{"id":413826,"date":"2026-09-29T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413826\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:34:08","slug":"vote-who-was-florida-high-school-football-player-of-the-week-sept-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413826\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote: Who Was Florida High School Football Player of the Week (Sept. 24-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida high school football<\/a> players put on some eye-opening performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

From Lake Nona\u2019s intercepting two passes, including a pick-6, to Sarasota\u2019s Hunter West passing for 420 yards and four touchdowns and rushing for another score, Florida athletes turned a lot of heads on the gridiron.<\/p>\n

High School On SI has selected 15 nominees for Florida High School Football Player of the Week. Read about each candidate below and cast your vote.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Cooper City RB Demario Dixon for winning Florida High School Football Player of the Week in the Sept. 21, 2026, poll.<\/p>\n

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4, PT. The winner will be announced the following week.<\/p>\n

Nico Flores, WR\/CB, Lake Nona<\/p>\n

Made two interceptions, including a pick-6, to power the Lions past St. Cloud, 43-8.<\/p>\n

Rome McKinnond, CB, Jones<\/p>\n

Senior had a pick-6 and scoop-and-score to lead the Tigers past Lakeland Kathleen, 33-0.<\/p>\n

Tre Kelly, QB, South Lake<\/p>\n

Completed 10 of 12 passes for 148 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for 108 yards and two scores to guide the Eagles past Wekiva, 34-0.<\/p>\n

Johnnie Rollins, HB, Oviedo<\/p>\n

Rushed five times for 129 yards and two TDs to power the Lions past East River, 61-13.<\/p>\n

Hunter West, QB, Sarasota<\/p>\n

Talented junior completed 30 of 49 passes for 420 yards and four TDs with one interception, and rushed for a score in a 57-33 loss to state power Venice.<\/p>\n

Dorien Irving-Jones, RB, Venice<\/p>\n

Star senior continues to shine out of the backfield, rushing 16 times for 166 and three TDs to guide the Indians past Sarasota, 57-33.<\/p>\n

Ninaud Joseph, HB, Miami Central<\/p>\n

Senior rushed 15 times for a whopping 191 yards and two TDs to lift the Rockets past Miami Northwestern, 52-10.<\/p>\n

Jayden Williams, OLB, True North Classical Academy<\/p>\n

Senior made 10 tackles, including four for loss, and one sack and one interception to march the Titans past Key West, 30-17.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Budejen, K, Cypress Bay<\/p>\n

Kicked the game-winning 32-yard field goal in overtime to speed the Lightning past Western, 21-18, and remain unbeaten.<\/p>\n

Jaylin Brown, QB, Pensacola Catholic<\/p>\n

Passed for 167 yards and four TDs to march the Crusaders past Destin, 45-8.<\/p>\n

Keith Smith, RB, IMG Academy<\/p>\n

Senior rushed five times for 120 yards and two TDs to guide the No. 1-ranked Ascenders past Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Texas), 56-7.<\/p>\n

Kedarius Rhaney, WR, Chaminade-Madonna<\/p>\n

Super sophomore caught nine passes for 146 yards and three TDS to power the Lions past Saint Andrew\u2019s, 48-3.<\/p>\n

Luke Toland, QB, Bolles<\/p>\n

Completed 9 of 16 passes for 134 yards and three TDs with two interceptions to guide the Bulldogs past Baldwin, 58-10.<\/p>\n

Malik Leonard, QB, Miami Carol City<\/p>\n

Stellar sophomore completed 13 of 20 passes for 210 yards and four TDs, and rushed three times for 49 yards to lead the Chiefs past Miami Booker T. Washington, 42-0.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Youngblood, QB, Jay<\/p>\n

Senior passed for 76 yards and two TDS, and rushed 14 times for 90 yards and two scores to march the Royals past Bozeman, 43-0.<\/p>\n

Jeff Gardenour can be reached via email at jgardenour1962@gmail.com<\/a> or X @JMarkG1962 <\/p>\n

\"\"Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida high school football players put on some eye-opening performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season. From…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-413826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}