2026 Week 0 — Region 8 Player of the Week

Vote for the 2026 Week 0 Alabama football honoree. Candidate figures are supplied nomination summaries; only separately verified stats count toward public leaderboards. Voting closes Thursday, August 27 at 8:00 AM Central.

Nominees

• Parker Johnson — Good Hope (4A / Cullman) — rush TD, 65-yd pass TD, 82-yd KO TD
• Landon Tate-Mathes — New Hope (3A / Madison) — 6-122, 1 TD
• Cole Smith — Appalachian (1A / Blount) — 7/12, 92; 21-212, 4 TD; 10 tackles, 1 sack
• Cam Ballenger — Albertville (5A / Marshall) — 3-117, 1 TD
• Sam Stidham — Appalachian (1A / Blount) — 16-126, 2 TD; 11 tackles, 1 sack

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