Vote: Who should be SBLive's South Suncoast Florida high school football offensive player of the week (10/1/2023)?

We’ve selected 11 candidates to choose from this past week’s games

High school football is back in the Sunshine State and so begins our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state. Teams started off the regular season with some great individual performances in Week 6.

As such, we have 11 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s South Suncoast Offensive Football Player of the Week award from September 28-29 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, October 7 at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll. 

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Congratulations to last week's winner: Jaden Judge, RB, Bayshore

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Here are this week's nominations.

Logan Flaherty, QB, Charlotte: Return of the Flaherty was in full effect in the Fightin' Tarpons 35-14 district win over Riverdale. The freshman quarterback threw a touchdown and ran in a couple scores in his return.

Caden Ott, QB, Bradenton Christian: The quarterback led the way in a 29-7 defeat of Oasis, throwing for 170 yards and two touchdowns. 

Jaden Baker, ATH, Bradenton Christian: Baker, who also plays on the boys basketball team, rushed for 27 yards and had 96 receiving against Oasis.

Jerone Turner, RB, Parrish Community: The Bulls' running back rushed for 59 yards on 12 carries and scored twice in a 23-2 win over Southeast.

Dekevontay Hugan, RB, Sarasota Booker: The sophomore running back had two 1-yard runs that went for touchdowns in the Tornadoes' 50-6 rout of Bayshore.

DJ Johnson, RB, Sarasota Riverview: Despite being on the losing end, Johnson carried the rock 27 times for 145 yards in a 35-14 loss to Venice. 

Jamarice Wilder, RB, Venice: The Colorado commitment barreled his way to three rushing touchdowns in the Indians' big district win over Sarasota Riverview.

Eli Manley, QB, Port Charlotte: Bouncing back from last week's loss was critical and Manley led the way, completing 11-of-16 passes for 158 yards, a touchdown and added another on the ground in a 49-16 win over Braden River.

Edd Guerrier, RB, Port Charlotte: Can't forget about the Rutgers commitment making his presence known. The tailback had 81 yards and two touchdowns against Braden River.

Landon Spanninger, RB, Lemon Bay: The game ended after just two quarters, but that gave Spanninger enough time to do some damage. The tailback rushed for 141 yards on five carries and scored twice in a 28-0 win over DeSoto County. 

Travis Miller, WR, Sarasota Christian: Though the Blazers fell 26-17 to Donahue Academy, Miller had himself a strong outing and hauled in seven passes for 132 yards.

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl