Seventy-First (Fayetteville, NC)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Falcons Colors: Red/White Coach: Duran McLaurin League: 4A Sandhills (moving from 4A Mid-South) Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #30 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 10-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Reggie Bryant 5'11" 175 Senior WR 4.6 Greg Walker 6'0" 280 Senior OL/DL 5.3 Thomas Washington 6'1" 240 Junior DL 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Line Cores Returning, Key Skill Position Players Are Back Team Weaknesses: Must Replace LBs/Secondary Players RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 21.2 2016 National Rank: #2952 2016 State Rank: #82 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 23.7 2017 National Rank: #2468 2017 State Rank: #71 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 20.9 Dynasty National Rank: #2211 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.8 Dynasty Record: 105-69 [103-71 on the field] (54-36 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 9-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 34.7 2016 Points Against Average: 18.9 2016 Differential: +15.8 2016 Wins: #4070 Pine Forest (Fayetteville) (44-16), #4698 South View (Hope Mills) (42-21), #5582 Lumberton (44-21), #5823 Northern (Durham) (27-10), #6456 Hoke County (Raeford) (34-15), #6668 Overhills (Spring Lake) (54-14), #7032 Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville) (29-21), #7897 Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville) (40-14), #10737 Byrd [Douglas] (Fayetteville) (35-8) 2016 Losses: #625 Cape Fear (Fayetteville) (29-27), #2530 Hoggard [John T.] (Wilmington) (37-26), #3025 Southeast Raleigh (Raleigh) (21-14) 2016 Opponents W-L: 66-79 Recent State Championships: 2008 Recent League Championships: 2014 (4A Mid-South), 2010 (4A Mid-Southeastern) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/18 Westover (Fayetteville), 8/25 at Cape Fear (Fayetteville), 9/1 at Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville), 9/8 at Rocky Mount, 9/22 at Pinecrest (Southern Pines), 9/29 at Hoke County (Raeford), 10/6 Lumberton, 10/13 at Scotland (Laurinburg), 10/20 Swett [Purnell] (Pembroke), 10/27 at Richmond (Rockingham), 11/3 Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cape Fear (Fayetteville) (51.1), Scotland (Laurinburg) (41.3), Rocky Mount (30.3) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Britt [Jack] (Fayetteville) (-5.4), Swett [Purnell] (Pembroke) (5.2), Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville) (9.8) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.3 (12.8 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.5 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #29 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1631 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%