High School Football

AC Flora senior is our Midlands high school football player of the week

The weekly high school player of the week poll.
The weekly high school player of the week poll. Jeff Blake Photo

The second week of the 2021 high school football season is in the books in South Carolina.

AC Flora linebacker/defensive back Tyrell Green was voted our Midlands football Player of the Week for games played last weekend. Congrats to Tyrell and all of the nominees.

Player of the Week nominees

Cauthen Best, QB Camden: In a 50-0 win over Lugoff-Elgin, Best was 15-of-20 passing for 327 yards, two touchdowns. He also ran it six times for 46 yards and a TD.

Chance Jennings, QB, Gilbert: In a 55-29 win over Aiken, Jennings sang the national anthem before the game and then was 11-of-16 passing for 177 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed four times for 41 yards.

CJ Stokes, RB, Hammond: In a 58-7 win over Ben Lippen, the Michigan commit rushed 11 times for 121 yards.

Dawan Rice, RB, C.A. Johnson: In 42-0 win over New Hope, Rice carried it 11 times for 86 yards, four touchdowns and also caught one pass for 26 yards.

Evan Javis, RB/LB, Spring Valley: In a 33-10 win over River Buff, Javis ran it four times for 135 yards and two touchdowns. On defense, he had 14 tackles, three for loss, caused one fumble and intercepted a pass.

Janeem Burrell, QB, Eau Claire: In 38-30 loss to Great Falls, Burrell was 11-of-16 passing for 175 yards, a touchdown and also carried it five times for 35 yards and a score.

Mason Suber, K/P, Chapin: In 46-25 win over Mid-Carolina, Suber was 6-of-6 on extra points, 1-of-1 on field goals, averaged 39 yards a punt and six of his eight kickoffs were touchbacks.

Myles Cotten, RB/LB, Blythewood: In a 22-7 win over Goose Creek, Cotten rushed for 74 yards, a touchdown and also had a 20-yard reception. He also had 10 tackles on defense.

Randall McDaniel, RB, Columbia: In a 26-24 win over Pelion, McDaniel carried it 18 times for 178 yards, two touchdowns and also caught a 32-yard pass.

Tory Kelly, LB, Gray Collegiate: In a 33-22 win over Oceanside Collegiate, he had 10 tackles, two pass breakups, forced a fumble and had two fumble recoveries. One of the fumble recoveries, he returned 96 yards for a touchdown.

Tyrell Green, LB, AC Flora: In a 13-0 win over Sumter, he had eight tackles, two quarterback pressures, two sacks and a fumble recovery.

Zion Agnew, WR, Ridge View: In a 29-14 win over North Augusta, Agnew had seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown.

This story was originally published August 30, 2021 at 10:48 AM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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