Week 12 Mr. Texas Football Player of the Week — Jefferson LB Tanner Murphy

jefferson-lb-tanner-murphyCongratulations to Jefferson LB Tanner Murphy, the Week 12 winner of the Mr. Texas Football Player of the Week award, presented by Wells Fargo in conjunction with the Advocare V100 Texas Bowl. The 6-1, 210-pound senior notched 33 tackles, including 17 solo tackles and 2 tackles for loss, in the Bulldogs' 43-36 win over Winnsboro. Bulldogs fans can also be praised for their part in this honor, as they voted often enough to make sure that Andres received the most votes in the poll on TexasFootball.com. Congratulations to all 10 candidates for this week's award: Wylie East RB Eno Benjamin, La Porte QB Austin Upshaw, Cuero ATH Jordan Whittington, El Paso El Dorado QB Cedarious Barfield, Katy RB Deondrick Glass, TK Gorman WR Judah Bell, Teague QB Antonio Heard, Plano East QB Miklo Smalls and Tenaha LB Jaurmez Brock. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is proud to give a weekly Player of the Week award to the most deserving high schooler in the state of Texas. Every Monday at noon, TexasFootball.com will announce ten candidates for that week’s award, based on the previous week’s on-field performance. Fans can vote online at TexasFootball.com’s online poll, where you can see the current vote standings. Voting will close at noon each Friday, with the winner announced on DCTF Live at 12:30pm. The award will be given every week through Week 14. Check TexasFootball.com every week to view the full list of ten candidates and the details of their most recent performance.