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GENERAL
Nickname: Highlanders
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: TaVaris Johnson
League: 5A Region 3 (moving from 5A District 10)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #23

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Gervon Dexter 6'6.5" 285 Senior DT
Johnny Richardson 5'7" 175 Senior APB
Rasheed Miller 6'6" 260 Senior OT
Norman Love 5'11" 185 Senior WR
Eric Williams 6'3" 185 Senior QB

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 36.1
2019 National Rank: #864
2019 State Rank: #67
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -4.6
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -9.9
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 10.9
2020 National Rank*: #2351
2020 State Rank*: #161
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 29.1
Dynasty National Rank: #1526
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 18.2
Dynasty Record: 123-66 [122-67 on the field] (46-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 12-1
2019 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 43.9
2019 Points Against Average: 12.8
2019 Differential: +31.1
2019 Wins: #1479 Atlantic (Port Orange) (36-21), #2022 Sebring (22-21), #2022 Sebring (30-23), #2562 Hardee (Wauchula) (35-17), #2761 Lely (Naples) (16-3), #4165 Clewiston (51-7), #4258 Ridge (Davenport) (62-0), #4485 Kathleen (Lakeland) (57-7), #4849 Bartow (50-14), #8710 Haines City (77-0), #9635 Lake Region (Eagle Lake) (42-0), #10412 Mulberry (72-0)
2019 Losses: #171 Jesuit (Tampa) (53-21)
2019 Opponents W-L: 62-79
Recent League Championships: 2019 (5A District 10), 2018 (6A District 8), 2014 (5A District 10), 2013 (5A District 10), 2011 (5A District 9)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Bishop Moore (Orlando) (19.5), Bartow (5.4), Ridge (Davenport) (2.4)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Gibbs (St. Petersburg) (-36.4), Harmony (-3.9), Hardee (Wauchula) (1.9)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #346
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #5227
2020 Projected League Finish*: 6th
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