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2011 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Day Date OPPONENT ...... Location Th ursday Sept. 1 CLARK ATLANTA ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday Sept. 10 OLD DOMINION ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday Sept. 17 at Jacksonville State ...... Paul Snow Memorial Stadium, Jacksonville, Ala. Saturday Sept. 24 at Houston ...... Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas Saturday Oct. 8 MURRAY STATE ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday Oct. 15 at South Carolina State ...... Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Orangeburg, S.C. Saturday Oct. 22 SOUTH ALABAMA (Homecoming) ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday Oct. 29 at UTSA ...... Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Saturday Nov. 5 LAMBUTH ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday Nov. 12 at West Alabama ...... Tiger Stadium, Livingston, Ala. Saturday Nov. 19 CAMPBELL ...... Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.

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GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name Georgia State University Location Atlanta, Ga. Founded 1913 Enrollment 31,000 Nickname Panthers Colors Blue & White Affi liation NCAA Division I Conference Colonial Athletic Association President Dr. Mark P. Becker Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick Athletics Phone 404.413.4000 Mailing Address P.O. Box 3975, Atlanta, GA, 30302-3975 Website GeorgiaStateSports.com First Season of Football 2010 2011 SPRING Football Affi liation (2011) NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) PRACTICE DATES: Football Conference (2012) CAA Football Monday, Mar. 21, 8 a.m. Th ursday, Mar. 31, 8 a.m. Home Field Georgia Dome Tuesday, Mar. 22, 8 a.m. Monday, Apr. 4, 8 a.m. Capacity (Lower Bowl) 28,155 Wednesday, Mar. 23, 8 a.m. Tuesday, Apr. 5, 8 a.m. Surface Field Turf Th ursday, Mar. 24, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 6, 8 a.m. Head Coach Bill Curry Alma Mater Georgia Tech, 1965 Monday, Mar. 28, 8 a.m. Th ursday, Apr. 7, 8 a.m. Hired June 12, 2008 Tuesday, Mar. 29, 8 a.m. Monday, Apr. 11, 8 a.m. Record at GSU 6-5 (1 season) Wednesday, Mar. 30, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 13, 8 a.m. Career Record 89-110-4 (18 seasons) 2010 Record 6-5 Th ursday, Apr. 14: Letterwinners Returning/Lost 56/8 BLUE-WHITE SPRING SCRIMMAGE Starters Returning/Lost (including PK & P) 21/3 Georgia Dome, 6:30 p.m.

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GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STAFF TEAM INFORMATION Bill Curry ...... Head Coach 2010 Record ...... 6-5 Hired ...... June 12, 2008 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 56/8 Alma Mater ...... Georgia Tech, 1965 Record at GSU ...... 6-5 (2nd season) Starters Returning/Lost (Including PK/P) ...... 21/3 Record ...... 89-110-4 (19th season) Returning Statistical Leaders George Pugh ...... Assistant Head Coach/Recruiting/Receivers Passing: 404.413.4116 • [email protected] Drew Little (QB, So.-R) ...... 190-306, 2102 yds, 18 td, 11 int John Th ompson ...... Assistant Head Coach/ Kelton Hill (QB, So.-R) ...... 5-15, 64 yds, 0 td, 1 int Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Rushing: 404.413.4111 • [email protected] Kelton Hill (QB, So.-R) ...... 60 att, 416 yds, 3 td John Bond ...... Off ensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Travis Evans (RB, So.-R) ...... 79 att, 382 yds, 3 td 404.413.4114 • [email protected] Rosevelt Watson (RB, Jr.-R) ...... 46 att, 161 yds Jason French ...... Outside Linebackers 404.413.4123 • [email protected] Parris Lee (RB, So.-R) ...... 40 att, 101 yds, 4 td Craig Harmon ...... Tight Ends Receiving: 404.413.4123 • [email protected] Danny Williams (WR, So.-R) ...... 54 rec, 649 yds, 5 td Anthony Midget ...... Special Teams/Defensive Backs Sidney Haynes (WR, Sr.-R) ...... 26 rec, 298 yds, 4 td 404.413.4118 • [email protected] Defense: Todd Perry ...... Running Backs Fred Barnes (S, So.-R) ...... 85 tackles, 3 tfl , 1 int 404.413.4124 • [email protected] Christo Bilukidi (DT, Sr.) ...... 51 tackles, 7 tfl , 5 sacks Mike Riddle ...... Off ensive Line Jake Muasau (OLB, Sr.) ..... 50 tackles, 8.5 tfl , 1 int, 3 fr, 4 fc 404.413.4113 • [email protected] Chris Ward ...... Defensive Line 404.413.4117 • [email protected] Ryan Zimmerman ...... Specialists/Defensive Assistant 404.413.4110 • [email protected] GEORGIA STATE SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS Allison George ...... Associate AD / Football Contact Blake Adams ...... Director of Athletic Video & Creative Services [email protected] • O: 404.413.4032 • C: 678.595.7728 404.413.4122 • [email protected] Charlie Taylor...... Assistant AD Jay Bailey ...... Equipment Manager [email protected] • O: 404.413.4031 • C: 404.556.2295 404.413.4003 • [email protected] Mike Holmes ...... Associate SID Chris Ball ...... Football Video Coordinator [email protected] • O: 404.413.4033 • C: 404.259.9716 404.413.4122 • [email protected] Ned Colegrove ...... Assistant SID Dustin Bennett ...... Academic Advisor [email protected] • O: 404.413.4166 • C: 518.817.3564 404.413.4043 • [email protected] Dave Cohen ...... Director of Broadcasting Denita Clark ...... Executive Assistant to Head Coach [email protected] • O: 404.413.1434 404.413.4120 • [email protected] GSU Athletics Address: Ken Coggins ...... Strength & Conditioning 125 Decatur Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 404.413.4042 • [email protected] P.O. Box 3975, Atlanta, GA 30302-3975 Sarah Gigantino ...... Director of Football Operations Website ...... GeorgiaStateSports.com 404.413.4121 • [email protected] Brooke Greer ...... Administrative Assistant 404.413.4110 • [email protected] Dinika Johnson ...... Assistant Athletic Trainer 404.413.4125 • [email protected] Keisha Jones ...... Asst. Director - Student-Athlete Development 404.413.4047 • [email protected] Bob Murphy ...... Assistant AD-Sports Medicine 404.413.4039 • [email protected]

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GEORGIA STATE’S PRE-SPRING DEPTH CHART — OFFENSE — — DEFENSE — QB 4 Kelton Hill ...... 6-0 183 So.-R DE 94 Kalan Jenkins ...... 6-5 255 Sr. 12 Bo Schlechter ...... 6-3 210 So.-R 45 Austen Wiley...... 6-4 230 So.-R 92 Alex Findura ...... 6-5 225 Fr.-R RB 21 Travis Evans ...... 5-11 183 So.-R 95 Deron Rhodes ...... 6-2 230 Fr.-R 3 Rosevelt Watson ...... 5-9 205 Jr.-R 7 Parris Lee ...... 5-9 190 So.-R NG 90 Khiry Karriem ...... 6-4 270 Sr. 28 Malcolm Smith ...... 5-10 205 Jr.-R 75 Terrance Woodard ...... 6-4 320 So. 39 Rendell Wilder ...... 5-8 175 Fr.-R 92 Dion Peary ...... 6-2 280 Sr. 98 Deron Jordan ...... 6-0 260 Jr.-R WR 19 Sidney Haynes ...... 6-3 212 Sr.-R 91 Eduardo Curry ...... 6-3 300 So.-R 83 Bo Carter ...... 6-4 195 So.-R 82 Zach Jones ...... 6-1 200 So.-R DT 53 Christo Bilukidi ...... 6-5 290 Sr. 81 Brett Beidel ...... 6-1 185 Fr.-R 99 Demetreious Shorter ...... 6-4 255 So.-R 77 C.J. Stephens ...... 6-4 245 Fr.-R WR 17 Danny Williams ...... 6-4 190 So.-R 15 Albert Wilson ...... 5-9 185 So. OLB 35 Jake Muasau ...... 6-1 243 Sr. 86 Isaiah Ervin ...... 5-9 190 Sr.-R 32 Allen McKay ...... 6-2 200 So.-R 42 Cliff Ibarrondo ...... 6-3 212 Jr.-R WR 8 Jordan Giles ...... 6-1 195 So.-R 58 Brandon Berry ...... 5-10 220 Jr.-R 1 Nate Anthony ...... 5-9 180 So.-R 6 Darren McCray ...... 5-7 150 So.-R OLB 23 Mark Hogan ...... 5-11 202 So.-R 10 Robert Ferguson ...... 6-1 230 So.-R TE 84 Arthur Williams ...... 6-3 260 Sr. 37 Akeen Felder ...... 6-1 195 Jr.-R 88 Emmanuel Ogbuehi ...... 6-3 235 Jr.-R 48 Bailey Woods ...... 6-5 250 Sr.-R ILB 38 Louie Muasau...... 6-0 248 Sr.-R 89 Drew Pearson ...... 6-5 230 Fr.-R 44 Sam Burkhalter ...... 5-9 214 So.-R 25 Cole Moon ...... 6-3 215 So. 52 Davis Knowles ...... 6-0 215 So.-R

LT 78 Clyde Yandell ...... 6-5 287 Sr.-R ILB 47 Mike Hall ...... 6-1 219 Sr.-R 56 Ulrick John...... 6-8 290 So. 13 Evan Bostic ...... 6-2 235 Sr. 66 Nick Nesmith ...... 6-3 255 So.-R 46 Jarrell Robinson ...... 6-3 215 Fr.-R 18 Blake Wyatt (Injured) ...... 6-3 220 So.-R LG 71 Joseph Gilbert ...... 6-4 280 Sr.-R 74 Jon Marshall Sauls ...... 6-2 300 So. FS 20 Brandon Jones ...... 5-11 180 Sr.-R 60 Cade Yates ...... 6-1 280 So.-R 36 Kail Singleton ...... 6-2 203 So.-R 63 Jacob Couch ...... 6-1 260 Fr.-R SS 14 Jocquez Fears ...... 5-11 208 Sr. C 62 Ben Jacoby...... 6-2 275 Sr.-R 30 Tay Watts ...... 5-9 185 Jr.-R 50 Tim Wynn ...... 6-2 270 So. RCB 9 Brent McClendon ...... 5-9 175 So.-R RG 72 Harrison Clottey ...... 6-5 310 So.-R 5 Demarius Matthews ...... 5-10 165 So. 76 Ladeven Kirkland ...... 6-5 340 Sr. 27 Mark Collins ...... 5-10 165 So. 64 Kevin Thompson ...... 6-1 300 Jr.-R 68 Michael Davis (Injured) .....6-3 295 So.-R LCB 26 Jamal Ransby...... 5-8 165 So. 31 D’Mario Gunn ...... 6-1 180 Jr. RT 79 Grant King ...... 6-5 285 So.-R 22 Isaiah Howard ...... 5-10 165 So. 73 Gabriel Hampton ...... 6-5 320 Sr. 69 Kam Cheatham ...... 6-1 290 So.-R — SPECIALISTS — PK 80 Joseph Schneider ...... 6-2 195 So.-R NOT PARTICIPATING IN SPRING PRACTICE: P 12 Bo Schlechter ...... 6-3 210 So.-R QB 11 Drew Little ...... 6-5 245 So.-R 96 Michael Donovan ...... 5-9 180 Sr.-R SS 24 Fred Barnes ...... 6-0 178 So.-R

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SPRING PREVIEW

Aft er a highly successful debut, the Georgia State football yards and scoring fi ve times, while Haynes, a 6-3, 212-pound senior, program will take the fi eld again for spring practice, which begins added 26 receptions, an 11.5-yard average and four TDs. March 21 and continues through the April 14 Blue-White Spring With the Panthers frequently utilizing three- and four-wide Scrimmage, slated for 6:30 p.m. at the Georgia Dome. receiver sets, versatile speedster Albert Wilson had 19 catches for Th e inaugural season of GSU football was positive in every 294 yards and two touchdowns, and Jordan Giles added eight 17 area as the fl edgling Panthers of head coach Bill Curry posted a receptions for 217 yards and two scores. Other contributors include winning record at 6-5 while exceeding all expectations in terms of Bo Carter (4-52), Nate Anthony (3-18) and Darren McCray (2-28). attendance, excitement and exposure. Zach Jones, Isaiah Ervin, and Brett Beidel add depth. “For the fourth time, we go on the fi eld with an entirely diff erent dynamic,” said Curry, whose program experienced a RUNNING BACKS season of practice in 2009, its fi rst spring practice in 2010 and then Georgia State spread the work load among four primary backs last fall’s inaugural season. in 2010, with Travis Evans, Rosevelt Watson, Parris Lee and Sam “Now we come onto the practice fi eld as a veteran team, having Burkhalter each earning 30 or more carries. played a season,” he continued. “We’ve had come-from-behind wins, Evans led the GSU backs with 382 yards on 79 attempts, aver- we’ve had huge disappointments. We’ve had blow-out wins and aging 4.8 yards per carry and scoring three times. Lee provided a we’ve been blown out. So we have sampled most of the emotions.” spark with 161 yards and four touchdowns, while Watson, the most With 56 returning letterwinners, the Panthers welcome back consistent blocker in the group, added 170 yards on 46 carries. 20 of 22 starters on off ense and defense. With Burkhalter moving to defense this spring, veteran Th e focus will be on the very fundamentals of football. Malcolm Smith and promising redshirt freshman Rendell Wilder “Very simply, we have to take the resources that we have and could earn playing time. improve at running the football and stopping the run,” said Curry. “Th ose two things have to happen.” A position-by-position look at the Panthers: TIGHT ENDS Arthur Williams and Emmanuel Ogbuehi combined for 31 catches for 363 yards and four touchdowns from the tight end posi- QUARTERBACKS tion during the inaugural season. Both return, along with another Multi-talented sophomore Kelton Hill enters spring prac- veteran in Auburn transfer Bailey Woods. tice as the number one signal caller. He was actually the Panthers’ Ogbuehi was on the receiving end of the fi rst touchdown pass leading rusher for the inaugural season, netting 416 yards with three in GSU history with a four-yard scoring play against Shorter, as well touchdowns and an impressive average of 6.9 yards per carry. Th e as the longest pass in Panther annals with a 55-yard reception at 6-0, 183-pounder from Douglasville, Ga., has a strong arm and will Alabama. Williams also turned in a key play with his touchdown look to become more consistent in his passing aft er completing just catch against Lamar that capped a fourth-quarter comeback and fi ve of 15 passes for 64 yards. clinched Georgia State’s winning season. Sophomore Bo Schlechter, who doubles as the Panthers’ Redshirt freshman Drew Pearson adds depth, as could sopho- punter, returns to the quarterback position this spring. One of the more Cole Moon, who played linebacker last fall but will work on best all-around athletes on the team, Schlechter competed for the off ense this spring as either a tight end or running back. starting job last summer but elected to move to wide receiver, where he had eight catches for 118 yards. Last year’s starter, Drew Little, returns aft er a strong OFFENSIVE LINE debut in which he passed for 2,102 yards and 18 touch- Th e Panthers boast a veteran group, led by a trio downs, but the rising sophomore will sit out spring prac- of returning senior starters in Ben Jacoby at center, tice and the fi rst four games of 2011 due to violation of Joseph Gilbert at left guard and Clyde Yandell at left team rules. tackle. All three had prior experience at FBS schools Th e Panthers also have one quarterback in before transferring to Georgia State, led by Gilbert this year’s recruiting class in Ben McLane of with 26 starts at Georgia Tech in 2008 and Brookwood High School in Snellville, Ga., 2009. Not surprisingly, the 6-4, 280-pound the Class AAAAA state champion. native of Cartersville, Ga., was voted GSU’s Outstanding Off ensive Lineman for the inau- gural season. WIDE RECEIVERS Along with those three veterans, the Wide receiver was one of the Panthers’ right side of the line features sophomore most productive positions in 2010 as the top Grant King, who started every game two performers, Danny Williams and Sidney at right tackle, along with sopho- Haynes, combined for 90 receptions, 947 more Harrison Clottey and senior yards and nine touchdowns. Ladeven Kirkland, who shared the Williams, a 6-4, 190-pound sophomore, right guard position last fall. led the way with 54 catches, averaging 12.0

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Th e unit’s depth should be bolstered by the return of Michael man the “Stinger” position, along with sophomore Blake Wyatt and Davis, a projected starter at right guard last summer before redshirt freshman Jarrell Robinson. sustaining a season-ending knee injury. His availability for spring Incoming junior college signee Qwontez Mallory fi gures to practice may be limited, but he should be fully recovered for the make an impact at inside linebacker when he arrives this summer. fall. Promising young players such as tackle Ulrick John, guard DEFENSIVE BACKS Jon Marshall Sauls and center Tim Wynn gained valuable experi- Senior free safety Brandon Jones returns aft er making 65 ence last fall. Senior Gabriel Hampton is another veteran backup. tackles and six pass breakups. Behind Jones is sophomore Kail Adding depth on the line are Kevin Th ompson, Nick Nesmith, Singleton, who contributed 12 tackles and a fumble recovery. Cade Yates, Kam Cheatham, Jacob Couch and Ronald Martin. Strong safety Fred Barnes, who led the Panthers with 85 tackles, will be sidelined for spring practice and the fi rst two games DEFENSIVE LINEMEN of 2011 due to violation of team rules. Senior Jocquez Fears moves Th e top returning defensive lineman for the Panthers is senior into this slot, and Tay Watts, a transfer from Morehouse, should also tackle Christo Bilukidi, who collected a team-leading fi ve sacks make an impact. while forcing two fumbles. He totalled 51 tackles, including seven At cornerback, the Panthers return sophomores Brent tackles for loss. McClendon (36 tackles, 1 interception), Demarius Matthews, (8 Th e Panthers will look to develop depth, with Demetreious tackles, 1 interception) and Jamal Ransby (20 tackles, 2 intercep- Shorter working behind Bilukidi, along with redshirt freshman C.J. tions, 4 pass breakups). Junior college signee D’Mario Gunn of Stephens and sophomore Robert Truitt. Georgia Military College will participate in spring practice and At noseguard, senior Khiry Karriem, who made 24 tackles should challenge for playing time at cornerback. with 2.5 tackles for loss, and sophomore Terrance Woodard, with Other backups in the secondary include Isaiah Howard, Mark 15 tackles, both return. Also in the mix are senior Dion Peary, soph- Collins, Jamaal May and Mitchell Vinson. omore Eduardo Curry, junior Deron Jordan and redshirt freshman Marcus Stetzer. SPECIALISTS At defensive end is steady senior Kalan Jenkins aft er a season Georgia State returns an outstanding punter in Bo Schlechter, in which he made 30 tackles. He is backed up by sophomore Austen who averagedgyp,gp 44.5 yards per kick, including nine punts of 50 or Wiley and redshirt freshmen Alex Findura and Deron Rhodes. more yards and eight punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line. Even withh Schlechter missing two games due to a knee injury,injury, OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS the Panthersrs ccompiledompiled a net pupuntnt averaaveragege of 37.34, which would Th e outside linebacker position features Georgia State’s top have rankedd amongamong thethe top 10 nationanationallylly hadhad GSU beenbeen eligibleeligible returning defender in Jake Muasau, who plays the hybrid position for NCAA sstatisticaltatistical rankings. known as Bandit in the GSU scheme. Lining up all over the fi eld, Whilee thethe punting job is Muasau led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss, including four sacks. in good hands,nds, the Panthers He also contributed four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, must replacece pproductiveroductive three pass breakups and an interception while totalling 50 tackles. placekickerr IainIain Vance, Adding depth behind Muasau is sophomore Allen McKay, who earnedd third-teamthird-team along with Cliff Ibarrondo and Brandon Berry. all-Americaa honorshonors for Opposite Muasau is sophomore Mark Hogan. Th e 5-11, the inauguralral season. 202-pound Hogan is known to Panther fans for becoming Georgia With signeee CChristianhristian State’s fi rst-ever scholarship football player in January 2009, but Benvenuto ooff Palm that should not overshadow a productive season in which he made Coast, Fla.,., ssetet to 54 tackles, with 2.5 tackles for loss, an interception, a pass breakup enroll this susummer,mmer, and a fumble recovery. sophomoree JJosephoseph Hogan should be pushed by sophomore Robert Ferguson, Schneider wwillill handlehandle who began last season as the starter before giving way to Hogan. the kicking choreschores this Ferguson contributed 36 tackles and three pass breakups. Junior spring. Akeen Felder (23 tackles ) is another dependable option. Long-snappersg -snappers Scott McQueenueen (PAT-FG)(PAT-FG) INSIDE LINEBACKERS and Baileyy WoodsWoods ((punts)punts) Anchoring the middle of the defense at the “Mike” inside line- return, butut holderholder BrandonBrandon backer is Louie Muasau, who was very productive last fall, particu- Lupo must be rreplaced.eplaced. larly over the second half of the season. He fi nished with 61 tackles Th e Panthersanthhers aalsolso returnreturn talentedtalented and an interception. return specialistscialists Albert Wilson and Th e Panthers also have Evan Bostic (63 tackles) here, as well Darren McCray,Cray, wwhoho eaceachh hhadad kkickoffickoff as sophomore Sam Burkhalter, who moves from running back. returns forr touchdownstouchdowns duringduring thethe Sophomore Davis Knowles adds depth. inaugural season,eason, as well as Demarius Veteran Mike Hall returns to linebacker aft er playing safety Matthews oonn ppuntunt returnsreturns.. last fall, where he collected 22 tackles and a forced fumble. 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No. Name ...... Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Nate Anthony ...... WR 5’9 180 So.-R Conley, Ga. (Columbia) 24 Fred Barnes ...... S 6’0 178 So.-R Ellenwood, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) 81 Brett Beidel ...... WR 6’1 185 Fr.-R Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 58 Brandon Berry ...... OLB 5’10 220 Jr.-R Douglasville, Ga. (Chapel Hill) 53 Christo Bilukidi ...... DT 6’5 290 Sr. Ottawa, Ontario (St. Patrick’s/Eastern Arizona J.C.) 13 Evan Bostic ...... ILB 6’2 235 Sr. Shelby, N.C. (Crest/Jones County J.C.) 34 Tyrone Brown ...... RB 5’8 198 Fr.-R Conyers, Ga. (Heritage) 44 Sam Burkhalter ...... LB 5’9 214 So.-R Alpharetta, Ga. (Blessed Trinity) 83 Bo Carter ...... WR 6’4 195 So.-R Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County) 69 Kam Cheatham ...... T 6’1 290 So.-R Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Male) 72 Harrison Clottey ...... G 6’5 310 So.-R Loganville, Ga. (Grayson) 27 Mark Collins ...... CB 5’9 175 So.-R Roswell, Ga. (Milton) 63 Jacob Couch ...... G 6’1 260 Fr.-R Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville) 91 Eduardo Curry ...... NG 6’3 300 So.-R Charleston, S.C. (West Ashley) 68 Michael Davis ...... G 6’3 295 So.-R Lithonia, Ga. (Chamblee) 70 Ramell Davis ...... T 6’7 285 So.-R St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County) 96 Michael Donovan ...... P 5’9 185 Sr.-R Milledgeville, Ga. (John Hancock Acad./Ga. Military) 86 Isaiah Ervin ...... WR 5’9 190 Sr.-R Smyrna, Ga. (Campbell) 21 Travis Evans ...... RB 5’11 183 So.-R Williston, Fla. (Williston) 14 Jocquez Fears ...... S 5’11 208 Sr. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside/Northeastern) 37 Akeen Felder ...... OLB 6’1 205 Jr.-R Perry, Ga. (Perry) 10 Robert Ferguson ...... OLB 6’1 230 So.-R Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central) 93 Alex Findura ...... DE 6’5 225 Fr.-R Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland) 71 Joseph Gilbert ...... G 6’4 290 Sr.-R Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville/Georgia Tech) 8 Jordan Giles ...... WR 6’1 195 So.-R Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley) 80 Cedric Green ...... WR 6’1 199 So.-R Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett) 31 D’Mario Gunn ...... CB 6’1 180 Jr. Hampton, Ga. (Luella/Georgia Military College) 47 Michael Hall ...... ILB 6’1 219 Sr.-R Dublin, Ga. (Dublin) 73 Gabriel Hampton ...... T 6’5 320 Sr. Hercules, Calif. (Hercules/San Franciso City College) 19 Sidney Haynes ...... WR 6’3 212 Sr.-R Suwanee, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge/UCF) 87 Jabrill Hightower ...... WR 5’7 165 So.-R Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia/Lane College) 4 Kelton Hill ...... QB 6’0 183 So.-R Douglasville, Ga. (Lithia Springs) 23 Mark Hogan ...... OLB 5’11 202 So.-R Matthews, N.C. (Sudbury Lincoln (Mass.)) 22 Isaiah Howard ...... CB 5’10 165 So. Boynton Beach, Fla. (American Heritage) 42 Cliff Ibarrondo ...... OLB 6’3 212 Jr.-R Oak Bluff s, Mass. (Martha’s Vineyard) 9 Joshua Jackson ...... WR 5’7 175 So.-R Savannah, Ga. (South Effi ngham/Mississippi College) 31 Jacquies Jackson ...... DB 5’9 185 So.-R Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) 62 Ben Jacoby ...... C 6’2 275 Sr.-R Buford, Ga. (Buford/Ball State) 94 Kalan Jenkins ...... DE 6’5 255 Sr. Midlothian, Texas (Midlothian/Navarro College) 56 Ulrick John ...... T 6’8 290 So. Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute) 20 Brandon Jones ...... S 5’11 180 Sr.-R Decatur, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb/Mars Hill) 82 Zach Jones ...... WR 6’1 200 So.-R Juliette, Ga. (First Presbyterian Day) 98 Deron Jordan ...... NG 6’0 260 Jr.-R Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute) 90 Khiry Karriem ...... NG 6’4 270 Sr. Columbus, Miss. (Columbus/Itawamba C.C.) 79 Grant King ...... T 6’5 285 So.-R Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley) 76 Ladeven Kirkland ...... G 6’5 340 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington/Yuba College) 52 Davis Knowles ...... ILB 6’0 215 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater)

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No. Name ...... Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown (High School/Previous School) 7 Parris Lee ...... RB 5’9 190 So.-R Jacksonville, Fla. (Fletcher) 59 Travis Lee ...... TE 6’3 248 So.-R Griffi n, Ga. (Spalding) 11 Drew Little ...... QB 6’5 245 So.-R McDonough, Ga. (Henry County) 65 Ronald Martin ...... C 6’1 290 Fr.-R Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County) 5 Demarius Matthews ...... CB 5’10 165 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) 8 Jamaal May ...... DB 5’8 182 Fr.-R Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella) 9 Brent McClendon ...... CB 5’9 175 So.-R Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 6 Darren McCray ...... WR 5’7 150 So.-R Columbus, Ga. (Spencer) 32 Allen McKay ...... OLB 6’2 210 So.-R Buena Vista, Ga. (Marion County) 54 Scott McQueen ...... SN 6’0 245 So.-R Buford, Ga. (North Gwinnett) 25 Cole Moon ...... TE-RB 6’3 215 So. Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius X) 35 Jake Muasau ...... OLB 6’1 243 Sr. Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Phoenix College) 38 Louie Muasau ...... ILB 6’0 248 Sr.-R Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Phoenix College) 66 Nick Nesmith ...... T 6’3 255 So.-R Cumming, Ga. (Forsyth Central) 88 Emmanuel Ogbuehi ...... TE 6’3 235 Jr.-R Buford, Ga. (Mill Creek) 15 Wayne Parker ...... DB 5’7 150 Fr.-R Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella) 89 Drew Pearson ...... TE 6’5 230 Fr.-R Lindale, Ga. (Pepperell) 92 Dion Peary...... NG 6’2 280 Sr. Duluth, Ga. (Jeff erson City (Mo.)/Coff eyville C.C.) 18 Franck Pierre-Louis ...... WR 5’8 188 Sr.-R Tucker, Ga. (Tucker/Lane College) 26 Jamal Ransby ...... CB 5’8 165 So. Newnan, Ga. (Newnan) 95 Deron Rhodes ...... DE 6’2 230 Fr.-R Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stone Mountain) 46 Jarrell Robinson ...... OLB 6’3 215 Fr.-R Portal, Ga. (Portal) 74 Jon Marshall Sauls ...... G 6’2 300 So. Savannah, Ga. (Memorial Day) 12 Bo Schlechter ...... QB-P 6’3 210 So.-R Wellington, Fla. (Glades Day) 80 Joseph Schneider ...... PK 6’2 195 So.-R Conyers, Ga. (Salem) 99 Demetreious Shorter ...... DT 6’4 255 So.-R Columbus, Ga. (Crisp County) 36 Kail Singleton ...... S 6’2 203 So.-R Temple, Ga. (Bremen) 28 Malcolm Smith ...... RB 5’10 205 Jr.-R College Park, Ga. (Tri-Cities) 77 C.J. Stephens ...... DE 6’4 245 Fr.-R Woodland, Ala. (Woodland) 61 Marcus Stetzer ...... DL 6’0 255 Fr.-R Columbus, Ga. (Shaw) 64 Kevin Th ompson ...... G 6’1 300 Jr.-R St. Mary’s, Ga. (Camden County) 57 Robert Truitt ...... DT 6’0 255 So.-R Snellville, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb) 12 Mitchell Vinson ...... DB 5’10 190 Jr.-R Monroe, Ga. (Monroe Area/West Georgia) 3 Rosevelt Watson ...... RB 5’9 205 Jr.-R Lake Worth, Fla. (Lake Worth) 30 Tay Watts ...... S 5’9 185 Jr.-R Columbus, Ga. (Carver/Morehouse) 39 Rendell Wilder ...... RB 5’8 175 Fr.-R Decatur, Ga. (Tucker) 45 Austen Wiley ...... DE 6’4 230 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater) 84 Arthur Williams ...... TE 6’3 260 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Carol City/Palomar College) 17 Danny Williams ...... WR 6’4 190 So.-R Orlando, Fla. (Boone) 15 Albert Wilson ...... WR 5’9 190 So. Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Port St. Lucie) 75 Terrance Woodard ...... NG 6’4 320 So. Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County) 48 Bailey Woods ...... TE 6’5 250 Sr.-R Marietta, Ga. (Walton/Auburn) 18 Blake Wyatt ...... OLB 6’3 220 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Landmark Christian) 50 Tim Wynn ...... C 6’2 270 So. Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 78 Clyde Yandell ...... T 6’5 287 Sr.-R Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Nease/Georgia Tech) 60 Cade Yates ...... G 6’1 280 So.-R Roswell, Ga. (Roswell)

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No. Name ...... Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Nate Anthony ...... WR 5’9 180 So.-R Conley, Ga. (Columbia) 3 Rosevelt Watson ...... RB 5’9 205 Jr.-R Lake Worth, Fla. (Lake Worth) 4 Kelton Hill ...... QB 6’0 183 So.-R Douglasville, Ga. (Lithia Springs) 5 Demarius Matthews ...... CB 5’10 165 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) 6 Darren McCray ...... WR 5’7 150 So.-R Columbus, Ga. (Spencer) 7 Parris Lee ...... RB 5’9 190 So.-R Jacksonville, Fla. (Fletcher) 8 Jordan Giles ...... WR 6’1 195 So.-R Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley) 8 Jamaal May ...... DB 5’8 182 Fr.-R Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella) 9 Joshua Jackson ...... WR 5’7 175 So.-R Savannah, Ga. (South Effi ngham/Mississippi College) 9 Brent McClendon ...... CB 5’9 175 So.-R Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 10 Robert Ferguson ...... OLB 6’1 230 So.-R Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central) 11 Drew Little ...... QB 6’5 245 So.-R McDonough, Ga. (Henry County) 12 Bo Schlechter ...... QB-P 6’3 210 So.-R Wellington, Fla. (Glades Day) 12 Mitchell Vinson ...... DB 5’10 190 Jr.-R Monroe, Ga. (Monroe Area/West Georgia) 13 Evan Bostic ...... ILB 6’2 235 Sr. Shelby, N.C. (Crest/Jones County J.C.) 14 Jocquez Fears ...... S 5’11 208 Sr. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside/Northeastern) 15 Wayne Parker ...... DB 5’7 150 Fr.-R Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella) 15 Albert Wilson ...... WR 5’9 190 So. Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Port St. Lucie) 17 Danny Williams ...... WR 6’4 190 So.-R Orlando, Fla. (Boone) 18 Franck Pierre-Louis ...... WR 5’8 188 Sr.-R Tucker, Ga. (Tucker/Lane College) 18 Blake Wyatt ...... OLB 6’3 220 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Landmark Christian) 19 Sidney Haynes ...... WR 6’3 212 Sr.-R Suwanee, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge/UCF) 20 Brandon Jones ...... S 5’11 180 Sr.-R Decatur, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb/Mars Hill) 21 Travis Evans ...... RB 5’11 183 So.-R Williston, Fla. (Williston) 22 Isaiah Howard ...... CB 5’10 165 So. Boynton Beach, Fla. (American Heritage) 23 Mark Hogan ...... OLB 5’11 202 So.-R Matthews, N.C. (Sudbury Lincoln (Mass.)) 24 Fred Barnes ...... S 6’0 178 So.-R Ellenwood, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) 25 Cole Moon ...... TE-RB 6’3 215 So. Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius X) 26 Jamal Ransby ...... CB 5’8 165 So. Newnan, Ga. (Newnan) 27 Mark Collins ...... CB 5’9 175 So.-R Roswell, Ga. (Milton) 28 Malcolm Smith ...... RB 5’10 205 Jr.-R College Park, Ga. (Tri-Cities) 30 Tay Watts ...... S 5’9 185 Jr.-R Columbus, Ga. (Carver/Morehouse) 31 D’Mario Gunn ...... CB 6’1 180 Jr. Hampton, Ga. (Luella/Georgia Military College) 31 Jacquies Jackson ...... DB 5’9 185 So.-R Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) 32 Allen McKay ...... OLB 6’2 210 So.-R Buena Vista, Ga. (Marion County) 34 Tyrone Brown ...... RB 5’8 198 Fr.-R Conyers, Ga. (Heritage) 35 Jake Muasau ...... OLB 6’1 243 Sr. Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Phoenix College) 36 Kail Singleton ...... S 6’2 203 So.-R Temple, Ga. (Bremen) 37 Akeen Felder ...... OLB 6’1 205 Jr.-R Perry, Ga. (Perry) 38 Louie Muasau ...... ILB 6’0 248 Sr.-R Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena/Phoenix College) 39 Rendell Wilder ...... RB 5’8 175 Fr.-R Decatur, Ga. (Tucker) 42 Cliff Ibarrondo ...... OLB 6’3 212 Jr.-R Oak Bluff s, Mass. (Martha’s Vineyard) 44 Sam Burkhalter ...... LB 5’9 214 So.-R Alpharetta, Ga. (Blessed Trinity) 45 Austen Wiley ...... DE 6’4 230 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater) 46 Jarrell Robinson ...... OLB 6’3 215 Fr.-R Portal, Ga. (Portal) 47 Michael Hall ...... ILB 6’1 219 Sr.-R Dublin, Ga. (Dublin) 48 Bailey Woods ...... TE 6’5 250 Sr.-R Marietta, Ga. (Walton/Auburn)

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No. Name ...... Pos Ht Wt Class Hometown (High School/Previous School) 50 Tim Wynn ...... C 6’2 270 So. Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 52 Davis Knowles ...... ILB 6’0 215 So.-R Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater) 53 ChristoBilukidi ...... DT 6’5 290 Sr. Ottawa, Ontario (St. Patrick’s/Eastern Arizona J.C.) 54 Scott McQueen ...... SN 6’0 245 So.-R Buford, Ga. (North Gwinnett) 56 Ulrick John ...... T 6’8 290 So. Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute) 57 Robert Truitt ...... DT 6’0 255 So.-R Snellville, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb) 58 Brandon Berry ...... OLB 5’10 220 Jr.-R Douglasville, Ga. (Chapel Hill) 59 Travis Lee ...... TE 6’3 248 So.-R Griffi n, Ga. (Spalding) 60 Cade Yates ...... G 6’1 280 So.-R Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 61 Marcus Stetzer ...... DL 6’0 255 Fr.-R Columbus, Ga. (Shaw) 62 Ben Jacoby ...... C 6’2 275 Sr.-R Buford, Ga. (Buford/Ball State) 63 Jacob Couch ...... G 6’1 260 Fr.-R Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville) 64 Kevin Th ompson ...... G 6’1 300 Jr.-R St. Mary’s, Ga. (Camden County) 65 Ronald Martin ...... C 6’1 290 Fr.-R Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County) 66 Nick Nesmith ...... T 6’3 255 So.-R Cumming, Ga. (Forsyth Central) 68 Michael Davis ...... G 6’3 295 So.-R Lithonia, Ga. (Chamblee) 69 Kam Cheatham ...... T 6’1 290 So.-R Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Male) 70 Ramell Davis ...... T 6’7 285 So.-R St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County) 71 Joseph Gilbert ...... G 6’4 290 Sr.-R Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville/Georgia Tech) 72 Harrison Clottey ...... G 6’5 310 So.-R Loganville, Ga. (Grayson) 73 Gabriel Hampton ...... T 6’5 320 Sr. Hercules, Calif. (Hercules/San Franciso City College) 74 Jon Marshall Sauls ...... G 6’2 300 So. Savannah, Ga. (Memorial Day) 75 Terrance Woodard ...... NG 6’4 320 So. Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County) 76 Ladeven Kirkland ...... G 6’5 340 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington/Yuba College) 77 C.J. Stephens ...... DE 6’4 245 Fr.-R Woodland, Ala. (Woodland) 78 Clyde Yandell ...... T 6’5 287 Sr.-R Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Nease/Georgia Tech) 79 Grant King ...... T 6’5 285 So.-R Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley) 80 Cedric Green ...... WR 6’1 199 So.-R Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett) 80 Joseph Schneider ...... PK 6’2 195 So.-R Conyers, Ga. (Salem) 81 Brett Beidel ...... WR 6’1 185 Fr.-R Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 82 Zach Jones ...... WR 6’1 200 So.-R Juliette, Ga. (First Presbyterian Day) 83 Bo Carter ...... WR 6’4 195 So.-R Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County) 84 Arthur Williams ...... TE 6’3 260 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Carol City/Palomar College) 86 Isaiah Ervin ...... WR 5’9 190 Sr.-R Smyrna, Ga. (Campbell) 87 Jabrill Hightower ...... WR 5’7 165 So.-R Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia/Lane College) 88 Emmanuel Ogbuehi ...... TE 6’3 235 Jr.-R Buford, Ga. (Mill Creek) 89 Drew Pearson ...... TE 6’5 230 Fr.-R Lindale, Ga. (Pepperell) 90 Khiry Karriem ...... NG 6’4 270 Sr. Columbus, Miss. (Columbus/Itawamba C.C.) 91 Eduardo Curry ...... NG 6’3 300 So.-R Charleston, S.C. (West Ashley) 92 Dion Peary...... NG 6’2 280 Sr. Duluth, Ga. (Jeff erson City (Mo.)/Coff eyville C.C.) 93 Alex Findura ...... DE 6’5 225 Fr.-R Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland) 94 Kalan Jenkins ...... DE 6’5 255 Sr. Midlothian, Texas (Midlothian/Navarro College) 95 Deron Rhodes ...... DE 6’2 230 Fr.-R Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stone Mountain) 96 Michael Donovan ...... P 5’9 185 Sr.-R Milledgeville, Ga. (John Hancock Acad./Ga. Military) 98 Deron Jordan ...... NG 6’0 260 Jr.-R Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute) 99 Demetreious Shorter ...... DT 6’4 255 So.-R Columbus, Ga. (Crisp County)

G EORGIAS TATES PORTS.COM 9 PRESIDENT MARK P. BECKER President Mark P. Becker has launched a major strategic planning initiative focused on positioning the university, as it sets its sights on its second century, to become one of the world’s premier urban universities.

ark P. Becker, the seventh president of Georgia State MUniversity, began his tenure aff airs at the University of on Jan. 1, 2009. Michigan’s School of Public Becker has launched Health. He also has held a major strategic planning academic appointments at initiative focused on position- the University of Washington, ing the university, as it sets its the University of Florida and sights on its second century, Cornell University. to become one of the world’s Becker earned his bachelor’s premier urban universities. degree in mathematics from Embracing its commitments Towson State University and to recognized excellence in his doctorate in statistics education and research, as to Georgia State over fi ve Metro Atlanta Chamber from the Pennsylvania State well as its unique location in years to build internationally of Commerce Board of University. and commitment to Atlanta, recognized scholarly strength Directors; Georgia Chamber During his career, the university is poised to rise and critical mass in areas of of Commerce Board of Becker has been involved to new levels of accomplish- priority. Directors; Georgia Research in several professional ment and impact. Becker is a member of Alliance Board of Trustees; associations, including the Under Becker’s leader- the Central Atlanta Progress 191 Club Board of Governors; American Association for ship, GSU recently launched Executive Committee; Atlanta ARCHE (Atlanta Regional the Advancement of Science, the Second Century Initiative Committee for Progress Council for Higher Education) the International Biometric for faculty excellence, most Board of Directors; Georgia Board; and the World Aff airs Society and the American oft en referred to as “2CI.” Aquarium Board; Woodruff Council of Atlanta Board of Statistical Association, where Th is initiative will bring 100 Arts Center Board of Trustees; Directors. he is a fellow. He has been additional faculty members A biostatistician, public principal investigator on health researcher and aca- research grants from the demic leader, Becker served National Institutes of Health as executive vice president for and the National Science academic aff airs and provost Foundation, and he has pub- at the University of South lished extensively in leading Carolina before assuming journals of medicine, public Georgia State’s presidency. health, and statistics. Becker Prior to that appointment, has served on a number of Becker spent three years at the editorial boards, was co-editor University of Minnesota as a of Sociological Methodology, biostatistics professor, dean of and was a guest editor for the School of Public Health Sociological Methods and and assistant vice president of Research and for the Journal Public Health, Preparedness of the American Statistical and Emergency Response. Association. President Mark Becker, Director of Athletics Cheryl L. From 1989 to 2000, Becker and his wife, Laura Levick and head coach Bill Curry began the Countdown Becker was a professor and Voisinet, have two grown to Touchdown on Sept. 2, 2009. associate dean for academic children, Matthew and Julia.

