Several players across the area recorded double-digit tackle performances in Week 3. Below is a list of the area's top defensive performers.
Stats are compiled from coaches' submissions and MaxPreps.
TOP DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS
CHEROKEE BLUFF (beat Apalachee, 47-2)
LB Maddax Sutulovich had 7 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 TFL and 1 caused fumble.
DL Joel Woodson had 8 tackles, 1 sack and 1 TFL.
DB Brock Hall had 5 tackles, 1 pass breakup Up and 1 fumble recovery.
COMMERCE (lost to East Jackson, 21-14)
LB Shamar Myles had 8 tackles, 1 TFL, in the Tigers' loss to East Jackson.
FS Rivers West had 7 tackles in the Tigers' loss to East Jackson.
DAWSON COUNTY (lost to East Forsyth, 19-16 OT)
LB Jadyn Mattie had 8 tackles and 2 TFL.
County LB Owen Wooten had 6 tackles.
EAST HALL (lost to Oglethorpe County, 30-27)
LB Elijah Buffington had 14 tackles and 1 TFL.
FLOWERY BRANCH (beat Habersham Central, 31-28)
LB Ryland Garrison had 13 tackles and 2 TFL.
LB Nick Hall had 12 tackles.
DE Tre Sanders had 9 tackles and 2 TFL.
DB Parker Bourrie had 11 tackles.
GAINESVILLE (beat Moody, Ala., 49-7)
DB Darryn Williams had 6 tackles and 1 TFL.
HABERSHAM CENTRAL (lost to Flowery Branch, 31-28)
LB CJ Davis had 13 tackles, 1 TFL and 1 sack.
DL Jackson Adams had 10 tackles.
DB Sutton Porter had 13 tackles and one fumble recovery.
DB Parks York had 10 tackles.
JACKSON COUNTY (lost to Jefferson, 10-3)
DB Caylor Phillips had 11 tackles and 2 TFL.
FS Tyler Mobbs had 17 tackles.
LB Noah Bade had 14 tackles, 1 TFL and 1 sack.
JEFFERSON (beat Jackson County, 10-3)
LB Max Brown had 13 tackles and 3 TFL.
CB Jacob Berardinelli had 9 tackles.
NORTH FORSYTH (beat Creekview, 10-0)
LB Cole Simpson had 9 tackles, 1 TFL and 1 sack.
DE Adriel Rojas had 6 tackles and 1 TFL.
NORTH HALL (beat Wesleyan, 41-7)
DB Walker Davis had 8 tackles.
LB Parker Carlton had 6 tackles.
WEST HALL (beat Northview 21-7)
LB Nasser Aliou had 10 tackles, two TFLs and a fumble recovery.
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