Vote: Who should be SBLive's Central North Carolina Defensive Player of the Week (10/9/2023)?

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Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Central North Carolina high school football defensive football player of the week for Oct. 6 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote in our poll. You may vote as often as you like. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week's poll. If you would like to nominate an athlete, tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivenc.

Congratulations to last week's winner, Cross Killen of Charlotte Christian.

Editor’s note: Our Players of the Week polls are intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times you can vote during the competition. Our poll in no way is meant to discredit other players not mentioned.

HERE ARE THIS WEEK'S NOMINEES

JaDon Blair, Mount Tabor: Blair finished with 9.5 tackles and a pass break-up in a 35-34 win over Davie County.

Paul Widerman, Reidsville:  Widerman recorded 14 tackles and forced a fumble in a 49-8 win over West Stokes.

Austin Settles, Ardrey Kell: Settles had 12 tackles and 2.5 sacks in a 32-16 loss to Myers Park.

Max Riley, Cannon School: Riley had three interceptions and five tackles in a 21-7 win over Charlotte Latin.

Griff Galloway, Providence Day: Galloway recorded 10 tackles, two sacks and forced a fumble in a 49-13 win against Charlotte Country Day.

Jamari Clark, Monroe: Clark had six tackles, four tackles for loss and three sacks in a 55-7 win against Parkwood.