It’s that time of the year again where the Friday Night Lights are bright and prospects all across the country are trying to shine on the field to impress college coaches and win a state championship ring before heading to college.
Like the past years Gator Country is going to do a preview every Thursday for all of the Florida Gators recruiting commits and on Monday we will do a full recap including stats and notes from the past weeks games.
This year we are going to also to name a player of the week from the commits games.
This week was the start of the season for the guys in the state of Florida, California and Georgia but everywhere else was another round of preseason games.
High School Recap
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt Corral: Corral was 20-30 with 376 yards passing and two touchdowns.
2017 commits
Athlete Amari Burney (6-1, 215, Clearwater, FL. Calvary Christian)
Result: Calvary Christian defeated Admiral Farragut 42-13.
Game Stats: Burney had 124 yards and a touchdown in the win.
Notes: Burney and his teammates ran all over the Admiral defense.
Receiver Ja’Marr Chase (6-1, 195, Metairie, LA. Archbishop Rummel)
Result: Archbishop Rummel defeated St. Paul’s 23-7.
Game Stats: Chase had 4 catches for 162 yards and three touchdowns.
Notes: Chase had touchdowns of 79, 60 and 14 in the game.
Running back Iverson Clement (5-11, 199, Mount Holly, NJ. Rancocas Valley)
Result: N/A
Game Stats:
Notes: Rancocas Valley doesn’t start play for another week.
Receiver Jacob Copeland (6-0, 192, Pensacola, FL. Escambia)
Result: Escambia lost to West Florida 42-20 on Thursday night.
Game Stats: Copeland had two touchdowns in the loss.
Notes: Copeland had a 60 yard-touchdown catch and a 55-yard touchdown run.
Quarterback Matt Corral (6-2, 196, Long Beach, CA. Poly)
Result: Long Beach Poly defeated Los Alamitos 28-10 on Friday.
Game Stats: Corral was 20-30 with 376 yards passing and two touchdowns.
Notes: N/A
Offensive lineman Curtis Dunlap (6-4, 368, Bradenton, FL. IMG Academy)
Result: IMG defeated Chandler 27-14 on Saturday.
Game Stats: N/A
Notes: Dunlap and the IMG offense got off to a slow start but finished strong.
Receiver Corey Gammage (6-2, 188, Delray Beach, FL. Atlantic)
Result: Atlantic lost to Palm Beach Central 14-13
Game Stats: Gammage had two catches for 14 yards in the loss.
Notes: N/A
Tight end Dante Lang (6-5, 220, Boca Raton, FL. High)
Result: Boca Raton defeated Jupiter 34-7.
Game Stats: Lang had a 3-yard touchdown run.
Notes: This was the first regular season game.
Running back Dameon Pierce (5-11, 205, Bainbridge, GA. High)
Result: Bainbridge lost to Lee County 38-13 on Friday.
Game Stats: Pierce had 28 carries for 174 yards and one touchdown.
Notes: This was the season opener for Bainbridge.
Tight end Kyle Pitts (6-5, 235, Warminster, PA. Archbishop Wood)
Result: Archbishop Wood defeated Oxbridge Academy 14-13 in Orlando.
Game Stats: Pitts had two catches for 33 yards in the win.
Notes: This was the opening game for Archbishop.
Linebacker David Reese (6-2, 213, Vero Beach, FL. High)
Result: Vero Beach defeated Oscar Smith 28-21.
Game Stats: N/A
Notes: Vero Beach traveled to Virginia to get the win.
Defensive back Randy Russell (5-11, 180, Miami, FL. Carol City)
Result: Carol City lost to Deerfield Beach 6-2 on Friday.
Game Stats: Russell had three tackles in the win.
Notes: Two fields goals and a goal line stand won the game for Deerfield Beach.
Receiver Tyquan Thornton (6-3, 165, Miami, FL. Booker T. Washington)
Result: Booker T. defeated Dillard 25-8.
Game Stats: N/A
Notes: Booker T picked up a week one win.
Defensive end Taylor Upshaw (6-5, 240, Bradenton, FL. Braden River)
Result: Braden River defeated Chatfield 49-32 on Thursday.
Game Stats: N/A
Notes: Braden River played the game in Orlando against the team from the Colorado.
Safety Deontai Williams (6-0, 175, Ellisville, MS. Jones County JUCO)
Result: N/A
Game Stats:
Notes: Jones County doesn’t start play until next week.
Receiver Jalynn Williams (5-10, 188, St. Petersburg, FL. High)
Result: St. Petersburg defeated Largo 31-6.
Game Stats: Williams had an 15-yard touchdown run.
Notes: Williams played a lot of quarterback in the game.
Cornerback Divaad Wilson (6-0, 180, Miami, FL. Northwestern)
Result: Northwestern defeated American 47-0.
Game Stats: N/A
Note: This was the first game of the regular season.