West Lafayette (IN) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Red Devils Colors: Scarlet/Gray Coach: Shane Fry League: Hoosier - West Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #4 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2020 JV Record: 7-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Mo Omonode 6'1" 270 DL/OL Cannon Melchi 6'0" 170 Senior WR J.T. Downey 6'3" 195 Senior LB COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION Yanni Karlaftis 6'3" 205 Senior LB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defense, Skill Positions Team Weaknesses: New QB, 3 New OL Starters RATINGS 2020 Final Power Rating: 18.4 2020 National Rank: #2442 2020 State Rank: #63 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1 2021 Starting Power Rating: 10.2 2021 National Rank: #1991 2021 State Rank: #43 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 28.3 Dynasty National Rank: #1574 2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.1 Dynasty Record: 159-59 (73-26 in league) HISTORICAL 2020 Overall Record: 8-2 2020 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st) 2020 Points For Average: 40.3 2020 Points Against Average: 13.9 2020 Differential: +26.4 2020 Wins: #5326 McCutcheon (Lafayette) (41-3), #5538 Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer) (27-21), #6822 Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette) (47-14), #6862 Hamilton Heights (Arcadia) (40-0), #6862 Hamilton Heights (Arcadia) (49-14), #7957 Twin Lakes (Monticello) (49-14), #10461 Cass [Lewis] (Walton) (51-20), #12457 Benton Central (Oxford) (65-6) 2020 Losses: #1339 Jefferson (Lafayette) (27-16), #2075 Guerin Catholic [St. Theodore] (Noblesville) (20-18) 2020 Opponents W-L: 45-55 Recent State Championships: 2018, 2009 Recent League Championships: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2009 (Hoosier), 2008 (Hoosier) Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: none SCHEDULE 2021 Schedule: 8/20 Jefferson (Lafayette), 8/27 McCutcheon (Lafayette), 9/3 at Western (Russiaville), 9/10 at Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette), 9/17 Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer), 9/24 at Benton Central (Oxford), 10/1 at Cass [Lewis] (Walton), 10/8 Twin Lakes (Monticello) Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Jefferson (Lafayette) (22.8), Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer) (-6), McCutcheon (Lafayette) (-9.6) Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Benton Central (Oxford) (-44.8), Cass [Lewis] (Walton) (-40.4), Twin Lakes (Monticello) (-31.5) 2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.3 (0.7 overall) 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17.3 2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #138 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6739 2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1 2021 Projected League Finish: 1st 2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 12% |