Friday Night Lights recap week 7: Florida Gators recruiting

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: Jacob Copeland- Copeland had a game winning forced fumble and also had a touchdown catch in his team’s come from behind win.

2018 commits

 

Athlete Amari Burney (6-1, 215, Clearwater, FL. Calvary Christian)

Result: Calvary Christian (3-1) had a bye this week.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: N/A

 

Receiver Ja’Marr Chase (6-1, 195, Metairie, LA. Archbishop Rummel)

Result: Archbishop Rummel (4-1) lost to Holy Cross 25-24 in double overtime.

Game Stats: Chase had two touchdown catches in the loss.

Notes: Rummel suffered its first loss of the season on Friday.

 

Running back Iverson Clement (5-11, 199, Mount Holly, NJ. Rancocas Valley)

Result: Rancocas Valley (5-0) defeated Lenape 10-7 on the road.

Game Stats: Clement rushed 27 times for 140 yards rushing and a touchdown in the win.

Notes: N/A

 

Receiver Jacob Copeland (6-0, 192, Pensacola, FL. Escambia)

Result: Escambia (4-2) defeated Navarre 35-27 on the road.

Game Stats: Copeland had a 32-yard receiving touchdown and also had a forced fumble.

Notes: Copeland’s forced fumble set up the game winning scoop and score.

 

Quarterback Matt Corral (6-2, 196, Long Beach, CA. Poly)

Result: Long Beach Poly (5-1) defeated Cabrillo 49-0 on Friday.

Game Stats: Corral was 5-10 for 147 yards and three touchdowns

Notes: Corral only played the first half because of the big lead

 

 

 

Offensive lineman Curtis Dunlap (6-4, 368, Bradenton, FL. IMG Academy)

Result: IMG (5-0) defeated Venice 38-12 on Friday.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: IMG continues to run the ball well.

 

Receiver Corey Gammage (6-2, 188, Delray Beach, FL. Atlantic)

Result: Atlantic (4-1) defeated Santaluces 48-0.

Game Stats: Gammage had 3 catches for 72 yards and a touchdown in the win.

Notes: Atlantic is on a fourgame winning streak.

 

 

 

Tight end Dante Lang (6-5, 220, Boca Raton, FL. High)

Result: Boca Raton (2-3) lost to Park Vista 29-7.

Game Stats: Lang had two fumble recoveries in the loss.

Notes: N/A

 

Running back Dameon Pierce (5-11, 205, Bainbridge, GA. High)

Result: Bainbridge (4-3) lost to Veterans 28-14 on Friday.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: Pierce didn’t play on Friday.

 

 

Tight end Kyle Pitts (6-5, 235, Warminster, PA. Archbishop Wood)

Result: Archbishop Wood (5-2) defeated Father Judge 49-19 on Friday.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: Archbishop is now 5-2 on the year.

 

 

 

Linebacker David Reese (6-2, 213, Vero Beach, FL. High)

Result: Vero Beach (5-0) defeated Olymipic Heights 42-7 on Friday.

Game Stats: Reese had a sack and caused fumble in the win.

Notes: Vero Beach had a strong defensive showing.

 

Defensive back Randy Russell (5-11, 180, Miami, FL. Carol City)

Result: Carol City (2-1) defeated Southridge 44-0 on Friday.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: Carol City is on a three game winning streak.

 

Receiver Tyquan Thornton (6-3, 165, Miami, FL. Booker T. Washington)

Result: Booker T. (2-2) defeated Coral Gables 41-14 on Saturday.

Game Stats: Thornton had a 55-yard touchdown catch.

Notes:

 

Defensive end Taylor Upshaw (6-5, 240, Bradenton, FL. Braden River)

Result: Braden River (3-1) defeated Palmetto 31-24on Friday.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: Braden River rebounded after a loss last week.

 

Safety Deontai Williams (6-0, 175, Ellisville, MS. Jones County JUCO)

Result: Jones County (5-1) defeated East Central 49-7.

Game Stats: Williams had 4 tackles in the win.

Notes: Jones County is now 5-1 on the year.

 

Receiver Jalynn Williams (5-10, 188, St. Petersburg, FL. High)

Result: St. Petersburg (3-1) had a bye this week.

Game Stats: N/A

Notes: N/A

Cornerback Divaad Wilson (6-0, 180, Miami, FL. Northwestern)

Result: Northwestern (3-1) had a bye this week.

Game Stats: N/A

Note: N/A

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Spivey
Andrew always knew he wanted to be involved with sports in some capacity. He began by coaching high school football for six years before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. While coaching, he was a part of two state semifinal teams in the state of Alabama. Given his past coaching experience, he figured covering recruiting would be a perfect fit. He began his career as an intern for Rivals.com, covering University of Florida football recruiting. After interning with Rivals for six months, he joined the Gator Country family as a recruiting analyst. Andrew enjoys spending his free time on the golf course and watching his beloved Atlanta Braves. Follow him on Twitter at @AndrewSpiveyGC.