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GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Adrian Jones
League: 3A Big Eight
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #22

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Jordon Brown 5'10" 180 Senior RB
Tyriq Burrus 6'6" 230 Senior WR

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Kendall Hinton 6'0" 180 Senior QB 4.7
William Cameron 5'9" 160 Senior ATH
Marvin Tillman 6'1" 180 Senior DB
Tahj Spivey 6'0" 210 Senior LB
Jeremy Griffis 5'10" 165 Senior CB

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 39.4
2014 National Rank: #894
2014 State Rank: #23
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.6
2015 Starting Power Rating: 22.6
2015 National Rank: #2860
2015 State Rank: #79
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 26.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1258
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.7
Dynasty Record: 124-39 (72-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 13-1
2014 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2014 Points For Average: 40.4
2014 Points Against Average: 15
2014 Differential: +25.4
2014 Wins: #678 Scotland (Laurinburg) (34-28), #1424 Hillside (Durham) (16-13), #1533 Orange (Hillsborough) (27-23), #1809 Chapel Hill (38-12), #2235 Northwood (Pittsboro) (33-25), #2501 Cleveland (Clayton) (67-48), #4643 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (31-2), #4643 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (25-6), #6086 Northern (Durham) (28-0), #6440 Capitol Christian Academy (Landover, MD) (41-0), #8428 Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough) (60-14), #9962 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (68-0), #10879 Northern Vance (Henderson) (69-0)
2014 Losses: #1809 Chapel Hill (39-28)
2014 Opponents W-L: 108-67
Recent State Championships: 2013 (3AA)
Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013 (3A Conference 11), 2009 (4A Pac-6), 2008 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2007 (tied for 1st; PAC 6), 2005 (Pac-6), 2004 (Five County), 2003 (Five County)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Northern (Durham) (36-13)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 at Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville), 8/28 at Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh), 9/4 Hillside (Durham), 9/11 Wakefield (Raleigh), 9/18 at Northern (Durham), 9/25 Orange (Hillsborough), 10/2 at Northern Vance (Henderson), 10/9 vs Chapel Hill, 10/23 Northwood (Pittsboro), 10/30 Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough), 11/6 at Webb [J. F.] (Oxford)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Chapel Hill (38.6), Hillside (Durham) (31.9), Wakefield (Raleigh) (27.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Northern Vance (Henderson) (-13.5), Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (-8.9), Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough) (4.9)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.6 (18.4 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.1
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.5
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #64
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2850
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-4
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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