High School Sports

Dallas-Fort Worth area high school football defensive player of the week from Coppell

Coppell’s Ike Odimegwu was voted DFW high school football defensive player of the week from Week 5.

Odimegwu got 48% of the votes. Weatherford’s RJ Smiley came in second place with 20%.

Odimegwu recorded 10 tackles, 2 sacks, and 1 forced fumble vs Plano.

Colleyville Heritage’s Leo Covington came in third place. FW All Saints’ Cavin Chumley came in fourth place. A total of seven players were nominated on Tuesday.

You can nominate players to bgosset@star-telegram.com by every Monday.

Past winners

Chapman Lewis, Burleson Centennial, Week 1

Gavino Ramos, Justin Northwest, Week 2

Jett Copeland, Argyle, Week 3

Drew DeArman, Joshua, Week 4

This story was originally published September 28, 2021 at 2:48 PM.

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Brian Gosset
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Brian Gosset covered high school sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until 2023. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in journalism before coming to Texas in 2014.
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