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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Tampa Bay Florida high school football defensive player of the week (11/13/2023)?

We’ve selected 14 candidates to choose from this past week’s games

The Florida High School Football Playoffs have begun and we continue our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state. Teams started off the regular season with some great individual performances in the region quarterfinals.

As such, we have 14 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Tampa Bay high school football offensive player of the week award from November 9-10, and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, November 18th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll. 


Tampa Bay Defensive Player of the Week

Congratulations to last week's winner: Jaheim Hudson, LB, Sumner.


Here are this week's nominations:

Zach Quinn, LB, Jesuit: Not often do you see a linebacker get close to making 20 tackles, nonetheless 30. Quinn nearly did that in the Tigers' 40-7 win over Pinellas Park, tallying 25 tackles and two sacks. 

Peter Pesansky, DL, Jesuit: The Tigers' defensive lineman made 19 tackles and four went for a loss and two sacks in Jesuit's win.

Nolan Dooly, LB, Jesuit: Dooly is a freshman linebacker and made 16 tackles and two went for a loss. 

Trinzel Lewis, LB, Calvary Christian: Lewis totaled a team-high 13 tackles in the Warriors 56-28 win over Lakewood. 

Duke Dudley, LB, Canterbury: Dudley racked up a team-high 11 tackles in Canterbury's 46-28 win over Real Life Christian. 

Sir Jacob Thompson, LB, Northeast: The Vikings' linebacker racked up 13 tackles and four for loss in a 27-26 win over Hillsborough. 

Jarvis Boatwright Jr., DB, Clearwater: Boatwright Jr. made 10 tackles and picked off a pass in Clearwater's 35-12 win over Blake. 

Jaheim Hudson, LB, Sumner: Hudson makes the list again and racked up 12 tackles in the win over Riverview. 

Tyler Green, LB, Wharton: The Wildcats' linebacker made a team-high 16 tackles in a 20-14 loss to Armwood. 

Tre'Variez Jacobs, DL, Tampa Bay Tech: Jacobs totaled five sacks in the Titans' 51-34 win over Fletcher. 

Alex Tate, LB, Plant: The Panthers' linebacker made a team-high 13 tackles and a sack in a 31-27 win over Plant City.

Luby Jones Jr., LB, Berkeley Prep: The freshman linebacker had three sacks in the Buccaneers' 21-0 win over Middleton. 

Hale Sollmann, LB, Durant: Sollmann was all over the field for Durant, making a team-high 14 tackles in a 33-0 win over Palm Harbor University. 

Patrick Iaconis, LB, Palm Harbor University: The Hurricanes' linebacker totaled a team-high 12 tackles in the loss to the Cougars. 

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl