Vance High’s Jalen Swindell is Charlotte Observer HS football player of the week
The Charlotte Observer high school football player of the week is Vance High’s Jalen Swindell.
Swindell earned more than 40 percent of this week’s vote, finishing ahead of Myers Park’s Ayden Burkey and North Rowan’s Kyrie Sims.
A 6-foot-2, 260-pound junior, Swindell was a force on the defensive line in the Cougars 24-10 state quarterfinal win at Hough last week. He lived in the Hough backfield and had a huge stop on third and goal at the 2, when Vance was leading 17-7. Hough settled for a field goal on that possession.
Swindell received his first Division I offer from Louisville earlier this week.
This story was originally published April 24, 2021 at 5:58 PM.
Langston Wertz Jr.
The Charlotte Observer