High School Football

Beaufort's Cummings IPBG Player of Week for Week 11

Beaufort's Omar Cummings runs with the ball during their game against Colleton County on Friday night at Beaufort High School on Lady's Island.
Beaufort's Omar Cummings runs with the ball during their game against Colleton County on Friday night at Beaufort High School on Lady's Island. Staff photo

Beaufort running back Omar Cummings is the IPBG High School Football Player of the Week for Week 11.

Chatman rushed for 404 yards and eight touchdowns, both school records, on 35 carries in the Eagles' 56-42 win over Berkeley.

The eight touchdowns are one short of the state record for rushing touchdowns set by Mayo's Frank Byrd in 1958. The record for total touchdowns in a game is 10 by Byrnes' Shuler Bentley in 2013.

It's unclear what the state rushing record for a single game, but Rudy Mitchell of Westwood rushed for 467 yards against Blythewood earlier this season.

Hilton Head Prep running back/linebacker Gavin Hurlbut won the fan vote with 36.1 percent of the votes cast. Hurlbut rushed 17 times for 110 yards and a touchdown, ran for a two-point conversion and made eight tackles, including two for loss, in the Dolphins' 21-7 win over Holly Hill Academy in the first round of the SCISAA Class 1-A playoffs.

Cummings garnered 28.5 percent of the fan vote. Fans cast 410 votes this week.

The fan vote accounts for one-third of the voting. Members of The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette sports staff hold the other two votes.

Follow sports editor Mike McCombs at twitter.com/IPBGsports.

IPBG High School Football Players of the Week

Week Zero: QB Terrance Heyward, Bluffton

Week 1: QB Karl Johnson, John Paul II

Week 2: RB Zach Belger, Bluffton

Week 3: RB P.J. Franklin, Hilton Head Island

Week 4: RB Desjon Fraser, Ridgeland-Hardeeville

Week 5: RB/WR Tyler Hamilton, Hilton Head Island

Week 6: QB Cameron Bent, Bluffton

Week 7: DB/WR Jestin Morrow, Hilton Head Island

Week 8: RB/DB Anthony Sanders, Thomas Heyward Academy

Week 9: QB/LB Tyler Fox, Hilton Head Prep

Week 10: RB Alterell Chatman, Battery Creek

Week 11: RB Omar Cummings, Beaufort

Online Fan Voting Winner

Week Zero: QB Terrance Heyward, Bluffton

Week 1: RB Cain Richards, Beaufort Academy

Week 2: RB/DB Anthony Sanders, Thomas Heyward Academy

Week 3: RB P.J. Franklin, Hilton Head Island

Week 4: RB Desjon Fraser, Ridgeland-Hardeeville

Week 5: RB/WR Tyler Hamilton, Hilton Head Island

Week 6: WR Mac Orie, Hilton Head Prep

Week 7: DB/WR Jestin Morrow, Hilton Head Island

Week 8: RB/DB Anthony Sanders, Thomas Heyward Academy

Week 9: RB/DB Anthony Sanders, Thomas Heyward Academy

Week 10: RB Alterell Chatman, Battery Creek

Week 11: RB Gavin Hurlbut, Hilton Head Prep

This story was originally published November 12, 2015 at 9:02 PM with the headline "Beaufort's Cummings IPBG Player of Week for Week 11."

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