Newbury Park's Brady Smigiel is SBLive's CIF Southern Section Football Offensive Player of the Year

Brady Smigiel passed for more than 4,000 yards and had 42 TDs in 2023

SBLive's 2023 Offensive Player of the Year

QB - Brady Smigiel, Newbury Park, So.

The numbers are too hard to ignore.

Brady Smigiel threw for 4,222 yards and 52 touchdowns in 14 games for Newbury Park in 2023. He was 282 for 479 with a 59% completion percentage while averaging 302 yards per game.

Smigiel did throw 14 interceptions, which is going to happen when you throw the ball close to 500 times, but then again, he is only a sophomore.

Smigiel now has 98 touchdown passes for his career.

The 6-foot-4, righty threw for more than 400 yards three times and more than 300 yards six times. He tossed seven touchdowns in a game twice and threw six touchdowns twice.

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The stats are one thing, but the winning is another. That's what makes Smigiel an elite quarterback.

Since his arrival as a freshman, Newbury Park is 19-7 in the past two seasons after making its way to the CIF Southern Section Division 5 title game where Smigiel threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.

Smigiel could end up being the most coveted quarterback prospect in the country next season, if not, on the West Coast.

He is already entertaining offers from Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida State, Oregon, Ole Miss and Utah.

2023 YEARLY AWARDS

• Player of the Year: Cornell Hatcher, Corona Centennial, Sr.

• Offensive Player of the Year: Brady Smigiel, Newbury Park, So.

• Defensive Player of the Year: Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, St. John Bosco, Sr.

• Breakout Player of the Year: Caleb Sanchez, St. John Bosco, Sr.

• Freshman of the Year: Richie Wesley, Sierra Canyon

• Coach of the Year: Mark Carson, Rio Hondo Prep