Mansfield’s Hamilton captures Shreveport Times AOW 7 football poll
Mansfield’s Jaydan Hamilton garnered enough votes recently to win the seventh week of the Shreveport Times online poll for Football Athlete of the Week , sponsored by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Silmon and Cosse Orthodontics. A solid player for the Wolverines, Hamilton made a strong run in winning the seventh football poll for the 2026-27 school year. He joins past winners that include North DeSoto’s Hayden Bell and Dakota Denney, along with Captain Shreve’s Gabe Lockett, Logansport’s Kollin Magee and Benton’s Ryder Dodson. Hamilton received 4,147 (51%) of the 10,141 votes cast in the online poll to top second-place Kolby Turner of Northwood, who finished with a tidy 2,756 votes (32.8%). “Jaydan is a great kid and a great student,” Mansfield coach Darrel Barbay said. “It’s been a pleasure to have had the chance to coach him.” FOOTBALL BRACKETS: Here's where your school is set on the 2026 LHSAA football brackets DIALED IN: Captain Shreve’s Gabe Lockett dials in dominating runs against Byrd Hamilton will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon. Hamilton was chosen because of his performance the previous week or
