Hough [William A.] (Cornelius, NC)       previews home


GENERAL
Coach: Miles Aldridge
League: 4A Mecka (moving from 4A Conference 5)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Carl Tucker 6'2" 225 Senior WR/OLB 4.45 [North Carolina]
Mark Fields 5'10.5" 185 Senior DB/FS 4.35 [South Carolina]
Van Smith 6'0" 190 Senior FS/RB 4.42 [Clemson]

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Corey Bell 5'10" 170 Senior DB [North Carolina]
Christian Young 6'2" 215 Senior LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 40.5
2013 National Rank: #736
2013 State Rank: #16
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +12.3
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +1.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.2
2014 Starting Power Rating: 52.2
2014 National Rank: #185
2014 State Rank: #4
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 19.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2364
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 37.7
Dynasty Record: 25-20 (15-13 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 10-2
2013 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 36.7
2013 Points Against Average: 15.8
2013 Differential: +20.9
2013 Wins: #841 Independence (Charlotte) (28-27), #1064 Providence (Charlotte) (34-21), #2218 Brown [A. L.] (Kannapolis) (14-0), #2251 Mooresville (45-14), #2711 Vance [Zebulon B.] (Charlotte) (24-14), #3561 Hopewell (Huntersville) (42-13), #3756 Lake Norman (Mooresville) (51-29), #4818 North Mecklenburg (Huntersville) (37-14), #9256 Robinson [Jay M.] (Concord) (73-0), #9881 West Charlotte (Charlotte) (61-6)
2013 Losses: #31 Mallard Creek (Charlotte) (38-21), #841 Independence (Charlotte) (13-10)
2013 Opponents W-L: 83-66
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/21 at Sun Valley (Monroe), 8/29 at Mooresville, 9/5 Lake Norman (Mooresville), 9/19 at Independence (Charlotte), 9/26 at Hopewell (Huntersville), 10/3 at Robinson [Jay M.] (Concord), 10/10 Mallard Creek (Charlotte), 10/17 Brown [A. L.] (Kannapolis), 10/24 at West Charlotte (Charlotte), 10/31 North Mecklenburg (Huntersville), 11/7 at Vance [Zebulon B.] (Charlotte)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Mallard Creek (Charlotte) (65), Independence (Charlotte) (37.4), Mooresville (33.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Robinson [Jay M.] (Concord) (-5.6), West Charlotte (Charlotte) (-4.8), North Mecklenburg (Huntersville) (9.7)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.8 (26 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #32
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1351
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 17%