Wheeler (Marietta, GA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Michael Collins League: AAAAAAA Region 2 Playoff Division: AAAAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #37 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2016 JV Record: 2-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Davion Wright 5'8" 165 Senior RB 4.5 Reikan Donaldson 6'2" 160 Senior WR 4.5 Shannon Stewart 6'0" 185 Senior LB 4.7 COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION Chinedu Ogbonna 6'2" 200 Senior OLB Bennett Bay 6'1" 180 Senior S TJ Smith 6'5" 180 Senior WR STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, DL, LB Team Weaknesses: Young Offensively RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 22 2016 National Rank: #2813 2016 State Rank: #123 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7 2017 Starting Power Rating: 15.8 2017 National Rank: #3835 2017 State Rank: #176 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 12.5 Dynasty National Rank: #4215 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.3 Dynasty Record: 51-93 (33-70 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 5-6 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 26.7 2016 Points Against Average: 27.5 2016 Differential: -0.8 2016 Wins: #2710 Marietta (35-19), #3356 Newnan (19-17), #4030 Pebblebrook (Mableton) (35-13), #8264 South Cobb (Austell) (30-12), #8821 Campbell (Smyrna) (38-26) 2016 Losses: #400 Westlake (Atlanta) (35-31), #619 Cherokee (Canton) (45-21), #911 East Coweta (Sharpsburg) (27-24), #1415 Lambert (Suwanee) (38-25), #1732 Walton [George] (Marietta) (35-14), #2183 Centennial (Roswell) (36-22) 2016 Opponents W-L: 56-65 Recent League Championships: 2006 (tied for 1st; 6A-AAAAA) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/18 Marietta, 8/25 at Centennial (Roswell), 9/1 South Cobb (Austell), 9/15 at Walton [George] (Marietta), 9/22 Lambert (Suwanee), 10/6 at Newnan, 10/13 East Coweta (Sharpsburg), 10/20 Campbell (Smyrna), 10/27 Westlake (Atlanta), 11/3 at Pebblebrook (Mableton) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Westlake (Atlanta) (54.4), East Coweta (Sharpsburg) (38.6), Marietta (35) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: South Cobb (Austell) (-4.5), Campbell (Smyrna) (0.2), Newnan (13) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.4 (27.4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.2 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.8 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #68 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1110 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |