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GENERAL
Colors: Royal Blue/Silver
Coach: Kevin Wright
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Elias Ricks 6'2" 190 Senior DB 4.4
Lejond Cavazos 6'1" 190 Senior DB 4.4
Michael Redding 6'1" 190 Senior WR 4.4

ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECTS
Jermaine Burton 6'0.5" 190 Senior WR
Demonte Capehart 6'4.5" 285 Senior DT
Jordan Butler 6'2" 295 Senior DT
Josh Griffis 6'4" 245 Senior WDE
Warren Brinson 6'4.5" 295 Senior DT
Alex Atcavage 6'5" 285 Senior OG

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Nolan Smith 6'3" 225 Senior WDE
Trey Sanders 6'0" 215 Senior RB
Evan Neal 6'7.5" 360 Senior OT
Noah Cain 5'10" 205 Senior RB
Dontae Lucas 6'3" 325 Senior OG
Jaleel McRae 6'2" 230 Senior OLB
Josh Delgado 5'11" 180 Senior WR
Justin Osborne 6'4" 300 Senior OG
Eric Gregory 6'4" 270 Senior WDE
DJ Turner II 6'0" 165 Senior CB
Chris Akporoghene 6'4" 295 Senior OT
Shamar Nash 6'2" 195 Senior WR
Cameron Phillips 6'2" 180 Senior WR
Mikel Jones 6'2" 205 Senior OLB
Charles Turner 6'3" 245 Senior OC
Briton Allen 6'0" 185 Senior S
Aidan Swanson 6'3" 165 Senior P
David Baldwin 6'4" 215 Senior QB
Chris Shearin 5'11" 175 Senior CB
Antoine Whitner 6'4" 295 Senior OG
Jayden Curry 5'11" 190 Senior CB
Montavious Brini 6'0" 205 Senior WR
Bryson Lucero 6'2" 210 Senior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented, Have More Than 20 Players With Power-5 Offers
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Difficult Schedule

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 83.6
2018 National Rank: #3
2018 State Rank: #1
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +15.6
Historical "Reload Factor" Bonus: +1.1
2019 Starting Power Rating: 81.4
2019 National Rank: #7
2019 State Rank: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 73.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.7
Dynasty Record: 51-4

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 7-1
2018 League Record/Finish:  
2018 Points For Average: 41.6
2018 Points Against Average: 7.9
2018 Differential: +33.7
2018 Wins: #56 Northwestern (Miami) (34-7), #121 Hoover (AL) (48-7), #164 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, PA) (42-0), #524 Liberty (Henderson, NV) (35-0), #1068 Norland (Miami) (49-14), #1553 Superior Collegiate (Clearwater) (49-0), #2521 Middletown (DE) (52-7)
2018 Losses: #1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) (28-24)
2018 Opponents W-L: 67-33
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: 4
Streak List: 9/29/18 Northwestern (Miami) (34-7), 10/12/18 Superior Collegiate (Clearwater) (49-0), 10/20/18 Middletown (DE) (52-7), 11/2/18 Hoover (AL) (48-7)

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 at Venice, 9/6 Northwestern (Miami), 9/14 at St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA), 9/21 at St. John's (Washington, DC), 9/27 at Washington [Booker T.] (Miami), 10/11 Life Christian Academy (Chester, VA), 10/18 at St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD), 11/1 at Hoover (AL)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) (120.1), St. John's (Washington, DC) (92.6), St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA) (76.7)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Life Christian Academy (Chester, VA) (13.9), Venice (42), Washington [Booker T.] (Miami) (44.3)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 48.3
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 62.7
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: +14.4
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%