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GENERAL
Nickname: Hurricanes
Colors: Red/Blue/White
Coach: Joe Kinnan
League: 8A District 7
Playoff Division: 8A
Playoff Division Rank: #16

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 7-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Ryan Fines 6'3" 290 Junior DT 5.30 [Miami (Fl)]
Kelvin McKnight 5'9" 175 Junior WR 4.50
Josh Meyer 6'1" 210 Junior QB 4.65

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Demarcus Christmas 6'4" 290 Senior DT [Florida State]
Trevon Walters 5'11" 195 Senior RB 4.53 [Missouri]
Jake Stickler 6'5.5" 275 Senior OL 5.3 [Georgia Tech]
Michael Galati 6'3" 285 Senior OL [South Florida]
Darian Dailey 5'11" 175 Senior DB [Rutgers]
Brodrick Yancy 5'11" 185 Senior WR 4.5 [Temple]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: QB, Team Speed, Secondary
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On Lines

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 54.1
2013 National Rank: #184
2013 State Rank: #11
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 41.8
2014 National Rank: #556
2014 State Rank: #44
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 41.2
Dynasty National Rank: #172
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.6
Dynasty Record: 107-32 (36-7 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 11-1
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 40.7
2013 Points Against Average: 13.2
2013 Differential: +27.5
2013 Wins: #278 University (Fort Lauderdale) (28-24), #556 Gilman (Baltimore, MD) (44-14), #579 Venice (35-14), #785 Vero Beach (34-28), #918 Friendship Collegiate Academy (Washington, DC) (23-13), #1271 Riverview (Sarasota) (47-0), #1946 Palmetto (35-14), #2297 St. Petersburg (51-13), #2640 Sarasota (66-7), #4435 Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor) (48-14), #5025 Southeast (Bradenton) (62-0)
2013 Losses: #240 Central (Fort Pierce) (17-15)
2013 Opponents W-L: 81-49
Recent State Championships: 2011 (7A)
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2012 (7A District 10), 2011 (7A District 10), 2010 (5A District 10), 2006 (5A District 11), 2005 (5A District 11), 2003 (tied for 1st; 5A District 11)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Seminole (Sanford) (37-20)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Ware County (Waycross, GA), 9/5 Seminole (Sanford), 9/12 Naples, 9/19 Sarasota, 9/26 at Southeast (Bradenton), 10/2 at Riverview (Sarasota), 10/10 Palmetto, 10/17 St. Petersburg, 10/31 at Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor), 11/7 at Venice
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Venice (46.7), Naples (44.2), Ware County (Waycross, GA) (41.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor) (5.6), Southeast (Bradenton) (12.4), Seminole (Sanford) (15.5)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.6 (36 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.3
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #45
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #718
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%