Alief Elsik (Houston, TX) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Rams Colors: Columbia/White Coach: Bill Barron League: 6A Region III District 23 (moving from 5A Region III District 18) Playoff Division: 6A Playoff Division Rank: #178 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2013 JV Record: 6-3-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Dontavious Jackson LB Aaron Jackson DB Chris Brown DB ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS Patrick Onyiah 6'4" 160 Senior WR 4.6 Jaleel Carter 6'3" 290 Senior DT 4.90 D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION Ishmael Zamora 6'3" 205 Senior WR [Baylor] Dominique Barnett 6'2" 175 Senior ATH 4.57 Malcolm Washington 6'2" 160 Senior WR 4.45 [Fresno State] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 6.2 2013 National Rank: #6422 2013 State Rank: #618 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.2 Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +1.9 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4 2014 Starting Power Rating: 10.3 2014 National Rank: #5157 2014 State Rank: #554 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 14.2 Dynasty National Rank: #3655 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.9 Dynasty Record: 49-65 (36-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 3-6 2013 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 5th) 2013 Points For Average: 16.7 2013 Points Against Average: 23.1 2013 Differential: -6.4 2013 Wins: #4424 Lamar Consolidated (Rosenberg) (10-7), #6435 MacArthur (Houston) (17-10), #9514 Aldine (Houston) (28-14) 2013 Losses: #993 Kingwood (34-19), #1357 Alief Taylor (Houston) (20-17), #2935 Marshall [Thurgood] (Missouri City) (47-7), #4970 Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston) (19-17), #6231 Alief Hastings (Houston) (26-18), #6398 Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston) (31-17) 2013 Opponents W-L: 45-52 Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; 5A Region III District 18), 2011 (5A Region III District 18) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/28/14 South Houston (41-10), 9/4/14 Stratford (Houston) (37-14) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/28 South Houston, 9/4 at Stratford (Houston), 9/12 at Dulles [John Foster] (Sugar Land), 9/19 Alief Taylor (Houston), 9/27 at Kempner (Sugar Land), 10/3 Hightower [L. V.] (Missouri City), 10/11 at Austin [Stephen F.] (Sugar Land), 10/18 Clements (Sugar Land), 10/25 at Travis (Richmond), 11/7 Alief Hastings (Houston) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Stratford (Houston) (44.3), Austin [Stephen F.] (Sugar Land) (32.9), Alief Taylor (Houston) (22.5) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: South Houston (-2.8), Clements (Sugar Land) (5.7), Alief Hastings (Houston) (8.5) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.9 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.3 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.4 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #340 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2242 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2014 Projected League Finish: 7th 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |