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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Green/Black/White
Coach: Sam Parker
League: 6A Region II District 15 (moving from 5A Region II District 13)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #136

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2013 JV Record: 7-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Lonzell Gilmore 6'3" 215 Senior DE 4.80
Willie Sykes 6'0" 180 Senior S 4.50
Xavier Jones 5'10" 175 Senior RB 4.50

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Darius Lee-Campbell 6'2" 200 Senior QB 4.5 [Iowa State]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Defense, Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At Skill Positions, Replacing Key Starter At QB

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 19.9
2013 National Rank: #3434
2013 State Rank: #367
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +1.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.7
2014 Starting Power Rating: 18.1
2014 National Rank: #3481
2014 State Rank: #388
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 21
Dynasty National Rank: #2097
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.9
Dynasty Record: 42-66 (23-51 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 2-8
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-7 (tied for 7th)
2013 Points For Average: 21.3
2013 Points Against Average: 33.6
2013 Differential: -12.3
2013 Wins: #2699 Deer Park (31-28), #3243 Dekaney [Andy] (Houston) (35-21)
2013 Losses: #84 Westfield (Houston) (31-7), #371 Manvel (33-12), #531 Atascocita (Humble) (28-17), #969 Klein (38-21), #993 Kingwood (45-35), #1385 Klein Oak (Spring) (41-14), #1972 Klein Collins (Spring) (56-28), #4391 Klein Forest (Houston) (15-13)
2013 Opponents W-L: 65-47-1
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 Davis [Benjamin O.] (Houston) (28-12), 9/5/14 Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston) (39-0)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Davis [Benjamin O.] (Houston), 9/5 Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston), 9/11 at Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston), 9/26 Dekaney [Andy] (Houston), 10/3 at Westfield (Houston), 10/10 Klein, 10/17 vs Montgomery, 10/23 Klein Forest (Houston), 10/31 Klein Collins (Spring), 11/6 at Klein Oak (Spring)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Westfield (Houston) (65.3), Klein (35.6), Montgomery (29)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston) (5.2), Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston) (8.4), Klein Forest (Houston) (15.2)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -12.4
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #230
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1415
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%