Blue Island Eisenhower's AJ Abrams voted SBLive’s Illinois High School Athlete of the Week (11/13/2023)

Congratulations to Blue Island Eisenhower football player AJ Abrams, who was voted SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week for Oct. 30-Nov. 5.

He received 12,964 votes, more than 46 percent of the total votes cast, to edge out the second-place finisher.

Abrams, a senior, had nine catches for 285 yards and four TDs in a 49-35 Class 6A second-round loss to Kankakee.

Marian Catholic football player Kaleb Stanford finished second in the voting after receiving more than 45 percent of the votes.

• Check out the Illinois Athlete of the Week page on SBLive Sports

PREVIOUS WINNERS: Althoff's Antwan Strong (Oct. 23-29), Breese Central's Griffen Becker (Oct. 16-22), Mater Dei's Markus Kehrer (Oct. 9-15), Hersey's Thomas Mulder (Oct. 2-8), Dixon's Katie Drew (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), Barrington's Scout Storms (Sept. 18-24), Neuqua Valley's Andrew Hoffman (Sept. 11-17), Naperville North's Cole Arl (August 28-Sept. 3), Joliet Catholic's Patrick Durbin (August 28-Sept. 3), Waubonsie Valley's Tyler Threat (August 21-27).

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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week (11/6/2023)?

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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveIL

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