Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Scorpions Colors: Black/Silver/Copper Coach: Rich Wellbrock League: 5A Desert West (moving from III Section V) Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #1 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 8-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Tehran Thomas 5'11" 195 Senior QB 4.6 ![]() Roshaun Johnson 6'0" 225 Senior RB/LB 4.7 ![]() Eric Marsh 6'2" 210 Senior WR/LB 4.7 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Many Skill Positions Returners Team Weaknesses: Passing Game Must Evolve, Need To Improve On Defending Pass RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 48.9 2015 National Rank: #376 2015 State Rank: #9 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5 Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +1.1 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.2 2016 Starting Power Rating: 56.5 2016 National Rank: #162 2016 State Rank: #5 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 11.8 Dynasty National Rank: #4391 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 44.7 Dynasty Record: 82-54 (36-16 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 12-2 2015 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st) 2015 Points For Average: 46.4 2015 Points Against Average: 19.2 2015 Differential: +27.2 2015 Wins: #599 Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (29-27), #1057 Verrado (Buckeye) (49-23), #1057 Verrado (Buckeye) (34-27), #1909 Chavez [Cesar] (Laveen) (35-16), #2592 Catalina Foothills (Tucson) (41-7), #4433 Agua Fria (Avondale) (83-27), #4935 Buckeye (49-13), #5609 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (49-6), #6084 Peoria (69-25), #8201 La Joya Community (Avondale) (55-8), #8979 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (65-34), #12133 Independence (Glendale) (56-0) 2015 Losses: #199 Chaparral (Scottsdale) (23-14), #599 Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (33-21) 2015 Opponents W-L: 108-53 Recent State Championships: 2015 (III) Recent League Championships: 2015 (III Section V), 2014 (III Section VII), 2013 (III Section VII), 2012 (III Section III), 2010 (4A Skyline) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 14 Streak List: 9/18/15 Peoria (69-25), 9/25/15 Independence (Glendale) (56-0), 10/2/15 Sierra Linda (Phoenix) (65-34), 10/9/15 La Joya Community (Avondale) (55-8), 10/16/15 Agua Fria (Avondale) (83-27), 10/23/15 Buckeye (49-13), 10/30/15 Verrado (Buckeye) (49-23), 11/6/15 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (49-6), 11/13/15 Chavez [Cesar] (Laveen) (35-16), 11/20/15 Verrado (Buckeye) (34-27), 11/28/15 Paradise Valley (Phoenix) (29-27), 8/20/16 Centennial (Peoria) (26-24), 8/26/16 Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale) (48-19), 9/2/16 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (42-21) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/20 Centennial (Peoria), 8/26 Notre Dame Prep (Scottsdale), 9/2 Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen), 9/9 at Millennium (Goodyear), 9/16 at Mesquite (Gilbert), 9/30 at Agua Fria (Avondale), 10/7 at Deer Valley (Glendale), 10/14 Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City), 10/21 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix), 10/27 Verrado (Buckeye) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Centennial (Peoria) (55.1), Verrado (Buckeye) (31.7), Lake Havasu (Lake Havasu City) (31.3) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (-24.4), Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (5.5), Agua Fria (Avondale) (7.2) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.2 (23.8 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.4 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #40 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2513 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 59% |