Mulberry (FL)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Panthers Colors: Royal Blue/Gray/White Coach: Kenneth Grantham League: 4A Region 3 (moving from 4A District 6) Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #36 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 2-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Tyler Stepp 5'9" 215 Senior QB 4.8 Elijah Cooper 6'1" 210 Senior RB/DE 4.47 Arian Smith 6'1" 180 Sophomore RB/FS 4.38 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Skill Positions, LBs/DBs Team Weaknesses: Lines RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -9.2 2016 National Rank: #9550 2016 State Rank: #436 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: -9.7 2017 National Rank: #9570 2017 State Rank: #432 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 2.3 Dynasty National Rank: #7450 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12 Dynasty Record: 53-91 (24-34 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 20 2016 Points Against Average: 34 2016 Differential: -14 2016 Wins: #10303 Lake Placid (46-20), #10384 LaBelle (42-28), #13267 Gateway Charter (Fort Myers) (40-7) 2016 Losses: #2199 Avon Park (56-0), #2911 Lakeland Christian (Lakeland) (59-7), #4961 Fort Meade (47-8), #6070 Bishop Verot (Fort Myers) (36-13), #6753 Lake Region (Eagle Lake) (28-12), #6863 Frostproof (33-18), #9307 Tenoroc (Lakeland) (26-14) 2016 Opponents W-L: 48-54 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Jenkins [George] (Lakeland), 9/1 vs Poinciana (Kissimmee), 9/8 vs DeSoto County (Arcadia), 9/15 vs Tenoroc (Lakeland), 9/22 vs Frostproof, 9/29 vs Lake Placid, 10/6 vs Lake Region (Eagle Lake), 10/20 vs Moore Haven, 10/27 vs Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel), 11/3 vs Bayshore (Bradenton) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Moore Haven (11.5), Frostproof (5.5), Lake Region (Eagle Lake) (3.1) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Bayshore (Bradenton) (-29.6), Poinciana (Kissimmee) (-22.7), Lake Placid (-6.4) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.9 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.9 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #445 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8700 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 10th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%