MVP Candidates

We've been tracking the most outstanding performances of the year, and MichiganPreps.com is narrowing down our list of athletes in consideration for our Player of the Year award. This will be the athlete with the biggest impact on a very successful team. Here is the list of guys we're following, but this is not a final list.

It's impossible for us to get to every game and see every player, so we'd love your input. If you think we've left someone off our list, go to our Message Boards and let us know who it is and why you think he should be considered. List some stats or links to videos. Also, keep in mind that we're only considering athletes from very successful teams. This is like the Heisman Trophy. If the team isn't at least in the playoffs, we won't consider a player.

Here are the guys we've targeted and will be following the rest of the season:

RB Arthur Dukes - Milan (has over 1100 yards and 15 TDs)

WR/RB Darius Phillips - Dearborn Heights Robichaud (very exciting player on a team destined to make a big playoff run)

QB/WR/DB Marcus Smith - Muskegon (Mr. Everything for the #1 team in the state)

QB Jaylen Schoenfield - Swartz Creek (thrown for nearly 2000 yards)

RB Josh Holton - Union City (over 1500 yards & 20 TDs)

RB Trevor Sweeney - Mattawan (1000 yards & 20 TDs)

WR Travis Bolin - Watervliet (18 receiving TDs)

WR Max Cummings - Swartz Creek (Averages 129 receiving yards a game)

QB Alex Van De Vusse - GR Christian (over 1800 yards passing)

WR Drake Harris - GR Christian (almost 1000 receiving yards)

RB Grant Niemiec - OLSM (several games with multiple TDs on one of the best team's in the state)

QB Garrett Pougnet - Powers (leading one of the most powerful teams in the state)

RB Ian Eriksen - Clarkston (scores TDs left and right)

ATH Jourdan Lewis - Cass Tech (probably the top player in the state, and doing it all for them)

RB Gerald Holmes - Flint C-A (leading rusher on one of the area's best teams)

RB Desmond King - East English

Village (averages almost 30 carries/game)

RB Derrick Nash - Carrollton (1400 yards and 20 TDs)

QB Shaye Brown - Linden (on pace to throw for 3000 yards this season)

RB Drake Jordan - Salem (huge part of turning around Salem's program and could help them make the playoffs for the first time in years)

ATH Javon Haines - East Lansing (Mr. Everything for East Lansing, who has turned into a contender in the CAAC)