Shelby County (Columbiana, AL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Cardinal/White
Coach: Heath Childers
League: 5A Region 5
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #29

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Chadwyn Russ 5'10" 185 Senior QB 4.61
Dontavious Mayfield 6'2" 260 Senior OL 5.5
Austin Lucas 6'2" 195 Senior LB 4.75

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, Running Game

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -0.8
2016 National Rank: #7579
2016 State Rank: #199
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2017 Starting Power Rating: 4.7
2017 National Rank: #6206
2017 State Rank: #166
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9.7
Dynasty National Rank: #5043
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5
Dynasty Record: 77-73 (47-47 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 5th)
2016 Points For Average: 28.9
2016 Points Against Average: 31
2016 Differential: -2.1
2016 Wins: #7329 Woodlawn (Birmingham) (50-34), #9272 St. Clair County (Odenville) (49-32), #9466 Childersburg (20-12), #10145 Jemison (42-35), #11520 Springville (25-22), #13665 Holt (49-12)
2016 Losses: #1280 Wenonah (Birmingham) (46-14), #1732 Briarwood Christian (Birmingham) (43-21), #4126 Fairfield (44-14), #4826 Pleasant Grove (34-14), #8499 Moody (27-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 51-73
Recent League Championships: 2008 (5A Region 4), 2003 (4A Region 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 2
Streak List: 10/21/16 Woodlawn (Birmingham) (50-34), 10/28/16 Jemison (42-35)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Childersburg, 9/1 Holt, 9/8 at St. Clair County (Odenville), 9/15 Moody, 9/22 at Wenonah (Birmingham), 9/29 at Springville, 10/6 Fairfield, 10/13 Pleasant Grove, 10/20 at Briarwood Christian (Birmingham), 10/27 at Woodlawn (Birmingham), 11/3 Jemison
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Wenonah (Birmingham) (39.7), Briarwood Christian (Birmingham) (26.9), Pleasant Grove (15.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Holt (-35.2), Springville (-19.4), Jemison (-9.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #153
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6437
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 6th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%