Austin American-Statesman Austin-Area Football Player of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Austin-area football player of the week poll?

The Austin American-Statesman Austin-Area Football Player of the Week series is staged by the Austin newspaper of that name and hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). Each week's ballot asks fans to back one football player from a list of nominees shown as the poll's answers. Fans vote in a web browser, so the series is a public vote and not a jury or editorial selection.

The poll title names the Austin area, so the market is Austin and the state is Texas. The poll's own nominees are listed by name on each ballot, and none of those names is repeated here.

Which seasons are confirmed and when do the weekly ballots run?

The series is confirmed for 2023 and 2024, and the program is treated as annual on that basis. The 2024 season is the one with dated ballots in the text available here, and those ballots fall in September and October. The page links to the latest ballot of the series, and earlier weekly ballots sit behind that same title.

The ballot text gives no opening day for the 2024 window and no closing day for the final week, so those dates are unpublished. No category list has been published for this program, and no platform round dates are attached to this market. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle before planning a push for any week.

Because the series is weekly, a single nominee can appear on one ballot and not the next. Readers should treat each week as its own ballot and check the title for the week number before voting. The six 2024 ballots are the only season-level detail the page can give, and the season's first and last ballots fall within the September and October window.

How does a fan vote on a weekly ballot today?

A fan opens the latest weekly ballot at poll.fm/14466926, reads the football players listed as poll answers, selects one and submits the vote on the Crowdsignal page. The closed ballots show the nominees in a list, and the weekly leader is the nominee with the largest total on that week's poll.

On the 2024 ballots the poll answers are a list of individual players and their schools, and the series does not publish those names in this page. Fans who want to see the full nominee list should open the ballot itself.

How does this series sit beside the other Texas player polls?

The Texas siblings on this site are also player and athlete votes, but this series is the one tied to the Austin market. The closest siblings cover other regions, so a reader from Austin will find this page the most specific match.

A reader comparing options can start with Austin American-Statesman Athlete of the Week, which shares this organizer but is not limited to football. The series on this page is limited to football and to one week at a time.

The Dallas and East Texas weekly polls cover other regions, and the Dave Campbell's quarterback listing has its own publisher and rules. Each listing should be read on its own terms.

Put side by side, the Texas pages show regional football votes and one newspaper athlete vote. This page is the only one tied to the Austin market, which is why its search intent is local.

How can a fan help a nominee in the weekly poll?

The most direct lever on a weekly ballot is a fan's own network, passed along one week at a time. Sharing the latest weekly link with people who follow Austin-area football, and reminding them which week's ballot is open, is the practical step most fans take. The ballot text does not describe a separate promotion channel, so the link is the main tool available.

No rule on help from outside the poll appears in the ballot text, so none is quoted here. Fans who want the general steps for a public vote can read getting more votes online, which covers the same mechanic without tying it to one week. Each weekly result is set by the public count alone, and no shortcut changes that count.

Because each week is a fresh ballot, a fan who backs a player in one week gets no carry-over into the next. The weekly reset is the main planning fact for anyone running a push across the season.