Higley (Gilbert, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Navy/Silver
Coach: Eddy Zubey
League: 5A San Tan (moving from 4A Desert Sky)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

D1 PROSPECTS
Jason Harris 6-8 220 Junior WDE
Ty Robinson 6'5" 260 Senior SDE
Spencer Brasch 6'4" 190 Senior QB
Logan Maxwell 6'4" 210 Senior WDE

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Draycen Hall 5'8" 170 Senior APB
Cade Mathews 6'1" 220 Senior ILB

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 35.4
2017 National Rank: #1018
2017 State Rank: #13
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.8
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.2
2018 Starting Power Rating: 34.4
2018 National Rank: #327
2018 State Rank: #6
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 16.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4338
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 17.7
Dynasty Record: 95-74 [97-72 on the field] (43-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 11-2
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 54.2
2017 Points Against Average: 13.8
2017 Differential: +40.4
2017 Wins: #2636 Cactus (Glendale) (65-14), #3872 Seton Catholic (Chandler) (65-19), #3872 Seton Catholic (Chandler) (50-0), #5276 Mingus (Cottonwood) (58-6), #5342 Buckeye (67-28), #5656 Marcos de Niza (Tempe) (59-3), #8049 Estrella Foothills (Goodyear) (64-6), #8212 Casa Grande (56-7), #8606 Apache Junction (65-6), #8676 St. Mary's (Phoenix) (66-8), #10672 Tempe (45-3)
2017 Losses: #374 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (37-31), #374 Saguaro (Scottsdale) (42-14)
2017 Opponents W-L: 87-62
Recent League Championships: 2017 (4A Desert Sky), 2016 (4A Desert Sky), 2008 (tied for 1st; 4A East Sky), 2006 (4A East Sky)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 Paraclete (Lancaster, CA), 8/25 Horizon (Scottsdale), 8/31 at Mountain View (Tucson), 9/8 at Moorpark (CA), 9/14 Millennium (Goodyear), 9/21 at Maricopa, 9/28 Casteel (Queen Creek), 10/5 Campo Verde (Gilbert), 10/19 at Gilbert, 10/26 at Williams Field (Gilbert)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Casteel (Queen Creek) (33.8), Moorpark (CA) (31.3), Paraclete (Lancaster, CA) (31.1)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Maricopa (-12), Gilbert (-8.7), Mountain View (Tucson) (-7.2)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.2 (16.1 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.6
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.4
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #18
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #959
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2018 Projected League Finish: 1st
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 20%



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