Northern Utah High School Player of the Week – Week 15
Nov 29, 2024, 11:33 AM | Updated: Jan 8, 2025, 12:17 pm
SALT LAKE CITY – The John Watson Northern Utah High School Player of the Week is celebrating the best high school football player in Northern Utah. Presented by John Watson Chevrolet in Ogden, each week we honor athletes for their exceptional performance on the gridiron. Our co-winners of the week were Beck Sheffield from Morgan High School and Logan Cella from Roy High School.
Northern Utah Players of the Week – Siaki Fekitoa, RB Bountiful
Fekitoa and the Bountiful Red Hawks took on Region 5 rival Roy High School at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the 5A State Championship Game. Bountiful’s backfield tandem of Fekitoa and Emerson Geilman helped Bountiful get out to a fast start with a rushing touchdown each in the first half, giving them the lead each time they reached paydirt. Roy fired bakc with a trio of touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 21-14 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Fekitoa scored his second touchdown of the game in the third quarter to set the stage for an epic final frame with hardware on the line. He would go on to run for two additional scores in the fourth quarter, and that combined with a Geilman touchdown pass proved to be enough for Bountiful to hoist the trophy for the first time since 2003.
Fekitoa saved possibly his finest performance of the season for the state title game as he would finish the game with 35 carries for 255 yards and four touchdowns. He will be back in 2025 as a senior looking to lead Bountiful to back-to-back titles.
Player of the Week Selection
The selection committee for the John Watson Northern Utah Player of the Week award consists of Matt George from POW! Creative and Jake Hatch. Jake is the Executive Producer for The KSL Sports Zone. He also hosts a daily BYU-centric podcast called Locked On Cougars. Jake attended Brigham Young University and is a proud native of Orem, UT. He is an alumnus of Mountain View High School, where he was part of the Bruins football program as an offensive and defensive lineman from 2001-04.
