Alexander (Douglasville, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Black/Red
Coach: Matt Combs
League: AAAAAA Region 5
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

D1 PROSPECT
Aaron Casey 6'1" 205 Senior S

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Justin Hall 5'10" 170 Senior WR
Daetrich Harrington 6'0" 180 Senior RB

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 39.7
2016 National Rank: #751
2016 State Rank: #38
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.7
2017 Starting Power Rating: 42.6
2017 National Rank: #587
2017 State Rank: #41
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.9
Dynasty National Rank: #5963
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 35.7
Dynasty Record: 59-87 (41-60 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 7-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 34.8
2016 Points Against Average: 22.9
2016 Differential: +11.9
2016 Wins: #829 Northgate (Newnan) (21-14), #943 Hughes [Langston] (Fairburn) (23-19), #1329 Allatoona (Acworth) (21-13), #1672 Douglas County (Douglasville) (49-42), #1699 Creekside (Fairburn) (51-35), #2696 Alpharetta (20-13), #3376 Carver (Atlanta) (31-26), #5200 South Paulding (Douglasville) (69-7), #6250 New Manchester (Douglasville) (28-20), #8747 Tri-Cities (East Point) (43-13)
2016 Losses: #268 Mays [Benjamin E.] (Atlanta) (31-28), #543 Coffee (Douglas) (42-34)
2016 Opponents W-L: 70-64
Recent League Championships: 2014 (AAAAA Region 5B)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Allatoona (Acworth), 9/1 Carver (Atlanta), 9/8 at South Paulding (Douglasville), 9/22 at New Manchester (Douglasville), 9/29 Northgate (Newnan), 10/6 at Tri-Cities (East Point), 10/13 Hughes [Langston] (Fairburn), 10/20 at Creekside (Fairburn), 10/27 Mays [Benjamin E.] (Atlanta), 11/3 Douglas County (Douglasville)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Mays [Benjamin E.] (Atlanta) (42.6), Northgate (Newnan) (34.9), Carver (Atlanta) (31.8)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Tri-Cities (East Point) (-8.3), South Paulding (Douglasville) (2.5), New Manchester (Douglasville) (7.9)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.8 (29.2 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #88
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1527
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 31%