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%