10 2011 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS CHERYL L. LEVICK Cheryl L. Levick carries a resume of experience and success from prestigious athletics programs across the nation in her position as Director of Athletics at Georgia State University.

harged with leading she served as chief of staff /exec- of the NCAA Division I-AAA GSU athletics in an utive senior athletic director, Athletic Directors Association. era of unprecedented overseeing daily management Before going to Maryland opportunity,C Cheryl Levick of the 27-sport program. Her in 2007, she served three years has quickly put her stamp on impressive career includes a (2004-07) as director of athletics the Panther program with total of seven years as director at Saint Louis, where she led the the kickoff of Georgia State of athletics at Santa Clara transition from Conference USA football and the continued University and Saint Louis to the Atlantic 10 Conference growth of the overall program. University as well as nearly two and served as the lead fundraiser In addition to the highly decades in senior administra- for a new $80 million on-campus successful inaugural football tive positions at Maryland and arena and practice complex. In season, other highlights of Stanford University and stints 2006, she received the Carl O. Levick’s fi rst two years on the with the Pacifi c 10 Conference Bauer Award as the top amateur job include historic increases in and the NCAA headquarters. sports fi gure in the St. Louis area. fundraising, numerous facili- Levick was named the Levick also spent four years ties upgrades—most notably 2001 Division I Athletic (2003-07) as director of athletics the GSU Football Practice Administrator of the Year by and recreation at Santa Clara Complex—and the rebranding the National Association of University. She oversaw a major of the school’s mascot and Collegiate Women Athletic renovation of the Broncos’ athletic logos. Administrators (NACWAA). basketball arena while securing Under Levick’s leadership, In 2005-06, she received the approval for a $42.75 million Georgia State student-athletes General Sports TURF Systems commitment within the Univer- have excelled in the classroom, Athletic Director of the Year sity’s capital campaign. posting a grade point average Award for the NCAA Division Prior to Santa Clara, Levick over 3.0 while completing more I Central Region, and she was worked 12 years at Stanford as than 4,000 hours of community recognized in both 1998 and senior associate athletic director service in 2009-10. 1999 as one of the nation’s Top and senior woman adminis- Levick came to Georgia 25 Female Sports Executives by trator. She served as the primary State in March 2009 from the Street & Smith’s Sports Business administrator for 33 varsity University of Maryland, where Journal. She is a past president programs that won 44 national championships and six straight Sears Cup titles during her tenure. Levick previously served as assistant commissioner of the Pac-10 Conference, assistant director of communications and women’s programs at the NCAA, women’s gymnastics women’s track. coach and associate athletic Levick is a 1974 graduate director at Slippery Rock Uni- of the University of Missouri, versity, and assistant gymnastics and she holds a masters degree coach and synchronized swim in athletic administration from coach at Indiana University. She Indiana University. She has began her career at Pattonville two daughters: Heather, who is Senior High School in St. Louis, married to Michael Klass, and Mo., coaching gymnastics and Melissa. THE LEVICK FAMILY: (l-r) Michael, Heather, Cheryl and Melissa.

G EORGIAS TATES PORTS.COM 11 BILL CURRY

A person whose name is name synonymous with CLASS AND INTEGRITY in the coaching profession, BILL CURRY is the architect and builder of GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL as the program’s fi rst head coach.

he Atlanta native and former head coach at Georgia program exceeded all expectations in terms of attendance, Tech, Alabama and Kentucky was introduced excitement and media exposure. Curry has called his on June 12, 2008, eight weeks aft er the football current post at Georgia State the highlight of his storied programT was offi cially launched on April 17. career. Curry spent more than two years developing, directing Curry brought to Georgia State his 17 years of expe- and promoting the football program in preparation for rience as a head coach in the Southeastern Conference Georgia State’s inaugural season. When his Panthers and Atlantic Coast Conference--including Coach of the took the fi eld for the fi rst time in 2010, the city of Atlanta Year awards in both leagues-as well as an All-Pro playing and the football world took notice. Not only did his career in the National Football League, and, most recently, fl edgling squad post a winning record at 6-5, but the national notoriety as a college football analyst for ESPN.

12 2011 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALLFOOTBALL HEAD CCOACCOACHO A C H

COACHING CAREER: 1976 Assistant Coach, Georgia Tech 1977-79 Assistant Coach, Green Bay Packers 1980-86 Head Coach, Georgia Tech 1987-89 Head Coach, Alabama 1990-96 Head Coach, Kentucky 2008-present Head Coach, Georgia State

PLAYING CAREER: Th ree-year letterwinner (1962-63-64) at Georgia Tech. Team captain in 1964. Played 10 years as a center in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (1965-66), Baltimore Colts (1967-72), Houston Oilers (1973) and Los Angeles Rams (1974) Played in three Super Bowls with Green Bay (Super Bowl I) and Baltimore (Super Bowl III & V) Won three championships (Green Bay, 1965 & 1966; Baltimore, 1970) NFL Pro Bowl, 1971 & 1972 Served as President of NFL Players Association

OTHER EXPERIENCE: Television analyst and contributing writer, ESPN, 1997-2007 Director of Leadership Baylor, Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tenn., 2006-08 Author of “Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons from a Football Life” Distinguished Executive Fellow, Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, 2008-present

HONORS: Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, 1985 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year, 1989 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year, 1989 THE CURRY FILE Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (AFCA), 2007 Full Name: William Alexander Curry President Gerald R. Ford Legends Center Award, 2008 Date of Birth: Oct. 21, 1942 (Son of Bill & Eleanor Member of Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame, State Curry) of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame & Atlanta Sports Hometown: College Park, Ga. Hall of Fame Wife: Married to Dr. Carolyn Newton Curry Children: Bill Curry, Jr., and Dr. Kristin Curry Hunter Grandchildren: Alex Curry (13), Elliot Curry (11), Brett Curry (2), Evelyn Hunter (8), Claire Hunter (5). Education: Georgia Tech, 1965 (B.S. in Industrial Management); College Park (Ga.) High School

G EORGIAS TATES PORTS.COM 13 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD 89-110-4, 18 years

Georgia Tech (31-43-4, 7 years) Aft er concluding his 10-year play- lineman John Davis, record-setting 1980 1-9-1 ing career as a center for the Green Bay tailback Robert Lavette, and all-ACC 1981 1-10 Packers (1965-66), Baltimore Colts linebacker Ted Roof, Curry’s teams also 1982 6-5 (1967-72), Houston Oilers (1973) scored a pair of victories over nationally- 1983 3-8 and Los Angeles Rams (1974), Curry ranked Georgia teams as well as a win 1984 6-4-1 entered the coaching ranks as off ensive over 13th-ranked Clemson that snapped line coach at Georgia Tech in 1976. He a 20-game ACC winning streak. 1985 9-2-1 ACC Runnerup, All American Bowl then spent three years as an NFL assis- Curry’s rebuilding eff orts culmi- tant with the Packers (1977-79) before nated in 1985, when he led Tech to a 1986 5-5-1 returning to his alma mater as head 9-2-1 season for the school’s highest Alabama (26-10, 3 years) coach in 1980. win total in two decades and its fi rst 1987 7-5 Hall of Fame Bowl Curry took over a Georgia Tech bowl victory in 13 years, defeating 1988 9-3 Sun Bowl program in transition, moving from heavily-favored Michigan State in the 1989 10-2 SEC Champions, independent status to the Atlantic Coast All-American Bowl. For his eff orts, he Sugar Bowl Conference while in need of facilities was named ACC Coach of the Year. Kentucky (26-52, 7 years) upgrades. His fi rst two seasons were Curry compiled a record of 20-11-3 highlighted by a stunning 3-3 tie against over his fi nal three seasons at Georgia 1990 4-7 No. 1-ranked Notre Dame in 1980, in Tech before moving to Alabama in 1991 3-8 which the Yellow Jackets’ quarterback 1987. He posted a three-year record of 1992 4-7 was a freshman walk-on named Ken 26-10 with the Crimson Tide, capped 1993 6-6 Peach Bowl Whisenhunt, who is now the head coach by the 1989 SEC title and Sugar Bowl 1994 1-10 of the Arizona Cardinals, and a 24-21 berth. 1995 4-7 victory at fourth-ranked Alabama the In addition to being selected SEC 1996 4-7 following year. Coach of the Year in 1989, Curry By recruiting talents such as all- received the national coaching acco- Georgia State (6-5, 1 year) America defensive end and future NFL lade named for his beloved mentor, the 2010 6-5 Inaugural Season star Pat Swilling, all-America off ensive Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.

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Curry then spent seven seasons at Already a member of the State of Kentucky (1990-96), highlighted by a Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Curry was THROUGH THE YEARS berth in the 1993 Peach Bowl. At the inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of time, that marked the Wildcats’ fourth Fame in 2010. bowl berth in 40 years. Curry also serves at Georgia State Th rough every stop, Curry has car- as a Distinguished Executive Fellow in ried an indelible reputation for integrity the Robinson College of Business. and class, and he has been guided by the He is the author of the book, “Ten ideal that the education and well-being Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons of the student-athlete is paramount. from a Football Life,” published in 2008. In 2007, he was recognized by the His passion for mentoring young American Football Coaches Asso- people is also evident in his previous ciation with the Amos Alonzo Stagg position as the director of Leadership Blocking for Johnny Unitas Award, which honors someone “whose Baylor at the Baylor School in Chatta- services have been outstanding in the nooga, Tenn., where he served before advancement of the best interests of taking over at Georgia State. football.” Curry attended College Park High In 2008, he received the President School in the Atlanta area before going Gerald R. Ford Legends Center Award, on to Georgia Tech, where he earned which is presented annually to someone his B.S. degree in Industrial Manage- who has played the center position at ment in 1965. the collegiate or professional level, has He is married to the former Carolyn made extraordinary contributions to Newton of Atlanta, a graduate of Agnes his team during his football career and Scott College who earned her master’s has proven to be an exemplary citizen, degree and Ph.D. from Georgia State. With Vince Lombardi philanthropist or leader in the business Bill and Carolyn have two children and or football community. fi ve grandchildren. PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGIA TECH OF GEORGIA COURTESY PHOTO

Coaching at Georgia Tech (above) and Alabama PHOTO COURTESY OF ALABAMA COURTESY PHOTO

THE CURRY FAMILY: Back (l-r): Son Bill Curry, Jr., Bill, son-in-law Bob Hunter. Middle: Daughter-in-law Kelly Curry, holding grandson Brett (2), Dr. Carolyn Curry, daughter Dr. Kristin Hunter. Front (l-r): Grandson Alex Curry (13), granddaughters Claire (5) and Evelyn (8) Hunter, grandson Elliot Curry (11).

G EORGIAS TATES PORTS.COM 15 COACHING STAFF

George John PUGH THOMPSON Assistant Head Coach - Assistant Head Coach - Recruiting & Special Projects / Strategic Planning / Defensive Wide Receivers Coordinator / Inside Linebackers Fourth Season at GSU Fourth Season at GSU

eteran coach George Pugh serves as assistant head coach for ohn Th ompson, Georgia State’s assistant head coach for schedul- Vrecruiting and special projects on Georgia State’s football staff . Jing and strategic planning and defensive coordinator, possesses 28 Pugh, who also coaches the wide receivers, was one of the fi rst coaches years of college coaching experience, including 24 seasons as a coordi- that Bill Curry hired when he assembled his fi rst GSU staff in July 2008. nator and two years as the head coach at East Carolina. In addition to more than 25 years in college coaching, Pugh has One of the fi rst coaches hired by Bill Curry when he assembled his strong ties to the Atlanta area aft er serving as the head coach at Colum- fi rst GSU staff , Th ompson also coaches the inside linebackers. He pre- bia High School (1978) and Meadowcreek High School (2003-04). As a viously worked one season with Curry as linebackers coach at Alabama college coach, he has recruited the Atlanta area throughout his career. in 1987. Pugh also has head coaching experience, directing the Alabama Recognized as a top defensive mind, Th ompson has worked as A&M program from 1989-91. In his three seasons, the Bulldogs posted defensive coordinator or co-coordinator at Southeastern Conference a 19-10 record, winning three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Con- schools Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina and LSU, as well ference titles and reaching the NCAA Division II playoff s in 1991. as at Memphis, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech and Northwest- In 2007, Pugh served as receivers coach at the University of Hous- ern State. ton, helping the Cougars reach the Texas Bowl and coaching Donnie As a defensive coordinator, Th ompson has seen more than 40 of Avery, who was selected in the second round (33rd overall pick) of the his defensive players draft ed by, or sign with, National Football League 2008 National Football League draft by the St. Louis Rams. teams. Forty of his defenders earned all-conference honors, fi ve were Prior to that, Pugh served two seasons (2005-06) at UAB. Th at was named all-America, and one, former Northwestern State linebacker his second tour of duty with the Blazers, where he also worked from Gary Reasons, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of 1995-2000, both times working under head coach Watson Brown. Fame. In his fi rst UAB stint, Pugh helped the Blazers in their transition to Th ompson came to Georgia State in July 2008 aft er spending the NCAA Division I-A. 2007 season as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Ole He worked as an assistant coach at Arkansas in 2001-02. Miss. Th at followed a one-year stint as athletics director at his alma Pugh began his coaching career in 1976 as an assistant coach at mater, the University of Central Arkansas, which he guided in its move Columbia High School in Decatur, Ga., where he served one season as to NCAA Division I. He served as co-defensive coordinator at South an assistant coach and one year as head coach. He then moved to the Carolina in 2005. college ranks, serving as receivers coach at UT-Chattanooga (1978-79) As the head coach at East Carolina in 2003-04, he coached three and then New Mexico (1980). fi rst-team all-conference players and seven all-freshman selections. He then spent one season at Pittsburgh, helping the Panthers reach Th ompson was the defensive coordinator at Florida in 2002, when the 1982 Sugar Bowl, before a seven-year stint at Texas A&M (1982- the Gators’ pass defense was ranked seventh in the nation, allowing 88). Th e Aggies won three Southwest Conference titles and played in just 162.4 yards per game. He also spent two years at Arkansas, serv- three Cotton Bowls during his time there. ing as co-defensive coordinator in 2000 and then defensive coordina- Pugh also coached high school football in Alabama at Selma High tor in 2001. In 2000, the Razorbacks were second in the nation in pass School (1992-93) and Luverne High School (1994). defense while leading the SEC in pass defense and total defense. Th e A four-year letterwinner as a tight end, Pugh played at Alabama following year, Th ompson helped lead Arkansas to the 2002 Cotton under head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. During his four years (1972-75), Bowl. the Crimson Tide lost just one game, highlighted by a national cham- Th ompson’s fi rst position as a defensive coordinator came at pionship in 1973. He earned his bachelor’s degree in health, physical Northwestern State, where he served from 1983-86, and again from education and recreation from Alabama in 1976. 1988-89 aft er spending the 1987 season at Alabama. Pugh is married to the former Lelettrice Hines. Th e couple has In 1990, he became the defensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech for three daughters, Stephanie, April and Brittany, and three sons, Marcus, two seasons before moving to Southern Miss as defensive coordinator Michael George and Joshua. in 1992. He was given additional responsibility as assistant head coach in 1993. In Th ompson’s seven seasons at Southern Miss (1992-98), the Golden Eagles won or shared two Conference USA titles, twice ranked among the top 25 nationally in scoring defense and made two bowl appearances.

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In one season at Memphis in 1999, his Tiger defense ranked 11th From there, Bond moved to a four-year stint at Illinois State, serv- in the nation in scoring defense and 23rd in total defense. ing as wide receivers coach in 1996 before he was elevated to off ensive A native of Forrest City, Ark., Th ompson began as a high school coordinator and quarterbacks coach for his fi nal three years (1997-99). coach in 1977 while pursuing his bachelor’s degree at UCA. He contin- Th e Redbirds ranked in the top 10 in the nation in scoring his fi nal ued to coach prep football until moving to the college ranks in 1982 as two years. In 1999, Illinois State reached the NCAA I-AA national a graduate assistant at Arkansas, where he worked under Lou Holtz. semifi nals, and Bond was a fi nalist for the American Football Coaches A high school quarterback, Th ompson was inducted into the For- Association’s Assistant Coach of the Year award. rest City High School Hall of Fame in 2006. His playing career also His coaching background also includes two seasons as a student includes two seasons as a defensive back at Central Arkansas. He assistant (1983-84) and one year as a graduate assistant (1985) at his earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from UCA in 1978. alma mater, Arkansas, where he worked under Lou Holtz and Ken Th ompson and his wife, Charleen, have two sons, Cabe and Hays. Hatfi eld. A native of Rogers, Ark., Bond was an all-state quarterback for his father, Gary Bond, at Rogers High School. Th e elder Bond is a mem- ber of the state’s high school federation Hall of Fame, and John was inducted into the Rogers High Hall of Fame. John Bond who played one season at Arkansas before a career-ending injury, earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1985. BOND He is married to the former Jennifer Wilder, and the couple has two daughters, MacKenzie and Mallory, and one son, Brody. Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Fourth Season at GSU Jason FRENCH eorgia State’s fi rst off ensive coordinator, John Bond is a 26-year Gveteran of college coaching who previously spent 11 seasons as Outside Linebackers an off ensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, Northern Illinois, Army and Third Season at GSU Illinois State. In the Panthers’ inaugural season of 2010, Bond molded a young and inexperienced group into a productive off ensive unit that averaged nearly 28 points per game. Th e Panthers completed 60 percent of their passes for more than 2,200 yards with 19 touchdown passes. Before joining Bill Curry’s fi rst Georgia State staff in July 2008, ason French, a former professional player in the Canadian Bond served the 2007 season as off ensive coordinator and quarterbacks JFootball League, serves as the outside linebackers coach on the coach at Georgia Tech, where his off ense was led by all-Atlantic Coast Georgia State football staff . Conference running back Tashard Choice, the ACC rushing leader French, who retired from pro football in 2008, played eight years who was draft ed by the Dallas Cowboys. in the CFL as a wide receiver with the Saskatchewan Roughriders He spent the previous three seasons coaching one of the nation’s (2001-06) and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2007-08). most prolifi c rushing attacks as off ensive coordinator at Northern Illi- His top seasons were 2004 and 2005 with more than 50 receptions nois (2004-06). All-America Garrett Wolfe led the nation in rushing each year. He ranks among the Roughriders’ career Top 20 in recep- in 2006 aft er ranking second as a junior and fi ft h as a sophomore. Th e tions and receiving yards. third-round draft pick is now with the Chicago Bears. A native of Montreal, Canada, French was selected by Saskatch- Bond helped Northern Illinois to two Mid-American Confer- ewan in the second round of the 2001 CFL draft out of Murray State ence Western Division titles and two bowl games, highlighted by a 9-4 University, where he played two seasons. He also played two seasons at record in 2004, when the Huskies ranked 11th in the nation in rushing, Middle Georgia College. 14th in scoring and 14th in total off ense. French and his wife, Amber, have a daughter, Ryan Michelle. Before going to Northern Illinois, Bond served four seasons (2000- 03) as off ensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Army, where he fashioned a wide-open off ense that broke 35 school records. Bond’s fi rst full-time coaching position was at Southwest Missouri State, where he served as running backs coach and recruiting coordina- tor from 1986-90. Th e Bears won two conference titles and reached the NCAA I-AA playoff s twice, advancing to the quarterfi nals in 1989. He served as quarterbacks coach at UTEP from 1991-93 and then as quarterback coach and passing game coordinator at Delta State in 1994-95.

