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Bradley Central’s Cole Copeland named player of the week

Bradley Central senior Cole Copeland, who's committed to UTC, is all over the record books for his high school football program. Bradley Central senior Cole Copeland, who's committed to UTC, is all over the record books for his high school football program.

By Ward Gossett August 29, 2016 4 min read

Bradley Central quarterback Cole Copeland passes during their prep football game against Walker Valley at Bradley Central High School on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Tenn.

Honorable mention

› Hunter Hill, North Sand Mountain: He completed 19 of 38 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in a two-point loss to Dade County.› Logan Fowler and Zy Moore, Meigs County: In a road win at Oneida, the pair combined for 276 rushing yards and on 19 carries (14.53 yards per carry), including four touchdowns.› Kyle Dunn, Polk County: He averaged 18 yards per carry (12 for 216) and scored three times as the Wildcats improved to 2-0.

Of the top 20 single-game passing performances in 100 years of Bradley Central football, 13 belong to Cole Copeland.

He has six of the top 10, including second, third, fourth, seventh, ninth and 10th. The all-time best showing is 506 yards and was set by another Copeland, Cole’s uncle Brent, in 1995 against Cookeville. The No. 2 performance is 456 yards, by Cole last season against Dobyns-Bennett.

He got No. 3 Friday passing for 366 yards while accumulating 437 yards of total offense. For his performance, he has been selected by the Times Free Press as the Waffle House All-Star player of the week.

“We played pretty well,” Copeland said of the Bears’ 39-7 victory against visiting McMinn County. “I guess I played all right. Everybody got in the flow of the game, and I got more confident with each throw.”