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GENERAL
Nickname: Flying Ls
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Richard Dunbar III
League: 7A District 14
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #61

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2013 JV Record: 1-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
James Gardner 6'4" 205 Senior WR/TE 4.78
Pomeroy Francis 6'1" 210 Senior LB/SS 4.68
Torri Young 6'2.5" 230 Sophomore OL/DL 5.01

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jaboree Williams 6'1" 215 Senior LB [Wake Forest]
Darrell Beard 6'1" 320 Senior DT
Jaquan Banks 5'9" 165 Senior DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Offense, Speed On Defense
Team Weaknesses: Replacing Key LB

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 13.5
2013 National Rank: #4750
2013 State Rank: #264
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 8.1
2014 National Rank: #5670
2014 State Rank: #313
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 2.1
Dynasty National Rank: #7508
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6
Dynasty Record: 37-72 (12-28 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 5-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 0-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 21.5
2013 Points Against Average: 14.4
2013 Differential: +7.1
2013 Wins: #4699 Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale) (23-0), #5479 Coral Springs (20-10), #7992 Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale) (39-0), #9788 West Broward (Pembroke Pines) (47-3), #11557 Coral Glades (Coral Springs) (30-0)
2013 Losses: #771 Lakeland (34-12), #1136 Ely [Blanche] (Pompano Beach) (33-6), #4095 Anderson [Boyd] (Lauderdale Lakes) (17-12), #4604 Northeast (Oakland Park) (28-14), #6588 Hollywood Hills (Hollywood) (19-12)
2013 Opponents W-L: 35-69
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Nova (Davie), 9/5 at Flanagan [Charles W.] (Pembroke Pines), 9/12 Coral Springs, 9/19 at Northeast (Oakland Park), 10/10 at Lakeland, 10/17 Hollywood Hills (Hollywood), 10/24 at Anderson [Boyd] (Lauderdale Lakes)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Lakeland (43.6), Flanagan [Charles W.] (Pembroke Pines) (42.8), Anderson [Boyd] (Lauderdale Lakes) (13.4)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Hollywood Hills (Hollywood) (4.1), Coral Springs (5.3), Nova (Davie) (10.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #181
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2148
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%