St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Will Wolford
League: 6A District 4
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2012 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Charles Walker 5'11" 190 Senior ATH/WR 4.62
Chris Kurtz 6'5" 265 Senior OL/T 5.20
B.J. Nagle 6'2.5" 225 Senior QB 4.95

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Lenny Broyles 6'0" 285 Senior DT
Treyveon Percell 5'8" 185 Senior RB
John Kurtz 6'5" 255 Senior OL

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Deonte Clyburn 6'1" 210 Senior LB [Colorado State]
Karl Roesler 6'3" 225 Senior DE
Seth Combs 6'0" 215 Senior LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talent At QB, RB Core, OL Depth
Team Weaknesses: Secondary Strength

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 52
2012 National Rank: #217
2012 State Rank: #4
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2013 Starting Power Rating: 45.6
2013 National Rank: #339
2013 State Rank: #6
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 54.8
Dynasty National Rank: #48
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.2
Dynasty Record: 52-15 (13-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 8-5
2012 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd)
2012 Points For Average: 37.8
2012 Points Against Average: 19.8
2012 Differential: +18
2012 Wins: #331 Dutch Fork (Irmo, SC) (49-48), #877 Central (Louisville) (27-13), #1577 Male (Louisville) (41-0), #1577 Male (Louisville) (55-14), #3616 DuPont Manual (Louisville) (55-13), #4342 Tates Creek (Lexington) (66-13), #5932 Doss (Louisville) (58-6), #8135 Fern Creek (Louisville) (52-7)
2012 Losses: #6 Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH) (34-27), #11 Trinity (Louisville) (34-7), #11 Trinity (Louisville) (15-14), #90 St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) (23-9), #157 Bowling Green (38-31)
2012 Opponents W-L: 110-58
Recent State Championships: 2009, 2004 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2010 (6A District 3), 2009 (6A District 3), 2008 (6A District 3), 2007 (6A District 3), 2005 (4A District 4), 2004 (4A District 4), 2003 (4A District 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/23/13 Ballard (Louisville) (32-14)

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 8/23 Ballard (Louisville), 8/31 at Lexington Catholic (Lexington), 9/6 Bowling Green, 9/13 Fairdale, 9/20 at Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH), 9/27 at Central (Louisville), 10/4 vs Trinity (Louisville), 10/11 Male (Louisville), 10/18 at DuPont Manual (Louisville), 11/1 St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH) (73.5), St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) (73), Bowling Green (67.2)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Fairdale (-6.8), DuPont Manual (Louisville) (16.1), Ballard (Louisville) (23.2)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34.7 (39.7 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 42.7
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #47
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%