Honor Roll
Austin Brown, Flowery Branch: Completed 21 of 24 passes for 248 yards and four touchdowns in a win against Rockdale County.
Deshaun Watson, Gainesville: Threw for 134 yards and rushed for 76 yards in a win against Franklin County.
Kevin Ellison, Habersham Central: Ran 23 times for 232 yards and three touchdowns in a win against Madison County.
Cedric Harris, Johnson: Finished with 177 rushing yards for the Knights in a loss to Lumpkin County.
Nick Drury, Lakeview Academy: Had 30 carries for 154 yards in a loss to Hebron Christian.
Ian McIntosh, Lumpkin County: Scored three touchdowns and totaled 135 yards of offense in a win against Johnson.
B.J. Dorsey, Lumpkin County: 10 tackles, 1 1/2 sacks and a forced fumble in a win against Johnson.
Logan Conley, Flowery Branch: Eight receptions for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
Taylor Guthrie, Lumpkin County: Completed 7 of 10 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown.
Kanler Coker, North Hall: Completed 10 of 19 passes for 151 yards and three touchdowns in a win at Walnut Grove.
BUFORD — When Buford’s Seon Jones went to the sideline late in last Friday’s win against Lovett, the Wolves’ senior running back was floored to find out he was the new owner of the school record for rushing yards in a single game.
“I was shocked to find out I broke the school record,” Jones said before Monday’s practice at the school.
Owning the school record for rushing yards in a game at a school like Buford (3-1), the three-time defending Class AA state champions, is a big deal since the school also produced 2004 graduate Darius Walker, the state record holder for a time in rushing touchdowns in a season (46).
However, it wasn’t Walker’s school record that Jones broke with his 319-yard effort against Lovett. It didn’t belong to Cody Getz, Matt Pridemore or Jessel Curry either, three of the school’s great backs in the past five years. The school record dated back 40 years and belonged to Dennis Clark.
“I knew he had it in him,” said Buford senior quarterback Alex Ross about his leading rusher. “It all goes back to the hard work put in during the summer.”
For his efforts, Jones is The Times Football Player of the Week.
At 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, Jones isn’t the kind of running back that is going to make his mark by running over defenders. He says the strength to his game is speed, vision and the ability to make defenders miss tackles.
In his record-setting performance at Atlanta’s Conley-Oakley Field against the Lions, Jones put all three elements display with an 85-yard touchdown run.
On a third-and-1 at their own 15, Jones took the handoff on a standard power play between the guard and tackle on the left side of the Wolves’ offensive line. After his initial steps, a big hole opened up, he hit full stride and made a linebacker miss on the tackle and was off to the races for a touchdown.
“My eyes got big when I saw that hole open up,” Jones said. “It was kind of unexpected to have a touchdown run that long.”
Jones, who moved to Buford High as a junior from Dacula, also added a 9-yard touchdown run during the game. All his accomplishments, he said, are a direct result of the hard work by the offensive line.
His first big game of the season was in Week 1 against Gainesville with 148 yards on 11 carries at City Park.
Now, Jones hopes he can translate these big games into some college scholarship offers.