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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Mike Nesmith
League: Montgomery County 4A - East
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 10
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2017 JV Record: 0-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Ishmael Agbodzah 5'11" 175 Senior WR/DB 4.5
Jean Germain 6'5" 340 Senior T
Jordan Griffin 6'6" 235 Senior DE/TE

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECT
Norman Douglas 6'1" 170 Senior QB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Durell Nchami 6'3" 215 Senior OLB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Explosive Offense, OL, Balanced Attack
Team Weaknesses: Lost 2 D1 DEs To Graduation

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 29.4
2017 National Rank: #1590
2017 State Rank: #31
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.8
2018 Starting Power Rating: 19.5
2018 National Rank: #1085
2018 State Rank: #22
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 19.5
Dynasty National Rank: #3586
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: even
Dynasty Record: 102-58 (57-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 10-2
2017 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 31.2
2017 Points Against Average: 16.8
2017 Differential: +14.4
2017 Wins: #1918 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (22-20), #3034 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (21-9), #3281 Perry Hall (Baltimore) (44-21), #3305 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (35-15), #3648 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (20-14), #6723 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (28-25), #6861 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (47-6), #7767 Clarksburg (36-0), #9883 Gaithersburg (53-14), #13067 Northwood (Silver Spring) (40-0)
2017 Losses: #571 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (45-8), #911 Howard (Ellicott City) (33-20)
2017 Opponents W-L: 71-60
Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/31 at Northwood (Silver Spring), 9/7 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/14 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 9/21 at Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 9/28 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 10/5 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 10/12 at Gaithersburg, 10/19 Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 10/26 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 11/2 at Clarksburg
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (29.2), Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (12), Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (4.8)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Northwood (Silver Spring) (-40.2), Gaithersburg (-29.4), Clarksburg (-20.6)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.9 (17.2 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.7
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.6
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #83
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4700
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2018 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 11%