Vote Now: Who should be SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 7-8)?

Here are 10 players for your voting consideration

We have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Offensive Football Player of the Week from Sept. 7-8 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.


Upper State South Carolina Offensive Player of the Week

Congratulations to last week's winner: Harrison Collins of Blythewood.


Here are this week’s nominations.

Coleman Gray, Chapman

The 6-foot-2, 208-pound senior quarterback was close to perfect in a 48-3 win over Laurens. Gray was 22-of-26 for 219 yards and 4 touchdowns. He also ran 10 times for 90 yards and a touchdown.

Avery McFadden, Hillcrest

The talented senior had two rushing touchdowns and took a swing pass 41 yards for another touchdown in Hillcrest’s 21-6 win over Boiling Springs. McFadden was used as a running back, wide receiver and wildcat quarterback in the game. He finished with 7 catches for 73 yards and had 6 carries for 58 yards.

Marquise Henderson, Belton-Honea Path

It's hard to top this. Henderson romped for 301 yards and 5 touchdowns on just 14 carries in the Bears’ 49-15 win over Woodruff.

Kory Jones, Pendleton

Jones caught 7 passes for 143 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 56-40 loss to Powdersville. In addition, the 6-foot-4, 202-pound junior threw a 20-yard touchdown pass.

Brandon Waldrop, Powdersville

Waldrop ran 14 times for 151 yards and 3 touchdowns in the win over Pendleton.

Kalvin Banks, Eastside

The 5-foot-9, 170-pound was just about unstoppable as the Eagles won a 54-40 shootout with Blue Ridge. Banks ran 24 times for 420 yards and 6 touchdowns.

K.B. Henderson, Blue Ridge

His team may have lost but Henderson ran 26 times for 296 yards and 4 touchdowns against Eastside. His longest touchdown run covered 75 yards.

Ty Breeze, Riverside

The Warriors’ quarterback was a big-play machine, throwing for 306 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 48-28 win over Christ Church. Four of his touchdown throws covered greater than 40 yards.

Dashun Reeder, Christ Church

The senior tailback, who has committed to Northwestern, ran 36 times for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns in the Cavaliers’ loss to Riverside.

Ethan Anderson, J.L. Mann

Anderson threw for 319 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 49-13 win over Easley.


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MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.