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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Mike Nesmith
League: Montgomery County 4A - East
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Durell Nchami 6'4" 215 Senior OLB/TE 4.7
Samuel Ntui 6'4" 220 Senior DE/TE 4.9
Jordan Griffin 6'5" 235 Junior T/OLB 5.1

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
James Valle 6'4" 215 Senior WDE

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 6.2
2016 National Rank: #5964
2016 State Rank: #93
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 11.1
2017 National Rank: #4793
2017 State Rank: #75
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 15.5
Dynasty National Rank: #3417
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.4
Dynasty Record: 92-56 (51-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 5-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 25.5
2016 Points Against Average: 14.5
2016 Differential: +11
2016 Wins: #6553 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (14-0), #7399 Gaithersburg (26-0), #11687 Northwood (Silver Spring) (62-12), #12026 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (56-0), #12903 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (35-0)
2016 Losses: #716 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (35-0), #2954 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (27-20), #3325 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (28-21), #4543 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (27-7), #5801 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (16-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 54-53
Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Northwood (Silver Spring), 9/8 at Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/15 at Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 9/22 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 9/29 Springbrook (Silver Spring), 10/6 at Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 10/13 Gaithersburg, 10/20 at Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 10/27 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 11/3 Clarksburg
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (35.2), Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (24.6), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (22.5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Springbrook (Silver Spring) (-25.9), Northwood (Silver Spring) (-24.9), Clarksburg (-5.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #94
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6002
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%