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Midget came to GSU in 2008 aft er spending the 2007 season as a graduate assistant at Virginia Tech, helping the Hokies to the Atlantic Craig Coast Conference title and a berth in the Fed Ex Orange Bowl. Midget also served fi ve years (2002-07) coaching at Lake Worth HARMON High School in Lake Worth, Fla., where his positions included assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach and running backs coach. He also coached track, weightlift ing and basketball and Tight Ends taught physical education. Second Season at GSU A four-year letterwinner (1996-99) and three-year starter at cor- nerback at Virginia Tech, Midget helped the Hokies to four straight bowl games, capped by an appearance in the BCS National Champion- ship game following the 1999 season. He earned third-team all-America honors from Th e Sporting News as well as fi rst-team all-Big East accolades in 1999. Th e Dean’s raig Harmon joined the Georgia State staff in January 2010 as List student also made the Big East All-Academic Team. Ctight ends coach. Following his senior season, Midget was selected in the fi ft h round Harmon came to Georgia State aft er four years (2006-09) at the of the 2000 National Football League draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He University of St. Francis, an NAIA program in Joliet, Ill., where he also spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. served as off ensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. Before that, A native of Clewiston, Fla., Midget graduated from Virginia Tech he spent two years as a graduate assistant at Northern Illinois, working in 1999 with a degree in sociology. He has a daughter, Anaiya. with current GSU off ensive coordinator John Bond. During Harmon’s time at NIU, the Huskies shared the Mid-American Conference West Division title both years. He also spent two seasons (2002-03) as a graduate assistant coach at Quincy (Ill.) University, coaching running backs and defensive Todd backs. PERRY Harmon played collegiately as a quarterback, beginning his career at Northern Illinois (1998-2000) before transferring to Quincy (2001- 02). He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and then his Running Backs master’s in education administration, both from Quincy. Third Season at GSU Th e native of Godfrey, Ill., was a standout prep quarterback at Alton High School. He and his wife, the former Megan Anderson, have one son, Cooper.

ormer National Football League player Todd Perry joined the FGeorgia State football coaching staff as running backs coach in Anthony 2009. Perry played for Georgia State head coach Bill Curry at Kentucky MIDGET before an 11-year career as an NFL off ensive lineman with the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins. Special Teams Coordinator / Following his retirement from the NFL, Perry spent three seasons coaching on the high school level, working with the junior varsity pro- Defensive Backs grams at Alpharetta and Milton High Schools in metro Atlanta. Third Season at GSU A native of Elizabethtown, Ky., Perry was an all-Southeastern Conference guard for Kentucky in 1992. He lettered four years for the Wildcats and was named the team’s outstanding off ensive lineman his junior and senior seasons. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL draft by the nthony Midget, a former all-America at Virginia Tech and an Bears, for whom he played eight seasons (1993-2000), including six AAtlanta Falcons draft pick, coaches special teams and defensive years as a starter. He received the team’s Brian Piccolo Award as an out- backs on the fi rst football staff for Georgia State and head coach Bill standing rookie in 1993. Curry. Perry, who started a total of 144 NFL games, concluded his career Georgia State’s special teams excelled in the 2010 inaugural sea- with three seasons (2001-03) in Miami, where he was a member of an son. GSU was not eligible for offi cial NCAA statistical rankings, but off ensive line that blocked for NFL rushing leader Ricky Williams in the Panthers’ net punting average (37.34) and kickoff return average 2002. (24.20) would have ranked among the top 10 nationally. Th e GSU spe- A three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Perry cials teams also contributed two kickoff returns for touchdowns and a earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Kentucky in 1993. blocked punt, and placekicker Iain Vance earned third-team all-Amer- He and his wife, Heidi, have three children: Tyler, Alexandra and ica recognition. Kiley.

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An Atlanta native, Ward played at Southwest DeKalb High School under legendary coach Buck Godfrey. He went on to play for Curry at Mike Kentucky, where he lettered four years as a defensive end and earned second-team all-SEC honors in 1996. RIDDLE Ward, a seventh-round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 1997, spent time on the Ravens’ roster as well as that of the Tennessee Titans Offensive Line before playing in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores, for whom he served as team captain. Following his playing career, he served Fourth Season at GSU internships with the Claymores (2003) and Berlin Th under (2004). He moved to the Cologne Centurions as a defensive assistant coach in 2005 and then was elevated to defensive line coach in 2006. In 2007, he joined the startup All-American Football League as Manager of Player Personnel and remained there until the league ceased operations in May 2008. ike Riddle is the off ensive line coach on head coach Bill Curry’s Ward earned his bachelor’s degree in social work from Kentucky in MGeorgia State staff . 1997. In Georgia State’s inaugural season of 2010, Riddle’s off ensive line He and his wife, Erika, are the parents of twins, Evan and Ava, and allowed just 10 quarterback sacks the entire season for an off ensive unit son Dallas. that averaged 30 pass attempts per game. Riddle, who played under Curry at Kentucky, joined the Georgia State staff in 2008 as director of football operations before moving to a full-time coaching position in 2009. He came to State from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Ryan Ga., where he served as line coach in 2007 before being elevated to off ensive coordinator. ZIMMERMAN He previously spent four seasons at Indiana, serving as a graduate assistant and off ensive quality control assistant. Specialists / Defensive Assistant Before going to Indiana, Riddle coached three seasons of high school football, working with the off ensive line at Colerain High Third Season at GSU School in Cincinnati, Ohio (2000) and Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Ky. (2001-02). Riddle joined the Kentucky program as a walk-on and lettered four years (1995-98). He was honored as the Wildcats’ Scout Team Player of the Year in 1996 and earned a scholarship for his fi nal season (1998). yan Zimmerman enters his third season on the Georgia State Riddle earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Kentucky Rfootball staff , coaching the kickers and specialists while serving as in 1999 and added a master’s in secondary education in 2000 as well as a defensive assistant. a specialist degree in leadership from Liberty University in 2009. Georgia State’s specialists performed extremely well in the A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Riddle has a son, Landon. Panthers’ inaugural season of 2010. Placekicker Iain Vance earned third-team all-America recognition aft er connecting on 15 of 17 field goals. Punter Bo Schlechter averaged 44.5 yards per kick, and the Panthers posted a net punting average of 37.34 yards, which would have ranked among the nation’s top 10 in the Football Championship Chris Subdivision. Zimmerman has previous coaching experience at the high school WARD level, working with the programs at West Hall High School (1999-02), his alma mater, and East Hall High (2005). Defensive Line Before coming to Georgia State in 2009, Zimmerman worked in Fourth Season at GSU the investment fi eld and for his family business. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Zimmerman attended Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga.

hris Ward, a former all-Southeastern Conference player with Ccoaching experience in NFL Europe, joined the Georgia State football program in 2008 as the defensive line coach on head coach Bill Curry’s staff .

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Sarah Ken GIGANTINO COGGINS

Director of Football Operations Strength & Conditioning Coach Second Season at GSU Fourth Season at GSU

eorgia State’s director of football operations is Sarah Gigantino, eorgia State head strength and conditioning coach Ken Coggins Gwho joined head coach Bill Curry’s staff in January 2010. Gpossesses more than two decades of experience developing colle- Gigantino spent the previous three seasons as director of opera- giate and professional athletes. tions at Northeastern, which discontinued its football program follow- Coggins joined the Georgia State staff in May 2008 from Charleston ing the 2009 campaign. Southern, where he was the program’s fi rst full-time strength and condi- Before going to Northeastern, where she served under head coach tioning coach and worked with all sports in one year there. Rocky Hager, Gigantino worked in the athletics department at Mary- He previously worked as head strength and conditioning coach land and at the Campus Recreation Center at Georgia Tech. She also at Jackson State (2003-07), Belhaven College (1999-2003), Southwest served an internship in the New York Jets’ college scouting department. Missouri State (1995-99), Arkansas Little Rock (1990-95) and Delta Gigantino received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and sport State (1988). He also served as an assistant strength and conditioning management from James Madison in 2004 and then earned her mas- coach at Memphis State (1988-90). ter’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State in 2006. She Coggins has worked with high-profi le professional athletes, worked with the Dukes’ football program while an undergraduate at including NBA standout Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers, with JMU. whom Coggins worked at Arkansas Little Rock. Coggins, 48, earned his B.S. degree in fi tness management and exercise physiology from Mississippi State University in 1986. A member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Association, he is certifi ed by the National Association of Speed-Strength & Jay Conditioning and the International Sports Association (Speed-Strength Certifi cation) and is a graduate of the Speed-Strength & Quickness BAILEY Training Seminar at the Sports Conditioning Institute. He has traveled extensively to broaden his knowledge, studying at the Lenin Institute for Physical Culture in Moscow, Russia; the German Equipment Manager Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Science in Leipzig, Germany; and the Bulgarian Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. Third Season at GSU Coggins and his wife, Tina, have a daughter, Lauren.

eorgia State’s fi rst equipment manager, Jay Bailey has nearly 20 Gyears of experience managing and maintaining football equip- ment at the collegiate level. Bailey joined the Georgia State staff in 2009 aft er three seasons as equipment manager at Illinois State. He previously spent 10 years as the athletic equipment supervisor at Cincinnati. Before Cincinnati, Bailey worked as the assistant equipment manager at Georgia Tech and as head equipment manager at Southeast Missouri State. Bailey attended Auburn, where he served as a student manager for the football program. He originally joined the team as a walk-on player before a career-ending injury. He earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Auburn in 1988. Bailey and his wife, Melissa, have two children, Justin, 9, and Travis, 7.

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Bob Keisha MURPHY JONES

Assistant Director of Athletics - Assistant Director - Sports Medicine Student-Athlete Development Fifth Season at GSU Fifth Season at GSU

ob Murphy, assistant director of athletics for sports medicine, is eisha Jones, Georgia State’s Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Bentering his fi ft h year at Georgia State. KDevelopment and Tutorial Coordinator, serves as the primary He originally came to Georgia State in 2007 as head athletic trainer academic advisor for the football program. and was elevated to assistant athletic director in 2008. He previously Jones is a member of the National Association of Academic Advi- worked directly with the men’s and women’s basketball programs. sors (N4A) and serves as chair of the Ethics Concerns Committee. She Murphy joined the GSU staff from the United States Military is a graduate of the N4A’s Academic Leadership Academy. Academy in West Point, N.Y., where he served as assistant athletic Before coming to Georgia State, Jones was an academic intern trainer, working with the football, men’s basketball and baseball teams. and then a temporary employee at North Carolina A&T. She worked as He previously taught pharmacology to undergraduate athletic the program assistant for the Student-Athlete Academic Enhancement training students at Dominican College. He serves as secretary and Program, a HART (Helping Athletes Rise to the Top) counselor, and treasurer for the College Athletic Trainers’ Society. tutoring coordinator. At the same time, she worked as a career readi- Murphy earned his bachelor of science degree in sports medicine at ness coordinator for the state of North Carolina. Marietta College in 1998, and then he completed his master of science She graduated from North Carolina A&T in 2003 and then added degree in exercise science at Syracuse in 2000. a master’s in counseling in 2007. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Murphy is married to the former A native of Greensboro, N.C., Jones has a son, Brandon. Josephine Lee, and the couple has one son, Benjamin.

BLAKE DUSTY DENITA ADAMS BENNETT CLARK Director of Academic Executive Athletic Video Advisory Assistant & Creative to the Services Third Season Head Coach at GSU Third Season Third Season at GSU at GSU

CHRIS DINIKA BROOKE BALL JOHNSON GREER Football Assistant Administrative Video Athletic Trainer Assistant Coordinator Third Season Second Second at GSU Season Season at GSU at GSU

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three tackles for loss and one sack ... Also had one interception, one pass breakup and a forced fumble. Th e leading tackler in GSU’s inaugural game with 16 hits, including fi ve solo tackles and 11 assists, against Shorter ... Added seven hits with a tackle for loss vs. Lambuth ... Aft er sitting out Morehead State game with a knee injury, came back with eight hits (seven solo) and two tackles for loss against Savannah State, including a sack on which he caused the quarterback to fumble ... Grabbed his fi rst interception against N.C. Central, thwarting a scoring threat with his pick at the GSU two-yard line. Made 10 tackles, including fi ve solo, in the game ... Credited with 10 tackles at Alabama ... Nine hits and a pass breakup versus Lamar. HIGH SCHOOL: Versatile athlete at Martin Luther King AT GEORGIA STATE: Versatile receiver who signed with High School ... Played for coach Corey Jarvis ... Earned all- Georgia State in 2009 as part of the Panthers’ fi rst recruiting region and all-conference honors ... Also played baseball ... class ... Practiced with the team in 2009-10 ... Earned Dean’s List Honor roll student. recognition for the fall 2010. PERSONAL: 2010: Full name is Fredrick De’marco Barnes ... Son Played in every game and had three catches for 18 of Matrilla and Alondias Height ... Born Oct. 10, 1990. yards ... Also a key special teams performer, including return and coverage duties ... Made three tackles on punt coverage ... CAREER STATISTICS Against Morehead State he recovered a fumbled punt at the Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 31-yard line to set up a touchdown ... Had three kickoff returns 2010 ...... 10 47-38 85 3-13 1-7 1-1 1 1 0 1 for a 14.3-yard average. HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the Atlanta Journal- Constitution’s Georgia 150 ... All-county selection at Columbia High School ... Rushed for 1,525 yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging nine yards per carry ... Also had seven receptions for 200 yards ... Top single-game eff ort was 313 yards on 22 carries versus Druid Hills ... Named Back of the Week for his performance against Towers ... Played for coach Kevin Latham ... Honor roll student and member of Beta Club. PERSONAL: Full name is Nathaniel Omari Anthony ... Son of Sheri Lewis Anthony and Lagrant Anthony ... Born Feb. 27, 1991.

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP KR Yds Avg TD LP AT GEORGIA STATE: Th e top defensive lineman on the 2010 ...... 11 3 18 6.0 0 8 3 43 14.3 0 21 Panthers’ inaugural team ... Native of Canada who signed with Georgia State in 2010 from Eastern Arizona J.C. 2010: Led the Panthers in sacks with fi ve ... Had seven tackles for loss and two forced fumbles ... Credited with 26 solo tackles and 25 assists ... Voted the team’s Outstanding Defensive Lineman by his teammates. Had a tackle for loss and a forced fumble in the opening win vs. Shorter ... Added a sack vs. Lambuth ... Had a key fourth- quarter sack in win over Campbell that led to a missed fi eld goal; season-high six tackles in the game ... Sacked the quarterback and caused him to fumble in the fourth quarter of win over N.C. Central ... Had one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss against Lamar. HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR COLLEGE: Had 27 tackles in 2009 at Eastern Arizona J.C. ... One of the top prospects in Canada at St. Patrick’s High in Ottawa, despite only playing one AT GEORGIA STATE: Hard-hitting safety who signed year of football ... Four-year letterman and second-team all- with Georgia State as part of the Panthers’ fi rst recruiting class region selection in basketball. in 2009. PERSONAL: 2010: Full name is Christo Mulumba Bilukidi Starting safety for the inaugural season and GSU’s (pronounced bill-oo-KEE-dee) ... Born Dec. 13, 1989 in Angola Outstanding Defensive Back, as voted by his teammates ... Led and also lived in France and Brazil before Canada ... Father is an the team in tackles with 47 solo hits and 38 assists, including Angolan diplomat.

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CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 11 26-25 51 7-25 5-23 0 0 1 0 2

AT GEORGIA STATE: Moves to linebacker this spring aft er lettering at running back for the inaugural season ... Member of 2009 signing class ... Made the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 and then the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for spring 2010. 2010: Part of a four-man rotation at running back ... Rushed AT GEORGIA STATE: Member of the 2010 recruiting for 101 yards on 33 carries with one touchdown ... Also caught class but enrolled at Georgia State in January 2010 and partici- fi ve passes for 23 yards and a score. pated in spring practice. Enjoyed his most productive game against Savannah State, 2010: Th e third-leading tackler for Georgia State’s inau- when he rushed for 53 yards on 11 carries, including a one-yard gural team with a total of 63 tackles, including 31 solo stops and touchdown run while also catching a nine-yard scoring pass ... 32 assists ... Added three tackles for loss and a forced fumble Longest run of the season came in that game on a 19-yard jaunt ...Played in nine games at inside linebacker, including seven ... Added 29 yards on just three carries in the GSU’s inaugural starts ... game against Shorter. Forced a fumble and made four tackles in the Panthers’ HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state selection opening victory over Shorter ... Season-high 11 hits against in Class AA by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Rushed for Lamar with three solo tackles and eight assists ... Credited with 1,662 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior ... Helped Blessed 10 tackles at defending national champion Alabama, including Trinity to a 7-3 mark in 2008 ... Named Back of the Week by the four solo and six assists ... Added one solo hit and eight assists at Atlanta Touchdown Club for his performance against Buford ... Campbell ... Six hits with a tackle for loss against Old Dominion Played in the GACA North-South All-Star Game at the Georgia ... Worked at defensive end in the spring before moving to inside Dome in December 2008 ... Played for coach Ricky Turner ... linebacker for the fall. PERSONAL: Full name is Samuel Cook Burkhalter ... Son JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Played two seasons of Mark and Gina Burkhalter ... Born May 10, 1990. at Jones County J.C. in Ellisville, Miss. ... Recorded 34 tackles in 2009, including 21 solo hits ... Voted most improved player GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS at Jones for the 2009 season ... Attended Crest High in Shelby, 2010 ...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP N.C., where he earned all-state honors ... Also spent one year at Shorter...... 3 29 0 16 0 0 0 0 Hope Christian ... Lettered in track in addition to football. Lambuth ...... 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 PERSONAL: Son of Vickie Bostic ... Born Feb. 13, 1988 in Jax State ...... 1 6 0 6 1 -10 0 0 Germany. Campbell ...... 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morehead ...... 4 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS Savannah St ...... 11 53 1 19 2 20 1 11 Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF NCCU ...... 3 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 2010 ...... 9 31-32 63 3-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Old Dominion ...... 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 South Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 Lamar ...... 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 Alabama ...... 3 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS: 9Rec (SSU), 1Rush (SSU)

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G Rsh Yds Avg TD LP PG Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 11 33 101 3.1 1 19 9.2 5 23 4.6 1 11

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the state semifi nals ... Credited with 47 pancakes and 68 knock- downs as a senior ... Played for coach Mickey Conn ... Did not play organized football until his senior year of high school. PERSONAL: Harrison Clottey ... Born March 24, 1991 in Sassuolo, Italy ... Moved to the U.S. when he was nine years old ... Son of Isaac Clottey and Christielone Botchway, who are orig- inally from Ghana but moved to Italy and then the U.S.

AT GEORGIA STATE: Backup wide receiver on Georgia State’s inaugural team in 2010 ... Joined the program as a walk-on in the fall of 2009. 2010: Caught four passes for 52 yards, averaging 13.0 yards per catch ... First career catch came against Campbell on an 11-yard completion from Drew Little on the fi rst play of the Panthers’ winning drive in the fourth quarter ... Longest recep- tion was a 20-yarder versus Old Dominion ... Added a 16-yard catch against Savannah State ... Ended the season with a fi ve- yard reception at Alabama. AT GEORGIA STATE: Member of 2009 signing class who HIGH SCHOOL: Th ree-time all-region selection (Region was the fi rst high school prospect to commit to Georgia State in 1-AAA) ... Honorable mention all-Middle Georgia pick by the the fall of 2008 ... Injured during the inaugural season and did Macon Telegraph as a senior ... Coached by Tommy Welburn at not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL: Crisp County High ... Also earned all-region honors in basket- Collected 50 tackles and four sacks as a ball and baseball ... School’s scholar-athlete of the year. senior ... Credited with 67 tackles, six sacks and 20 tackles for PERSONAL: Full name is Jesse Boyd Carter ... Parents are loss as a junior ... Played for coach Bobby Marion at West Ashley Hal and Karen Carter ... Born Sept. 23, 1990. High ... Also participated in track and fi eld and wrestling. PERSONAL: Parents are Eduardo and Tamara Curry ... CAREER STATISTICS Born Mar. 28, 1991. Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP PG 2010 ...... 9 4 52 13.0 0 20 5.8

AT GEORGIA STATE: Promising off ensive lineman who sat out the 2010 season following a preseason knee injury (torn AT GEORGIA STATE: Promising lineman who has played ACL) ... Late addition to 2009 signing class ... Outstanding both tackle and guard ... Joined the program as a member of student who earned President’s List recognition for the spring 2009 signing class. 2010, signifying a grade point average of 4.0 or higher ... Added 2010: Key off ensive lineman for Georgia State’s inaugural Dean’s List honors for the fall 2009 and fall 2010. team ... Shared time at right guard with Ladeven Kirkland ... HIGH SCHOOL: Th ree-year letterman on the off ensive Started two games. line for coach Mike Collins at Chamblee High ... Helped Cham- HIGH SCHOOL: One of the cornerstones of a line that blee to back-to-back playoff appearances in 2007-08, including paved the way for Grayson High’s wing-T off ense to run for a berth in the 2007 Class AAAA state semifi nals, aft er a 22-year more than 3,800 yards and produce more than 4,000 yards of playoff drought ... Received Coach’s Award as unsung hero total off ense ... Helped the Rams to a 13-1 season and a berth in of 2007 season ... Named Player of the Week by CSS ... As a

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sophomore, his off ensive line blocked for the all-time leading all-region selection in 2006 at John Hancock Academy. rusher in DeKalb County (Roddy Jones, now at Georgia Tech) PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Donovan ... Born Dec. ... Outstanding student who graduated with honor and distinc- 11, 1988 ... Parents are Donna Bagley and Patrick Donovan. tion in Magnet Program for High Achievers ... National Honor Society, National Honor Roll and National Society of High GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS School Scholars. 2010 ...... No Yards LP TB FC 50+ I20 PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Alan Davis, Jr. ... Parents South Alabama ...... 5 158 48 0 0 0 0 are Ruth and Mike Davis ... Born Jan. 30, 1991 ... Majoring in Lamar ...... 3 115 52 0 0 0 0 business. CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... Punts Yards Avg LP TB FC I20 50+ 2010 ...... 8 273 34.1 52 0 0 0 1

AT GEORGIA STATE: Reserve off ensive lineman on Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Saw action in three games at right tackle ... Member of 2009 signing class ... Practiced with AT GEORGIA STATE: Running back known for high- the team in 2009, when he spent time as a defensive lineman energy play ... Signed with GSU in 2009 as part of the Panthers’ and tight end before settling at off ensive tackle. fi rst recruiting class ... Enrolled in August 2009 and practiced HIGH SCHOOL: Th ree-year letterman on the off ensive with the team during a redshirt year in 2009-10. line for Calhoun County High ... Led his team in pancake blocks 2010: GSU’s second-leading rusher with 382 yards and ... Lettered three years in basketball, helping his team to Class A three TD ... Averaged 4.8 yards per carry ... Also had 14 catches state titles in 2007 and 2008 ... Also competed in track and fi eld. and one TD receiving ... Voted the Panthers’ Outstanding Running Back by his teammates. Had a 46-yard touchdown run against No. 4 Jacksonville State on which he broke through the middle and then outran several defenders to the end zone. Also had a key third-down conversion with a seven-yard reception on the Panthers’ game- tying drive in the fourth quarter. Season-high 62 yards on just eight carries in win over More- head State ... Rushed for 53 yards in win at Campbell, including 37 yards on six fourth-quarter carries with a key third-down conversion ... Added 52 yards on 11 carries in win over Lamar. Gained 38 yards on fi ve carries in the inaugural game vs. Shorter ... Scored GSU’s fi rst touchdown against Lambuth on a two-yard run, then had a 20-yard run to help set up the AT GEORGIA STATE: Panthers’ second TD. Backup punter for the Georgia Rushed for 38 yards in win over N.C. Central, including a State’s inaugural team in 2010 ... Joined the GSU program in the 15-yard touchdown run in the third quarter ... Caught a 32-yard spring of 2010. touchdown pass at Old Dominion, his longest reception of the 2010: Handled punting duties for the South Alabama and season ... Rushed for 30 yards at Alabama. Lamar games when starter Bo Schlechter was injured ... Punted HIGH SCHOOL: Area Co-Off ensive Player of the Year by eight times for a 34.1-yard average ... Averaged 38.3 yards on the Gainesville Sun (Classes 3A-6A) ... Rushed for 1,662 yards three kicks against Lamar, including a season-long 52-yard punt and 17 touchdowns on just 166 carries as a senior at Williston ... Added a 48-yarder against South Alabama. High ... Averaged 10 yards per carry ... Top single-game perfor- HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two seasons mance was 303 yards with two touchdowns on just 17 attempts at Georgia Military College for coach Bert Williams ... Aver- against P.K. Yonge High ... Gained 287 yards and scored six aged nearly 40 yards per punt in 2008 ... Honorable mention touchdowns against Sante Fe ... Topped 150 yards in fi ve games

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... Also averaged 35 yards on kickoff returns ... Added 1,207 PERSONAL: Full name is Jocquez Dominique Fears (fi rst yards and nine touchdowns as a junior ... Played for coach Jamie name pronounced jah-KWEZ) ... Born Aug. 18, 1990. Baker. PERSONAL: Full name is Travis Jarold Quadale Evans ... CAREER STATISTICS Born Oct. 23, 1990 ... Son of Catheese Harvey. Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 10 6-3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP Shorter...... 5 38 0 20 0 0 0 0 Lambuth ...... 3 21 1 20 0 0 0 0 Jax State ...... 7 54 1 46 4 -10 0 0 Campbell ...... 11 53 0 18 1 0 0 0 Morehead ...... 8 62 0 29 0 0 0 0 Savannah St ...... 3 15 0 16 1 20 1 11 NCCU ...... 9 38 1 15 0 0 0 0 Old Dominion ...... 5 5 0 7 5 4 0 4 South Alabama ...... 6 14 0 6 2 9 0 9 Lamar ...... 11 52 0 17 1 0 0 0 Alabama ...... 11 30 0 9 0 0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS: 9Rec (SSU), 1Rush (SSU) AT GEORGIA STATE: Inaugural team member who joined CAREER STATISTICS the GSU program and practiced with the team in 2009-10 ... Year ...... G Rsh Yds Avg TD LP PG Rec Yds Avg TD LP Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2010 spring 2010 ...... 11 79 382 4.8 3 46 34.7 14 97 6.9 1 32 and fall semesters. 2010: Backup linebacker and special teams standout ... Credited with 23 tackles on the season, including nine solo stops and 14 assists and one-half tackle for loss ... Season-high fi ve tackles against Savannah State ... Added three hits against Alabama and Old Dominion. Played football at the University of the Cumberlands, an NAIA school in Williamsburg, Ky., in 2008 before transferring to Georgia State. HIGH SCHOOL: All-region and all-county honoree for coach Andy Scott at Perry High School ... Caught 39 passes for 795 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior in 2007 ... Also played basketball and ran track ... National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: AT GEORGIA STATE: Full name is Akeen Jero Felder ... Born Feb. Veteran defensive back who trans- 14, 1990 ... Parents are Katina Felder and Antonio Roundtree. ferred from Northeastern ... Enrolled at Georgia State in January 2010 and was eligible to play immediately because Northeastern CAREER STATISTICS discontinued its football program. 2010: Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF Backup in the secondary who played both cornerback 2010 ...... 11 9-14 23 0.5-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 and safety ... Credited with nine tackles on the season, including six solo hits and three assists ... Season-high two tackles against both Savannah State and Alabama. AT NORTHEASTERN: Played two seasons for coach Rocky Hager ... Named the Huskies’ Most Improved Defensive Player for 2009 ... Played in nine games and made 14 tackles with one interception (vs. Towson) and three pass breakups ... Played in all 12 games as a freshman in 2008, primarily on special teams ... Credited with four tackles and an interception (vs. Villanova). HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered at Creekside High, where he played three seasons for coach Kevin Whitley ... Named second- team all-region as a senior ... Returned two interceptions for touchdowns in a game during his senior year ... Team captain.

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Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Started every game at left guard and rarely came out of the game ... Part of an off ensive line that allowed only 10 sacks all season, despite averaging more than 30 pass attempts per game. AT GEORGIA TECH: Two-year starter at right guard, starting 26 of 27 games for one of the nation’s top rushing attacks … Helped Tech rank in the top fi ve in the nation in rushing both years … Member of ACC championship squad in 2009 … Redshirted in 2007. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated the No. 46 prospect in Georgia by Scout.com ... Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top 50 in Georgia ... Prep-Star all-region ... Honorable mention all- state (Class AAA) ... Two-time All-Bartow County ... Played AT GEORGIA STATE: Part-time starter at outside line- in the Georgia North-South All-Star game ... Graded out at 90 backer for Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Member of 2009 percent his senior season with 36 pancake blocks and no sacks signing class. allowed ... Credited with 67 pancake blocks in his career ... 2010: Credited with 36 tackles, including 21 solo hits and Coached by Frank Barden at Cartersville High. 15 assists, and three pass breakups ... Season-high eight tackles, PERSONAL: Full name is Phillip Joseph Gilbert... Parents including four solo hits and 1.5 tackles for loss, against Jack- are Phillip and Jerri Gilbert ... Born September 11, 1988 … sonville State ... Added fi ve tackles against Shorter and South Graduated from Georgia Tech in three years, and is now in Alabama ... Broke up passes against Lambuth, Old Dominion graduate school at Georgia State. and Lamar ... Made a splash in the Panthers’ inaugural spring game when he grabbed an interception and returned it to the fi ve-yard line. HIGH SCHOOL: Th ird-team all-state selection at Glades Central High, a school that has produced numerous NFL players ... Selected to play in the Outback Steakhouse Treasure Coast All-Star game ... Recorded 90 tackles with 10 tackles for loss, fi ve forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a senior ... Helped his team to an 11-1 record in 2008, including an undefeated regular season, an 11-2 mark in 2007, and the Class 3-A state title in 2006 ... Coached by former NFL receiver Jessie Hester. PERSONAL: Full name is Robert Alexander Ferguson ... Born Mar. 3, 1991 ... Parents are Cynthia and Robert Ferguson. AT GEORGIA STATE: Starting wide receiver for Georgia CAREER STATISTICS State’s inaugural team ... 2009 signee with good size and skills ... Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF Practiced with the team in 2009-10. 2010 ...... 11 21-15 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2010: GSU’s fourth-leading receiver, despite playing with a cast due to a broken fi nger that caused him to miss three games ... One of three starters at wide receiver ... Finished with 17 catches for 217 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 12.8 yards per catch. Caught three passes for 53 yards in the inaugural game vs. Shorter, including a 16-yard TD catch and a 32-yard reception ... Missed games two through four with a broken right middle fi nger, sustained in practice Sept. 7 Returned versus Morehead State and caught three passes for 24 yards. Caught a six-yard touchdown pass and set up another TD with a 13-yard reception down to the two ... Season- high four catches for 37 yards against N.C. Central Caught three passes for 70 yards against Old Dominion, including his longest reception of 48 yards ... Added three AT GEORGIA STATE: Starter at left guard who is the catches for 26 yards against South Alabama Panthers’ top returnee on the off ensive line ... Joined the Georgia Blocked a punt - the fi rst in GSU history - against Lamar, State program in 2010 aft er transferring from Georgia Tech and giving the Panthers possession at the six-yard line to set up a was eligible to play immediately. touchdown. 2010: Voted the Outstanding Off ensive Lineman for Led the Panthers with fi ve receptions in the 2010 spring

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game, covering 41 yards. PERSONAL: Michael E. Hall, Jr. . . . Born Nov. 10, 1988 ... HIGH SCHOOL: All-area and all-county selection at Son of Michael Hall and Debra Cooper ... Majoring in exercise Spring Valley High ... Caught 57 passes for 750 yards as a senior, science. following 20 receptions for 300 yards as a junior ... Top single game was eight catches for 115 yards ... Broke the school’s CAREER STATISTICS receiving record that was previously held by Michael Boul- Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF ware, who went on to play at Florida State and in the NFL ... 2010 ...... 10 11-11 22 1.5-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Named to the midseason All-Midlands team by the Columbia State ... Played for coach Quay Farr at Spring Valley High ... Also competed in basketball and track. PERSONAL: Full name is Jordan Aldridge Giles ... Born April 23, 1991 ... Parents are Lester and Delphia Giles.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP Shorter...... 3 53 1 32 Morehead ...... 3 24 1 13 Savannah St ...... 0 0 0 0 NCCU ...... 4 37 0 18 ODU ...... 3 70 0 48 USA ...... 3 26 0 13 Lamar ...... 1 7 0 7 AT GEORGIA STATE: Reserve off ensive lineman for Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Played in four games in 2010, TOUCHDOWNS: 16Rec (Shorter), 6Rec (More) seeing his most extensive action in wins over Morehead State and Savannah State ... Signed with the Panthers in 2010 aft er CAREER STATISTICS two years at City College of San Francisco. Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP PG JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 signee who 2010 ...... 8 17 217 12.8 2 48 27.1 lettered two years at City College of San Francisco before coming to Georgia State ... Played off ensive guard for coach George Rush at City College of San Francisco ... Helped team to a 10-1 record in 2009 ... Attended Hercules High, where he played for coach Gregg Ochs. PERSONAL: Son of Sarah and Tim Hampton ... Born Sept. 27, 1990.

AT GEORGIA STATE: Versatile defensive player who played safety last fall but will work at linebacker this spring ... Joined the football program in August 2009 following an open tryout ... Played linebacker while practicing with the team in 2009 but moved to safety in the spring of 2010 ... Named to the Dean’s List for fall 2010 and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for spring 2010. AT GEORGIA STATE: Transfer who enrolled at Georgia 2010: Played safety and special teams for Georgia State’s State for the fall of 2009 ... Practiced with the team in 2009-10 inaugural team ... Credited with 22 tackles with 1.5 tackles for and then earned a starting berth at wide receiver for the inau- loss ... Forced a fumble against Jacksonville State ... Season-high gural season. fi ve tackles against Morehead State and Lamar ... Had four hits 2010: Second-leading receiver for Georgia State’s inaugural with a tackle for loss at Alabama. team ... 26 catches for an 11.5-yard average and four touch- HIGH SCHOOL: Played on 2006 state championship team downs ... Career-best six catches for 73 yards at Old Dominion at Dublin High School (Class AA) ... Coached by Roger Holmes ... Four catches for 50 yards, including a two-yard touchdown, at ... Also participated in track, wrestling and weightlift ing ... South Alabama. Honor graduate, Beta Club, National Honor Society. Had a 62-yard run down to the fi ve-yard line on GSU’s fi rst

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play from scrimmage against Lamar (his fi rst rushing attempt since high school). Also caught an eight-yard touchdown and fi nished with vefi catches for 66 yards Had three catches for 48 yards, including a 12-yard touch- down catch, in win over Morehead State ... Caught a fi ve-yard touchdown pass from Drew Little in win at Campbell. Was elected a team captain for the 2010 spring game and then earned the “Head Coach’s Award” following spring prac- tice. ... Caught three passes for 87 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown catch, in the spring game. AT UCF: Played two seasons at UCF, helping the Knights win the Conference USA title in 2007 ... Played in eight games as a sophomore in 2008, catching three passes for 10 yards ... AT GEORGIA STATE: Had one reception for 38 yards in 2007 as a true freshman ... Dual-threat quarterback with a Also spent one semester at North Dakota State before enrolling strong arm and excellent athletic ability ... One of four signal at Georgia State. callers who competed for the starting job in the 2010 preseason HIGH SCHOOL: Member of state championship team at ... 2009 signee who practiced with the team in 2009-10 ... Former Peachtree Ridge High, which shared the Class AAAAA title in all-state prep player. 2006 ... Top 50 in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... 2010: Backup quarterback who played in every game off the Honorable mention all-state selection in Class AAAAA by the bench, providing a spark with his running ability ... Th e leading Atlanta newspaper following his senior year ... Also tabbed to rusher for GSU’s inaugural team with 416 yards, averaging 6.9 the AJC’s all-region squad for Region 7 ... Th ree-time all-Gwin- yards per carry with three TD ... Completed fi ve of 15 passes for nett County honoree ... Caught 48 passes for 700 yards and fi ve 64 yards. touchdowns as a senior ... Added 34 receptions for 668 and six Season-high 95 yards rushing on just six carries in win over scores as a junior ... Played for coach Blair Armstrong ... Also Savannah State. Scored on an eight-yard run ... Followed with lettered in basketball and earned all-county honors. 71 yards on nine carries against NC Central. PERSONAL: Full name is Sidney Haynes IV ... Son of Against South Alabama, his fi ve-yard scoring run brought Sidney III and Regina Haynes ... Born Nov. 6, 1988 ... Majoring the Panthers within 39-34 with four minutes to play. Set up in sociology. another fourth-quarter touchdown with a 20-yard pass, his longest completion of the season, to Travis Evans down to the GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS one-yard line. 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP Rush Yds TD LP Ignited GSU’s third-quarter rally against Lambuth, leading Shorter...... 4 52 0 19 0 0 0 0 two touchdown drives. Set up the Panthers’ fi rst score with a Lambuth ...... 2 13 0 7 0 0 0 0 53-yard run down to the two-yard line. Began GSU’s next Jax State ...... 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 scoring drive with a 14-yard completion ... 53-yard run against Campbell ...... 2 19 1 14 0 0 0 0 Lambuth was GSU’s longest run from scrimmage. Morehead ...... 3 48 1 20 0 0 0 0 GSU’s second-leading rusher in the opening victory over Savannah St ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NCCU ...... 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 Shorter with 48 yards on seven carries. Scored on a 24-yard run ODU ...... 6 73 0 38 0 0 0 0 late in the game ... Rushed for 30 yards against Alabama. USA ...... 4 50 1 39 0 0 0 0 Completed 8-of-14 passes for 111 yards and two touch- Lamar ...... 2 14 1 8 1 62 0 62 downs while gaining 30 yards on two runs in the 2010 Spring Alabama ...... 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 Scrimmage. HIGH SCHOOL: TOUCHDOWNS: 5Rec (Camp), 12Rec (More), 2Rec (USA), 8Rec (Lamar) Signed with the Panthers in 2009 aft er being tabbed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Georgia 150 CAREER STATISTICS ... First-team all-state selection in Class AAAA by the AJC ... Year ...... G-GS Rec Yds Avg TD LP Accounted for 30 touchdowns (rushing and passing) as a senior 2007 (UCF) ...... 6-0 1 38 38.0 0 38 ... Passed for 2,149 yards and rushed for 1,012 yards, both school 2008 (UCF) ...... 8-0 3 10 3.3 0 5 2010 (GSU) ...... 11-11 26 298 11.5 4 39 records ... As a junior, completed 160 of 240 passes for 1,844 Total ...... 25-11 30 346 11.5 4 39 yards with 15 touchdown passes while rushing for 676 yards and nine scores ... Played for coach Steve Horton at Lithia Springs High ... First-team all-region as a senior ... Off ensive Player of the Year in Douglas County ... Top game was against McIntosh, when he amassed 517 yards of total off ense (349 yards passing and 168 yards rushing) and accounted for fi ve touchdowns ... Four 300-yard passing games, fi ve games with at least 100 yard rushing, and three games with fi ve touchdowns ... Th ree-time all-county selection ... Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award for accomplishment in academics and athletics ... Four-year letter-

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winner in football, basketball and baseball ... Also had scholar- game ... Named a game captain for the contest at Campbell. ship off ers in baseball aft er earning all-county honors ... Perfect HIGH SCHOOL: As a high school senior in 2007, attendance for 13 years. accounted for 1,500 yards of off ense with 12 touchdowns, along PERSONAL: Parents are Kelton and Chevon Hill ... Born with three interceptions on defense ... Tabbed to the Super 26 July 24, 1991 ... Plans to major in education. Massachusetts All-State team ... Off ensive Most Valuable Player of the Dual County League ... Th ree-time all-county selection GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ... Played for coach Tom Lopez at Lincoln-Sudbury High in 2010 ...... C-A Yds TD Int LP Rsh Yds TD LP TO-TD Sack Sudbury, Mass ... School’s all-time leader in rushing, receiving Shorter ...... 1-2 19 0 0 19 7 48 1 24 67-1 1 yards and scoring ... Participated in the Shriners Bowl all-star Lambuth ...... 2-5 33 0 1 14 5 64 0 53 97-0 0 game ... Also played baseball ... Won school’s Outstanding Jax State ...... 0-1 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 16 11-0 1 Senior Award. Campbell ...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 23 0 11 23-0 0 PERSONAL: Morehead ...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 36 0 16 36-0 0 Full name is Mark John Hogan, Jr. ... Born Savannah St ....0-0 0 0 0 0 6 95 1 30 6-95 0 Sept. 1, 1989 ... Parents are Beverly and Mark Hogan ... Father NCCU ...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 9 71 0 16 9-71 0 played football at Georgia Tech under Georgia State head coach, ODU ...... 1-1 5 0 5 5 5 10 0 14 15-0 0 Bill Curry and was a starting safety on Tech’s 1985 “Black Watch” USA ...... 1-1 20 0 0 20 3 25 1 13 45-1 0 defense that helped the Yellow Jackets to a 9-2-1 record and a Lamar ...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 3-0 0 victory in the 1985 All-American Bowl ... Business major. Alabama ...... 0-5 0 0 0 0 7 30 0 12 30-0 1 Total ...... 5-10 64 0 1 20 60 416 3 53 480-3 3 CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF CAREER STATISTICS 2010 ...... 11 21-33 54 2.5-10 0.5-7 1-0 1 1 1-0 0 Year ...... G-GS Eff Cm-Att Int Pct Yds TD LP Sk PG 2010 ...... 11-0 55.8 5-15 1 .333 64 0 20 3 5.8 Year ...... Rsh Yards TD LP PG Ply Total TDR PG 2010 ...... 60 416 3 53 37.8 75 430 3 43.6

AT GEORGIA STATE: Versatile athlete who signed with the Panthers in 2010 ... Backup defensive back for GSU’s inau- gural team ... Played in fi ve games ... Credited with fi ve tackles, including four solo hits and one tackle for loss ... Had two AT GEORGIA STATE: Became the Panthers’ fi rst scholar- tackles with one tackle for loss against Jacksonville State. ship football player when he arrived at Georgia State in January HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-area (small schools) by the 2009, spending the entire spring semester as the team’s only Palm Beach Post ... Second-team all-conference (Class 3A-2A- member ... Came in as a slot receiver but moved to defense in 2B-1A-1B) by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel ... Grabbed six the fall of 2009 ... Earned President’s List recognition for spring interceptions ... Also played wide receiver and caught 17 passes 2009, Dean’s List honors for fall 2009 and Athletic Director’s for 312 yards and three touchdowns ... Spent his senior year at Honor Roll accolades for spring and fall 2010. American Heritage, helping the team win the Class 1A state 2010: Starter at outside linebacker for Georgia State’s inau- title ... Played his fi rst three years at Boynton Beach, where he gural team ... Started eight games aft er moving into the starting was the starting quarterback ... Earned honorable mention all- lineup against Campbell ... Fift h on the team in tackles with 54 area honors as a junior, when he passed for 1,788 yards with 12 hits, including 21 solo tackles and 33 assists ... Also contributed touchdowns. one interception, one pass breakup, one fumble recovery and PERSONAL: Full name is Isaiah Marcus Howard ... Parents 2.5 tackles for loss. are Dana and Byron Howard ... Born Jan. 30, 1992. In on a season-high 14 tackles against Old Dominion, CAREER STATISTICS including three solo and 11 assists ... Added eight hits (5 solo-3 assists) against NCCU and seven (4-3) versus Alabama ... Had Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 5 4-1 5 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 a fumble recovery, a pass breakup and a shared tackle for loss against Jacksonville State ... Grabbed an interception at the GSU 26-yard line against Campbell, ending a scoring threat in a tie

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Alabama ... Began his Georgia State career at tight end before moving to defensive end following spring practice. HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR COLLEGE: Honorable mention all-conference selection (Southwest Junior College Football Conference) ... Helped Navarro to a two-year record of 21-2, including an 11-1 mark and a No. 3 national ranking in the NJCAA in 2009 ... Team won the Heart of Texas Bowl ... Had nine catches for 154 yards in 2009 .... Two-year starter for coach by Nick Bobeck ... Made the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 ... Attended Midlothian (Texas) High, where he played for coach Robby Clark. PERSONAL: Full name is Kalan Hunter Jenkins ... First AT GEORGIA STATE: name pronounced KAY-lin ... Parents are Kendall and Brendan Returning starter at center and one Jenkins ... Born March, 3, 1990. of the leaders of the off ense ... Enrolled at Georgia State for the fall of 2009 aft er transferring from Ball State and quickly estab- CAREER STATISTICS lished himself as the Panthers’ center ... Member of the team’s Leadership Council. Year UA-A Tot TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010: Started every game at center for Georgia State’s 2010 15-15 30 1.5-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 inaugural team ... Was voted Georgia State’s “Top Off ensive Performer” following spring practice. AT BALL STATE: Spent two years at Ball State, including a redshirt year in 2007 ... Reserve off ensive lineman on the Cardi- nals 2008 squad that won the MAC West Division title with a 12-2 record and played in the GMAC Bowl ... Saw action in six games in 2008. HIGH SCHOOL: All-Gwinnett County selection in 2006 ... Played at Buford High School for coach Jess Simpson. PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Jacoby ... Born Nov. 12, 1988 ... Parents are Alison and Douglas Jacoby ... Father played football at Ball State ... Majoring in computer informa- tion systems. AT GEORGIA STATE: Backup off ensive lineman on Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Signed with the Panthers as part of the 2010 recruiting class and earned playing time as a true freshman ... Worked at left tackle behind Clyde Yandell ... Played in four games off the bench, seeing action against More- head State, Savannah State, Lamar and Alabama. HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-Savannah by the Savannah Morning News ... Two-time fi rst-team all-region selection in 3-AAAAA ... Anchor of an off ensive line at Bradwell Institute that paved the way for 2,000 yards rushing ... Played center, defensive end and long snapper for coach Jim Walsh ... On off ense he had 32 pancake blocks as a senior and 90 for his career ... Recorded 26 tackles with nine tackles for a loss on AT GEORGIA STATE: Returning starter at defensive end defense while returning two fumbles for touchdowns ... Also played basketball and baseball. ... Member of 2010 recruiting class who enrolled at Georgia PERSONAL: State in January 2010 aft er two seasons at Navarro College in Full name is Ulrick Tremayne John, Jr. ... Corsicana, Texas ... Named to the prestigious President’s List, Parents are Jean Kesner and Ulrick John, Sr. ... Born May 20, signifying a GPA of 4.0 or higher, for the spring 2010 semester 1992. ... Followed with Dean’s List honors in the fall of 2010. 2010: Starting defensive end for the Panthers’ inaugural team ... Credited with 30 tackles on the season, including 15 solo hits and 15 assists ... Had one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss ... Season-high six tackles, including fi ve solo hits and a sack against Lambuth ... Added four tackles against Jacksonville State, Old Dominion and South Alabama ... Made two solo tackles at

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AT GEORGIA STATE: Returning starter at safety and AT GEORGIA STATE: 2010 junior college signee from one of the Panthers’ defensive leaders ... Transfer from Mars Itawamba C.C. in Fulton, Miss., who earned playing time at Hill who enrolled at Georgia State and joined the program in noseguard. 2009, practicing with the team that fall ... Began as walk-on but 2010: Played in eight games, starting four ... Season-high quickly made an impact and earned a scholarship for 2010. six tackles (four solo) with a quarterback sack against North 2010: Second-leading tackler for GSU’s inaugural team ... Carolina Central ... Two hits with a tackle for loss against More- Credited with 38 solo tackles and 27 assists for a total of 65, head State ... Added fi ve tackles at Alabama and four at South including three tackles for loss ... Second on the team with six Alabama ... Missed time early in the season due to injury. pass breakups ... Also had a fumble recovery. JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Made 35 tackles, Season-high nine tackles (4 solo, 5 assists ) at Old Dominion including 25 solo hits, with four sacks in 2009 at Itawamba, ... Six tackles, including four solo hits, with 1.5 tackles for loss despite missing fi ve games due to injury ... Th ree-year letterman and a fumble recovery in win over Morehead State ... Served as in football and track, as well as a two-time letterwinner in a game captain for GSU’s inaugural game and was credited with basketball, at Columbus High ... Earned all-area and all-region fi ve solo hits in the victory over Shorter ... Eight tackles (6 solo) accolades as a defensive end ... Th rew the shot put and discus for and two pass breakups against Jacksonville State ... Added eight the track team and qualifi ed for region. hits (5 solo) and a pass breakup in win at Campbell ... Earned the PERSONAL: Full name is Khiry Jamal Karriem “Team Leadership Award” following spring practice. (pronounced ky-REE kuh-REEM) ... Born Aug. 4, 1990 ... AT MARS HILL: Attended Mars Hill College, an NCAA Parents are Calesa Staples and Kabir Karriem. Division II program in Mars Hill, N.C., for two years and played for coach Tim Clift on ... Redshirted in 2007 and then played CAREER STATISTICS in nine games in 2008 ... Played wide receiver and caught two Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF passes for 15 yards. 2010 ...... 8 11-13 24 2.5-8 1-6 0 0 1 0 0 HIGH SCHOOL: All-county selection as a senior aft er honorable mention recognition as a junior ... Played quarterback at Southwest DeKalb High and set the school record for touch- down passes (at a school that also produced Quincy Carter) ... Coached by Georgia high school legend Buck Godfrey ... Honor Roll student. PERSONAL: Full name is Brandon Wesley Jones ... Parents are Anthony and Brigetta Jones ... Born Sept. 11, 1989.

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 11 38-27 65 3-7 0 0 6 0 1-0 0

AT GEORGIA STATE: Starting off ensive lineman for Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Signed as part of GSU’s 2009 recruiting class ... Redshirted in 2009 while practicing with the team. 2010: Started every game at right tackle ... Part of an off en- sive line that allowed only 10 sacks all season, despite averaging more than 30 pass attempts per game.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Earned all-region honors and was GSU’s leading rusher in its inaugural game with 62 yards selected to play in the South Carolina North-South All-Star on eight carries vs. Shorter, including a season-long run of 33 game ... Team captain and most valuable off ensive lineman for yards ... Scored the fi rst touchdown in Georgia State history on a coach Quay Farr at Spring Valley High ... Graded 94 percent four-yard run on the Panthers’ very fi rst possession ... Also had with 57 knockdowns ... Top single-game performance was 13 a 27-yard kickoff return in the inaugural game ... Rushed seven knockdowns versus Lexington High ... Helped Spring Valley to times for 38 yards with a four-yard scoring run against More- region title in 2007. head State ... Season-high three receptions for 11 yards against PERSONAL: Full name is Grant Vincent King ... Born May North Carolina Central. 10, 1991 ... Parents are Eddy King and Tameil Henderson. HIGH SCHOOL: Highly-regarded prospect who was tabbed to the Florida Times-Union’s preseason “Super 11” and postseason “Super 24” ... Also named to the newspaper’s All- First Coast second team ... Played slot receiver as a senior and compiled 700 yards receiving and 850 yards rushing ... Helped Fletcher High to a perfect regular season ... Coached by Joe Reynolds ... Played at Sandalwood High as a junior and had 920 all-purpose yards (520 rushing, 400 receiving) with nine touch- downs. PERSONAL: Parris Lee ... Parents are Michelle and Darryl Davis ... Born Feb. 25, 1990.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP Shorter ...... 8 62 2 33 1 -5 0 -- AT GEORGIA STATE: Georgia State’s biggest off ensive Lambuth ...... 2 -3 0 0 1 5 0 5 lineman and the starter at right guard for the inaugural season Jax State ...... 5 7 0 6 2 14 0 11 Campbell ...... 1 13 0 13 1 3 0 3 of 2010 ... Started nine of the 11 games ... Signed with the Morehead ...... 7 38 1 11 1 10 0 10 Panthers as part of the 2010 recruiting class aft er two years at Savannah St ...... 7 22 1 6 2 7 0 5 Yuba College in Marysville, Calif. NCCU ...... 4 18 0 11 3 11 0 10 JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time fi rst- ODU ...... 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 13 team All-Bay Valley Conference as an off ensive lineman at Yuba USA ...... 1 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 College ... Named fi rst-team All-California (Region I) by the Lamar ...... 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 California Community College Football Coaches Association ... Alabama ...... 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 First-team all-Miami Dade County in 2007 ... Credited with 65 TOUCHDOWNS: 4Rush (Shorter), 10Rush (Shorter), 4Rush (Morehead), pancake blocks as a senior at Booker T. Washington High. 4Rush (SSU) PERSONAL: Full name is Ladeven Lamar Kirkland (fi rst name pronounced luh-DEV-en) ... Born Dec. 13, 1988 ... Son of CAREER STATISTICS Demetria Rocker. Year ...... G Rsh Yds Avg TD LP PG Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 11 40 161 4.0 4 33 14.6 13 59 4.5 0 13

AT GEORGIA STATE: Versatile skill player who was a member of the Panthers’ original signing class in 2009 ... Spent AT GEORGIA STATE: Th e starting quarterback for his redshirt year in 2009-10 as a slot receiver but moved to Georgia State’s inaugural season ... Earned the starting job aft er running back in preseason drills before the 2010 season. a four-man battle in the preseason ... 2009 signee who was one 2010: Tied for second on the team in touchdowns with four of the most prolifi c passers in Georgia prep history. ... Rushed for 161 yards on 40 carries ... Also had 13 receptions 2010: Started every game and passed for 2,102 yards and 18 for 59 yards and eight kickoff returns for a 17.8-yard average. touchdowns in his fi rst season ... Completed 62 percent of his

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passes ... Four of his 11 interceptions came against 10th-ranked ... Passed for 514 yards vs. Perry High School (9/28/07), the Alabama ... Tied for the team lead in rushing touchdowns with second-best single-game total in Georgia history ... Played in 10 four for a total of 22 touchdowns responsible for ... Had streak of games as a sophomore and passed for 1,896 yards with 22 total 202 consecutive passes without an interception snapped against touchdowns. South Alabama. Went from the second half of game three PERSONAL: Full name is Christian Drew Little ... Born against Jacksonville State through the fi rst quarter of game nine Oct. 23, 1990 ... Son of Kelly Robertson and Brian Little. without a pick, covering 24 quarters of play. Earned honorable mention recognition as national Quar- GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS terback of the Week Performer by the College Football Perfor- 2010 ...... C-A Yds TD Int LP Rsh Yds TD LP TO-TD Sck mance Awards for his eff orts vs. Morehead State, Savannah State Shorter ...... 13-17 135 2 0 32 2 7 0 7 142-2 0 and Old Dominion ... Completed 68 percent of his passes in the Lambuth ...... 5-12 33 0 3 8 1 -2 0 0 31-0 1 fourth quarter (including overtimes) for 574 yards with fi ve TD Jax State ...... 25-38 227 0 1 23 2 -3 1 1 224-1 1 Campbell ...... 16-23 163 2 0 51 2 2 0 0 165-2 0 passes, three touchdowns rushing and only one interception. Morehead .....21-29 287 4 0 42 1 -4 0 -4 283-4 1 Starting quarterback in the Panthers’ inaugural game. Sav State ...... 16-25 166 4 0 29 0 0 0 0 166-4 0 Completed 13 of 17 passes for 135 yards in the 41-7 victory over NCCU ...... 16-29 205 1 0 24 5 -24 0 2 181-1 2 Shorter. Tossed TD passes of 4 yards to Emmanuel Ogbuehi ODU ...... 32-53 414 1 0 48 2 4 1 3 417-2 0 and 16 yards to Jordan Giles ... Strong performance in overtime USA ...... 20-34 214 2 2 47 5 -4 2 2 210-4 1 loss to fourth-ranked Jacksonville State, passing for 227 yards Lamar ...... 22-35 189 2 1 20 1 2 0 2 191-2 0 (25-for-38). Led fourth-quarter, game-tying drive as he went Alabama ...... 4-11 69 0 4 55 0 0 0 0 69-0 0 5-for-8 for 52 yards, converted two third downs with comple- TD PASSES: 4Sho (Ogbuehi), 16Sho (Giles), 5Camp (Haynes), 8Camp (DWilliams), 6MSU tions and scored tying touchdown on one-yard sneak ... Passed (Giles), 11MSU (AWilliams), 12MSU (Haynes), 2MSU (AWilliams), 9SSU (Burkhalter), for 163 yards and two TDs in win at Campbell. Went 9-for-10 7SSU (DWilliams), 29SSU (AWilson), 28SSU (AWilson), 24NCCU (DWilliams), 32ODU for 82 yards in the fourth quarter as he engineered two scoring (Evans), 2USA (Haynes), 47USA (DWilliams), 8LU (Haynes), 2LU (AWilliams) drives. TD RUSHING: 1JSU, 3ODU, 1USA, 1USA Th rew four touchdown passes in three quarters of play in win over Morehead State. Completed 21-of-29 passes for CAREER STATISTICS 287 yards with TD passes of six yards (Jordan Giles), 11 yards Year ...... G-GS Eff Cm-Att Int Pct Yds TD LP Sk PG (Arthur Williams), 12 yards (Sidney Haynes) and two yards 2010 ...... 11-11 132.02 190-306 11 .621 2102 18 55 6 191.1 (Arthur Williams) ... Added four touchdown passes against Year ...... Rsh Yards TD LP Ply Total TDR PG Savannah State ... Although he threw just one TD pass against 2010 ...... 21 -24 4 7 327 2078 22 188.9 N.C. Central, it came in the fourth quarter with the Panthers trailing; he hit Danny Williams for a 24-yard scoring strike. Had his most prolifi c day against Old Dominion, when he passed for 414 yards, going 32-of-53, with one TD pass and one TD rushing ... Had two touchdowns passing and two more scores rushing against South Alabama ... In comeback win over Lamar, he directed a fourth-quarter touchdown drive, capped by a two-yard TD pass to tight end Arthur Williams with less than fi ve minutes left . Also perfectly executed a quick kick, punting the ball 40 yards to the one-yard line. HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the Atlanta Journal-Consti- tution’s Georgia 150 ... Honorable mention all-state selection in Class AA by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a senior aft er earning fi rst-team all-state honors as a junior ... Amassed 9,003 yards passing and 105 total touchdowns (rushing and passing) AT GEORGIA STATE: Member of the Panthers’ 2010 in his career to rank second in Georgia high school history recruiting class who earned playing time as a cornerback and in both categories; also stands third in career TD passes with return specialist as a true freshman. 85 ... Owns two of the top single-seasons in Georgia history 2010: Led the team with eight punt returns and a 9.5-yard with 3,172 yards in 2007 (seventh all time) and 3,024 yards in average ... Also had three kickoff returns for a 28.0-yard average 2008 (15th all time), making him the only quarterback in state ... Credited with eight tackles. history to top 3,000 yards in multiple seasons ... As a senior at Grabbed an interception and returned it 14 yards in win Henry County High School, completed 192 of 326 passes and over Morehead State. Also had a season-long 47-yard punt accounted for 37 touchdowns with only eight interceptions ... return in that game ... Returned two punts for 37 yards, with Th rew six TD passes vs. Monticello High School (11/8/08), and a long of 31, in the inaugural game victory over Shorter ... fi ve vs. Howard High (10/31/08), when he played only one half Returned three kickoff s for 84 yards, with a long of 36, against ... Led Henry County to back-to-back region titles, the fi rst in Lambuth ... Made two tackles each against Jacksonville State, school history ... As a junior in 2007, he passed for 3,172 yards Morehead State and Old Dominion ... Missed the North Caro- (208-for-351) with 35 TD passes and 41 total touchdowns lina Central game due to injury.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Named Returner of the Year by the Cobb to region titles in 2006 and 2007 ... Top game included seven County Touchdown Club ... First-team all-Cobb County by the receptions for 120 yards versus East Paulding ... Also ran track. Marietta Daily Journal ... Played in the GACA North-South PERSONAL: Full name is Brent Crim McClendon ... All-Star Game in Columbus, Ga., following his senior season Parents are Willie and Susan McClendon ... Born May 12, 1990 ... Recorded 48 tackles and three interceptions as a cornerback ... Father was a standout running back at Georgia who went on as a senior ... Returned fi ve punts for touchdowns and aver- to play for the Chicago Bears (1979-82) ... Brother Bryan also aged 32 yards per return on kickoff returns ... Team captain for played at Georgia and for the Bears and is now an assistant coach Kyle Hockman at McEachern High ... Also ran track and coach at Georgia. helped McEachern to a share of the Class AAAAA state title as a sophomore, running on a 4x100 relay team that fi nished fourth CAREER STATISTICS in the state ... As a senior placed sixth in the state in 200 meters Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF (22.16), fourth in 4x100 relay and seventh in 4x400 relay ... 2010 ...... 10 20-16 36 2.5-13 0.5-6 1-0 2 1 1-0 2 PERSONAL: Full name is Demarius Andre Matthews ... First name pronounced duh-MARR-ee-us ... Born March 21, 1992 ... Son of Stephanie Matthews.

