Honorable Mention
Zay Brown, Red Bank: He had 20 carries for 205 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions’ win at McMinn Central.Porter Johnson, Southeast Whitfield: He completed 10 of 16 passes with no interceptions for 302 yards and three TDs in the Raiders’ win over Christian Heritage.Gavin Chambers, Soddy-Daisy: He hit on 20 of his 31 passes for 278 yards and four TDs in a 49-48 loss to Knoxville Catholic.
He’s just a sophomore, but he obviously gets it.
“Coaches are always talking about players having ‘it.’ Well, he has ‘it,'” Meigs County coach Jason Fitzgerald said of his quarterback, Aaron Swafford.
Swafford was selected the Times Free Press area prep football player of the week as sponsored by Waffle House after he ran for 186 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 173 yards and three scores last Friday against Rockwood. He also accounted for four point-after kicks along with four tackles, and he had an 80-yard punt return negated by penalty.
When asked his definition of “it,” the veteran coach responded: “Certain things you cannot coach. He does things with the ball in his hand. He sees the running lanes, the cutbacks, the holes. He sees the field, too, as a passing quarterback, and you turn him around on defense and he knows how to get everybody lined up right and he can quite often see what’s coming.”