The results are in! See who won the H.S. football fans' choice player of the year ballot

The results are in … and they are outstanding.

We knew Rhode Island’s communities cared about their high school football . But with 124,776 votes casted in the fans’ choice for preseason player of the year, you all blew past our expectations and really showed your support.

The weeklong poll that boasted one football player from every school in the state was a smashing hit as Ponaganset’s Kaleb Rock brought home the title of preseason player of the year. Rock generated 43,116 votes to snag bragging rights to start the season.

The senior finished with 34.55% of the overall voting and pulled away from Griffin Kleinknecht in the closing days of the polling. Kleinknecht, of Middletown, finished second with a whopping 35,968 votes. The two were neck-and-neck with Smithfield’s Ralph Farrar trailing in third with 11,001 votes.

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Every player on the ballot received votes in a spectacular showing of support for these high school athletes. We will be doing similar ballots for other high school fall sports in the coming days, so keep an eye out for those.

And for more high school football preseason notes and news, we put together a page of all our stories . We’ll keep the page updated as we head towards Week 1, which starts Sept. 12.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: The results are in! See who won the H.S. football fans' choice player of the year ballot