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GENERAL
Colors: Black/Blue
Coach: Don Mathews
League: 6A District 13
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #38

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Branden Gilyard 5'6" 160 Senior DB/RB 4.6
Seaton Waldhauer 6'2" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.2
Curtis Gray 5'11" 175 Senior WR/DB 4.9

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Devin Mathews 6'4" 200 Senior OLB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, RBs
Team Weaknesses: Defensive Youth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 29.5
2017 National Rank: #1582
2017 State Rank: #119
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
2018 Starting Power Rating: 5.8
2018 National Rank: #2622
2018 State Rank: #191
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 9.8
Dynasty National Rank: #6418
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4
Dynasty Record: 49-69 (14-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 6-4
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 18.5
2017 Points Against Average: 19.2
2017 Differential: -0.7
2017 Wins: #1884 Nease [Allen D.] (Ponte Vedra) (17-14), #2426 Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie) (20-13), #3518 New Smyrna Beach (21-14), #3918 Deltona (17-15), #4592 Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) (41-0), #7309 Pine Ridge (Deltona) (24-7)
2017 Losses: #27 Northwestern (Miami) (33-0), #498 Mainland (Daytona Beach) (24-3), #890 Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) (35-14), #965 Menendez [Pedro] (St. Augustine) (37-28)
2017 Opponents W-L: 59-47
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast), 9/7 Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 9/14 at Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 9/21 at Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie), 9/28 at Nease [Allen D.] (Ponte Vedra), 10/5 at New Smyrna Beach, 10/12 Mainland (Daytona Beach), 10/19 at Pine Ridge (Deltona), 10/26 Deltona, 11/2 Menendez [Pedro] (St. Augustine)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Menendez [Pedro] (St. Augustine) (30.7), Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) (30), Mainland (Daytona Beach) (20.1)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pine Ridge (Deltona) (-15), Seabreeze (Daytona Beach) (-9.6), New Smyrna Beach (2.1)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25 (35.8 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.3
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.7
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #73
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #771
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%