Burroughs [John] (St. Louis, MO)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bombers
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Gus Frerotte
League: Metro (moving from ABC)
Playoff Division: 3
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Ezekiel Elliott 6'1" 205 Senior RB/SS 4.42 [Ohio State]
Foye Oluokun 6'2" 195 Senior DB/WR 4.68
Solo Ceesay 6'2.5" 245 Senior DL/OL 5.00

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Spread Offense, Defense, Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At LB, Depth

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 31.2
2011 National Rank: #1562
2011 State Rank: #30
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -8.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: 29.5
2012 National Rank: #1520
2012 State Rank: #28
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 5.3
Dynasty National Rank: #6379
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 32.4
Dynasty Record: 61-27 (25-19 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 13-2
2011 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 41.4
2011 Points Against Average: 15.5
2011 Differential: +25.9
2011 Wins: #2384 Osage (Kaiser) (39-14), #4558 Ste. Genevieve (49-7), #4558 Ste. Genevieve (41-21), #5636 Lutheran North (St. Louis) (42-14), #5636 Lutheran North (St. Louis) (53-16), #8301 McCluer South-Berkeley (Ferguson) (28-8), #9130 Pembroke Hill (Kansas City) (37-30), #9645 Priory (St. Louis) (42-21), #10378 Lutheran South (St. Louis) (39-6), #11300 Windsor (Imperial) (42-18), #12208 Imagine College Prep (St. Louis) (45-12), #13433 Principia (St. Louis) (57-0), #14254 Confluence Prep Academy (St. Louis) (73-0)
2011 Losses: #536 MICDS (St. Louis) (45-20), #745 Logan-Rogersville (Rogersville) (21-14)
2011 Opponents W-L: 108-68
Recent League Championships: 2010 (ABC)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 at Central (Cape Girardeau), 9/1 Lutheran South (St. Louis), 9/7 at Priory (St. Louis), 9/15 Lutheran North (St. Louis), 9/22 at MICDS (St. Louis), 9/28 Fredericktown, 9/29 at Westminster Christian (St. Louis), 10/13 Clayton (St. Louis), 10/19 at Maplewood-Richmond Heights (Maplewood)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: MICDS (St. Louis) (43.5), Maplewood-Richmond Heights (Maplewood) (14.8), Lutheran North (St. Louis) (9.3)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Westminster Christian (St. Louis) (-18.3), Fredericktown (-13.9), Lutheran South (St. Louis) (-9.6)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.7 (6.2 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.4
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +11.1
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #139
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7130
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 16%