Wesleyan (Norcross, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wolves
Colors: Forest Green/Gold/White
Coach: Franklin Pridgen
League: AA Region 6
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #31

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2013 JV Record: 6-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Christian Stark 6'2" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.60
Tony Taylor 6'5" 265 Senior OL/DL 5.00
Jordan Mack 6'3" 195 Junior WR/DB 4.45

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Stuart Johnson 6'4" 265 Senior OL

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -8
2013 National Rank: #9803
2013 State Rank: #351
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.2
2014 Starting Power Rating: 1.8
2014 National Rank: #7202
2014 State Rank: #277
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 14.3
Dynasty National Rank: #3622
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.3
Dynasty Record: 81-48-1 (50-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 2-9
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 16.1
2013 Points Against Average: 27.4
2013 Differential: -11.3
2013 Wins: #11707 Hapeville Charter (Atlanta) (35-20), #13058 Lakeview Academy (Gainesville) (28-7)
2013 Losses: #295 Lovett (Atlanta) (41-13), #1658 Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross) (42-7), #3792 Washington-Wilkes (Washington) (46-14), #3921 Westminster (Atlanta) (35-14), #4014 Jefferson County (Louisville) (7-0), #4926 Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta) (17-14), #6401 Salem (Conyers) (26-0), #7361 Brookstone (Columbus) (24-17), #7647 Stone Mountain (36-35)
2013 Opponents W-L: 71-52-1
Recent State Championships: 2008 (A)
Recent League Championships: 2010 (A Region 5 North), 2009 (8-A), 2008 (8-A)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Stratford Academy (Macon) (27-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Walker (Marietta), 8/29 East Hall (Gainesville), 9/5 at Stratford Academy (Macon), 9/19 KIPP Collegiate (Atlanta), 9/26 at Pace Academy (Atlanta), 10/3 Hapeville Charter (Atlanta), 10/10 at Business Engineering Science Tech (Atlanta), 10/24 Lovett (Atlanta), 10/31 at Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta), 11/7 Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Lovett (Atlanta) (50.9), Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross) (35.7), Stratford Academy (Macon) (29.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: KIPP Collegiate (Atlanta) (-26.9), Walker (Marietta) (-16.6), Hapeville Charter (Atlanta) (-12.8)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.3 (10.8 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.4
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #205
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4322
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%