Vote: Who should be SBLive's Eastern North Carolina high school football offensive player of the week (10/15/2023)?

Read through the candidates and cast your vote in our poll.

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Eastern North Carolina high school football offensive player of the week for Oct. 15 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote in our poll. You may vote as many times as you like. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Oct. 21 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, Braden Atkinson of Rolesville.

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

Gus Ritchey, Northwood: Ritchey had nine receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown in a 48-29 loss against Cummings.

Tyjhere Crudup, Laney: Crudup had 200 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries in a win over New Hanover.

Calvin Webb, North Brunswick: Webb had 200-plus rushing yards and four touchdowns in a 51-13 win over West Brunswick.

Jaylen Neal, Bartlett Yancey: Neal finished with eight receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown in a 52-27 win over Jordan-Matthews.

Austin Lewallen, Princeton: Lewallen had 272 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries in a 56-8 win over Spring Creek.

Zay Jones, Scotland: Jones had 159 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 27-17 loss to Pinecrest.