2013 Mojave Football Capsule
Coach: Joe Delgado, third season (8-12)
2012 record: 6-5 (4-1 Division I-A Sunset League, second)
Returning letterwinners: 16
Returning starters: 10 offense, nine defense
Base offensive set: Wing
Base defensive set: 4-2-5
Top offensive players: QB Zack Arave (Jr.); RB Ty Flanagan (Jr.)
Top defensive players: DE Lorenzo Guerrero (Sr.); LB Deandre Armstrong (Sr.)
Top newcomers: OL/DL Asante Lee (Sr.); RB/LB Elijah Smoot (Soph.); WR/DB Andy Gonzalez (Soph.); WR Jaylon Delgado (Soph.)
Key losses: WR/DB Marcus Hines; WR/DB Jalon Dean; WR/DB Tyreek Carter; RB/LB Billy Murphy
Outlook: The Rattlers are primed to make a deep postseason run after reaching the I-A state quarterfinals a season ago.
Arave was a second-team I-A all-state pick as a sophomore after throwing for nearly 1,500 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushing for 824 yards and seven scores.
Flanagan (1,212 yards, 15 TDs) was also a second-team I-A all-state performer and is drawing attention from Arizona, Colorado, UCLA, UNLV, UNR and Utah.
Wide receiver Marcus Parker, a 6-foot-5-inch junior, averaged nearly 24 yards per reception last season and caught five touchdowns. He is hearing from Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, UNR and Utah.
Guerrero had 14 sacks as a junior and leads an experienced defense.
