Parkway’s Bryston McCoy captures Shreveport Times AOW Week 5 poll

Parkway’s Bryston McCoy garnered enough votes recently to win the seventh annual 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.The quarterback for the Panthers, McCoy made a strong run in winning the fifth 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 Collin Magee and Benton’s Ryder Dodson.McCoy received 35,787 (47.9%) of the 80,293 votes cast in the online poll to top second-place Dayton Hope of Benton, who finished with a tidy 29,169 votes (39.1%).McCoy will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon.McCoy was chosen because of his performance the previous week or because his name was submitted by his coach. The Times poll is posted each week at shreveporttimes.com with a new slate of student-athletes in Shreveport area high school football.SHARP CUT: Evangel’s Aiden Carter is a Swiss Army Knife for the EaglesBEST OF BEST: Here’s your week 8 Shreveport area superlative football performancesFRIDAY SNAPSHOTS: Byrd, Haughton, Loyola, North DeSoto, Northwood among Friday winnersMcCoy completed 26-of-45 passes for 355 yards and a touchdown Friday night in a loss to East Ascension.“Bryston has one of the strongest arms and quickest releases I’ve ever coached,” said Parkway coach Coy Brotherton. “He’s really hit his stride lately and has put up impressive numbers.”The Week 5 ballot included Jayden Anding, Ruston; Chris Hart, Airline; Chance Hopson, Union Parish; Jquarion Easter, North Webster; Peyton Houston, Evangel; Kaiton Packett, Logansport; Kaleb Law, Captain Shreve; Justin Dupree, Northwood; Ryan Rogers, Calvary and Aden Fullwood, Byrd,The Times online only poll runs through Friday. The poll includes northwest Louisiana athletes competing in volleyball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, basketball, soccer, wrestling, powerlifting, indoor and outdoor track, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, bowling, gymnastics and fishing while those sports are in season, along with a football-only poll during the football season.Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.PREVIOUS WINNERSWeek 5: Bryston McCoy, ParkwayWeek 4: Hayden Bell, North DeSotoWeek 3: Dakota Denney, North DeSotoWeek 2: Kollin Magee, LogansportWeek 1: Ryder Dodson, BentonThis article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Parkway’s Bryston McCoy captures Shreveport Times AOW Week 5 poll