Vote: Who should be SBLive's Florida Panhandle high school football defensive player of the week (11/6/2023)?

We’ve selected nine 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 11. 

As such, we have nine athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Florida Panhandle Defensive Football Player of the Week award from November 2-3 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, November 11th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll. 


Panhandle Florida Defensive Player of the Week
Congratulations to last week's winner: Rashard Payne, LB, Pine Forest 

Here are this week's nominations: 

Ellis Alloway, LB, Choctawhatchee: The sophomore linebacker tallied 11 tackles and a sack in the Indians’ 35-0 win over Mosley. 

Landon Lumpkin, DB, Holmes County: The defensive back notched two tackles and two interceptions in the Blue Devils’ 32-14 win over Destin. 

Camden Zodrow, LB, Walton: Zodrow made six tackles and three went for a loss in the Braves’ 54-14 win over Northview. 

Waylon Snelgrove, LB, Marianna: The junior linebacker made a team-high 12 tackles in a 26-25 win over South Walton. 

Jaydan Walker, DB, Sneads: Walker intercepted two passes as the Pirates defeated Freeport 50-28. 

Asher Peacock, LB, Port St. Joe: The linebacker made a team-high 10 tackles and a sack in the Tiger Sharks’ 35-14 win over Bay. 

Malik Henderson, LB, Chipley: Henderson made a game-high 10 tackles in the Tigers’ 32-26 win over Blountstown. 

Jon Bocchino, LB, Niceville: The linebacker made a team-high 14 tackles and three for a loss in the Eagles’ 63-34 win over Navarre. 

Courtney Clark, DE, Pensacola Catholic: Clark tallied three sacks in the Crusaders win over St. John Paul Catholic II. 

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


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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.