Defensive Player of the Week: Cooper Sheridan

Published 7:25 pm Monday, October 21, 2019

Cooper Sheridan is a tackling machine for the Grapeland Sandies.

Going into Friday night’s game with Lovelady, the 6-3 junior linebacker was averaging 15 tackles a game.

After his performance in the Sandies’ 53-16 win over the Lions, his average rose to 16.5. He had some 27 tackles against Lovelady to bring his total to 132 on the season.

Sheridan also had three tackles for loss and a sack. According to Maxpreps.com, he is in the top 10 for tackles this season.

For his performance, Sheridan has been named the Peltier Kia Tyler Defensive Player of the Week for the eighth week of the high school football season.

He will be featured on a poster, sponsored by Peltier Kia Tyler, in Friday’s The Zone special section of the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Previous winners were Chapel Hill senior linebacker Adrian Lacy (Week 1), Troup senior linebacker Max Hale (Week 2), Grand Saline senior linebacker Bryce Smith (Week 3), Tyler Lee senior defensive end/linebacker Jamal Ligon (Week 4), John Tyler junior free safety Travion Ates (Week 5), Gladewater senior middle linebacker Zach Villarreal (Week 6) and Kilgore junior free safety Donovan Adkins (Week 7).

Grapeland, which is 7-1 on the season and 4-0 in District 12-2A Division II, has an open date this week but will return to action on Friday, Nov. 1 against West Hardin in Saratoga. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at West Hardin Oiler Stadium.

To nominate someone for the Peltier Kia Tyler Defensive Player of the Week, email sports@tylerpaper. com by 5 p.m. Sunday. Please include classification and statistics for the game and for the season.