Week 4 Top Performers: Big School

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week four brings some familiar and new faces for big school performers. Lots of big game opportunities for the state's top big school players. As we creep into 2024 the top billed players are not only living up to the hype, but we also have some rising players that are starting to open eyes. Recruiting will start to pick up serious steam in January and some of these guys are hitting their stride accordingly. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":2310752,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='2340506' first='Colin' 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