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 10 5-3 8 0-0 0-0 1-14 0 1 0 0 Year ...... G PR Yds Avg TD LP KR Yds Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 10 8 76 9.5 0 47 3 84 28.0 0 36

AT GEORGIA STATE: Speedy receiver and return specialist for Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Member of the Panthers’ 2009 signing class. 2010: Th e fi rst player in school history to return a kickoff for a touchdown with his 96-yard return of the opening kickoff against Campbell. Named national Kickoff Return Performer of the Week in FCS by the College Football Performance Awards ... Scored GSU’s fi rst touchdown against fourth-ranked Jackson- ville State with an electrifying 41-yard run on a reverse handoff AT GEORGIA STATE: from Albert Wilson ... Averaged 27.0 yards on 10 kickoff returns Key performer in the secondary ... Had two receptions for 28 yards, catching 14-yard completions as a cornerback who can also play safety in certain packages ... against Lambuth and Savannah State. Member of GSU’s inaugural team who joined the program in HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time member of the Columbus the fall of 2009 aft er participating in tryouts the previous spring. Ledger-Enquirer All-Bi-City team ... Th ree-time all-county 2010: Started eight games in the secondary ... Credited selection ... Accounted for 2,440 all-purpose yards and 23 touch- with 36 tackles, including 20 solo hits and 16 assists ... Made 2.5 downs as a senior ... Scored touchdowns on runs, receptions, tackles for loss, including one shared sack ... Had an intercep- punt returns, kickoff returns and interception returns ... Also tion, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one fumble over 2,000 all-purpose yards his sophomore and junior seasons recovery. ... Regarded as one of the most dangerous kick returners in the Credited with fi ve tackles and one tackle for loss in the inau- state ... Played wide receiver and defensive back for coach Oliver gural game vs. Shorter ... Added four tackles and a shared sack vs. Davis at Spencer High ... Graduated in the top 10 in his class. Lambuth ... Forced fumbles against Jacksonville State and Lamar. PERSONAL: Full name is Darren Marshall McCray ... Born Injured his right ankle early in the game against Jacksonville July 19, 1991 ... Parents are Annessia and Darren McCray ... A State; missed the following game against Campbell ... Returned cousin of former Miami head coach Randy Shannon. from the injury against Morehead State and made fi ve tackles ... Had a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery in win over Savannah GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS State ... Grabbed his fi rst interception in win over N.C. Central ... 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP Rsh Yds TD LP KR Yds TD LP Broke up a pass in the end zone against Alabama. Shorter ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Voted the Panthers’ “Most Improved Defensive Player” Lambuth ...... 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 following spring practice. Jax State ...... 0 0 0 0 1 41 1 41 0 14 0 0 HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Dominic Calloway Campbell ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 129 1 96 at Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta ... Helped Mays Morehead ...... 0 0 0 0 1 -3 0 0 1 13 0 13

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Savannah St ...... 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Old Dominion ....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 61 0 23 So. Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 53 0 22

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G Rsh Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 9 2 38 19.0 1 41 2 27 14.0 0 14 Year ...... G KOR Yds Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 9 10 270 27.0 1 96

AT GEORGIA STATE: Th e long-snapper on fi eld goals and extra points for Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Worked with placekicker Iain Vance, who earned third-team all-America honors in 2010 ... Also serves as the quarterback for the scout team during practice ... Joined the program in the fall of 2009 ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring 2010. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Bob Sphire at North Gwinnett High School ... Helped his team to the 2008 Class AAAAA state title game as a senior ... Also participated in base- ball and track ... Honor student. PERSONAL: AT GEORGIA STATE: Full name is Denver Scott McQueen ... Born Member of Georgia State’s 2009 Nov. 3, 1990 ... Parents are Scott and Jennifer McQueen. signing class ... Began as a running back but moved to line- backer early in the fall of 2009. 2010: Played in 10 games during the inaugural season ... Made two of his three tackles, including a quarterback sack for an eight-yard loss, in the Panthers’ victory over Lamar. HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Named area off ensive player of the year by the Americus Times Recorder ... Rushed for 1,596 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior ... Averaged 7.8 yards per carry ... Set a school record with over 3,200 yards in his career ... Named all-area and Best Back in the Chattahoochee Valley by the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer as a junior ... Also a standout in basketball. PERSONAL: Full name is Demetrius Allen McKay ... Son of Robert and Barbara McKay ... Born Oct. 15, 1990. AT GEORGIA STATE: Expected to work on off ense this spring at either tight end or running back aft er playing line- CAREER STATISTICS backer last fall ... Signed with Georgia State in 2010 as a highly Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF regarded prep fullback. 2010 ...... 10 2-1 3 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 2010: Backup linebacker and special teams contributor for GSU’s inaugural team ... Credited with 17 tackles on the season, including four solo hits and 13 assists ... Season-high fi ve tackles against South Alabama ... Added four hits at Campbell. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated the nation’s No. 10 fullback pros- pect by Rivals ... Honorable mention all-state selection in Class AAA by the Associated Press and Atlanta Journal-Constitu- tion ... First-team all-Region 5-AAA ... Played in the GACA North-South All-Star Game in Columbus, Ga., following his senior season ... Also selected for the DeKalb All-Star Bowl ... Named all-DeKalb County three straight years ... Th e all-time leading rusher in St. Pius X history with 3,761 career yards and 56 touchdowns ... Topped 1,000 yards in three straight seasons, including 1,313 yards and 19 scores as a senior ... Coached by

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Paul Standard ... Also played basketball and lacrosse. CAREER STATISTICS PERSONAL: Full name is William Marcus-Cole Moon ... Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF Born Feb. 11, 1991 ... Parents are Teresa and Mark Moon. 2010 ...... 11 28-22 50 8.5-51 4-34 1-0 3 2 3-0 4

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 9 4-13 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AT GEORGIA STATE: Returning starter at inside line- backer ... Former junior college player who enrolled at Georgia State in January 2010 ... Th e older of the Muasau brothers at Georgia State. AT GEORGIA STATE: Georgia State’s top returnee on 2010: Voted the team’s Outstanding Inside Linebacker ... defense ... Former junior college standout who joined the GSU’s fourth-leading tackler on the season with 27 solo tackles program in January 2010 ... Plays the hybrid outside linebacker and 34 assists for a total of 61 ... Also had an interception and a position known as Bandit in the GSU scheme ... Brings veteran forced fumble. leadership and intensity. Season-high 11 tackles (4 solo, 7 assists) at Old Dominion, 2010: Voted Most Valuable Defensive Player and with a tackle for loss and a forced fumble ... Added nine tackles Outstanding Outside Linebacker for GSU’s inaugural team ... (1 solo, 8 assists) at South Alabama and eight (1-7) at Campbell ... Led the team in tackles for loss with 8.5, including four sacks, Grabbed an interception in win over Savannah State. which ranked second on the squad ... Also contributed four JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Phoenix College forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, three pass breakups before ... Recorded 75 tackles in 2009 and earned second-team and an interception ... Credited with 28 solo tackles and 22 all-region honors ... Coached by Land Jacobsen. assists for a total of 50 hits. HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-Southern Arizona by the Remarkable performance against Lambuth with six solo Tucson Citizen as a junior at Buena High (2006), when he made tackles, four tackles for loss, including three sacks, a forced 117 tackles ... Honorable mention all-state ... Missed much of fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception. Honorable his senior season due to injury ... 2006 U.S. Army National mention selection as national Linebacker of the Week by the Combine participant. College Football Performance Awards ... Made 5.5 tackles with PERSONAL: Full name is Tuugalue Samuele Muasau a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and a pass (Last name pronounced MWAH-sow) ... Born Feb. 4, 1989 in breakup in win over N.C. Central ... Had a fumble recovery, a Tacoma, Wash. ... Son of Asoiva Muasau and the late Liuavano forced fumble, a pass breakup and a tackle for loss in win over Muasau. Savannah State ... Sacked Lamar QB Doug Prewitt for a 15-yard loss. CAREER STATISTICS Honored as the Panthers’ “Best Defensive Performer” for Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF spring practice. 2010 ...... 11 27-34 61 1.5-4 0 1-7 0 0 0 1 JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Played two seasons at Phoenix College but was injured much of the 2009 season ... Coached by Land Jacobsen ... Played wide receiver and defen- sive back at Buena High ... Had 50 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles on defense, along with 18 catches for 415 yards and seven touchdowns on off ense ... Named fi rst-team all- region as a defensive back and second-team at wide receiver ... PERSONAL: Given name is Manumalo Muasau (pronounced MWAH-sow) ... Th e younger of the Muasau brothers at Georgia State, born April 15, 1990 ... Son of Asoiva Muasau and the late Liuavano Muasau.

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AT GEORGIA STATE: Key returnee at tight end ... Inau- AT GEORGIA STATE: Defensive lineman who joined the gural team member who participated in tryouts in 2008-09 and Georgia State program in 2010 aft er two seasons at Coff eyville then joined the team in the fall of 2009 ... Named to the Athletic C.C. in Coff eyville, Kansas. Director’s Honor Roll for spring 2010 and the Dean’s List for fall 2010: Made 10 tackles as a backup noseguard during the 2010. inaugural season ... Season-high three hits against both Shorter 2010: Shared the tight end position with Arthur Williams ... and Campbell, when he also shared a tackle for loss. Made 15 catches for 199 yards and one touchdown ... Averaged HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two seasons 13.3 yards per catch. at Coff eyville C.C. ... Two-year letterwinner at Jeff erson City Caught the fi rst touchdown pass in GSU history on a four-yard High in Jeff erson City, Mo. ... Played off ensive and defensive line completion from Drew Little against Shorter ... Part of Georgia for coach Ted Lapage. State’s longest pass play of the season with his 55-yard reception PERSONAL: Full name is Dion Gene Peary ... Born July, against Alabama on the Panthers’ fi rst play from scrimmage. 26, 1990. Had his most productive game against Old Dominion with three catches for 64 yards, including his longest reception of 36 CAREER STATISTICS yards ... Had three catches for 29 yards against Jacksonville State Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF ... Added two receptions for 12 yards in win over Campbell ... 2010 ...... 9 4-6 10 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Had two catches against South Alabama, including an 11-yard gain on fourth-and-six at the USA 16 to set up a touchdown ... Made great strides in spring practice, when he named “Most Improved” on off ense while earning the “Off ensive Dominator Award.” HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Shannon Jarvis at Mill Creek High School ... Also participated in basketball and track and fi eld ... Honor graduate. PERSONAL: Given name is Okwuchukwu Jite Ogbuehi (last name pronounced oh-BOY-ee) ... Parents are Joseph and Ethel Ogbuehi ... Father played soccer in his native Nigeria at the national level ... Born Aug. 17, 1990 ... Majoring in chemistry.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP AT GEORGIA STATE: Member of Georgia State’s inau- Shorter...... 1 4 1 4 gural team aft er signing with the Panthers in 2010 ... Promising Lambuth ...... 0 0 0 0 cornerback who earned playing time in the secondary as a true Jacksonville State ...... 3 29 0 12 freshman. Campbell ...... 2 12 0 8 2010: Morehead ...... 0 0 0 0 Tied for the team lead in interceptions with two ... Savannah State ...... 1 7 0 7 Also broke up four passes ... Credited with 20 tackles, including NC Central ...... 1 12 0 12 12 solo hits and eight assists. Old Dominion ...... 3 64 0 36 Made one of the key defensive plays of the season in over- South Alabama ...... 2 13 0 11 time win over N.C. Central with his third-down pass breakup Lamar ...... 1 3 0 3 in the end zone on NCCU’s overtime possession ... Grabbed his Alabama ...... 1 55 0 55 fi rst interception against Savannah State and returned it 20 yards ... Had another interception against Lamar which he returned 18 CAREER STATISTICS yards ... Season-high fi ve tackles against Campbell. Year ...... G Rec Yards Avg TD LP HIGH SCHOOL: Standout defensive back at Newnan 2010 ...... 11 15 199 13.3 1 55 High, which posted a 13-1 record in 2009 and advanced to the

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state semifi nals in Class AAAAA, Georgia’s largest classifi ca- he caught fi ve passes for 64 yards against Jacksonville State, tion ... Two-time, fi rst-team all-region honoree (4-AAAAA) including an 11-yard catch on third-and-eight and a 14-yard ... Two-time all-Coweta County selection ... Coached by Mike grab on third-and-six ... Added two catches for 31 yards against McDonald ... Led the county with six interceptions and two Savannah State ... Caught a 23-yard pass for a key third-down punt returns for touchdowns in 2009 ... Made 16 career inter- conversion on a touchdown drive versus N.C. Central. ceptions ... Helped Newnan to a four-year record of 44-5 ... Also HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Pete Walker at Glades competed in track. Day School ... Passed for 1,600 yards and 10 touchdowns as a PERSONAL: Full name is Anterrio Jamal Ransby ... Son of senior aft er throwing for 2,000 yards as junior ... Starting quar- Melissa Smith and Tony Ransby ... Born Nov. 27, 1991. terback in the Outback Steakhouse Treasure Coast All-Star game ... Member of state championship team in 2006 ... Dean’s CAREER STATISTICS List student ... Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF PERSONAL: Full name is Bo Wesley Schlechter ... Parents 2010 ...... 10 12-8 20 0-0 0-0 2-38 4 0 0 0 are Missy and Mike Schlechter ... Father played football at Carson Newman ... Born Aug. 9, 1991.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 Punts Yds Avg LP Ret Net TB I20 FC 50+ Shorter 2 73 36.5 38 1-7 33.0 0 1 0 0 Lambuth 5 204 40.8 47 1-11 38.6 0 1 1 0 Jax State 2 84 42.0 42 2-27 28.5 0 0 0 0 Campbell 4 200 50.0 62 2-12 47.0 0 3 1 3 Morehead 4 147 36.8 45 1-(-9) 39.0 0 0 1 0 Savannah St 2 100 50.0 53 1-2 49.0 0 1 0 1 NCCU 4 204 51.0 59 3-33 42.8 0 2 0 2 ODU 4 183 45.8 56 2-10 38.2 1 0 0 2 USA DNP - Injured Lamar DNP - Injured Alabama 4 185 46.2 54 1-23 40.5 0 0 1 1 AT GEORGIA STATE: Starting punter who will also work 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP at quarterback this spring aft er playing wide receiver last fall Jax State ...... 5 64 0 18 ... Could contend for all-star honors at punter next fall aft er a Savannah St ...... 2 31 0 16 strong 2010 season ... Part of a four-man battle for the starting NCCU ...... 1 23 0 23 quarterback job in the 2010 preseason. Elected to move to wide receiver following the fi rst game ... One of the best all-around CAREER STATISTICS athletes on the team. Year ...... G No. Yds Avg LP TB FC I20 50+ 2010: Averaged 44.5 yards per punt, including nine kicks of 2010 ...... 9 31 1380 44.5 62 1 4 8 9 50 yards or more and eight punts downed inside the opponents’ Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP 20-yard line ... Helped GSU to a net punting average of 37.3, 2010 ...... 9 8 118 14.8 0 23 which would have ranked among the Top 10 nationally. Top punting performance was against Campbell, when he punted four times for a 50-yard average, with three punts inside the 20-yard line. Earned honorable mention recognition for the national Punter of the Week award in FCS by the College Foot- ball Performance Awards. Again recognized by CFPA aft er punting for a 50-yard average versus Savannah State ... Earned his third honorable mention award from the CFPA against N.C. Central, when he averaged 51 yards on four punts, putting two inside the 20-yard line ... Added a fourth honorable mention citation from the CFPA following the Alabama game. Missed the South Alabama and Lamar games due to a knee injury but returned to average 46.2 yards against Alabama. Earned the team’s fi rst Magnanimitas (“greatness of spirit”) AT GEORGIA STATE: Inaugural team member who helmet sticker, recognizing an exemplary display of one of the joined the program as part of GSU’s 2009 signing class ... Versa- six characteristics of a champion. Th e characteristic he exempli- tile defensive lineman who has played both tackle and end. fi ed was unselfi shness when he elected to move from QB to WR. 2010: Backup on the defensive front who played in 10 Also played wide receiver and had eight catches for a 14.8- games ... Made nine tackles, including four solo hits ... Season- yard average ... In his fi rst signifi cant action at wide receiver, high three tackles in the inaugural game victory over Shorter ...

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Added two hits each against Savannah State and South Alabama. HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable-mention all-region selection at Crisp County High ... Credited with 69 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and six sacks from his defensive end position ... PERSONAL: Full name is Demetreious Sinclair Shorter ... Parents are Aaron and Joyce Shorter ... Born April 8, 1991 in Germany.

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 9 4-6 10 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0

AT GEORGIA STATE: Solidly built running back who joined the program aft er a tryout session in the fall of 2009 ... Backup on GSU’s inaugural team. 2010: Rushed for 38 yards on seven carries ... Carried three times for 17 yards against Savannah State, including season-long 14-yard run ... Gained 21 yards on four carries against Alabama ... Played in every game on special teams and made one tackle. HIGH SCHOOL: All-region selection at Tri Cities High School ... Team captain for coach Morris Starr ... Also a three- year letterman in basketball ... Prepped at Hargrave Military Academy in 2007-08. PERSONAL: Full name is Malcolm Dean Smith ... Born Nov. 20, 1989 ... Parents are Greg and Helen Smith ... Father AT GEORGIA STATE: Versatile defender who has played played football at Tennessee State. both safety and outside linebacker ... Will work at safety this spring ... Joined the program in the fall of 2009 ... Named to CAREER STATISTICS Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters in 2009-10. Year ...... G Rec Yards Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 11 7 38 5.4 0 14 2010: Backup on defense and a special teams contributor on Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Credited with 12 tackles on the season, including seven solo hits and fi ve assists ... Had three tackles, a quarterback sack and a pass breakup in GSU’s win over Morehead State ... Added three hits against Lamar and two versus Old Dominion. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Ricky Tolleson at Bremen High School ... Totalled 1,500 career rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards while scoring 22 touchdowns ... Helped Bremen to three region titles ... Also participated in baseball, basketball and track ... National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Full name is William Mikhail Singleton ... Born Sept. 5, 1990 ... Parents are Nick and Lori Williams.

CAREER STATISTICS AT GEORGIA STATE: Starting tailback for Georgia State’s Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF inaugural season in 2010 ... Part of GSU’s fi rst signing class in 2010 ...... 9 7-5 12 1-4 1-4 0 1 0 1-0 0 2009 ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring 2010. 2010: Starting tailback who threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Danny Williams vs. Lambuth ... Finished the season with 170 yards rushing on 46 carries along with fi ve receptions for 31 yards. Carried seven times for 23 yards in the inaugural game versus Shorter. Also had two catches for 15 yards ... In win over Campbell, he set up the game-winning fi eld with a 15-yard down to the nine-yard line. Also had a six-yard run on the winning drive.

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Gained a season-high 36 yards on seven carries against Old HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Amos McCreary at Dominion, including his longest run of the season at 30 yards ... Whitewater High School ... Transferred there from Starr’s Mill Added 22 yards on just three carries in win over Lamar and 26 High. yards versus Savannah State. PERSONAL: Full name is John Austen Wiley ... Born Oct. Awarded the “Team Leadership Award” for the off ense 16, 1990 ... Parents are Lou-Ann and Bill Wiley. following spring practice ... Attended Northwood University in Midland, Mich., in 2008 but did not play. CAREER STATISTICS HIGH SCHOOL: Rushed for 1,125 yards in 2007 as a senior Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF at Lake Worth High School ... All-county and all-conference 2010 ...... 11 12-12 24 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 selection ... Averaged 10 yards per carry ... Scored 17 touch- downs ... Also had 72 tackles and two interceptions on defense ... 2007 all-area selection by the Palm Beach Post ... Played for coach Errick Lowe at Lake Worth, where one of the assistant coaches was current GSU assistant Anthony Midget. PERSONAL: Full name is Rosevelt Watson, Jr. ... Parents are Rosevelt and Michelle Watson ... Born July 19, 1990. GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP Shorter...... 7 23 0 8 2 15 0 10 Lambuth * ...... 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 Jax State ...... 1 -3 0 0 1 5 0 5 Campbell ...... 5 28 0 15 1 3 0 3 Morehead ...... 5 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 Savannah St ...... 8 26 0 9 1 8 1 8 AT GEORGIA STATE: Tight end who enrolled at Georgia NC Central ...... 3 16 0 8 0 0 0 0 State for the fall of 2010 aft er two seasons in junior college ... Old Dominion ...... 7 36 0 30 0 0 0 0 Nicknamed “Bully” for his blocking ability. South Alabama ...... 3 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 2010: Made 16 catches for 164 yards and three touchdowns Lamar ...... 3 22 0 21 0 0 0 0 as he shared the tight end position with Emmanuel Ogbuehi ... Alabama ...... 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Fift h on the team in receptions ... Averaged 10.2 yards per catch * Also threw a 39-yard TD pass ... Voted the team’s Outstanding Tight End by his teammates. Made perhaps the play of Georgia State’s season in the CAREER STATISTICS 23-17 victory over Lamar, which ensured a winning record for Year ...... G Rsh Yds Avg TD LP PG Rec Yds Avg TD LP the Panthers in their inaugural campaign. With GSU trailing 2010 ...... 11 46 170 3.7 0 30 15.5 5 31 6.2 0 10 20-17 in the fourth quarter, he caught a two-yard touchdown pass, hauling in the ball aft er it was tipped by a defender for the Year ...... Cm Att Int Pct Yds TD LP winning score ... Nearly made a similar catch in the back of the 2010 ...... 1 1 0 1.000 39 1 39 end zone on the Panthers’ fi nal play in the overtime loss to Jack- sonville State, but he was ruled out of bounds, ending the game. Season highs of fi ve receptions for 66 yards against Lamar ... Th ree catches for 43 yards in win at Campbell, including a 24-yard reception down to the CU 30-yard line to help set up the game-winning fi eld goal Caught two touchdowns in win over Morehead State. Scored on an 11-yard reception on which he caught a short pass in the fl at and literally dragged the defender into the end zone. Also caught a two-yard TD pass against MSU. JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: Played two seasons for coach Joe Early at Palomar J.C. in San Marcos, Calif. ... Had just two catches for 16 yards in 2009 but was a key contributor in helping the team rush for nearly 2,500 yards and average 4.7 yards per rush ... Had three receptions for 19 yards in 2008 AT GEORGIA STATE: Backup defensive lineman who ... Helped his team to a 10-3 record in 2009 and an 8-3 mark joined the program in 2009. and Golden Empire Bowl berth in 2008 . . . Played two varsity 2010: Played in all 11 games in Georgia State’s inaugural seasons for coach Walter Frazier at Carol City High ... Selected to play in the North Dade All-Star Game. season ... Made 24 tackles, including 12 solo hits ... Credited PERSONAL: with two quarterback hurries ... Received the team’s “Defensive Full name is Arthur Phillip Williams Jr. Hustle Award” for spring practice. ... Born July 6, 1990 in Miami, Fla. ... Son of Arthur and Rila Williams.

