West Lafayette (IN) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Red Devils Colors: Scarlet/Gray Coach: Shane Fry League: Hoosier - West Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #3 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2017 JV Record: 6-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS George Karlaftis 6'5" 260 Senior DE 4.5 Sage Hood 6'0" 210 Senior RB 4.5 Joey Kidwell 5'11" 225 Senior LB 4.8 ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECTS Tavion Woodard 6'5" 215 Senior WDE Seif Benjemia 6'3" 300 Senior OG STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defense, Skill Position Players Team Weaknesses: OL Depth RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 26.8 2017 National Rank: #1866 2017 State Rank: #33 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.2 2018 Starting Power Rating: 19.9 2018 National Rank: #1055 2018 State Rank: #21 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 27.6 Dynasty National Rank: #1893 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.7 Dynasty Record: 127-54 (61-26 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 11-2 2017 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st) 2017 Points For Average: 49.1 2017 Points Against Average: 11.7 2017 Differential: +37.4 2017 Wins: #3646 McCutcheon (Lafayette) (42-22), #4411 Tipton (51-6), #4505 Western (Russiaville) (42-28), #5129 Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer) (55-6), #5160 Andrean (Merrillville) (56-10), #5295 Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton) (40-10), #7171 Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette) (49-0), #8091 Twin Lakes (Monticello) (70-0), #8091 Twin Lakes (Monticello) (56-6), #10827 Benton Central (Oxford) (59-0), #10827 Benton Central (Oxford) (79-7) 2017 Losses: #1547 Crete-Monee (Crete, IL) (44-29), #1844 Brebeuf Jesuit Prep (Indianapolis) (13-10) 2017 Opponents W-L: 80-67 Recent State Championships: 2009 Recent League Championships: 2017, 2009 (Hoosier), 2008 (Hoosier) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/17 Jefferson (Lafayette), 8/24 at McCutcheon (Lafayette), 8/31 at Hamilton Heights (Arcadia), 9/7 Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette), 9/14 at Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer), 9/21 Benton Central (Oxford), 9/28 Cass [Lewis] (Walton), 10/5 at Twin Lakes (Monticello) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Jefferson (Lafayette) (6.4), McCutcheon (Lafayette) (-3.8), Cass [Lewis] (Walton) (-6.3) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Benton Central (Oxford) (-45.2), Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette) (-26), Hamilton Heights (Arcadia) (-19.8) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.3 (8.7 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15.1 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -25.4 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #121 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6816 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0 2018 Projected League Finish: 1st 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 84% |