Taft (Watertown, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Big Red Colors: Red/Blue Coach: Tyler Whitley League: Erickson State (Plays In): Prep Schools Playoff Division: NEPSAC A Playoff Division Rank: #12 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2016 JV Record: 1-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Nolan Grooms 6'2" 175 Junior QB 4.6 Eric Rooks 6'3" 200 Senior WR/OLB 4.6 Alex Jones 6'0" 200 Senior RB/ILB 4.5 COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION Gerrik Vollmer 6'5" 280 Senior OT Elliott Brown 6'6" 215 Senior OLB RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 4.3 2016 National Rank: #6405 2016 State Rank: #72 (in CT) General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.2 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.4 2017 Starting Power Rating: 1.6 2017 National Rank: #6962 2017 State Rank: #83 (in CT) Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 2 Dynasty National Rank: #7547 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.4 Dynasty Record: 37-74 (27-56 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 6th) 2016 Points For Average: 29 2016 Points Against Average: 36.6 2016 Differential: -7.6 2016 Wins: #2431 Brunswick (Greenwich) (29-26), #6627 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (34-31), #11030 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (47-7) 2016 Losses: #2025 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (51-0), #3186 Avon Old Farms (Avon) (50-26), #4144 Salisbury School (Salisbury) (42-28), #4327 Kent School (Kent) (44-27), #8317 Williston Northampton (Easthampton, MA) (42-41) 2016 Opponents W-L: 33-33 Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 2 Streak List: 11/5/16 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (47-7), 11/12/16 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (34-31) SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/23 Salisbury School (Salisbury), 9/30 Williston Northampton (Easthampton, MA), 10/7 at Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY), 10/14 Brunswick (Greenwich), 10/21 at Avon Old Farms (Avon), 10/28 Kent School (Kent), 11/4 at Berkshire (Sheffield, MA), 11/11 at Hotchkiss (Lakeville) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Brunswick (Greenwich) (34.8), Salisbury School (Salisbury) (22), Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (20) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (-16.6), Williston Northampton (Easthampton, MA) (-10.8), Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (3.2) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.6 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #36 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4039 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-6 2017 Projected League Finish: 7th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |