#TeamFYNSports Sports Writer Player Of The Week For Game 10: Michael Burrell

This week’s #TeamFYNSports Sports Writer Player of the Week is Michael Burrell. Burrell, had two touchdowns this past Friday night against LaFayette. One on offense, & one on defense. Burrell, was also called on to punt a couple of times for the Dragons. On the night, Burrell threw a 15-yd touchdown pass to QB CJ Streicher, picked off a pass and took it 20-yds for a score (1 of 4 turnovers for the Dragons on the night), had a rush of 15-yds while in at QB, collected 4 tackles, & punted twice for 79 yards. One of those punts was inside the 20-yd line. For the season, on offense, Burrell is 6/9 passing for 158 yards & 3 TD’s, rushed for 315 yards on 39 attempts, & 5 TD’s, caught 4 passes for 128 yards & 2 TD’s. Defensively, Burrell has 24 tackles, 3 INT’s, 6 pass break ups, & 1 defensive TD. Burrell has also punted 5 times for a total of 187 yards (37.4 yd average), & have had 3 punts downed inside the opponents 20-yd line.

With the 48-19 win over LaFayette last Friday, the 6-AAAA region champion Dragons completed a 10-0 regular season for the first time in school history. You can catch Michael Burrell & the rest of the Pickens Dragons at home on November 9th as they host the #4 seed out of region 7 in the 1st round of the 2018 4A State Playoffs. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm.