What he did: Lawrence rushed for 324 yards and scored six touchdowns in Rockwall-Heath's 70-38 win over Richardson Pearce, which was ranked No. 6 in the area 4A poll at the time.

Kendial Lawrence

The stats: Rushed 23 times for 324 yards and had touchdowns of 7, 76, 67 and 44 yards. Also returned a kickoff 74 yards for a touchdown and had three receptions for 10 yards and another touchdown.

Who is he? A 5-9, 175-pound junior running back.

He said it: "The offensive line was blocking real good (teammate Everett Gilbert rushed for 256 yards and four TDs), and we just wanted to win real bad. We were just going hard every play and getting all our blocking assignments. The holes were real big."

Coach said it: "He's just a young man who's blessed with outstanding speed. He's very explosive, has great quickness. He's just a great athlete." – Tam Hollingshead.

Did you know? Lawrence's first name is pronounced KEN-dull. ... Plays basketball and also runs the 200, 4x100 and 4x400 on the track team. He ran a 22.49 in the 200 in a regional qualifier meet. ... His favorite class: "Besides football? Algebra II, I guess. I've got a good teacher and it's kind of fun learning the hard stuff that you don't think you can do."