Wheaton (Silver Spring, MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Scarlet/Gold
Coach: Mark Saunders
League: Montgomery County 4A - North (moving from Montgomery County 4A - East)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #39

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2018 JV Record: 2-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Wes Nchinda 5'5" 150 Senior ATH/RB 4.49
Emari Davis 6'0" 235 Senior LB/OLB
Ike Okoye 6'4" 200 Senior DE/OLB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: DL, LBs, RBs/WRs

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -24.7
2018 National Rank: #11408
2018 State Rank: #191
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -34.5
2019 National Rank: #10325
2019 State Rank: #177
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): -6.7
Dynasty National Rank: #10923
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 27.8
Dynasty Record: 53-109 [52-110 on the field] (23-62 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 2-8
2018 League Record/Finish: 2-7 (10th)
2018 Points For Average: 10.4
2018 Points Against Average: 31.1
2018 Differential: -20.7
2018 Wins: #11741 Northwood (Silver Spring) (24-6), #12580 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (20-14)
2018 Losses: #132 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (56-0), #3606 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (42-8), #3896 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (36-6), #5292 Clarksburg (40-6), #7552 Gaithersburg (37-20), #7900 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (22-0), #8262 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (48-12), #11428 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (10-8)
2018 Opponents W-L: 44-61
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Centennial (Ellicott City), 9/6 Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 9/13 at Northwood (Silver Spring), 9/20 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 9/27 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 10/4 at Paint Branch (Burtonsville), 10/11 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/18 at Damascus, 10/25 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 11/1 at Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (30.4), Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (9), Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (5.3)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Centennial (Ellicott City) (-48.4), Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-45.6), Springbrook (Silver Spring) (-40.7)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -17
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #139
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7257
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2019 Projected League Finish: 5th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%