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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Blue/Vegas Gold
Coach: R.J. Wilson
League: 4A PAC-6
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #62

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Domineke McNeill 5'10" 190 Senior RB 4.59
Ankhenaten Martin 6'3" 160 Senior FS 4.58
Carl Fowler 6'4" 245 Junior DE/TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Returning Players With Varsity Experience
Team Weaknesses: Need To Develop Offensive Continuity

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 7.7
2014 National Rank: #6086
2014 State Rank: #180
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 12.2
2015 National Rank: #4959
2015 State Rank: #151
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10.9
Dynasty National Rank: #4659
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.3
Dynasty Record: 58-83-1 [61-80-1 on the field] (37-33 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 5-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 15.3
2014 Points Against Average: 23.5
2014 Differential: -8.2
2014 Wins: #1516 Dudley [James B.] (Greensboro) (forfeit), #6784 Riverside (Durham) (34-22), #9726 Jordan [Charles E.] (Durham) (48-0), #9995 Person (Roxboro) (28-7), #12928 East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) (2-0)
2014 Losses: #894 Southern (Durham) (28-0), #1098 Millbrook (Raleigh) (46-7), #1424 Hillside (Durham) (55-21), #1533 Orange (Hillsborough) (18-0), #2991 Cape Fear (Fayetteville) (32-14), #3499 Wakefield (Raleigh) (20-14), #3755 Southeast Guilford (Greensboro) (30-0)
2014 Opponents W-L: 81-69
Recent League Championships: 2004 (Pac-6), 2003 (Pac 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 Seventy-First (Fayetteville), 8/28 at Orange (Hillsborough), 9/3 at Holly Springs, 9/11 Millbrook (Raleigh), 9/18 Southern (Durham), 9/25 at Riverside (Durham), 10/2 Hillside (Durham), 10/9 at Jordan [Charles E.] (Durham), 10/16 Person (Roxboro), 10/23 at East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill), 11/6 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Millbrook (Raleigh) (39.2), Hillside (Durham) (31.9), Seventy-First (Fayetteville) (29.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) (-18.7), Jordan [Charles E.] (Durham) (-4.5), Riverside (Durham) (-2.3)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.4 (17 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.5
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #81
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3171
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-7
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%