Another week of Texas high school football is officially in the books, and there were plenty of standout performers across the Lone Star State. Here are SBLive/SI’s Texas Defensive Football Player of the Week nominees for Nov.

Some of the area winners include teams in our preseason top-10 countdown, such as Westlake, LBJ, Dripping Spring and Lake Travis. But the competition should be tougher in the area playoffs next round.

A look at some of the highlights from the first week of high school football playoff action in the Houston area.