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GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Maroon/Gray
Coach: Darius Smiley
League: AAAA Region 7
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2021 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Vicari Swain 6'1" 180 Senior WR/DB 4.44
Kameron Edge 6'3" 205 Senior OLB/WR 4.48
Ty Brewer 6'0" 215 Junior ILB/RB 4.6

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 10.9
2021 National Rank: #3539
2021 State Rank: #225
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +10.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
2022 Starting Power Rating: 9.7
2022 National Rank: #1750
2022 State Rank: #128
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 10.6
Dynasty National Rank: #5440
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.9
Dynasty Record: 80-121 (34-72 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 5-6
2021 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2021 Points For Average: 23.2
2021 Points Against Average: 23.7
2021 Differential: -0.5
2021 Wins: #2459 Heard County (Franklin) (35-20), #4281 Pickens (Jasper) (20-17), #6391 Chapel Hill (Douglasville) (21-7), #7773 Towers (Decatur) (49-6), #8277 Ridgeland (Rossville) (34-7)
2021 Losses: #262 Cedartown (34-7), #934 Whitewater (Fayetteville) (28-7), #1221 Riverdale (49-28), #1476 Villa Rica (41-13), #3016 Northwest Whitfield (Tunnel Hill) (33-27), #3359 Heritage (Ringgold) (19-14)
2021 Opponents W-L: 70-51-1
Recent League Championships: 2014 (AAA Region 5A)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/19 Redan (Stone Mountain), 8/26 at Bowdon, 9/2 at Hampton, 9/9 McIntosh (Peachtree City), 9/16 Northgate (Newnan), 9/30 at Cedartown, 10/7 Sonoraville (Calhoun), 10/21 at Southeast Whitfield County (Dalton), 10/28 Northwest Whitfield (Tunnel Hill), 11/4 Heritage (Ringgold)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Cedartown (41), Bowdon (7.3), Northwest Whitfield (Tunnel Hill) (6.4)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Southeast Whitfield County (Dalton) (-37.2), Redan (Stone Mountain) (-30.3), McIntosh (Peachtree City) (-15.7)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.9
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.8
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.7
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #217
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2399
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2022 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%