Jadyn Davis of Catawba Ridge voted The Herald’s latest Player of the Week
Jadyn Davis, quarterback of the Catawba Ridge football team, has been voted The Herald’s Football Player of the Week.
The 6-foot-2, 187-pound sophomore quarterback had another big week last week: Davis, the nation’s top rated college football recruit in the Class of 2024, went 18-for-29 for 308 yards and five touchdowns passing to lead Catawba Ridge to a 35-14 victory at Nation Ford on Aug. 27. Davis is 37-for-59 for 608 yards and eight touchdowns for the Copperheads (2-0) this season.
His team will face 4A power Greenwood on Friday at home.
There were 24,443 votes cast in this week’s poll. Davis earned 40.1% of the vote; Xavien “Foxx” Moore earned 37.8% of the vote; and Anthony Walls of Lewisville earned 16.5% of the vote.
View the nominees for this week’s award and full results below.
Meet the finalists
Elijah Caldwell, Northwestern receiver. The junior wide receiver had four catches for 147 yards and three touchdowns to help Northwestern to a 48-14 win over Rock Hill on Aug. 27. Caldwell’s night included a 60-yard touchdown reception to help the Trojans improve to 1-1 this season.
Jadyn Davis, Catawba Ridge quarterback.
Xavien “Foxx” Moore, Great Falls running back. The Red Devils’ senior running back had 147 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 16 carries to lead Great Falls to a 38-30 win over Eau Claire on Aug. 27. Moore has rushed for 263 yards and five touchdowns for Great Falls (2-0) this season.
Anthony Walls, Lewisville running back. Walls had 164 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 17 carries in his first career start at running back to help Lewisville to a 46-22 victory at Wagener-Salley on Aug. 27. The senior, who has rushed for 204 yards on 25 carries for Lewisville (2-0) on the season, also added one catch for 25 yards in Friday’s win.
See running results here
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How to nominate
Player of the Week awards highlight high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes — both the accomplished and the underrated or underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the ballot in future weeks, send an email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athlete’s name, school, class and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information. The Herald reserves the right to remove a name from the poll at its discretion.
This story was originally published August 30, 2021 at 5:48 PM.
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