The Star’s high school football players of the week (Oct. 2)
Missouri: Jesse McBee
SCHOOL: Fort Osage
YEAR: Senior
After playing wide receiver the past three seasons, McBee is making the transition to the backfield look easy. He ran for 225 yards and three touchdowns in a win against William Chrisman last week. He also caught another touchdown. Through six games, McBee leads the state's top-ranked team in both rushing and receiving. He has 13 touchdowns.
| Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com
Kansas: Juwan Potts
SCHOOL: Leavenworth
YEAR: Senior
Potts returned a pair of kickoffs for touchdowns last week — one 94 yards and the other 95 yards — and scored another touchdown on offense with a 29-yard pass reception from Landry Hodges in the Pioneers’ 35-21 victory over Lawrence Free State. On defense, Potts had six solo tackles, two pass breakups and an interception. He return3ed that pickoff 63 yards.
| Kathleen Gier, kgier@kcstar.com
This story was originally published October 2, 2014 at 7:07 PM with the headline "The Star’s high school football players of the week (Oct. 2)."