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Vote for Week 9 Footballer of the Week Hollis Wright in Birmingham

Vote for Week 9 Footballer of the Week Hollis Wright in Birmingham

We’re quickly approaching the end of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s regular football season, with teams vying for playoff spots or to improve their standings. Several outstanding student-athletes performed at their best in week nine.

Check out the Hollis Wright Birmingham High School Soccer Player of the Week nominees based on last week’s games.

Readers can vote until 5pm on Wednesday and the results will be published on Thursday, so make your selections below.

Players are selected through nominations from coaches or game reports on AL.com.

If you don’t see the survey below, use this link: Player of the Week Poll. Don’t forget to click “Complete Poll” to submit your vote.

Nominees:

Stuart Andrews, Mountain Brook: The 5-foot-8, 180-pound junior running back carried the ball 18 times for 154 yards and three touchdowns for the Class 6A No. 9 Spartans in a 42-0 win over Huffman.

Corey Barber, Spain Park: The junior wide receiver caught four passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns — all in the first half — as the 6A No. 4 Jaguars remained undefeated at 8-0 and 5-0 in Class 6A Region 3 with a 42-run win. -7 over the Jaguars. Calera.

CJ Durbin, Chelsea: The 5-8, 185-pound senior wide receiver caught 12 passes for 201 yards and a score in a 38-28 loss to Helena that dropped the Class 6A Hornets to 6-2 on the season.

Aiden Gasaway, Vincent: The senior running back/linebacker rushed for 121 yards on 24 carries with three touchdowns and made 10 tackles as the ninth-ranked Class 2A Yellow Jackets beat Isabella 49-0 to improve to 7-1.

Jayden Martin, Ramsay: The 5-9, 170-pound junior rushed for 185 yards on 18 attempts with a touchdown (and two of which were nullified by penalties) as the Rams beat Carver 41-8 to win their fourth straight, extending their record to 5 -3 and 4-1 in Class 5A Region 5.

Justin Murray, Fairfield: The 5-10 junior running back had 14 carries for 132 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Tigers’ 30-28 win over Bibb County. Fairfield is 6-2 overall and 4-2 in Class 4A Region 4.

Conner Nelson, Leeds: The 3-star college quarterback prospect rushed 18 times for 161 yards and 4 touchdowns and returned an interception 25 yards for another score as the ninth-ranked Class 5A Green Wave beat Center Point 49- 24.

Ryan Reese, Ramsay: The 6-2, 220-pound defensive tackle finished with eight total stops with six sacks and a pass breakup as the Rams beat Carver on Thursday.

Jeremy Spratling, Helena: The senior running back had 162 yards on 16 carries and two first-half touchdowns as the Huskies beat Chelsea 38-28 to improve to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in Class 6A Region 3 play.

Charlie Taaffe, Vestavia Hills: The 5-11, 185-pound sophomore quarterback completed 11 of 15 passes for 235 yards with two touchdowns and rushed six times for 89 yards and two more scores in a 42-0 Class 7A Region 3 win over Tuscaloosa County.

Jordan Ward, Montevallo: The 5-11, 190-pound junior quarterback ran 16 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns, completed 6 of 17 passes for 141 yards and a score in a loss to Sipsey Valley.

Braxton Yocom, Oak Grove: The 5-10, 175-pound senior rushed for 171 yards on 12 attempts with three touchdowns and recorded seven tackles with a pass breakup as the Tigers beat American Christian 34-6 to improve to 6-2 on the year.