MaxPreps Polynesian Bowl Player of the Week: Grant Gunnell

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Career highlights of 2019 Arizona commit Grant Gunnell.

Grant Gunnell is the first two-time winner of the MaxPreps Polynesian Bowl All-Star player of the week award and it was impossible not to give it to him after he broke the Texas all-time career passing yardage mark. He threw for 487 yards and five touchdowns in St. Pius X's 34-14 win over Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, Texas).

He needed 318 yards going into the game to pass former Booker (Texas) star Hunter Lile's mark of 14,408 passing yards and surpassed that total by halftime. The 2019 Arizona commit needs six more passing touchdowns to break the all-time state record. He is currently five behind former Refugio (Texas) star Travis Quintanilla's record of 184 touchdowns.

Gunnell has already thrown for 3,221 yards and 37 touchdowns during his senior campaign and now has 14,577 passing yards and 179 touchdowns for his career. The future Pac-12 quarterback moved past Lile, J.R. House, and Will Grier on the all-time passing list after Friday's performance and is now sixth all-time in high school football history in career passing. He is on pace to move past Myles Brennan and Chris Leak before his prep career is over and finish fourth all-time. If he throws 16 more touchdowns he will finish his career third all-time, too. Honorable mentions

Sione Vaki — Liberty (Brentwood, Calif.)
The 3-star safety has been one of the top players in California in 2018. He is making big-time plays on all three phases and in Liberty's biggest game of the season against Pittsburg (Calif.) he balled out. He led them to a 24-21 win to help the Lions' improve to 9-0. Vaki finished the night with 10 receptions for 158 yards and two touchdowns. He also had eight tackles and two interceptions that helped snapped Liberty's 12-game losing streak against Pittsburg. It was the first time since 2005 the Lions beat their Northern California rival.

Nick Cross — DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
The 2019 Florida State commit set the tone for DeMatha in its dominant 32-2 win over Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.). He stripped the ball away from Latrele Plamer and took it back 40-yards to the house. He was all over the field on defense and has the Stags rolling heading into their biggest game of the season Friday against No. 3 St. John's (Washington, D.C.).

Colby Bowman - St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
The 2019 Stanford commit showed out in St. John Bosco's 49-14 win over Trinity League rival Santa Margarita (Calif.). He hauled in three receptions for 142 yards and one touchdowns. He finished the night averaging 47.3 yards per receptions. The Braves have been the No. 1 team in the country since the start and they close out the regular season Friday against Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) before the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs start.

Antonio Alfano - Colonia (N.J.)
The 2019 Alabama commit is the top rated player from New Jersey for a reason. The 4-star defensive end was in the backfield all game in their 35-7 win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood (N.J.). He finished the night with 10 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, and forced two fumbles.