2016 Legacy Football Capsule

League: Class 4A Northwest

Head coach: John Isola, third season (6-14)

2015 record: 3-7 (2-2 Southwest League, third)

Returning lettermen: 17

Returning starters: Five offense, six defense

Base offensive set: Pro set

Base defensive set: 4-3

Top offensive players: WR Jamal Britt (Sr.); WR A.J. Culpepper (Sr.); WR Marquell Evans (Sr.); RB Isiah Whitehead (Jr.); C Noah Jefferson (Sr.); RB Sam Turner (Sr.)

Top defensive players: CB Marcellous McCoy (Sr.); LB Jalen Alapati (Sr.): LB Amere Foster (Jr.); DE Anthony Sotello (Sr.); CB Amorey Foster (So.); SS A.J. Culpepper (Sr.); NG Noah Jefferson (Sr.); S Lamondrell Edmond (Sr.)

Key losses: RB Naim Geeslin; QB Tanoa Alapati; LT Caden Sink; DE Derriyon Shaw

Outlook: Look for the Longhorns to rely more heavily on the passing game this season with the graduation of star running back Geeslin, who rushed for 1,366 yards and 16 TDs last season in earning second-team all-state honors.

Culpepper (16 catches, 233 yards) was the team’s top receiver and is back along with big-play threats Britt and Evans.

Whitehead, who ran for 550 yards and six scores, should get a crack at being the team’s featured back. Expect Turner, who averaged 13.1 yards per carry in limited action last season, to get plenty of touches, too.

Jefferson, a first-team all-Southwest League center, will anchor the line.

Isola is excited about the defense, where all-league players Amere Foster, Jalen Alapati, Britt (cornerback) and Sotelo return. The Longhorns must replace pass-rushing end Shaw, who also was an all-state pick and now is at Boise State.

Isola said the team is young, but “very fast,” and hopes to make the playoffs.