Wheaton (Silver Spring, MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Scarlet/Gold
Coach: Ernest Williams
League: Montgomery County 2A/3A
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #40

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Nick Stainback 6'4" 315 DT 5.7
Dominyck Sims 5'11" 195 RB 4.6
Daniel Alvarez 5'9" 185 LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience With System
Team Weaknesses: Size

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -13.9
2014 National Rank: #10948
2014 State Rank: #178
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -8.4
2015 National Rank: #9741
2015 State Rank: #159
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -9.6
Dynasty National Rank: #11123
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.2
Dynasty Record: 38-82 [37-83 on the field] (14-39 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 2-8
2014 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 4th)
2014 Points For Average: 11.4
2014 Points Against Average: 29.4
2014 Differential: -18
2014 Wins: #10340 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (21-14), #11299 Northwood (Silver Spring) (35-22)
2014 Losses: #346 Damascus (41-6), #2449 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (35-0), #4327 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (36-14), #4561 Rockville (44-7), #6505 Poolesville (38-0), #8481 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (19-12), #9128 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (33-12), #11893 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (12-7)
2014 Opponents W-L: 54-51
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/5 at Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/12 Poolesville, 9/18 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/26 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/2 at Damascus, 10/10 at Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 10/16 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/23 at Northwood (Silver Spring), 10/31 Rockville, 11/6 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (47.3), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (33.3), Rockville (8.6)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-19.3), Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (-12.9), Northwood (Silver Spring) (-7.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #106
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6242
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2015 Projected League Finish: 11th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%