St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: John Wilson
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2016 JV Record: 6-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Matthew Tynes 6'1" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.6
Jelani Bryant 5'11" 180 Junior QB 4.7
Joey Cartwright 6'2" 260 Junior OL/DL 5.1

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Return 8 Starters Defensively, Entire Secondary Returning, 3 OL Starters Are Back
Team Weaknesses: Line Depth

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 7.2
2016 National Rank: #5732
2016 State Rank: #14
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -7.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 7.7
2017 National Rank: #5545
2017 State Rank: #15
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 22.5
Dynasty National Rank: #1917
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 14.8
Dynasty Record: 103-52

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-4
2016 League Record/Finish:  
2016 Points For Average: 24.6
2016 Points Against Average: 15.7
2016 Differential: +8.9
2016 Wins: #7820 Archmere Academy (Claymont) (42-7), #8264 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (3-0), #9119 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (35-20), #9620 Lake Forest (Felton) (37-7), #9781 Newark (27-7), #11334 Brandywine (Wilmington) (47-0)
2016 Losses: #1474 Salesianum (Wilmington) (31-0), #3521 Caravel (Bear) (7-0), #4985 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (33-20), #6528 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (45-35)
2016 Opponents W-L: 55-52
Recent State Championships: 2010 (I)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/8 Newark, 9/15 at Caravel (Bear), 9/22 Indian River (Dagsboro), 9/30 at Archmere Academy (Claymont), 10/6 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington), 10/13 Howard (Wilmington), 10/21 at Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 10/27 at Woodbridge (Bridgeville), 11/4 at St. Elizabeth (Wilmington), 11/10 Salesianum (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Woodbridge (Bridgeville) (33.4), Salesianum (Wilmington) (23.7), Caravel (Bear) (10.9)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Newark (-15), St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (-11.7), Indian River (Dagsboro) (-10.6)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.1
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.8
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #13
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5909
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%