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GENERAL
Nickname: Owls
Colors: Royal Blue/Scarlet
Coach: Bobby Alston
League: Division II-AAA West
Playoff Division: II-AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2017 JV Record: 4-1-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Maurice Hampton 6'0" 200 Senior WR/DB 4.4
Dorian Hopkins 6'0" 220 Senior LB 4.6
Marcus Henderson 6'5" 305 Junior OL 5.3

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECT
Thomas Hayden 6'2" 205 Senior WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: LBs, DBs, WRs
Team Weaknesses: DL

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 26.2
2017 National Rank: #1941
2017 State Rank: #39
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6
2018 Starting Power Rating: 15.2
2018 National Rank: #1458
2018 State Rank: #31
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 45.9
Dynasty National Rank: #243
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 30.7
Dynasty Record: 130-48 (41-16 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 6-6
2017 League Record/Finish: 1-2 (3rd)
2017 Points For Average: 28.3
2017 Points Against Average: 17.8
2017 Differential: +10.5
2017 Wins: #2195 Haywood (Brownsville) (33-14), #5482 Ridgeway (Memphis) (37-16), #6116 St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova) (45-0), #6116 St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova) (49-0), #7931 Douglass [Frederick] (Memphis) (42-7), #13323 Kingsbury (Memphis) (46-6)
2017 Losses: #45 Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) (43-7), #358 Bell Academy [Montgomery] (Nashville) (28-21), #508 Christian Brothers (Memphis) (17-6), #760 South Panola (Batesville, MS) (34-10), #1388 Briarcrest Christian (Eads) (28-24), #2000 Seminole Ridge (Loxahatchee, FL) (20-19)
2017 Opponents W-L: 95-46
Recent State Championships: 2009 (II-AA), 2008 (II-AA), 2005, 2004
Recent League Championships: 2016 (Division II-AA), 2012 (Division II AA - West), 2011 (Division II AA - West), 2009 (Division II AA - West), 2008 (Division II AA - West)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/17 Ridgeway (Memphis), 8/24 Kingsbury (Memphis), 9/7 at Bell Academy [Montgomery] (Nashville), 9/14 South Panola (Batesville, MS), 9/21 at Haywood (Brownsville), 9/28 St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova), 10/12 Briarcrest Christian (Eads), 10/19 Douglass [Frederick] (Memphis), 10/26 at Christian Brothers (Memphis)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Christian Brothers (Memphis) (34.9), Briarcrest Christian (Eads) (29.8), Bell Academy [Montgomery] (Nashville) (27.2)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Kingsbury (Memphis) (-50.3), Douglass [Frederick] (Memphis) (-23.7), St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova) (-10.6)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22 (26.9 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.1
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.9
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #35
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2076
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%