Poll results: Edwardsville quarterback voted BND Football Player of the Week

Jake Curry of Edwardsville High School 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.

Curry, a senior, completed 15 of 24 passes for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 49-45 victory against Belleville East. Curry also rushed 17 times for 64 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Curry received 80% 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 167 yards rushing on 8 carries, 3 touchdowns and caught 6 receptions for 81 yards in a 46-6 victory over Civic Memorial.
• Dierre Hill Jr., Althoff Catholic High School, Junior, RB/DB: Hill had 25 carries for 218 yards on the ground and 3 touchdowns in Althoff’s 41-22 victory over Mater Dei.
• Braylon Grayson, O’Fallon High School, Senior, QB: Grayson completed 11 for 18 passes for 188 yards and 4 passing touchdowns in a 56-7 victory over Belleville West.

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.

The next football player of the week poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Tuesday. Please email nominations to alathan@bnd.com.

This story was originally published October 13, 2023 at 11:24 AM with the headline "Poll results: Edwardsville quarterback voted BND Football Player of the Week."