Week 5: Top DL Performances

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As I continue this series of articles for week 5 highlighting top performances by position each week, I wanted to say there are MANY other defensive lineman who could be put on this list. I am listing the players who's stat line stood out, who people recommended but most importantly, ONLY players who either I watched live or was able to watch highlights from their specific game. For the best chance to be featured, send me your weekly film on twitter. My handle is “@DevinRecord”, please don't have any hard feelings if you weren't included.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_634b729e69275","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["338847"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"I've included Payton in this series of articles and he deserves another mention this week. As I've said, Payton is a match-up nightmare for almost anyone in the entire state. He stands at 6'7u0022 and weighs about 250 pounds. His athleticism is just through the roof, being just as quick as someone 6 inches shorter than him. He gets to the backfield quickly and did that against Prairie HS all night long. 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