Poll results: Breese Central running back win 2nd BND Football Player of the Week

Ahmad Lathan
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Kaden Rakers of Central High School in Breese, Illinois is the winner of last week’s Belleville News-Democrat Football Player of the Week high school poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.

Rakers, a junior, rushed for 175 yards on 26 carries and 3 touchdowns, along with 2 catches for 62 yards in the Cougars 33-13 victory against Columbia. He also had 3 solo tackles, 5 assisted tackles and 1 pass defended on the defensive side.

Rakers received 100% of the votes after as the Panthers stay competitive for the season.

Here are the other candidates:

  • Koby Osterhage, Waterloo High School, Senior, RB: Osterhage had 15 rushes for 61 yards, 4 receptions for 72 yards and 4 total touchdowns (2 RUSH/2 REC) in Waterloo’s 42-13 win against Mascoutah.

  • Jayden Ellington, Althoff Catholic High School, Freshman, QB: Ellington completed 7 for 7 (100% completion percentage) passes for 83 yards and 3 touchdowns all in the first quarter as the Crusaders routed Granite City 53-14.

  • Jahkori Adams, O’Fallon High School, Senior, RB: Adams rushed for 165 yards on 26 carries and 3 touchdowns in the Panthers 23-0 victory over Alton.

The poll ended at 10 a.m. Friday.

To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers.