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GENERAL
Nickname: Greyhounds
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: John Hebert
League: Metropolitan
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2017 JV Record: 7-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Beau Robbins 6'4" 230 Senior DE 4.9
Cole Brevard 6'3" 290 Junior DT 5.1
Joey Schmidt 6'1" 210 Senior LB 4.8

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECTS
Ty Wise 6-2 210 Junior OLB
Caleb Shaffer 6'5" 315 Senior OG
Camari Hunt 5'11" 195 Senior RB
Rhett Williams 6'7" 220 Senior TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Leadership, Experience, Lines
Team Weaknesses: FG Kicking, WR Depth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 42.2
2017 National Rank: #573
2017 State Rank: #8
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.4
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +5.2
Historical "Reload Factor" Bonus: +0.9
2018 Starting Power Rating: 42.6
2018 National Rank: #167
2018 State Rank: #3
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 59.7
Dynasty National Rank: #29
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 17.1
Dynasty Record: 156-45 (79-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2017 Points For Average: 19.5
2017 Points Against Average: 20.5
2017 Differential: -1
2017 Wins: #369 Lawrence Central (Indianapolis) (21-19), #674 Pike (Indianapolis) (21-18), #680 Snider [R. Nelson] (Fort Wayne) (22-21), #1332 North Central (Indianapolis) (10-9), #1508 Jefferson (Lafayette) (41-20), #1655 Lawrence North (Indianapolis) (38-14), #4590 Noblesville (25-7), #4590 Noblesville (31-0)
2017 Losses: #11 Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis) (28-10), #48 Trinity (Louisville, KY) (31-3), #198 Warren Central (Indianapolis) (35-14), #436 Penn (Mishawaka) (34-7), #492 Center Grove (Greenwood) (31-10)
2017 Opponents W-L: 94-56
Recent State Championships: 2016, 2011 (5A), 2007 (5A)
Recent League Championships: 2014, 2012 (tied for 1st), 2009, 2008 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 Trinity (Louisville, KY), 8/24 at Noblesville, 8/31 at Center Grove (Greenwood), 9/7 Pike (Indianapolis), 9/14 at Lawrence North (Indianapolis), 9/21 at North Central (Indianapolis), 9/28 Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis), 10/5 at Warren Central (Indianapolis), 10/12 Lawrence Central (Indianapolis)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Trinity (Louisville, KY) (57.7), Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis) (53.3), Warren Central (Indianapolis) (51.4)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Noblesville (2.2), Pike (Indianapolis) (13.7), Lawrence North (Indianapolis) (15.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 45.9 (41.7 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 30.1
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -15.8
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #66
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%