Week 8 Hollis Wright Player of the Week passed and routed his team

Week 8’s Hollis Wright Player of the Week from the Birmingham area performed dominantly on the football field and in the voting.

Helena quarterback Nate Ferguson earned 63 percent of the 31,859 votes cast in the weekly poll after racking up 232 total yards in a Class 6A, Region 3 runaway win over Pelham. The 6-foot-2, 300-pound junior received 20,117 votes in the poll. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 190 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more scores in the 42-2 win over the Panthers.

Wenonah running back Makhi Fowler received 16 percent of the total votes in the poll after leading the Dragons to a 28-20 Class 5A, Region 5 win over Carver. Fowler ran for 211 yards and 3 touchdowns for Wenonah.

Fultondale running back Jeremiah Jackson came in third in the poll with 8 percent of the total. Jackson had 15 carries for 172 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Wildcats defeated Haleyville 40-21 on the road.

This fall, look out for the weekly nominees on Sunday and cast your vote each week.