Miller Shouse of Fort Mill has been voted The Herald’s Football Player of the Week
Miller Shouse of Fort Mill has been voted this week’s Football Player of the Week.
The 6-foot-1, 245-pound linebacker had 17 tackles, one tackle for loss and six quarterback hurries to help Fort Mill to its first win of the season — a 21-13 victory over Lugoff-Elgin on Sept. 17. Shouse has 43 tackles for Fort Mill (1-3) this year. The Yellow Jackets are off this week before beginning region play Oct. 1.
There were an astounding 46,555 votes in this week’s poll. Shouse accounted for 46.9% of the vote; D’Arrius Edwards of Lewisville earned 44.6% of the vote; and Zaveion McCrorey of South Pointe earned 6.6% of the vote.
View the nominees for this week’s award below.
Meet this week’s finalists
MeKayle Burris, York linebacker. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound linebacker had 10 tackles (including two tackles for loss), a sack, two pass break-ups and a momentous interception to lead York to a 17-12 win at Rock Hill on Sept. 17. The victory was York’s first over Rock Hill in six years. Burris has notched 33 tackles and three sacks for York (2-1) this season.
D’Arrius Edwards, Lewisville defensive end. Edwards stuffed the stat sheet this past week: The 6-foot, 175-pound senior defensive end had 12 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, six sacks, three forced fumbles and a blocked punt in a 13-6 loss at Batesburg-Leesville on Sept. 17. Lewisville is now 3-2 this season.
Will Mattison, Northwestern quarterback. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior quarterback completed 19 of 31 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-7 win at Greenville on Sept. 17. He also added 76 yards and another score on the ground. Mattison has had a crazy good senior year through five games: He’s accumulated 1,374 total yards and 23 total touchdowns for a Trojan team (4-1) that has won four straight.
Zaveion McCrorey, South Pointe quarterback. The 6-foot-5, 227-pound senior quarterback completed 22 of 30 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns to help South Pointe to a 33-27 win over South Florence — an epic game that took three overtimes and just about three hours to decide. South Pointe is 3-0 this season.
Miller Shouse, Fort Mill linebacker.
See full results here
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How to nominate
Athlete of the Week awards highlight high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes — both the accomplished and the underrated/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 September 20, 2021 at 4:05 PM.
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