Accolades from all over the state continue to pour in for JHHS linebacker, Xavier Atkins – and they should! After his incredible performance against Class 3A North Webster this past Friday night the sensational sophomore is now leading all classifications of LHSAA football playing schools in total tackles, individual stops, tackles per game and sacks. 

As result Atkins has been named the “Defensive Player of the Week” by LA Sportsline for the second straight week and also voted as turning in the best defensive performance for week 5 of the LHSAA schedule by GeauxPreps.com.

Atkins recording 19 tackles last week, that includes 17 solo stops, three sacks and five tackles for a loss, Atkins is leading the entire state, according to MaxPreps.com with 75 tackles, 64 solo stops and an incredible 18.8 tackles per game average. He is also tied for the state lead in sacks with six and second in tackles for a loss with eleven. 

He is not only tops in the state in each of the categories he leads by a wide margin despite playing in only four games compared to the five most LHSAA schools have played to date. See below for Atkin’s state leading stats compared to the next best in each category.

Player, School	Total Tackles
Xavier Atkins, JHHS	75
Ethan Koonce, Westlake	66
Ross Bertrand, Beau Chene	66
Daylon Sibley, Lake Charles Prep	61
Ross Denison, Iowa	56

Player, School	Solo Tackles
Xavier Atkins, JHHS	64
Ethan Koonce, Westlake	48
Daylon Sibley, Lake Charles Prep	38
Kevon Freeman, Lake Charles Prep	38
Michael Woods, Franklinton	37

Player, School	Avg. Tackles per Game
Xavier Atkins, JHHS	18.8
Ethan Koonce, Westlake	13.2
Ross Bertrand, Beau Chene	13.2
Corey Hyatt, Sulphur	12.8
Daylon Sibley, Lake Charles Prep	12.2

Player, School	Sacks
Xavier Atkins, JHHS	6
Landon Mayeux, Calvary Baptist	6
Jalen Smith, Avoyelles	6
Stephen Everfield, General Trass	6
Michael Casey, Huntington	5

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