WacoTrib Names Three Football Players of the Week

Jack Kennedy, Marley Hamilton and Colton Wilhite earned WacoTrib.com's weekly honors for the final week of the regular season.

Updated on Nov. 12, 2026 in Football

WacoTrib Names Three Football Players of the Week

WacoTrib.com named Jack Kennedy of China Spring Offensive Player of the Week, Marley Hamilton of Lorena Defensive Player of the Week, and Colton Wilhite of Aquilla Six-Man Player of the Week. The honors cover the final week of the regular season.

Why it matters

The awards recognize standout individual performances in the closing games of the regular season, which helped determine playoff positioning for several Texas high school programs. They give Central Texas readers a snapshot of the area's top performers heading into the postseason.

Kennedy threw for 466 yards and four touchdowns in China Spring's 49-42 win over Lampasas, while Wilhite made 12 tackles and caught three passes for 72 yards in Aquilla's 76-30 win over Abbott. Hamilton recorded 10 tackles and a sack as Lorena won 64-14 at Cameron Yoe.

The players

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The details

WacoTrib.com selected the honorees from games played in the final week of the regular season. Kennedy left the Lampasas game with an injury, and his status was not detailed in the available information. Aquilla remained unbeaten after its win over Abbott.

Final week of the 2026 regular season, with the honors announced following those games.

Season Trajectory

The honors come as Texas high school programs finish their regular seasons and enter the postseason, where the UIL six-man classification runs its own playoff bracket for smaller schools. Recognition of players in both the standard and six-man divisions highlights the separate competitive paths within Texas high school football.

Players named to the list are recognized for the regular-season stretch that shaped playoff seeding for their teams. Fantasy and recruiting followers can use the reported stat lines as a snapshot of each player's form entering the postseason.

The takeaway

Weekly honors like these highlight individual performers, but playoff outcomes will depend on how teams perform as they enter the postseason. Readers following Central Texas programs can track these players as the bracket unfolds.