GENERAL
Nickname: Buccaneers
Coach: Ashaad Yeoman
League: 3A/4A Mideastern
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #38
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2016 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no
TOP PLAYERS
Matthew Scott 6'4" 260 Senior OL 5.08
Jason Billingslea 5'10" 175 Junior RB 4.63
Karl Lane 5'8" 160 Senior DB 4.87
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Cayman Czesak 6'2" 200 Senior OLB
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, WRs
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience
RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 26.1
2016 National Rank: #2194
2016 State Rank: #54
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -8.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 19.2
2017 National Rank: #3159
2017 State Rank: #93
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 10.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4751
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 8.5
Dynasty Record: 72-88 (41-40 in league)
HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 23.2
2016 Points Against Average: 13.2
2016 Differential: +10
2016 Wins: #3356 West Brunswick (Shallotte) (34-14), #3735 Rose [J. H.] (Greenville) (14-13), #4144 Fuquay-Varina (41-19), #4377 East Bladen (Elizabethtown) (31-7), #5049 Northern Nash (Rocky Mount) (14-7), #7488 Topsail (Hampstead) (42-0), #7946 Ashley [Eugene] (Wilmington) (41-21), #12098 South Brunswick (Southport) (45-0)
2016 Losses: #119 Wake Forest (7-6), #1054 Wallace-Rose Hill (Teachey) (28-13), #1672 Lee County (Sanford) (22-0), #2530 Hoggard [John T.] (Wilmington) (13-0), #2775 New Hanover (Wilmington) (21-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 105-64
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Pinecrest (Southern Pines), 8/25 Rose [J. H.] (Greenville), 9/4 at Jacksonville, 9/8 Triton (Erwin), 9/22 North Brunswick (Leland), 10/6 New Hanover (Wilmington), 10/13 at Topsail (Hampstead), 10/20 South Brunswick (Southport), 10/27 West Brunswick (Shallotte)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Pinecrest (Southern Pines) (29.9), West Brunswick (Shallotte) (23.3), New Hanover (Wilmington) (19.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: South Brunswick (Southport) (-15), Topsail (Hampstead) (2.9), Triton (Erwin) (3.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.5 (21.6 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #129
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4199
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%