Vote: Who should be Texas Offensive High School Football Player of the Week? (11/17/2024)

We narrowed down the top offensive performers of last week. Now, we want to hear from you

Pflugerville Panthers wide receiver Kyran McFrazier tries to reach for a pass as defensive back Liberty Hill Panthers Eyan Jones defends. / John Gutierrez/Special to American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Another week of Texas high school football is officially in the books, and there were plenty of standout performers across the Lone Star State.

Here are SBLive/SI’s Texas Offensive Football Player of the Week nominees for Nov. 14-16. Scroll down to read about this week’s list and cast your vote in the poll below. Voting remains open until Sunday, November 24, at 11:59 p.m. Central time.

If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email bob.lundeberg@gmail.com.

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll are intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes who receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

Texas Offensive Football Player of the Week candidates 

1. Sawyer Anderson, sr., Parish Episcopal

Anderson, a Purdue commit, threw for 429 yards and six touchdowns as Parish Episcopal took down Houston St. Pius X, 76-27.

2. Julius Atherton, sr., Wheeler

Atherton carried it 27 times for 230 yards and six touchdowns in a 44-14 victory over Electra. 

3. Corey Austin, sr., Van Vleck

Austin had six rushing touchdowns in a 48-41 win over Blanco.

4. Darrion Bowers, sr., Bowie

Bowers put together another strong performance for Bowie with 286 yards rushing and five touchdowns on 34 carries in a 56-42 victory over Dallas Jesuit. 

5. Jack Emerson, sr., Willis

Emerson completed 22 of 28 passes for 376 yards and six touchdowns while running for 43 yards as Willis trounced Spring, 63-16. 

6. Cayden Glass, jr., Brennan

Glass ran for 138 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries in a 28-7 win over Reagan. The junior quarterback also completed 6 of 8 passes for 75 yards and another score. 

7. Triston Gooch, sr., Rockwall

Gooch caught 10 passes for 137 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Rockwell routed Sachse, 50-17. 

8. Presley Harper, sr., Pearce

Harper completed 17 of 29 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns in a 36-28 win over Arlington.

9. Izayah Lee, jr., Lancaster

Lee had 27 carries for 223 yards and two touchdowns as Lancaster edged Harker Heights, 40-35. 

10. Andrew Marsh, sr., Jordan

Andrew Marsh /

Marsh caught 11 passes — a new career-high — for 149 yards and two touchdowns in a 22-14 win over Foster. Marsh is a four-star Michigan commit.

11. Aydan Martinez-Brown, sr., College Station

Martinez-Brown hauled in four passes for 64 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-10 win over Crosby. 

12. Kaleb Maryland, jr., North Shore

Maryland completed 14 of 16 passes for 259 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 56-13 rout of Deer Park. The junior also ran for 49 yards. 

13. Kyran McFrazier, sr., Pflugerville

McFrazier caught nine passes for 215 yards and four touchdowns in a 63-13 win over Burbank. 

14. Bear Meng, sr., Wylie

Meng fired six touchdowns in a 46-10 victory over Andress.

15. Jayden Mullenberg, jr., A&M Consolidated

Mullenberg hit on 17 of 26 passes for 300 yards and six touchdowns as A&M Consolidated blew by Friendswood, 62-20. 

16. Larry Nichols, sr., Bowie

Nichols also shined in the victory over Dallas Jesuit, throwing for 323 yards and three touchdowns. The senior finished 18 of 24 passing. 

17. Charlie Peters, sr., Dallas Jesuit

Peters did all he could in the loss to Bowie by completing 35 of 45 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns. 

18. Holden Phillips, sr., Frenship

Phillips went 9 of 10 passing for 162 yards and scored five total touchdowns — four passing, one rushing — as Frenship routed Montwood, 77-21. 

19. Angelo Renda, jr., Southlake Carroll

Renda threw for 342 yards and four touchdowns in a 69-7 win over Mansfield Legacy. 

20. Keelon Russell, sr., Duncanville

Duncanville's Keelon Russell. / Photo by Michael Horbovetz, SBLive

Russell, a five-star Alabama quarterback commit, accounted for 295 total yards and five touchdowns as Duncanville hammered Temple, 49-7. 

21. Cole Taylor, jr., Pflugerville

Taylor completed 21 of 26 passes for 409 yards and seven touchdowns in the win over Burbank. 

22. Bryson Thompson, so., Johnson

Thompson had 187 total yards and four touchdowns in a 49-7 thrashing of Taft. 

23. Jack Tyndall, sr. Dripping Springs

Tyndall ran for 184 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-14 victory over McNeil. 

24. Brody Wilhelm, sr., Westlake

Wilhelm, a Baylor commit, hauled in four passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns as Westlake blew by Vista Ridge, 46-17. 

25. Ziondre Williams, jr., Anna

Williams accounted for 405 yards of total offense — 300 passing, 105 rushing — with a pair of touchdowns in a 45-10 win over Colleyville Heritage.

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-- Bob Lundeberg | @sblivesports