Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Defensive Player of the Week (11/19/2023)?

Here are seven players for your voting consideration

Mike Duprez | Nov 19, 2023

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Defensive Player of the Week (11/19/2023)? /

We have seven athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s Upper State South Carolina Defensive Football Player of the Week from Nov. 16-17 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, November 25 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced next week.

Here are this week’s nominations:

Jaden Booker, J.L. Mann

Booker had the game-sealing interception as the Patriots held off Hillcrest 21-13 in the 5-A state playoffs.

Lucas Salgado, St. Joseph’s Catholic

Salgado snagged an interception in the Knights’ 27-14 win over Southside Christian in the 1-A state playoffs.

Imari Boyd, Gaffney

Boyd had eight tackles and a sack in the Indians’ 35-10 loss to Dutch Fork in the 5-A state playoffs.

Dutch Fork, Summerville, Irmo, South Florence roll on in SCHL playoffs

Trenton Galloway, Westside

Galloway had a crucial fumble recovery for the Rams in their 68-53 win over Midland Valley in the 4-A state playoffs.

Blake Croft, Gray Collegiate Academy

Croft returned an interception late in the game as the War Eagles turned back Strom Thurmond 35-28 in the 2-A state playoffs.

Dayne Botts, Abbeville

Botts hauled in a big interception in the closing moments as the defending state champions beat Silver Bluff 16-6 in the 2-A state playoffs.

Christian Henderson, Greenville

Anderson had the coverage on Northwestern’s failed two-point conversion pass as the Red Raiders held on for a 42-41 win in the 4-A state playoffs.

Published Nov 19, 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.