Northwood (Shreveport, LA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Texas Orange/White
Coach: James Gatlin
League: 4A District 1
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2017 JV Record: 3-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Luke Bogan 6'0" 180 Junior QB 4.7
Trayon Jones 5'8" 170 Senior WR 4.3
Detraveon Brown 6'2" 180 Junior WR 4.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Prolific Players Return At QB/WR, Defensive Front 7 Size/Physicality, Have Two 4-Year Starters At ILB
Team Weaknesses: New OL/DBs

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 30.4
2017 National Rank: #1493
2017 State Rank: #38
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.1
2018 Starting Power Rating: 19.4
2018 National Rank: #1091
2018 State Rank: #31
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 8.2
Dynasty National Rank: #6876
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.2
Dynasty Record: 66-92 (36-60 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 10-3
2017 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 44.2
2017 Points Against Average: 21.5
2017 Differential: +22.7
2017 Wins: #1830 Woodlawn (Shreveport) (48-47), #2758 Salmen (Slidell) (47-6), #3251 North DeSoto (Stonewall) (63-27), #4668 St. Martinville (34-20), #5615 Minden (38-0), #7564 Huntington (Shreveport) (42-14), #9573 Washington [Booker T.] (Shreveport) (48-6), #9618 Bossier (Bossier City) (56-28), #10617 North Caddo (Vivian) (77-7), #12288 Plain Dealing (42-7)
2017 Losses: #173 Karr [Edna] (New Orleans) (34-6), #1454 Benton (50-42), #1882 Richwood (Monroe) (33-32)
2017 Opponents W-L: 85-68
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2012 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/31 North Caddo (Vivian), 9/7 at Richwood (Monroe), 9/14 Plain Dealing, 9/21 at North DeSoto (Stonewall), 9/28 Benton, 10/5 at Woodlawn (Shreveport), 10/19 at Minden, 10/26 at Washington [Booker T.] (Shreveport), 11/1 Bossier (Bossier City)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: North DeSoto (Stonewall) (12.6), Benton (9.4), Woodlawn (Shreveport) (7.1)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: North Caddo (Vivian) (-45.6), Washington [Booker T.] (Shreveport) (-39.6), Plain Dealing (-39.3)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.7 (17.4 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.6
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.3
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #150
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6311
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2018 Projected League Finish: 1st
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 48%