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GENERAL
Nickname: Soaring Eagles
Coach: Wilber Valdez
League: Hudson County - National
Playoff Division: North I Group 5
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Steven Gonzalez 6'4" 310 Senior OL/DT 4.95 [Penn State]
Daiquan Kelly 6'2.5" 210 Senior WR/ATH 4.53 [Syracuse]
Johnathan Castellano 5'9" 180 Senior ATH 4.54

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Tamaine Boyd 6'0" 225 Senior FB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Senior-Heavy, Experience

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 31.8
2013 National Rank: #1578
2013 State Rank: #31
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.7
2014 Starting Power Rating: 44.6
2014 National Rank: #412
2014 State Rank: #7
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 13.7
Dynasty National Rank: #3793
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 32.2
Dynasty Record: 37-26 [38-25 on the field] (21-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 8-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 43.7
2013 Points Against Average: 16.2
2013 Differential: +27.5
2013 Wins: #3822 West Orange (32-21), #4402 Hoboken (41-7), #5488 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark) (39-12), #5973 North Bergen (68-27), #9209 Memorial (West New York) (56-7), #9441 St. Anthony (Jersey City) (33-0), #12488 Ferris (Jersey City) (65-0), #13305 Kearny (56-0)
2013 Losses: #214 St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City) (48-12), #376 Montclair (40-35), #4983 Bayonne (forfeit)
2013 Opponents W-L: 68-50
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (48-24)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 vs Seton Hall Prep (West Orange), 9/20 at Montclair, 9/26 Bayonne, 10/3 Lincoln (Jersey City), 10/10 at North Bergen, 10/17 at Memorial (West New York), 10/31 at Ferris (Jersey City), 11/7 Kearny
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Montclair (46.8), Lincoln (Jersey City) (23.6), Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (21)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Kearny (-30.2), Ferris (Jersey City) (-12.8), Memorial (West New York) (-5.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.7 (13.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.1
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 38%