Touchdown Club Names Jordan Roberts of Laurens District High School Player of the Week
October 10, 2022
The Laurens County Touchdown Club is proud to announce that for games played on October 7th, the Player of the week is senior linebacker, running back and special team player Jordan Roberts of Laurens District High School.
Roberts is linebacker, running back and special teams player for the Laurens District High School Raiders as they lost a hard fought game to Riverside 17 – 14 Friday night.
Jordan Roberts, a Laurens District High senior, had seven tackles from his linebacker position and well as 5 assists. Roberts also had one tackle for loss, 2 hurries and 2 pass break ups.
Offensively, Roberts had 6 carries for 18 years and threw one pass good for 8 yards.
On special teams, Jordan Roberts had 4 good punt snaps and 2 good PAT snaps.
Laurens District High School Head Coach Daryl Smith stated, “Jordan Roberts is a great football player and a great leader. He is an unselfish player that will do anything to help his football team. He is an excellent tackler, he long snaps for us, and has shown good vision at running back the last few weeks making some explosive plays.”
The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Jordan on October 20th at the bi-monthly Touchdown Club meeting. The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards this year is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.
The October 20th meeting will feature new Head Football Coach Bobby Lamb of Anderson University as the Trojans begin collegiate football. Former LDHS and USC football player Seth Strickland is also on the Anderson University Staff.
The Laurens County Touchdown Club meets every other Thursday throughout the football season at The Ridge located in Laurens at 301 Exchange Road and the public is invited. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15. All meetings are at Noon.
