The results are in!
More than 17,000 votes were cast in the race of "Sporting News Midseason National Running Back of the Year," and one nominee ran away with the vote like he's been running away from defenders this season.
Cresview's Braxton Leeth registered more than 10,000 votes to win the award.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound ball-carrier, out of Ohio, has rushed for 1,882 yards and 28 touchdowns in just 8 games, averaging 235.3 yards and more than 3 scores a game.
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Leeth got off to a blazing-hot start to his senior campaign, rushing for 413 yards and 7 touchdowns in a season-opening 62-41 win over Parkway.
Since then he's had four games rushing for at least 231 yards and four scores.
Congrats to Leeth - and all of the nominees.
Here were the nominees:
Myles McLaughlin (Knox, IN) — 2,468 yards, 39 touchdowns 352.6 yards per game
Ernie Powers (Franklin, TX) — 1,861 yards, 34 touchdowns; 310.2 yards per game
Braxton Leeth (Cresview, OH) — 1,822 yards, 28 touchdowns
Christian Villarreal (Ozona, TX) — 1,772 yards, 24 touchdowns
Quentin Pacelli (Garden Grove, CA) — 1,,765 yards, 14 touchdowns
JJ Gulat (Dixon, NC) — 1,762 yards, 20 touchdowns
Lance Cantrell (Talawanda, OH) — 1,711 yards, 25 touchdowns
Aaron Stewart (Warren Township, IL) — 1,709 yards, 28 touchdowns
Quincy Mitchell (Forrest, TN) — 1,634 yards, 19 touchdowns
Deshonne Redeaux (Oaks Christian, CA) — 685 yards, 8 touchdowns (nationally-relevant schedule)
Landen Williams-Callis (Randle, TX) — 1,206 yards, 21 touchdowns, 241 yards per game
Mykha Green (Sinton, TX) — 1,570 yards, 19 touchdowns
Kip Brigham (Wahoo, NE) — 1,472 yards, 23 touchdowns
Nix Fullen (Tipton-Rosemark Academy, TN) — 1,471 yards, 23 touchdowns
Grady Kinsey (Indian Valley, OH) — 1,447 yards, 21 touchdowns
Teo McPhatter (Princeton, NC) — 1,405 yards, 20 touchdowns
Xander Edwards (Bolles, FL) — 1,395 yards, 20 touchdowns
Mason Hollingsworth (Whitefield Academy, GA) — 1,389 yards, 22 touchdowns
Jagger Nieves (San Juan, UT) — 1,370 yards, 25 touchdowns
Nikel Lewis (Hamburg, AR) — 1,355 yards, 25 touchdowns
Sean Simon (La Porte, TX) — 1,295 yards, 25 touchdowns
Zaiden Jernigan (Louisville, MS) — 923 yards, 12 touchdowns
Ezavier Crowell (Jackson, AL) — 1,190 yards, 13 touchdowns
David Segarra (Byrnes, SC) — 796 all-purpose yards, 12 touchdowns, 9.3 yards per touch