Grundy County Yellow Jackets senior Mike NolanMike Nolan ran the ball just 12 times and only three times in the second half.
The senior finished with 228 rushing yards, three touchdowns and seven tackles as Grundy County bested Grace Academy 48-14 to earn Nolan Times Free Press Player of the Week honors.
“It was nothing fancy, just running hard and running straight ahead,” Yellow Jackets coach Nick Bryant said. “It was one of the best games I’ve ever seen him have. They didn’t want to tackle him.”
For his effort and to avoid embarrassing Grace any further, Nolan spent most of the third quarter and all of the fourth along the Grundy sidelines, not even going in for defense.
“We started cutting his carries in the third quarter. He only got three the entire quarter and two of them were for touchdowns,” Bryant said.