Fans' Choice 910Preps Football Offensive Player of the Year Poll: How Voting Works & How to Win

What the 910Preps Fans' Choice offensive player poll is

The Fans' Choice 910Preps poll for offensive player of the year gives North Carolina high school football fans a year-end ballot to decide the honoree themselves. The vote runs on Crowdsignal, the polling platform served through the poll.fm domain, and the current poll is numbered 16395656 on that platform. The Fans' Choice branding ties the poll to the 910Preps coverage brand, which covers high school sports in the state, though the organizing outlet behind the brand is not named in the published material for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The award sits in the sport vertical and follows a public-vote mechanic: the option list is set by the publisher, and supporters decide the outcome by voting. The current ballot is closed, and its results page showed a leading option holding 28 percent of the tally with 10,550 votes, a figure that gives a sense of the audience a single edition can draw. Nominees on the closed ballot were listed with their school and position, spanning quarterback, running back, wide receiver and athlete roles, but no individual names are reproduced on this reference page because the ballot options are minor students.

Key facts at a glance

Readers comparing this award with other statewide fan votes can look at the Charlotte Observer Boys High School Athlete of the Week, which follows a weekly rhythm rather than a year-end format. Both awards cover North Carolina high school sports, yet each answers to a different publisher, so a rule from one says nothing about the other.

Edition history and the December voting window

Two editions of the Fans' Choice 910Preps offensive player poll are confirmed: 2022 and 2025. The series is classified as annual and points to a next expected run in 2026, which makes the gap between the two confirmed years a gap in published detail rather than a statement that the poll skipped seasons. What is solid is the shape of the calendar: both confirmed voting windows fall in December, so the poll functions as a year-end honor that arrives after the fall season concludes.

For supporters planning around the next edition, the practical takeaway is that early winter is the period to watch. The exact opening and closing dates for each edition are not published ahead of time, and neither is the length of the window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A poll that closes quickly rewards supporters who already have their outreach plan ready, while a longer window allows a slower build. Because the current ballot carries a poll closed notice, anyone landing on it today is seeing a results page, not a live vote.

The 2025 edition's results page also shows how the platform reports standings: each option is displayed with a percentage share and a raw vote total, and the leading option reached 10,550 votes. That transparency is typical of Crowdsignal ballots and lets supporters see exactly where their player stands while voting is open. It also means a late surge is visible to everyone watching, which is why organized outreach early in the window tends to matter more than a single push near the end.

Supporters who follow several North Carolina awards at once should keep the calendars separate. The North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week runs on a different sport and a different schedule, and the Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week answers to a broadcast organizer. None of their windows line up with this December football poll by default.

How voting works on the Crowdsignal ballot

Crowdsignal is a polling platform that serves ballots through the poll.fm domain, and this poll lives at poll.fm/16395656. A supporter who opens the page while voting is live sees the option list, selects a nominee and submits. The closed edition shows the same structure in results form, with each option's share and total displayed. The platform handles the tallying; the publisher sets the option list and the window.

What the published material does not settle is the rule set around voting. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. That means supporters cannot rely on a stated per-person limit, a stated eligibility rule or a stated nomination process for this poll. The safest reading is that the ballot is a straightforward public vote: open the page, pick an option, submit. Anything beyond that, such as repeat voting or automated voting, is governed by rules that have not been printed for this program, and a supporter who cares about the integrity of the result should treat the absence of a printed rule as a reason for caution rather than permission.

The option list itself is worth understanding before the next window opens. On the closed ballot, nominees were identified by name, school and position, covering offensive roles across several North Carolina high school programs. Because the nominees are students, this page deliberately names no individuals; readers who want the full list should open the ballot itself. The mix of positions suggests the publisher casts a wide net across the offensive side of the ball rather than honoring a single role.

Anyone researching vote strategy for polls like this one can read our votes guide for outreach methods that work across public-vote awards, and our legality page for the broader question of what purchased votes mean for an organizer's rules. Neither page substitutes for the publisher's own terms, which for this poll are not printed; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Where this poll fits among North Carolina fan votes

North Carolina has an active high school sports fan-vote scene, and the 910Preps offensive player poll is the year-end entry in it. Alongside it sit several weekly programs: the Charlotte Observer Athlete of the Week, the boys and girls weekly editions from the same publisher, the Greensboro News & Record Player of the Week, the Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week from a broadcast outlet, and a statewide baseball player of the week series. Each runs under its own publisher with its own platform, rules and window.

What distinguishes the 910Preps poll is its format and timing. It is a single year-end award rather than a weekly series, it concentrates on offensive football production, and its confirmed windows fall in December when the fall season is complete. That makes it a seasonal event for the North Carolina high school football community: nominees are named after their seasons, supporters rally in a short window, and the result serves as a fan-driven honor for the year.

The vote totals on the closed ballot, with the leading option at 10,550 votes, indicate that the poll reaches well beyond the immediate school communities of the nominees. For a nominee's supporters, that scale means casual sharing is rarely enough; the campaigns that compete at that level tend to be organized across multiple fan groups, each given the direct ballot link and a clear ask. For readers weighing outside help, our award votes page describes the general service category, and our main votes page covers the broader market. The publisher's own position on such help is not printed; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Because the series is classified as annual with a next expected run in 2026, supporters should expect the pattern to repeat: a December window, a Crowdsignal ballot under the Fans' Choice 910Preps name, and a results page that shows percentages and totals openly. The constant across editions is the platform and the format; the variable is everything the publisher has not printed, from exact dates to rule text, which is why the live ballot is the reference that matters.