Vote: South Suncoast Florida high school football Player of the Week (9/2/2024)

We’ve selected eight candidates to choose from this past week’s regular season games

Miami Northwestern defensive back J'Vari Flowers (#4) is unable to catch Venice High running back Jamarice Wilder (#3) on his way to the end zone untouched. The Venice High Indians hosted the Miami Northwestern Bulls in a non-conference game Friday evening, Aug. 30, 2024. / Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK

Florida high school football is back and so begins our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state. Teams showcased what they’ve got in Week 2 of the regular season.

As such, we have eight athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s South Suncoast Football Player of the Week award from August 29-31, and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected.

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Congratulations to last week's winner: Venice running back Jamarice Wilder

I think Wilder could end up on this list a lot this 2024 season if the season opener is any indication of things to come. The James Madison commit scored three touchdowns in a 63-40 win over Tampa Bay Tech.

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Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 8th. The winner will be announced in the following week's poll. Here are this week's nominees:

Allen Clark, Out-of-Door Academy: Clark might've had the best rushing average of any player in the country last week. The running back carried the ball four times for 263 yards and three scores. That's a 65.8 yard per carry average.

Joshua Barido, IMG Academy White: The Ascenders White quarterback completed 14-of-19 passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-0 win over Key West.

Andrew Heidel, Manatee: Seems like Heidel will be an every week member of this list with the rate he's going at. In a 41-0 win over Southeast, Heidel threw for 182 yards on 13-of-14 passing and two touchdowns.

Brunno Reus, Venice: Got to give love to the kickers on this one. Reus knocked down field goas of 53 and 42 yads in a thrilling 48-42 win over Miami Northwestern last week.

Anthony Miller, Sarasota Riverview: The dual-threat quarterback went wild in a 49-7 win over Riverview, accounting for 236 yards and four total touchdowns.

Trez Yarn, Palmetto: Yarn worked the ground game in the Tigers' 21-14 win over Newsome, rushing for 113 yards on 23 carries and one touchdown.

Gage Cameron, Parrish Community: The Bulls' linebacker was solid in the team's 46-0 win over Bayshore, notching a team-high nine tackles.

Ben Milliken, Sarasota Christian: Milliken couldn't miss in the Blazers' 59-14 win over Bell Creek Academy, completing 13-of-20 passes for 171 yards and four touchdowns.

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