2013 Eldorado Football Capsule
Head coach: Vernon Brown, fourth season (9-18)
2012 record: 1-8 (0-5 Southeast, fifth)
Returning lettermen: 13
Returning starters: Six offense, six defense
Base offensive set: Pistol
Base defensive set: 5-3
Top offensive players: QB Joshua Brown (Jr.); WR Kareem Irving (Jr.); OL Dallas Kounovsky (Sr.); OL Edgar Cisneros (Sr.); OL Luis Villarreal (Jr.); WR Benjamin Martinez (Sr.)
Top defensive players: DB/LB Ta’Varea Shelton (Sr.); LB/DT De’Andre Taylor (Sr.); LB/DE Fareti Tauaivale (Sr.); DB Jason Henderson (Sr.); DL Reydin Dennis (Jr.)
Top newcomers: OL/LB Austin Hight (Jr.); WR/DB/QB Matthew VanOrden (Jr.)
Key losses: RB Justin Brown
Outlook: The Sundevils opened last season with a 41-28 win over Sunrise Mountain.
It was the last time the team had anything to celebrate.
Joshua Brown is back after an up-and-down sophomore season as the team’s quarterback.
He passed for 915 yards and rushed for 207. He also was intercepted 15 times, while throwing five touchdown passes. A year of experience should mean added consistency.
The team will need to replace leading rusher Justin Brown, who ran for 1,098 yards and seven TDs, and also was the team’s No. 2 receiver.
Expect receivers Irving (eight catches, 145 yards) and Martinez (six catches, 116 yards) to play bigger roles in the offense this season.
Shelton (69 tackles, two sacks) and Taylor (67 tackles, three sacks) are back to key a defense that must improve after allowing 28 or more points in every game last season.
