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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Purple/Gold
Coach: Chris Brown
League: AAAAA Region 5A
Playoff Division: AAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #32

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2014 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Taylor Turner 6'5" 220 Senior LB 4.6
Edwin Ford 6'0" 170 Senior DB 4.4
Zaylan Woolfork 5'8" 165 Senior 4.4

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jonathan Greenard 6'4" 220 Senior DE 4.7
Attorney Gallman 6'2" 250 Senior SDE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: RB Depth
Team Weaknesses: Lost Entire DL

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 27.1
2014 National Rank: #2265
2014 State Rank: #87
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 20.1
2015 National Rank: #3308
2015 State Rank: #124
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 11.9
Dynasty National Rank: #4337
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 8.2
Dynasty Record: 64-61 (36-44 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 6-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 29.7
2014 Points Against Average: 19.4
2014 Differential: +10.3
2014 Wins: #1412 South Paulding (Douglasville) (21-13), #3191 Paulding County (Dallas) (34-0), #3255 East Paulding (Dallas) (7-0), #7353 Lithia Springs (41-9), #7963 Cedartown (34-14), #8905 Chapel Hill (Douglasville) (41-0)
2014 Losses: #282 Allatoona (Acworth) (35-21), #1763 Alexander (Douglasville) (40-35), #2371 New Manchester (Douglasville) (28-14), #3417 Villa Rica (55-49)
2014 Opponents W-L: 53-56
Recent League Championships: 2009 (7B-AAAA), 2006 (tied for 1st; 4-AAAAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Chapel Hill (Douglasville) (19-14)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Cedartown, 9/4 New Manchester (Douglasville), 9/11 at Paulding County (Dallas), 9/18 Chapel Hill (Douglasville), 10/2 at Lithia Springs, 10/9 Alexander (Douglasville), 10/16 at Allatoona (Acworth), 10/23 at Villa Rica, 10/30 East Paulding (Dallas), 11/6 at South Paulding (Douglasville)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Allatoona (Acworth) (40.5), Alexander (Douglasville) (35.6), Paulding County (Dallas) (31)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Chapel Hill (Douglasville) (-11.9), Lithia Springs (2.1), Cedartown (8.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.2
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #79
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2028
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%