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GENERAL
Nickname: Kangaroos
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Sam Jones
League: 4A Region I District 8
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #74

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2010 JV Record: 6-2-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Artrez Price 6'2" 195 Senior DE 4.60
Reginald Harris 6'4" 295 Senior OL 5.00
Akeem Harrison 6'2" 215 Junior TE 4.60

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Michael Cumming 6'0" 200 Senior QB 4.50 [Kansas]
Ja'Quail Haskins 5'8" 170 Senior RB [Army]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defense
Team Weaknesses: Special Teams

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 27.1
2010 National Rank: #1970
2010 State Rank: #241
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 21.3
2011 National Rank: #2621
2011 State Rank: #312
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 27.8
Dynasty National Rank: #1258
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.2
Dynasty Record: 37-20 (15-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 8-3
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2010 Points For Average: 29.9
2010 Points Against Average: 21.1
2010 Differential: +8.8
2010 Wins: #2085 Waco (32-30), #2605 Ellison [C. E.] (Killeen) (28-25), #3622 Harker Heights (31-17), #3749 Del Valle (28-17), #4135 McNeil (Austin) (19-14), #5444 University (Waco) (49-7), #8258 Lake View (San Angelo) (46-0), #8433 Shoemaker (Killeen) (23-0)
2010 Losses: #225 Midway (Waco) (49-18), #653 Stephenville (42-28), #2146 Summit (Arlington) (31-27)
2010 Opponents W-L: 48-73
Recent League Championships: 2004 (4A Region II District 16)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/26/11 Ellison [C. E.] (Killeen) (28-14), 9/2/11 Shoemaker (Killeen) (41-0)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/26 Ellison [C. E.] (Killeen), 9/2 Shoemaker (Killeen), 9/9 at Harker Heights, 9/16 McNeil (Austin), 9/22 Del Valle, 10/7 at University (Waco), 10/13 Waco, 10/21 at Stephenville, 10/28 Lake View (San Angelo), 11/4 at Midway (Waco)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Midway (Waco) (46.1), Stephenville (42.5), Waco (37.6)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Shoemaker (Killeen) (-2.8), Lake View (San Angelo) (-1.1), McNeil (Austin) (8.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.1 (21 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.9
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.8
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #244
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1510
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 4th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 8/26 Ellison [C. E.] (Killeen) [projection: 26-19 win]