Vote: Who was North Carolinas's top football performer of the 2024 NCHSAA state championships?

We give you eight candidates to choose from

Seventy-First faces West Charlotte in the NCHSAA football 3A championship at Carter-Finley Stadium on NC State's campus in Raleigh, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. / Andrew Craft / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It’s playoff time in the Tar Heel State for football and we’ve got your top performers from the gridiron coming at you.

From offense to defense to special teams, we examined each game to give you the top candidates from the state championship round. We ask you, who was the best performer from this past weekend's NCHSAA state finals at at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Stadium and NC State's Carter-Finley Stadium.

Voting will end on December 31st, 11:59 p.m.

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Here are the nominations:

Bryce Davis, DE, Grimsley

The fierce edge rusher was disruptive all night long in Grimsley's 35-23 victory over Rolesville for the Class 4A state championship. Davis finished the night tallying three sacks defensively.

Mitchell Summers, RB, Grimsley

Before exiting the game with a injury, the Whirlies' running back had already done plenty of damage on the ground in Grimsley's win over Rolesville. Summers rushed for 133 yards on 26 attempts and scored a touchdown.

Braden Atkinson, QB, Rolesville

Atkinson finished his tremendous season throwing the rock with three more touchdown passes, ending the season with 53 total, in the loss to Grimsley on Saturday.

Jamouri Nichols, QB, West Charlotte

Though Nichols didn't throw for a boatload of yards, he was efficient and ended up winning MVP honors of the Class 3A title game. In West Charlotte's 14-7 win over Seventy-First. Nichols finished completing 12-of-13 passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns.

Zion Lindsey, RB, Monroe

All season long Monroe has been relied on stellar quarterback play, but Lindsey stepped up to the plate in the Class 2A state championship game. In Monroe's 35-25 win over Northeastern, Lindsay rushed for 121 yards on 18 touches and scored a touchdown.

Nymir Kendall, RB, Monroe

Lining up in the backfield as well next to Lindsay was Kendall, who had himself a strong night on the ground and went for 83 yards on 13 carries and scored twice.

Trevaris Jones, QB, Northeastern

Despite coming on the losing end against Monroe, the Northeastern led an offense that totaled over 400 yards and Jones threw three touchdown passes.

Kamerin McDowell-Moore, RB, Tarboro

Who needs to pass when you can run the football like Tarboro can? The Vikings in a 45-24 win over Corvian Community for the Class 1A title, rushed for 419 yards, only attempting one pass. Tarboro was led by McDowell-Moore, who scored four touchdowns as the game's MVP.

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