2016 Beaver Dam Football Capsule

League: Class 1A Southern

Head coach: Rory Hurley, sixth season

2015 record: 5-4 (3-4 Division IV Southern League, place)

Returning lettermen: Six

Returning starters: Six offense, six defense

Base offensive set: Spread

Base defensive set: 33 stacked

Top offensive players: QB Uriel Perez (Sr.), RB Tanner Reber (So.)

Top defensive players: LB Manny Vilareal (Jr.)

Key losses: RB Luiz Gonzalez

Outlook: A year after narrowly missing out on the playoffs, the Diamondbacks have turned to “rebuild mode.”

Beaver Dam must replace the do-it-all Gonzalez, but return Perez and Reber on the offensive side of the ball.

“Out of my 21 players, 15 have never played the game before,” Hurley said. “So we’re definitely scratching. We have potential, but the best way to describe us is rebuild. They’re young, but if they work hard, they have potential. There are just a lot of unknowns.”