Players of the Week vs Tomball 🏆🏆🏆
Offensive Player of the Week:
WR Canaan Cowden (SR)
Defensive Player of the Week:
DE Samuel Savenok (SR)
Hammer Award:
LB Nathan McClung (SR)
Scout Player of the Week:
OL Braxton McDowell (SO)
#CPA | #FIRM
GUNSLINGER ALERT 🚨🔥🚨
Justice Criniere, 6'0, 190, QB/FS/ATH, CPA, '27 - one of the most impressive QBs I have followed to date and is coming off a stellar junior year when he ran & passed for 2,354 yards, completing 107 of 180 passes, at 60%, 38 total TDs & only 5 picks. He can make all the throws, from quick surgical strikes in the short game to hitting WR's in stride with the deep ball. He is also a dangerous runner seamlessly executing the RPO or extending plays with his 4.5 speed. He had one of the top performances last weekend at the @Varsitycombine1 & scored among the leaders in all the measurables. This guy is going to be en fuego this fall - keep grindin' my man! @JCriniere5
Kentucky’s opponent on Sunday, the No. 2 ranked Iowa State Cyclones, are one of the seven teams who meet the historical criteria to win the national title, including the following categories:
- Didn’t lose three out its last four games
- Didn’t endure a five-game losing streak
- Wasn’t unranked in the AP poll for entire season
- Didn’t lose before the semifinals of the conference tournament
- Weren’t seeded No. 9 through No. 16
- Enjoyed a six-game win streak
- Did not suffer a 25-point defeat
- Top 12 in AP poll by week six
On the flip side, Kentucky just missed out on some of these groups, and the Cyclones may be without Josh Jefferson, their leading rebounder who also averages 16.4 PPG and 4.8 APG.
Definitely going to be an interesting game.
🎥: @TNTSportsUS | #BBN
🚨🚨Top 5🚨🚨 Coming in at #2 on our Top 27 of the Class of 2027: Justice Criniere of the Christ Prep Patriots (KS)!
• 2024 Gatlinburg Rising Star
• 2024 Offensive Player of the Game
• 2025 Gatlinburg All American Selection
•Extremely talented, true dual threat QB
•Athleticism off the charts: 31.5” vertical as a sophomore, sub 4.7 laser timed 40 as a sophomore
•Strong arm, quick release
•Lives in the weight room
•Leadership qualities
•Experience, starter since sophomore season, led team to perfect record and national championship in 2025