Stevenson's Aidan Crawley tries to get a few more yards against Prospect during Friday’s game in Mt. Prospect. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com

Year in and year out I have the pleasure of getting to know several top football players from across the state of Illinois.

In many cases, I wind up having to focus a large amount of time on the highly-ranked and high-in-demand names. But what about the Glue Guys? Glue Guys are those kids who might not be in the spotlight every week, and all they do is show up and give the team everything they have.

As the season wears on I'll be adding more deserving names from the area as I see them this fall.

Stevenson senior QB Aidan Crawley

Crawley is a multiyear starter who does whatever it takes to lead the Patriots to victory. Crawley threw for nearly

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