| Austin (Decatur, AL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Black Bears Colors: Burnt Orange/Black Coach: Jeremy Perkins League: 7A Region 4 Playoff Division: 7A Playoff Division Rank: #17 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2021 JV Record: 4-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Druce Clarke 5'11" 205 Senior LB 4.7 Jaylen Verser 6'0" 295 Senior OL 5.3 De'Air Young 5'9" 165 Senior QB 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Line Size/Length/Athleticism/Experience, Leadership Team Weaknesses: Depth, Inconsistency, Explosiveness RATINGS 2021 Final Power Rating: 7.1 2021 National Rank: #4164 2021 State Rank: #96 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5 2022 Starting Power Rating: 4.1 2022 National Rank: #2435 2022 State Rank: #57 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 27.5 Dynasty National Rank: #1601 2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 23.4 Dynasty Record: 110-98 [109-99 on the field] (75-54 in league) HISTORICAL 2021 Overall Record: 4-6 2021 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (5th) 2021 Points For Average: 21.9 2021 Points Against Average: 26.8 2021 Differential: -4.9 2021 Wins: #2934 Jones [Bob] (Madison) (42-28), #4954 Decatur (17-13), #5258 Huntsville (31-21), #8909 Albertville (42-0) 2021 Losses: #179 Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (34-0), #1163 Hartselle (29-0), #1568 Clemens [James] (Madison) (31-14), #2240 Florence (45-28), #3742 Sparkman (Harvest) (38-21), #7402 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (29-24) 2021 Opponents W-L: 56-53 Recent League Championships: 2020 (tied for 1st), 2017 (6A Region 8), 2016 (tied for 1st; 6A Region 8) Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none SCHEDULE 2022 Schedule: 8/19 at Hartselle, 8/26 vs Decatur, 9/2 Sparkman (Harvest), 9/8 at Florence, 9/16 at Albertville, 9/23 Gardendale, 9/30 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville), 10/7 at Clemens [James] (Madison), 10/14 at Jones [Bob] (Madison), 10/21 Huntsville Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Gardendale (34.8), Hartselle (27.6), Florence (18.7) Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (-36.2), Albertville (-23.6), Sparkman (Harvest) (-11.3) 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.5 2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.5 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #51 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1522 2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2022 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |