Which football player is most important?

Who is most important football player to their team? This is not a question of who is the best player, but which player if you remove them from their team are they no longer in the playoffs. CatchItKansas asked you in last week’s poll question which quarterback was most important and 51.4 percent of you said Blake Bell.

I took this poll question and put it to the test of the numbers. I narrowed it down to three players as the most important to their team on the west side of the brackets. Collegiate’s Blake Jablonski, Carroll’s Blake Bell and the injured Jorden Oden.

Jablonski has passed for over 3,365 yards and rushed for just over 200. That accounts for 69.2 percent of Collegiate’s total yards that directly involved Jablonski. In terms of scoring, Jablonski has been involved directly in 282 points (43 passing touchdowns and four rushing) to account for 52.61 percent of the scoring.

Bell has accounted for roughly the same percentage of yards for the Golden Eagles with 69.88 percent, but the big difference for him is the scoring percentages. Bell has been directly involved in 62.07 percent of Carroll’s scoring this year which means that he generally scores four out of every six touchdowns Carroll averages in a game.

Oden was and is an all-state pick this year no doubt and has accounted for 44.02 percent of Buhler’s yards and 36.36 percent of the scoring for the Crusaders. The star running back will be missed for the rest of the playoffs as he has a broken collarbone, but Jordan Reffner is more than capable of leading the Crusaders to a state championship in 4A.

For me Blake Bell wins the debate of most important player on a team still left in the playoffs. Without him I Carroll would have stumbled before this upcoming game against Hutchinson. Blake Rollins really came around last game to help out, but there is no doubt who Carroll’s key to beating Hutch is.

Agree? Disagree? Who do you think is the most important player to their team? Leave a comment or e-mail me at cparker@kwch.com.