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GENERAL
Nickname: Terriers
Colors: Red/Black
Coach: Earl Garcia
League: 6A District 7
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 2-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Tyler Thomas 6'1" 190 Junior QB
Kenric Montgomery 6'2" 170 Senior CB/WR
Tyrese Spain 5'11" 180 Senior WR/RB

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Zach Carter 6'4.5" 250 Senior SDE
Duran Bell Jr. 5'11" 170 Senior RB
Drequan McCullough 6'0" 175 Senior S

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: LB/Skill Position Depth, Speed
Team Weaknesses: Line Depth/Size, OL Dependability

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 38
2016 National Rank: #888
2016 State Rank: #55
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: 0
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 38.5
2017 National Rank: #840
2017 State Rank: #48
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 35.9
Dynasty National Rank: #399
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.6
Dynasty Record: 112-43 (54-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 29.4
2016 Points Against Average: 12.3
2016 Differential: +17.1
2016 Wins: #1651 Durant (Plant City) (17-7), #1809 Jefferson [Thomas] (Tampa) (35-28), #3339 Gaither (Tampa) (14-7), #3908 Chamberlain (Tampa) (38-0), #4440 Blake (Tampa) (20-13), #7155 Brandon (49-7), #7155 Spoto (Riverview) (48-2), #11053 King [C. Leon] (Tampa) (39-0)
2016 Losses: #103 Lake Gibson (Lakeland) (21-14), #340 Armwood (Seffner) (38-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 58-48
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; 6A District 8), 2006 (tied for 1st; 4A District 11), 2005 (4A District 11), 2004 (5A District 8), 2003 (5A District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/26 vs Plant [Henry B.] (Tampa), 9/1 vs Plant City, 9/15 vs Blake (Tampa), 9/22 vs Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa), 9/29 vs Brandon, 10/6 vs Jefferson [Thomas] (Tampa), 10/13 vs Chamberlain (Tampa), 10/13 vs King [C. Leon] (Tampa), 10/27 vs Armwood (Seffner), 11/3 vs Lennard (Ruskin)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Armwood (Seffner) (74.2), Plant [Henry B.] (Tampa) (61.4), Tampa Bay Tech (Tampa) (46.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: King [C. Leon] (Tampa) (-10.2), Lennard (Ruskin) (-2.1), Brandon (5.8)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.7 (25.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +11.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #61
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #876
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%