3A Early Season Ballers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As we head into week four of the Alabama High School Football season, there have been players around the state who have been extremely valuable to their teams success. Whether it was making a head topping catch in traffic against press coverage, to making a one handed grab in the corner of the end zone for a TD or making that big hit for a loss behind the line of scrimmage, these ballers have shown up and shown out. We spotlight several ballers from Class 3A who are making headlines early on this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["258804"],"_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":"K.J. 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