Midlands high school football: Week 1 Top Performers
Offense
Quarterback
Tevaughn Higgins, Lower Richland – 22-45 passing, 402 yards, 4 TDs; 84 yards rushing, 2 TDs
Logan Bailey, Chapin – 15-27 passing, 217 yards, TD; 90 yards rushing, 4 TDs
Jalen Smith, Westwood – 14-19 passing, 267 yards, 3 TDs; 28 yards rushing, TD
Chance Walker, Swansea – 211 yards rushing, 2 TDs; 2 pass completions for 78 yards, TD
Patrick McClure, Ben Lippen – 16-24 passing, 233 yards, TD; 66 yards rushing
Tyler Thomas, Gilbert – 20-32 passing, 220 yards, TD; 47 yards rushing, 2 TDs
Calev Grubbs, White Knoll – 7-13 passing, 139 yards; 103 yards rushing, TD
Yafari Werts, Newberry – 6-10 passing, 142 yards; 91 yards rushing, TD
Jaylen Nelson, Ridge View – 130 yards rushing, 2 TDs; 6-25 passing, 69 yards
Graham Smith, Hammond – 13-17 passing, 258 yards
Kozi Brown, Brookland-Cayce – 17-32 passing, 246 yards, 2 TDs
David Isreal, Blythewood – 12-23 passing, 224 yards, TD
Brandon Tillmon, River Bluff – 6-10 passing, 116 yards, TD; 49 yards rushing
Brett Burnett, Airport – 19-26 passing, 158 yards, 3 TDs
Running back
Malik Bennett, Hammond – 196 yards, 3 TDs, 20 carries; 4 catches, 78 yards; 3 kick returns, 85 yards
Maurice Jones, White Knoll – 190 yards, 3 TDs, 17 carries
A.J. Brown, Brookland-Cayce – 155 yards, 3 TDs, 21 carries
TyQuandre Davis, Richland NE - 149 yards, TD, 11 carries
Clarence Watson, A.C. Flora – 138 yards, TD, 15 carries
Ti’Juan Glenn, River Bluff – 117 yards, 3 TDs, 20 carries
Eric Portifield, Eau Claire – 115 yards, 13 carries
Osei Thomas, Blythewood – 113 yards, 3 TDs, 17 carries
Quaevon Cannon, Swansea – 107 yards, 23 carries
Jay Washington, Dreher – 104 yards, 3 TDs, 20 carries
Amir Abrams, Newberry – 98 yards, TD, 24 carries
Shaquan Murphy, C.A. Johnson – 93 yards, TD, 18 carries
Cunningham Frederic, Lower Richland – 80 yards, 2 TDs, 13 carries; 4 catches, 46 yards
Wide receiver
Larry Collins, Lower Richland – 9 catches, 172 yards, 3 TDs
Montre Miller, Westwood – 5 catches, 165 yards, 3 TDs
Mark Rew, Ben Lippen – 6 catches, 166 yards, TD
Jalon Williams, Keenan – 7 catches, 157 yards, TD
Stephen Davis, Dutch Fork – 5 catches, 100 yards, TD
Alec DeBoer, Dutch Fork – 4 catches, 93 yards, TD
Zicorious Riley, Newberry – 4 catches, 92 yards
Willie Warren, Gilbert – 5 catches, 91 yards
Jayson Hopper, Lexington – 12 catches, 88 yards
Jonathan Murphy, Lower Richland – 4 catches, 86 yards, TD
J. Mills, Brookland-Cayce – 5 catches, 84 yards, 2 TDs
Evan Estridge, Chapin – 4 catches, 77 yards, 2 TDs
Line
Danny McLane, White Knoll – Graded 95%, 12 big blocks, 4 pancakes
Nick Hudgens, A.C. Flora – Graded 91%, 2 knockdowns
John Taylor, Hammond – Graded 90%
Braylen Waldo, A.C. Flora – Graded 88%, 3 pancakes
Travius Williams, Fairfield Central – 7 pancakes
Defense
Line
Khari Suber, Chapin – 9 tackles, 3 sacks, CF
Edward Roe, Ridge View – 9 tackles, 3 TFL, sack, 2 CFs
Tromayne Mikell, A.C. Flora – 8 tackles, TFL, sack
Zhadrian Burgess, Batesburg-Leesville – 7 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 TFL
Jordan Smith, Swansea – 10 tackles
Brennen Zeigler, Chapin – 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Linebacker
Romel Gilmore, Eau Claire – 21 tackles
Kenny Oliveira, Lexington – 18 tackles, 2 sacks
Maurice Pauling, Fairfield Central – 14 tackles, 3 sacks, TFL
Darieus McCaskill, Westwood – 16 tackles
Darryl Camack, Fairfield Central – 15 tackles
Richard Hall, Westwood – 14 tackles, TFL
Desean Gause, Richland NE – 13 tackles, TFL, PBU
Jaror Farchione, River Bluff – 12 tackles, 2 TFL
Cassius Garner, Blythewood – 12 tackles, TFL
Brandon Serio, White Knoll – 12 tackles, PBU
Joe Beckett, White Knoll – 11 tackles, TFL, INT, 2 QB hurries, 2 PBU
Sam Kyzer, Gilbert – 11 tackles, sack
Alex Smith, Dutch Fork – 11 tackles, FR
Sterling Fleder, Camden – 11 tackles, TFL
Keith McNeil, Eau Claire – 9 tackles, PBU, 60-yard FR TD
Read Folline, Hammond – 9 tackles, TFL, sack
Tim Gibson, Richland NE – 7 tackles, 3 TFL
Earl Preddy, Dreher, Seven tackles, 3 TFL, CF, TD, Safety
Secondary
Davon Johnson, River Bluff – 3 tackles, 2 INTs
Cedric Cunningham, North Central – 2 INTs
Cory Riley, A.C. Flora – 8 tackles, INT, PBU
Corey Cohen, Eau Claire – 4 tackles, PBU, INT
Lane Botkin, A.C. Flora – 12 tackles, PBU
Nick Graves, Lexington – 9 tackles, 3 PBU
Mark Mickens, Westwood – 7 tackles, INT
Terrick Hunter, Richland NE – 7 tackles, INT
Khris Pam, Blythewood – 5 tackles, INT, PBU
Lou Runge, Hammond – 9 tackles
Special teams
Taylor Kelly, Camden – 3 kick returns, 142 yards, 93-yard TD
Yunem Pena, Swansea – 3 field goals
Players of Week
Offense – Tevaughn Higgins, Lower Richland
Defense – Maurice Pauling, Fairfield Central
Compiled by John Devlin
This story was originally published September 1, 2015 at 9:36 PM with the headline "Midlands high school football: Week 1 Top Performers."