Houston (Germantown, TN)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Black/Red/Gray
Coach: James Thomas
League: 6A Region 8
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2021 JV Record: 7-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Luke Needham 6'5" 290 Senior OL
Kavion Benton 6'3" 250 Junior DE
Brady Weatherly 5'10" 210 Senior OLB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Tahj Shabazz 6'2" 195 Senior WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Improved Defensively, Special Teams, RBs
Team Weaknesses: Filling Holes On OL

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 19.8
2021 National Rank: #2198
2021 State Rank: #48
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.8
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3
2022 Starting Power Rating: 17.2
2022 National Rank: #1085
2022 State Rank: #26
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 21.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2685
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.9
Dynasty Record: 127-85 (63-52 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 6-5
2021 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2021 Points For Average: 27.8
2021 Points Against Average: 17.4
2021 Differential: +10.4
2021 Wins: #4572 Bartlett (9-6), #5841 P.U.R.E. Youth Athletics Alliance (Memphis) (36-14), #6196 White Station (Memphis) (49-6), #6333 Ridgeway (Memphis) (49-14), #7379 Arlington (42-13), #7871 Cordova (52-6)
2021 Losses: #154 Summit (Spring Hill) (27-7), #580 Collierville (28-10), #1334 Briarcrest Christian (Eads) (28-21), #1561 Germantown (25-21), #1796 Whitehaven (Memphis) (24-10)
2021 Opponents W-L: 66-52
Recent League Championships: 2019 (6A Region 7), 2018 (6A Region 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/19 Ridgeway (Memphis), 8/26 Briarcrest Christian (Eads), 9/2 at Cordova, 9/9 Progressing Under Restraints and Extremes (Memphis), 9/16 Whitehaven (Memphis), 9/23 at Germantown, 9/30 Bartlett, 10/6 Collierville, 10/21 at Arlington, 10/28 White Station (Memphis)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Briarcrest Christian (Eads) (24), Collierville (15.3), Whitehaven (Memphis) (10.8)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Arlington (-30), Cordova (-27.2), Ridgeway (Memphis) (-17.9)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.9 (17.1 overall)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.3
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.2
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #51
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2692
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2022 Projected League Finish: 1st
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 11%