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Vote for PrepXtra high school football players of the week

USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee
PrepXtra 2016

Cast your vote before noon Thursday for the PrepXtra offensive and defensive players of the week for Week 1.

Here are the offensive nominees:

Cade Ballard, Greeneville

Ballard was 13-of-16 passing for 201 yards, 62 rushing yards, 5 total TDs in a 35-21 win over Dobyns-Bennett.

Isaiah Cobb, Maryville

Cobb had 19 carries for 107 yards, 4 TDs in a 49-42 win over Catholic.

 

Andrew Gentry, Gatlinburg-Pittman

Gentry had eight catches for 184 yards and three TDs in a 46-40 loss to Cloudland.

Stanton Martin, Anderson County

Martin had 11 carries for 193 yards with 2 TDs. He also was 16-of-26 passing for 247 yards and three touchdowns in a 55-27 win over Carter.

 

Here are the defensive nominees:

Kaleb Aikens, Lenoir City

Aikens had five tackles, including three sacks, in a 34-18 win over William Blount.

Ligon had nine tackles, two interceptions and a tackle for loss in a 28-0 win over Gibbs.

Parker Mckinney, Coalfield

Mckinney had four interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, and had five tackles in a 70-0 rout of Wartburg.

Grant Richardson, CAK

Richardson had 13 tackles including five for loss in a 28-11 loss to Christ (N.C.).

 

 

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