The first round of voting in AL.com’s quest to name the fans high school football Player of the Year for the 2024 season included three big upsets.

The biggest upset had No. 16 seed Preston Lancaster defeating top-seeded Alvin Henderson, the state’s all-time leading rusher from Elba High School. In the other upsets, No. 12 Myles Johnson of T.R. Miller knocked off No. 5 Jourdin Crawford of Parker and No. 9 Landon Duckworth of Jackson defeated No. 8 Eric Winters of Enterprise.