SAN DIEGO -- Carlsbad High School’s Julian Sayin was named the 2023 Silver Pigskin Player of the Year Tuesday night at KUSI’s Silver Pigskin Gala.
The Lancers quarterback is committed to play at the University of Alabama. He led Carlsbad to the open division semifinals this season.
"Definitely a great honor seeing all the players before me win this," Julian said on the award stage. "It's been fun and I'm really grateful for this award."
Sayin is the second player in PPR history to get two nominations in one high school career. The first was Reggie Bush.
The gala, held at Rock Church Point Loma, comes as Prep Pigskin Report celebrates 25 years of covering high school football.
“We have kids that we first featured back in ’98 that now have kids on the show, so we’re kind of on our second, moving towards our third generation,” PPR host Paul Rudy said. “I can’t put it into words. It’s just a really cool thing to see how the show has grown to where it’s grown.”