St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: John Wilson
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2012 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Zach Whitehead 5'9" 160 Senior QB 4.80
Mike Adams 6'3" 205 Senior DE/TE 4.90
Brendan Fogarty 6'0" 190 Senior LB 4.70

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experienced Backfield, A Few Holes On Defense
Team Weaknesses: Rebuilding OL, Lack Depth At Certain Positions

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 32.9
2012 National Rank: #1398
2012 State Rank: #4
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.3
2013 Starting Power Rating: 32.1
2013 National Rank: #1292
2013 State Rank: #5
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 32.3
Dynasty National Rank: #960
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 45-14

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 9-3
2012 League Record/Finish:  
2012 Points For Average: 22.8
2012 Points Against Average: 11.3
2012 Differential: +11.5
2012 Wins: #1561 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (21-14), #2396 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (7-0), #2696 Cape Henlopen (Lewes) (21-7), #3580 Dover (34-7), #4565 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (35-28), #5775 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (43-7), #6292 Penn [William] (New Castle) (19-6), #7631 Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (35-13), #9002 Newark (21-0)
2012 Losses: #524 Downingtown East (Exton, PA) (26-21), #820 Salesianum (Wilmington) (20-14), #820 Salesianum (Wilmington) (7-2)
2012 Opponents W-L: 79-51
Recent State Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/6 Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/13 at Sussex Tech (Georgetown), 9/20 Sussex Central (Georgetown), 9/27 Dover, 10/4 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 10/12 at Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ), 10/18 Salesianum (Wilmington), 10/25 at Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 11/1 at St. Elizabeth (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ) (87.1), Salesianum (Wilmington) (42), Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (37.2)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (3.9), Penn [William] (New Castle) (7), Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (9.7)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.7 (22.5 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.7
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #771
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%