Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Offensive Player of the Week (10/9/2023)?

Here are 10 players for your consideration

Mike Duprez | Oct 9, 2023

We have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Offensive Football Player of the Week from Oct. 5-6 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Oct. 14 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: Kolton Chapman of Daniel.

Here are this week's nominations:

K.D. Patterson, T.L. Hanna

Patterson turned in a big-time performance by carrying 20 times for 226 yards and 6 touchdowns in the Yellow Jackets’ 56-35 win over J.L. Mann. That effort put him over 1,000 yards for the season.

Luke Gray, Pendleton

The Bulldogs’ quarterback was 29-of-43 for 326 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 42-28 win over Seneca. Gray also had a rushing touchdown.

Brayden Johnson, St. Joseph’s Catholic

Johnson ran for 168 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 44-14 win over Dixie. The touchdown runs were for 32, 16, 1 and 8 yards.

Kamajay Bracket-Brannon, Broome

Brackett-Brannon was 16-of-20 for 164 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 42-21 win over Blue Ridge. In addition, the Centurions’ quarterback ran for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Andrew Stevens, Byrnes

Stevens was 25-of-36 for 284 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Rebels held off Boiling Springs 38-31. He also had a rushing touchdown.

Quan Edmond, Strom Thurmond

The Rebels’ quarterback was 11-of-15 for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 48-3 throttling of Saluda.

Drake Braddock, Gilbert

Braddock threw for 237 yards and 3 touchdowns as undefeated Gilbert rolled over Swansea 60-0.

Will Wilson, Richland Northeast

The North Carolina State commit was 20-of-28 for 335 yards and 5 touchdowns while also running for 150 yards and a touchdown as the Cavaliers outscored A.C. Flora 73-58. The points were a school record for Richland Northeast.

Roper Wentzky, A.C. Flora

Wentzky was 19-of-35 for 321 yards and 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in the loss to Richland Northeast.

James Willingham, Richland Northeast

Willingham ran for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns on just 18 carries in the Cavaliers’ victory.

Published Oct 9, 2023

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.