Clayton (St. Louis, MO)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Greyhounds
Colors: Blue/Orange
Coach: Sam Horrell
League: Suburban - East
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank: #37

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2010 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Tyler Walker 5'9" 175 Junior SS/SE
Jeffrey Rothenberg 6'3" 280 Senior T/DT
David Neville 6'5" 215 Junior TE/DE

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
James Haslett 6'2.5" 190 Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experienced Offense, OL Size
Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced Defense

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 6.4
2010 National Rank: #6335
2010 State Rank: #121
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.1
2011 Starting Power Rating: -2.2
2011 National Rank: #8644
2011 State Rank: #168
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): -0.5
Dynasty National Rank: #8279
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.7
Dynasty Record: 23-29 (12-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 8-4
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (2nd)
2010 Points For Average: 22.8
2010 Points Against Average: 21.6
2010 Differential: +1.2
2010 Wins: #5931 MICDS (St. Louis) (25-22), #8143 Lutheran North (St. Louis) (30-14), #8301 Vashon (St. Louis) (17-14), #8342 Normandy (St. Louis) (24-15), #8661 University City (St. Louis) (21-14), #9007 McCluer South-Berkeley (Ferguson) (25-16), #9048 Jennings (18-12), #12210 Westminster Christian (St. Louis) (44-7)
2010 Losses: #3766 Watkins [Ladue Horton] (St. Louis) (54-14), #3766 Watkins [Ladue Horton] (St. Louis) (35-21), #8370 St. Francis Borgia (Washington) (32-28), #9641 Affton (St. Louis) (24-7)
2010 Opponents W-L: 65-65
Recent State Championships: 2004
Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st; Suburban East), 2004 (Suburban East), 2003 (Suburban East)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/9/11 Affton (St. Louis) (49-2)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 St. Francis Borgia (Washington), 9/9 Affton (St. Louis), 9/15 at McCluer South-Berkeley (Ferguson), 9/23 Jennings, 9/26 at Lutheran North (St. Louis), 10/1 at Normandy (St. Louis), 10/7 at Westminster Christian (St. Louis), 10/15 University City (St. Louis), 10/21 at Watkins [Ladue Horton] (St. Louis), 10/29 at MICDS (St. Louis)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Watkins [Ladue Horton] (St. Louis) (19.9), MICDS (St. Louis) (10.4), Lutheran North (St. Louis) (2.2)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Affton (St. Louis) (-18.9), Westminster Christian (St. Louis) (-15.9), Jennings (-3.3)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.1 (1.6 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.9
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #137
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8733
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-6
2011 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 St. Francis Borgia (Washington) [projection: 22-21 loss]