Verrado (Buckeye, AZ)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Vipers
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Dustin Johnson
League: 5A Desert West
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #13

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2022 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jhayden Frye 5'11" 170 Senior WR/DB 4.4
Ryan Willey 6'3" 200 Senior DE 4.7
Jacob Rodriguez 6'2" 255 Senior OL 5.1

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Leadership, Cohesiveness, Explosiveness
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2022 Final Power Rating: 16
2022 National Rank: #2770
2022 State Rank: #52
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2023 Starting Power Rating: -6.6
2023 National Rank: #3553
2023 State Rank: #62
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): 13.1
Dynasty National Rank: #3110
2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.7
Dynasty Record: 24-27 (13-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2022 Overall Record: 5-6
2022 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2022 Points For Average: 19.6
2022 Points Against Average: 24.2
2022 Differential: -4.6
2022 Wins: #2597 Yuma Catholic (Yuma) (28-18), #3252 Casa Grande (21-14), #3336 Canyon View (Waddell) (35-21), #4384 Sunrise Mountain (Peoria) (6-0), #10415 Agua Fria (Avondale) (48-12)
2022 Losses: #146 American Leadership Academy (Queen Creek) (47-27), #611 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (38-7), #616 Cactus (Glendale) (35-7), #740 Desert Edge (Goodyear) (23-21), #1516 Millennium (Goodyear) (24-7), #2311 Desert Vista (Phoenix) (34-9)
2022 Opponents W-L: 68-57
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2016 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2023 Schedule: 8/25 Desert Mountain (Scottsdale), 9/1 at Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen), 9/8 at Mountain View (Mesa), 9/15 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix), 9/21 Ironwood (Glendale), 9/29 Sunrise Mountain (Peoria), 10/6 at Cactus (Glendale), 10/19 at Millennium (Goodyear), 10/27 Canyon View (Waddell), 11/3 at Desert Edge (Goodyear)
Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Desert Edge (Goodyear) (33.3), Desert Mountain (Scottsdale) (29.4), Cactus (Glendale) (15)
Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Ironwood (Glendale) (-42.3), Fairfax [Betty H.] (Laveen) (-26.9), Sunrise Mountain (Peoria) (-22.2)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.8 (22.8 overall)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.9
2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -23.7
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #48
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1936
2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2023 Projected League Finish: 6th
2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%