Dunedin.
Christopher Kalu, DL, Largo: Kalu made 11 tackles and three sacks in the Packers’ 34-9 victory over Osceola.
Hale Sollman, LB, Durant: The linebacker made a game-high 15 tackles in the Cougars’ 36-22 win over Riverview.
Deandre Newton, DB, Wharton: Newton picked off two passes in the Wildcats’ 51-0 win over Freedom.
Greg Lott, DE, Armwood: Lott tallied four sacks in the Hawks’ 51-34 district championship win over Tampa Bay Tech.
William Miller, LB, Steinbrenner: Miller tallied a team-high 11 tackles, two for a loss and 0.5 sack in a 42-14 win over Sickles.
Jaheim Hudson, LB, Sumner: Hudson notched a team-high 11 tackles in the Stingrays’ 49-8 win over Newsome.
Titus Bullard, DE, Berkeley Prep: The Buccaneers’ edge rusher tallied three sacks in Berkeley Prep’s 28-14 win over Clearwater.
Sir Jacob Thompson, LB, Northeast: Thompson tallied a team-high 15 tackles in the Vikings’ 48-38 win over Pinellas Park.
-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl
