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GENERAL
Nickname: Buccaneers
Colors: Blue/Silver
Coach: Marty Lee
League: 7A District 2 (moving from 5A District 1)
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Chris Black Senior WR [Alabama]
Joseph Jackson Senior OLB [West Virginia]
Shaquille Beverly Senior CB

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Reggie Northrup 6'2" 215 Senior LB 4.7 [Miami (Fl)]
Shaq Beverly 5'8" 190 Senior DB 4.5 [Troy]
Justin Osborne 5'9" 145 Senior WR 4.6
Brandon Brooks 6'0" 175 Senior WR 4.5

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Derrick Mitchell 6'5" 295 Senior DT 4.8 [Florida State]
Eric Beverly 5'10" 205 Senior RB [Florida State]
Carl Williams 6'0" 190 Senior DB 4.50 [South Alabama]
Kenneth Myers 6'2" 180 Senior WR 4.50 [West Virginia]
Herman Tapley 6'1" 210 Senior ATH 4.70
Daron White 5'9" 170 Senior RB [Troy]
Jared Henry Senior DB
Rashod Byers 5'8" 175 Senior RB 4.45 [Jacksonville State]
D.J. Jones 5'10" 165 Senior DB
Chris Terry 6'4" 230 Senior DE 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented Starters, Depth

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 48.2
2010 National Rank: #256
2010 State Rank: #30
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.9
2011 Starting Power Rating: 40.3
2011 National Rank: #476
2011 State Rank: #46
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 31
Dynasty National Rank: #891
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.9
Dynasty Record: 42-17 (17-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 11-1
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st)
2010 Points For Average: 32.9
2010 Points Against Average: 14.6
2010 Differential: +18.3
2010 Wins: #388 American Heritage (Delray Beach) (26-17), #1110 Fletcher [Duncan U.] (Neptune Beach) (27-15), #1161 Raines [William M.] (Jacksonville) (21-18), #1372 Middleburg (28-14), #1408 White [Edward H.] (Jacksonville) (48-24), #1515 Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (20-13), #2072 Ribault [Jean] (Jacksonville) (60-0), #2382 Buchholz [F. W.] (Gainesville) (19-7), #2493 Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) (49-13), #3495 Mandarin (Jacksonville) (32-14), #3722 Jackson [Andrew] (Jacksonville) (40-13)
2010 Losses: #119 Fleming Island (Orange Park) (27-25)
2010 Opponents W-L: 80-54
Recent League Championships: 2010 (5A District 1), 2008 (4A District 4), 2007 (4A District 4), 2006 (4A District 4), 2005 (4A District 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 6
Streak List: 9/2/11 Parker [Terry] (Jacksonville) (48-0), 9/16/11 Jackson [Andrew] (Jacksonville) (32-0), 9/23/11 Ribault [Jean] (Jacksonville) (38-0), 9/30/11 West Nassau (Callahan) (56-9), 10/7/11 Fleming Island (Orange Park) (27-20), 10/14/11 Yulee (36-16)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 at Parker [Terry] (Jacksonville), 9/16 Jackson [Andrew] (Jacksonville), 9/23 Ribault [Jean] (Jacksonville), 9/30 at West Nassau (Callahan), 10/7 Fleming Island (Orange Park), 10/14 Yulee, 10/27 at Raines [William M.] (Jacksonville), 11/4 at White [Edward H.] (Jacksonville), 11/10 Mandarin (Jacksonville), 11/11 at Citrus (Inverness)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Fleming Island (Orange Park) (46.6), Yulee (38.3), Raines [William M.] (Jacksonville) (31.1)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Citrus (Inverness) (-1), Parker [Terry] (Jacksonville) (-0.8), Jackson [Andrew] (Jacksonville) (17.6)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.5 (32.4 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.5
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #184
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1693
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 24%
Opener: 9/2 at Parker [Terry] (Jacksonville) [projection: 42-0 win]