Howard (Ellicott City, MD) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Lions Colors: Blue/White Coach: Ross Hannon League: Howard County Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #18 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2018 JV Record: 8-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Gabe Gray 6'2" 260 Senior OL/DL Kyle Perry 6'0" 250 Senior OL/DL Alex Rebaza 5'9" 160 Junior RB/SB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL, Strong JV Program Feeds Varsity Team Weaknesses: WR RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 15.5 2018 National Rank: #3241 2018 State Rank: #54 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5 2019 Starting Power Rating: -8.3 2019 National Rank: #4758 2019 State Rank: #80 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 19.8 Dynasty National Rank: #3342 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 28.1 Dynasty Record: 115-63 [114-64 on the field] (104-54 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 9-2 2018 League Record/Finish: 9-1 (2nd) 2018 Points For Average: 25.9 2018 Points Against Average: 14 2018 Differential: +11.9 2018 Wins: #3385 River Hill (Clarksville) (22-7), #4928 Oakland Mills (Columbia) (33-12), #5806 Long Reach (Columbia) (22-12), #7219 Reservoir (Fulton) (28-6), #7962 Marriotts Ridge (Marriottsville) (25-20), #8460 Atholton (Columbia) (38-7), #10978 Mt. Hebron (Ellicott City) (42-0), #11125 Hammond (Columbia) (38-0), #13080 Centennial (Ellicott City) (2-0) 2018 Losses: #890 Glenelg (42-14), #969 Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore) (48-21) 2018 Opponents W-L: 60-61 Recent League Championships: 2017 (tied for 1st), 2016, 2015, 2014 Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/30 Hammond (Columbia), 9/6 Reservoir (Fulton), 9/13 at South Hagerstown (Hagerstown), 9/20 at Loyola Blakefield (Towson), 9/27 Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 10/4 at Glenelg, 10/11 at Wilde Lake (Columbia), 10/18 Oakland Mills (Columbia), 10/25 Long Reach (Columbia), 11/1 at River Hill (Clarksville) Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Glenelg (13.2), Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (10.8), River Hill (Clarksville) (5.6) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Hammond (Columbia) (-39.2), Reservoir (Fulton) (-24.3), Wilde Lake (Columbia) (-15.4) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.8 (2.5 overall) 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.6 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.4 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #40 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3204 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2019 Projected League Finish: 4th 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |