Dawson County (Dawsonville, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Sid Maxwell
League: AAA Region 7
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2016 JV Record: 6-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Coey Watson 5'10" 175 Senior QB 4.72
Sevaughn Clark 6'1" 190 Junior RB 4.54
Taylor Swofford 5'11" 285 Senior NG 5.16

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Luke Martin 6'2" 225 Senior ILB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: 4-Year Starter At QB, 3-Year NG Starter
Team Weaknesses: Lost 16 Starters To Graduation, Must Replace All-State Players At WR/LB

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 21.1
2016 National Rank: #2955
2016 State Rank: #127
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: 14
2017 National Rank: #4201
2017 State Rank: #184
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -0.3
Dynasty National Rank: #8328
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14.3
Dynasty Record: 65-81 (44-48 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 35.8
2016 Points Against Average: 20.3
2016 Differential: +15.5
2016 Wins: #3206 Chattooga (Summerville) (30-8), #4377 Union County (Blairsville) (57-26), #5162 North Hall (Gainesville) (45-27), #5725 Forsyth Central (Cumming) (14-9), #7527 Lumpkin County (Dahlonega) (54-8), #8693 East Hall (Gainesville) (38-24), #8888 White County (Cleveland) (46-0), #9781 Fannin County (Blue Ridge) (52-0)
2016 Losses: #547 Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross) (42-7), #1632 Lovett (Atlanta) (49-28), #3296 West Hall (Oakwood) (30-23)
2016 Opponents W-L: 64-61
Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st), 2011 (tied for 1st; AA Region 8 North)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 vs North Oconee (Bogart), 8/25 at Forsyth Central (Cumming), 9/1 Chattooga (Summerville), 9/15 West Hall (Oakwood), 9/22 at White County (Cleveland), 9/29 North Hall (Gainesville), 10/6 at Union County (Blairsville), 10/13 Fannin County (Blue Ridge), 10/20 East Hall (Gainesville), 10/27 at Lumpkin County (Dahlonega), 11/3 at Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross) (50.3), Union County (Blairsville) (19.9), Chattooga (Summerville) (12.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Fannin County (Blue Ridge) (-19.4), North Oconee (Bogart) (-6.8), White County (Cleveland) (-4.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1 (14.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #258
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5320
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%