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GENERAL
Nickname: Matadors
Colors: Black/Gold
League: 5A Region I District 2
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #108

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5

TOP PLAYERS
Deion Hankins Junior
Devontey Hankins
Nate Mendoza

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Patrick Sullivan 6'2" 170 Senior WR
Joshua Wells 6'3" 225 Senior WDE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Returning Starters, Leadership
Team Weaknesses: OL Youth, Graduated Many Team Leaders

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 14.8
2016 National Rank: #4102
2016 State Rank: #459
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -7.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 15.7
2017 National Rank: #3852
2017 State Rank: #433
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 3.5
Dynasty National Rank: #7055
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.2
Dynasty Record: 92-63 (59-42 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-4
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 39.5
2016 Points Against Average: 26
2016 Differential: +13.5
2016 Wins: #6004 Bel Air (El Paso) (37-27), #6070 Bowie (El Paso) (55-35), #6863 Ysleta (El Paso) (42-0), #8900 Horizon (El Paso) (35-17), #9423 Socorro (El Paso) (27-14), #9914 Riverside (El Paso) (49-15), #11298 Jefferson [Thomas] (El Paso) (53-8), #11772 Hanks [J. M.] (El Paso) (75-28)
2016 Losses: #742 Cooper (Lubbock) (49-28), #2462 Canutillo (38-17), #3574 Eastlake (El Paso) (60-49), #3855 Del Valle (El Paso) (21-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 61-68
Recent League Championships: 2006 (4A Region I District 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Jefferson [Thomas] (El Paso), 9/8 at Socorro (El Paso), 9/15 Eastlake (El Paso), 9/22 at Bel Air (El Paso), 9/29 Hanks [J. M.] (El Paso), 10/6 at Del Valle (El Paso), 10/13 Horizon (El Paso), 10/20 at Ysleta (El Paso), 10/27 Canutillo, 11/10 at Riverside (El Paso)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Del Valle (El Paso) (23), Canutillo (16.6), Eastlake (El Paso) (10.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Hanks [J. M.] (El Paso) (-30.3), Jefferson [Thomas] (El Paso) (-21.8), Socorro (El Paso) (-15.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.3 (8.9 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #854
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8579
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 4%