Shades Valley (Birmingham, AL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Mounties
Colors: Cardinal/Black
Coach: David Partridge
League: 6A Region 6 (moving from 6A Region 5)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #12

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

TOP PLAYERS
KeiAndre Sanders 5'9" 170 Senior WR/DB 4.45
Draven Griffin 6'2" 325 Senior OL/DL 5.76
Bo Spearman 6'1" 200 Junior LB/FB 4.78

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Desmond Trotter 6'3" 185 Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Top 3 OL Back, WR Experience, DBs
Team Weaknesses: QB/DL Inexperience, Must Replace 3-Year K

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 32.8
2017 National Rank: #1243
2017 State Rank: #21
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2018 Starting Power Rating: 15.8
2018 National Rank: #1397
2018 State Rank: #29
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 23.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2617
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.9
Dynasty Record: 59-98 [57-100 on the field] (38-57 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-4
2017 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2017 Points For Average: 34.7
2017 Points Against Average: 26.4
2017 Differential: +8.3
2017 Wins: #1306 Vestavia Hills (41-24), #1837 Andalusia (56-42), #3120 Hueytown (30-20), #3227 Jackson-Olin (Birmingham) (30-7), #4314 Pell City (34-7), #4354 Parker [A. H.] (Birmingham) (35-32), #5896 Center Point (Birmingham) (38-20), #6511 Carroll Catholic [John] (Birmingham) (49-36)
2017 Losses: #82 Pinson Valley (Pinson) (28-27), #327 Austin (Decatur) (42-35), #1304 Homewood (37-27), #1512 Ramsay (Birmingham) (22-14)
2017 Opponents W-L: 87-54
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/30 at Jackson-Olin (Birmingham), 9/7 Pinson Valley (Pinson), 9/15 at Huffman (Birmingham), 9/21 at Elmore [Stanhope] (Millbrook), 9/28 Vestavia Hills, 10/5 at Clay-Chalkville (Pinson), 10/12 at Oxford, 10/19 Gardendale, 10/26 Pell City, 11/1 Spain Park (Hoover)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pinson Valley (Pinson) (51.2), Clay-Chalkville (Pinson) (33.9), Oxford (29.2)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pell City (-12.4), Elmore [Stanhope] (Millbrook) (-7.4), Gardendale (0.2)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.9 (29.5 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.9
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #16
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #556
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 4th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%