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GENERAL
Nickname: Soaring Eagles
Coach: Wilber Valdez
League: Hudson County - Red (moving from Hudson County - National)
Playoff Division: North I Group 5
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2014 JV Record: 7-1-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Ulises De Los Santos 6'4" 270 Senior T/DT 5.04
Steve Sanchez 6'1.5" 180 Senior WR/S 4.63
Raven Josiah 5'9" 190 Senior HB/CB 4.55

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Daiquan Kelly 6'2" 205 Senior ATH
Steven Gonzalez 6'3" 325 Senior OL
Jonathan Castellano 5'9" 180 Senior APB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Weaknesses: Lack Of Game Experience

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 33
2014 National Rank: #1504
2014 State Rank: #33
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 17.7
2015 National Rank: #3782
2015 State Rank: #88
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 16.4
Dynasty National Rank: #3159
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.3
Dynasty Record: 45-29 [46-28 on the field] (26-13 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 8-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 35.5
2014 Points Against Average: 15.2
2014 Differential: +20.3
2014 Wins: #2237 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (48-24), #3016 Lincoln (Jersey City) (32-8), #4844 North Bergen (37-14), #5188 Ridgewood (54-13), #6168 Bayonne (42-0), #10915 Memorial (West New York) (59-0), #12148 Kearny (50-0), #13157 Ferris (Jersey City) (48-6)
2014 Losses: #15 St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City) (62-7), #618 Montclair (28-7), #1236 Passaic County Tech (Wayne) (12-6)
2014 Opponents W-L: 74-43
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Montclair (42-34)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/5 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange), 9/18 Montclair, 9/25 at Bayonne, 10/2 at Lincoln (Jersey City), 10/9 North Bergen, 10/17 Memorial (West New York), 10/23 St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City), 10/30 Ferris (Jersey City), 11/5 at Kearny
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City) (56.5), Montclair (30.7), Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (30.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Ferris (Jersey City) (-27.9), Kearny (-17.9), Memorial (West New York) (-16.5)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.6 (16.9 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #108
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4280
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2015 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%