High School Football

White Knoll quarterback named The State’s Midlands football player of the week

Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll.
Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll. Jeff Blake Photo

Congratulations to White Knoll quarterback Landon Sharpe for winning the vote for this week’s State’s Midlands Player of the Week honors.

A new poll will be released on Monday.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.

Congrats to all the nominees.

Jaden Allen-Hendrix, RB Gilbert: Junior carried the call 20 times for 139 yards, three touchdowns, caught three passes for 58 yards and a TD. On defense, he had three tackles, a sack and forced a fumble in win over Orangeburg-Wilkinson.

Myles, Brown, LB, Ridge View: Junior had 10 tackles, five for loss, three sacks, three pass break-ups and blocked a punt for a safety in win over Westwood.

Sky Harter, RB, Lugoff-Elgin: Senior rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns in win over Richland Northeast.

Devin Johnson, ATH, Gray Collegiate: Senior caught four passes for 101 yards, two touchdowns, rushed for a TD and also threw a TD pass win over Newberry.

Taiden Mines, QB, Lexington: Junior was 13-of-19 passing for 216 yards and a TD. He also rushed for 36 yards in OT win over White Knoll.

Hernandez O’Neal, QB, Keenan: Senior was 13-of-20 passing for 199 yards , two touchdowns and also carried it seven times for 103 yards in win over Eau Claire.

Will McQueen, LB/DB Hammond: Junior picked off two passes, returned both for touchdowns and returned a fumble for a score in a win over Trinity Collegiate.

Edward Robinson, DL, Blythewood: Junior had eight tackles, five for loss, including four sacks in win over Clover. Robinson became the school’s single-season sack leader with 22.

David Rodgers, LB, Cardinal Newman: The junior had 15½ tackles, four for loss, a sack and fumble recovery in a win over Camden Military.

Landon Sharpe, QB, White Knoll: Sophomore was 27-of-38 passing for 440 yards, three touchdowns and rushed for a TD in loss to Lexington.

Casey Shropshire, RB, North Central: Junior carried it 20 times for 272 yards and four touchdowns in win over Cheraw.

Markel Townsend, RB, AC Flora: Senior rushed for 243 yards, three touchdowns and also threw a 32-yard TD pass in win over Irmo.

David Wilson, LB, Spring Valley: Senior had 25 tackles, 15 solo, in win over Fort Mill.

This story was originally published October 17, 2022 at 10:44 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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