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GENERAL
Nickname: Flying Ls
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Richard Dunbar III
League: 7A District 14
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #30

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2016 JV Record: 7-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Lavelton Williams 6'0" 225 Junior RB/LB 4.62
Kaleb Boateng 6'4.5" 295 Junior OL/DT 5.31
Desmond Dorceus 6'3" 225 Junior DE/DT 4.88

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECT
Alonzo Clark 6'4" 170 Senior WR

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Torri Young 6'2" 250 Senior OG

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Backfield, Running Game, Very Talented/Aggressive Defense
Team Weaknesses: Defensive Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 23.5
2016 National Rank: #2560
2016 State Rank: #149
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 25.6
2017 National Rank: #2192
2017 State Rank: #135
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.2
Dynasty National Rank: #6196
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.4
Dynasty Record: 48-90 (15-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 4-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 1-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 15.1
2016 Points Against Average: 23.4
2016 Differential: -8.3
2016 Wins: #3186 Ely [Blanche] (Pompano Beach) (7-3), #3396 Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale) (33-21), #5200 West Broward (Pembroke Pines) (31-7), #6102 Golden Gate (Naples) (28-3)
2016 Losses: #7 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Fort Lauderdale) (42-8), #242 Dwyer [William T.] (Palm Beach Gardens) (39-0), #418 Lakeland (39-3), #1357 McArthur (Hollywood) (29-0), #2345 South Broward (Hollywood) (28-26)
2016 Opponents W-L: 61-35
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Archbishop McCarthy [Edward A.] (Fort Lauderdale), 9/1 vs Northeast (Oakland Park), 9/8 vs Cooper City, 9/15 vs Vero Beach, 9/29 vs Ely [Blanche] (Pompano Beach), 10/6 vs Nova (Davie), 10/13 vs Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Fort Lauderdale), 10/20 vs West Broward (Pembroke Pines), 10/27 vs Coral Glades (Coral Springs), 11/3 vs Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Fort Lauderdale) (88.9), Archbishop McCarthy [Edward A.] (Fort Lauderdale) (43), Vero Beach (40.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Northeast (Oakland Park) (-16), Coral Glades (Coral Springs) (1), Nova (Davie) (8.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.6 (35.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.7
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #95
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1173
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%