West Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Jeff Caldwell
League: 4A Southern Meck 8 (moving from 4A Conference 4)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #29

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Domenique Williams 5'9" 170 Senior DB

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jalan McClendon 6'5.5" 195 Senior QB [NC State]
Shaun Wilson 5'9" 175 Senior RB 4.54 [Duke]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 35
2013 National Rank: #1219
2013 State Rank: #33
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 29.6
2014 National Rank: #1622
2014 State Rank: #44
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 8.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5440
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 22.6
Dynasty Record: 53-76 [51-78 on the field] (31-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 9-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (tied for 2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 39.5
2013 Points Against Average: 12.5
2013 Differential: +27
2013 Wins: #841 Independence (Charlotte) (40-33), #2097 Olympic (Charlotte) (41-8), #2722 Ardrey Kell (Charlotte) (33-0), #4057 South Mecklenburg (Charlotte) (35-10), #4978 Berry Tech [Phillip O.] (Charlotte) (33-13), #7243 Harding University (Charlotte) (47-6), #7985 East Mecklenburg (Charlotte) (69-0), #9881 West Charlotte (Charlotte) (64-6), #10406 Garinger [Elmer H.] (Charlotte) (65-0)
2013 Losses: #242 Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte) (29-13), #1064 Providence (Charlotte) (14-7), #1064 Providence (Charlotte) (31-27)
2013 Opponents W-L: 58-85
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Garinger [Elmer H.] (Charlotte) (35-6)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 Vance [Zebulon B.] (Charlotte), 8/29 at West Charlotte (Charlotte), 9/5 at Garinger [Elmer H.] (Charlotte), 9/12 Independence (Charlotte), 9/26 at Ardrey Kell (Charlotte), 10/3 Providence (Charlotte), 10/10 at South Mecklenburg (Charlotte), 10/17 at Olympic (Charlotte), 10/24 Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte), 10/31 Berry Tech [Phillip O.] (Charlotte), 11/7 Harding University (Charlotte)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte) (42.9), Providence (Charlotte) (40), Independence (Charlotte) (37.4)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Garinger [Elmer H.] (Charlotte) (-10.8), West Charlotte (Charlotte) (-4.8), Harding University (Charlotte) (-0.7)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2 (20.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #62
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2040
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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