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GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Because of his height and leaping ability, he also played on 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP defense in late-game situations when the opponent is attempting Shorter...... 1 7 0 7 a Hail Mary pass, and he contributed a key pass breakup in the Lambuth ...... 0 0 0 0 end zone on Lamar’s fi nal play. Jacksonville State ...... 1 10 0 10 HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state in Class Campbell ...... 3 43 0 24 6-A, Florida’s largest classifi cation ... All-county and all-Central Morehead ...... 3 26 2 13 Florida ... Had 35 receptions for 660 yards and seven touchdowns Savannah State ...... 1 9 0 9 NC Central ...... 0 0 0 0 as a senior, following 31 receptions for 560 yards and six scores Old Dominion ...... 1 1 0 1 as a junior ... Helped Boone High School to an 11-3 record as South Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 a senior, following a 14-1 mark in 2007, when the school’s only Lamar ...... 5 66 1 20 loss was to nationally-ranked Miami Northwestern in the state Alabama ...... 1 2 0 2 title game ... Coached by Phil Ziglar. PERSONAL: Full name is Herman Daniel Williams IV ... CAREER STATISTICS Parents are Lisa and Danny Williams ... Born May 7, 1991. Year ...... G Rec Yards Avg TD LP 2010 ...... 11 16 164 10.2 3 24 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2010 ...... Rec Yds TD LP Shorter...... 2 28 0 15 Lambuth ...... 2 44 1 39 Jacksonville State ...... 7 78 0 23 Campbell ...... 4 22 1 8 Morehead ...... 8 101 0 38 Savannah State ...... 3 19 1 7 NC Central ...... 5 103 1 24 Old Dominion ...... 11 102 0 16 South Alabama ...... 5 82 1 47 Lamar ...... 6 61 0 18 Alabama ...... 1 9 0 9 CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP PG Rsh Yds TD LP AT GEORGIA STATE: Th e leading receiver and Off ensive 2010 ...... 11 54 649 12.0 5 47 59.0 1 -1 0 0 MVP for Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Tall and lanky with TOUCHDOWNS: 39LAM, 8CAM, 7SSU, 24NCCU, 47USA excellent leaping ability ... Good blocker ... Signed with Georgia State as a member of the Panthers’ 2009 signing class ... Injured for 2010 spring practice. 2010: GSU’s leading receiver with 54 receptions for 649 yards and fi ve TD ... Averaged 4.9 catches and 59.0 yards per game ... Caught at least one pass in every game ... Voted the team’s Outstanding Wide Receiver and Most Valuable Player on Off ense by his teammates. Became the Panthers’ fi rst-ever 100-yard receiver with eight catches for 101 yards in win over Morehead State ... Bettered that with fi ve catches for 103 yards against N.C. Central, including a 24-yard touchdown catch that put GSU ahead with 5:36 to play. Also had a 19-yard catch for a third-down conversion on the scoring drive. Season-high 11 catches for 102 yards against Old Dominion AT GEORGIA STATE: Explosive athlete who made an ... Had fi ve receptions for 82 yards against South Alabama, immediate impact as a true freshman, primarily as a return including a 47-yard scoring play that is his longest reception of specialist ... One of the fastest players on the team ... Part of the year ... Caught an eight-yard touchdown pass in the fourth GSU’s second recruiting class, signing with the Panthers in quarter of GSU’s 24-21 win at Campbell. Also had a spectacular, 2010. one-handed grab on that drive. 2010: Led GSU in all-purpose yards, averaging 93.2 yards Had seven catches for 78 yards in overtime loss to fourth- per game ... GSU’s third-leading receiver on the season with ranked Jacksonville State. Set up the tying touchdown late in 19 catches for 294 yards and two touchdowns ... Averaged regulation with a 16-yard reception down to the one-yard line ... 28.1 yards on 22 kickoff returns ... Honored as the team’s Most Caught a 39-yard TD pass from running back Rosevelt Watson Valuable Player on Special Teams while also earning the team’s vs. Lambuth ... Had receptions of 15 and 13 yards in the inau- Magnanimitas Award. gural game versus Shorter

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Made one of the top plays of the season for the Panthers with his 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Alabama Caught touchdown passes of 29 and 28 yards against Savannah State ... Totalled 93 yards against Morehead State with three catches for 78 yards and three rushes for 15 yards. Took a short pass from Drew Little and raced 42 yards down to the four-yard line to set up a touchdown. Had a 53-yard kickoff return in the opener vs. Shorter and a 50-yarder vs. South Alabama ... Had GSU’s second-longest pass completion of the season with a 51-yard reception against Campbell. Also provided key blocking on Darren McCray’s 96-yard kickoff return. HIGH SCHOOL: Speedster in the 2010 signing class whose AT GEORGIA STATE: play at quarterback earned him the honor of Scripps Treasure Young defensive lineman who Coast Newspapers All-Area Off ensive Player of the Year ... earned playing time as a backup noseguard on Georgia State’s inaugural team ... Part of the Panthers’ 2010 signing class. Totaled 2,631 all-purpose yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior 2010: at Port St. Lucie High ... Recorded 1,029 passing yards with nine Played in 10 games, including one start versus touchdowns, 824 rushing yards with 11 scores, 81 receiving Lambuth ... Credited with 15 tackles (fi ve solo, 10 assists) ... yards, 132 interception return yards and 565 kick/punt return Season-high four tackles in the inaugural game victory over yards. Shorter ... Equalled that with four tackles at Old Dominion ... PERSONAL: Son of Sherri Brown ... Born July 12, 1992. Added three hits at Alabama. HIGH SCHOOL: Two-way lineman at Irwin County High GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ... Earned all-region honors (Region 2A) three straight years 2010 ...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP ... Made 39 tackles, with eight tackles for loss, three sacks, and Shorter...... 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 eight quarterback hurries ... Graded 82 percent with 22 pancake Jax State ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 blocks on off ense ... ree-yearTh starter. Campbell ...... 2 2 0 1 1 54 0 51 PERSONAL: Full name is Terrance Jamaal Woodard ... Morehead ...... 3 15 0 7 3 78 0 42 Parents are Terry Woodard and Lillian Cole ... Born Nov. 9, Savannah St ...... 0 0 0 0 4 72 2 29 1991. NC Central ...... 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 Old Dominion ...... 1 9 0 9 1 16 0 16 CAREER STATISTICS South Alabama ...... 0 0 0 0 3 33 0 14 Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF Lamar ...... 1 -12 0 0 6 34 0 9 2010 ...... 10 5-10 15 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama ...... 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 ...... KOR Yds TD LP PR Yds TD LP Shorter...... 1 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 Jax State ...... 4 78 0 34 0 0 0 0 Campbell ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morehead ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Savannah St ...... 3 84 0 35 0 0 0 0 NC Central ...... 3 55 0 20 1 0 0 0 Old Dominion ...... 3 58 0 27 2 5 0 21 South Alabama ...... 4 125 0 50 0 0 0 0 Lamar ...... 1 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 Alabama ...... 3 140 1 97 0 0 0 0

CAREER STATISTICS Year ...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP PG Rsh Yds Avg TD LP AT GEORGIA STATE: 2010 ...... 10 19 294 15.5 2 51 29.4 11 18 1.6 0 9 Veteran tight end who enrolled at Georgia State in the summer of 2010 aft er transferring from Year ...... G KR Yds Avg TD LP PR Yds Avg TD LP All Auburn and was eligible to play immediately. 2010 ...... 10 22 618 28.1 1 97 3 2 0.7 0 21 932 2010: Played in every game of the inaugural season ... Served as the long-snapper on punts while playing on several other special teams units ... Made one tackle on punt coverage. AT AUBURN: Played in 11 games on special teams in 2009 … Redshirted in 2007, then did not see any game action in 2008. HIGH SCHOOL: PrepStar All-American and the No. 5 tight end on the PrepStar 100 ... Ranked No. 13 nationally at tight end by Rivals.com and No. 33 by ESPN.com ... Selected

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to play in the Off ense-Defense All-American Bowl in January 2007 ... Honorable mention all-region ... Th e No. 16 prospect in the 2007 Georgia Top 50 ... No. 74 on the Mobile Press-Regis- ter’s Super Southeast 120 ... Recorded 12 pancake blocks in his senior season ... Coached by Ed Dudley at Walton High School … Also played basketball and ran track. PERSONAL: Full name is Bailey Alexander Woods ... Born December 4, 1988 ... Son of Terri and Jim Woods … Father was an off ensive lineman at Georgia Tech, with Bill Curry as his position coach in 1976 … Earned his bachelor’s degree in public administration from Auburn in the spring of 2010 and is pursuing a master’s in education at Georgia State. AT GEORGIA STATE: Promising young off ensive lineman who earned playing time as a true freshman aft er signing with the Panthers in 2010 ... Played in four games during the inau- gural season, relieving starter Ben Jacoby at center ... Saw action in wins over Morehead State, Savannah State and Lamar as well as the game at Alabama. HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-state off ensive lineman in Class AAAA by both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Associated Press ... First-team all-region (5-AAAA) and fi rst- team all-area for the Atlanta Public Schools ... Also an all-region selection as a junior ... Played at Mays High ... Participated in the Georgia North-South All-Star Game in Columbus, Ga., following his senior season. PERSONAL: AT GEORGIA STATE: Defensive player who has settled Timothy Wynn, Jr. is the son of Heteria and at linebacker but has also played safety ... Member of Georgia Tim Wynn ... Born Nov. 18, 1991. State’s fi rst recruiting class in 2009. 2010: Backup on defense and key special teams contributor, playing on several units ... Played in every game of the inaugural season ... Credited with four tackles. HIGH SCHOOL: Two-way standout at Landmark Chris- tian School ... First-team all-region selection in 2007 ... Winner of the Region 5-A Coaches’ MVP Award in 2008 ... As a senior, he collected 80 tackles with six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown; also had one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... On off ense, he tallied 23 receptions for 464 yards (20.2 yards per catch) with three touchdowns ... Made 132 tackles, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries as a junior, and 108 tackles, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries as a sophomore ... Also a standout in AT GEORGIA STATE: Veteran off ensive lineman who is basketball and track ... Finished third in the state in the 4x400- the Panthers’ returning starter at left tackle ... Enrolled at Georgia meter relay as a junior ... Homecoming King, member of Beta State for the 2010 season aft er transferring from Georgia Tech Club and recipient of the 2008 Chick-fi l-A Student Leadership and was eligible immediately. Award ... Active in community service and campus ministry ... 2010: Started every game at left tackle for GSU’s inaugural PERSONAL: Full name is Blake Edward Wyatt ... Born July team ... Part of an off ensive line that allowed only 10 sacks all 23, 1990 ... Parents are Ed and Jamie Wyatt. season, despite averaging more than 30 pass attempts per game. AT GEORGIA TECH: CAREER STATISTICS Spent three years at Georgia Tech … Member of 2009 ACC championship squad … Saw his most Year ...... G UA-A Total TFL Sk Int PB QH FR FF 2010 ...... 11 2-2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 signifi cant playing time in 2008, when he moved up to second on the depth chart at tackle in early November ... Earned consid- erable action vs. Miami (Nov. 20) and at North Carolina (Nov. 8)... Saw second-half duty in the Duke game (Oct. 4) ... Played in his fi rst career game in the season opener vs. Jacksonville State (Aug. 28) … Redshirted as a true freshman in 2007.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Rated the No. 57 prospect in Florida by Rivals and Scout.com ... Ranked No. 23 in the nation among off ensive tackles by Rivals... No. 38 on the Florida Top 100 list by the Orlando Sentinel ... Named to the Florida Times-Union Super 24 ... Helped team reach the Class 4A state title game... Second-team all-state ... Coached by Craig Howard at Nease High. PERSONAL: Full name is Clyde Raymond Yandell, Jr. ... Parents are Clyde and Juliana Yandell... Born March 11, 1989 … Aft er graduating from Georgia Tech in three years, he is enrolled in graduate school at Georgia State.

OPENING KICKOFF: The Panthers’ fi nal huddle before the opening kickoff of Georgia State Football on Sept. 2, 2010 at the Georgia Dome. Photo by Rob Saye.

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CHRISTIAN BENVENUTO McCLAIN HEAD Placekicker • 6-0, 185 Defensive Lineman • 6-4, 245 Palm Coast, Fla. Fayetteville, Ga. Matanzas HS Whitewater High School

First-team all-area selection by the First team All-Fayette County by the Daytona Beach News Journal ... As a Fayette County News ... Made 38 tackles, senior at Matanzas High, he connected on fi ve of eight eldfi goal including 23 solo hits and two tackles for loss ... Team captain attempts, and 25 of 26 extra-point tries while averaging 38.8 for coach Amos McCreary at Whitewater High ... Also a yards per punt with a long of 59 ... Hit 19 of 20 extra points and standout in track and fi eld, fi nishing in the top 10 in the state in fi ve of seven fi eld goals, including a career-long 49-yarder vs. the shot put and discus as a junior ... Son of Mike and Beverly Palatka, as a junior ... Flagler County Rotary Scholar-Athlete of Head ... Uncle, Tony Head, was a player at Georgia Tech when the Month ... Lettered three years in football and was coached Bill Curry was an assistant coach there in 1976. by Keith Lagocki ... An all-conference and all-area selection in soccer, in which he lettered four years as a center, midfi elder and goalkeeper ... Also lettered in weightlift ing ... Parents are Tony and Mary Benvenuto ... Father is a soccer coach. NICK HENDERSON Athlete • 6-0, 200 Roswell, Ga. D’MARIO GUNN Roswell HS Defensive Back • 6-0, 185 Hampton, Ga. Luella HS / Versatile athlete who played tight end at Roswell High School ... First-team all- Georgia Military College Region 6-AAAA ... All-area selection for North Fulton by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Had 30 catches for 370 yards and one touchdown ... Played for coach Leo Barker and helped Defensive back who transferred from Roswell reach the second round of the state playoff s in 2010 ... Georgia Military College ... Enrolled at Parents are Michelle and Steve Henderson ... Father played at GSU this semester and will participate in spring practice ... Georgia Tech for Bill Curry, meaning Nick will be one of three Lettered two years at GMC for coach Bert Williams ... Had four Panthers who are the sons of former Curry players, along with interceptions and eight pass breakups in 2010, along with 33 Bailey Woods and Mark Hogan. tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Attended Luella High School, where he was an all-region wide receiver and linebacker ... Had over 300 yards receiving with four touch- down catches as a senior ... Helped Luella reach the playoff s for DAVID HUEY the fi rst time in 2008 ... Coached by Paul Burgdorf ... Began his high school career at Jones County before moving to Luella as a Off ensive Lineman • 6-2, 285 junior ... Full name is D’Mario Jenero Gunn ... Parents are Nashville, Tenn. Rachel Stewart and Terrance Gunn. Pearl Cohn HS

All-City selection in Nashville, Tenn., by the Metro Coaches Association ... Played off ensive tackle for coach Tony Brunetti ... Helped Pearl Cohn reach the quarterfi nals of the 2010 state playoff s in Class 3A ... Also played basketball and baseball.

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BEN McLANE DEMAZIO SKELTON Quarterback • 6-1, 215 Defensive Back • 6-1, 185 Snellville, Ga. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Brookwood HS Myrtle Beach HS / Georgia Military College

Starting quarterback for 2010 Class Defensive back who played two seasons at AAAAA state champion Brookwood High Georgia Military College ... Will enroll at ... Passed for 2,346 yards and 17 touchdowns while completing Georgia State next fall and have two seasons of eligibility for the 60 percent (143-of-238) of his passes as a senior ... Added 1,780 Panthers ... Had six interceptions and 10 pass breakups in 2010, yards passing and 16 touchdowns as a junior ... Brookwood’s along with 45 tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack and one career passing leader with 4,747 yards and 35 touchdowns ... blocked kick ... Coached by Bert Williams at GMC ... Played Played for coach Mark Crews ... Father, Ben McLane, Sr., is an wide receiver and safety for 2009 state championship team assistant coach at Brookwood. (Class AAA) at Myrtle Beach (S.C.) High ... Chosen for the North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl ... As a junior he had 86 tackles, nine tackles for loss and fi ve interceptions, which QWONTEZ MALLORY he returned for 214 yards; scored two defensive touchdowns ... Coached by Scott Earley at Myrtle Beach ... Son of Regina Linebacker • 6-2, 235 Chestnut and Demazio Skelton, Sr. Albany, Ga. Dougherty County HS / Georgia Military College RODERICK THOMPSON Defensive End • 6-3, 235 Linebacker who played two seasons at Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Military College ... Will enroll at Mays HS Georgia State next fall and have two seasons of eligibility for the Panthers ... Credited with 33 tackles, including four tackles for loss and two sacks in 2010 ... Also had two pass breakups and a forced fumble ... Coached by Bert Williams at GMC ... Attended Defensive line prospect from Atlanta’s Dougherty County High in Albany, Ga. ... Blocked a fi eld goal Mays High School ... Credited with 35 and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown as a senior versus tackles ... Also blocked a punt and recovered a fumble ... Crisp County ... Parents are Angela Douglas and Floyd McCray. Coached by Dominic Calloway ... Son of Gloria Ann Crawford and Roderick Th ompson, Sr., and grandson of Angela Dixon

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GEORGIA STATE 41, SHORTER 7 GeorgiaGeeorgig a StStateatte Game 1: Sept. 2, 2010 • 7:30 p.m. Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. takesttaakkes ththee fi eldeleld forfoor itsitts inauguralini aaugural gagame,me, Th e football era began at Georgia State with a 41-7 victory over NAIA Shorter before a crowd of playedppllaayyed beforebefe ore 30,237 fans at the Georgia Dome Th ursday night. 30.23730,2373300.237 ffansana s at tthehehe Quarterback Drew Little led the Panthers with a 13-of-17 performance and two touchdown passes, GeorgiaGGeeorgia Dome.DDomme. while running back Parris Lee scored twice on the ground. Th e program’s fi rst-ever game capped a preparation period that began in April 2008, when it was fi rst announced that the school would fi eld a football team. “I’ve never been more proud of a group of young men than I am of this group,” said head coach Bill Curry. Georgia State (1-0) piled up 366 yards of total off ense, including 212 yards rushing, and allowed the Shorter off ense inside the red zone just once in the game. Safety Brandon Jones led the defense with six tackles on the night. Th e Panthers jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the fi rst quarter and never looked back, moving the ball 63 yards on 11 plays on the game’s fi rst possession and capping the drive with a 4-yard Lee touchdown run. A 15-yard completion by Little to wide receiver SCORING SUMMARY LAMBUTH 23, GEORGIA STATE 14 Danny Williams on third down put the ball inside GSU–PLee 4 Run (Vance Kick), 9:07, 1st GSU 7-0 the Shorter 10 and helped set up the opening score. (Drive: 11-63, 5:53) Game 2: Sept. 11, 2010 • 1 p.m. Georgia State scored three times in the second GSU–Vance 22 FG, 8:58, 2nd (Drive: 10-59, 5:13) GSU 10-0 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. quarter on two Iain Vance fi eld goals (from 22 and GSU–Ogbuehi 4 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 5:48, 2nd GSU 17-0 18 yards out) and a touchdown drive of 30 yards (Drive: 11-63, 5:53) Aft er erasing a nine-point halft ime defi cit to GSU–Vance 18 FG, 0:16, 2nd (Drive: 7-29, 3:37) GSU 20-0 take a lead late into the fourth quarter, Georgia State aft er the Panthers recovered a Shorter fumble. GSU–PLee 10 run (Vance Kick), 2:12, 3rd GSU 27-0 Little found tight end Emmanuel Ogbuehi for an fell to NAIA Lambuth, 23-14, at the Georgia Dome. (Drive: 6-60, 2:13) Two late interceptions — one of which was returned 8-yard score and the Panthers’ fi rst-ever touchdown SU–Williams 1 Run (Guilford Kick), 8:14, 4th GSU 27-7 through the air. GSU–Giles 16 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 5:35, 4th GSU 34-7 for a Lambuth touchdown — doomed the Panthers Quarterback Kelton Hill piloted the off ense for (Drive: 6-47, 2:29) in their second game as a program. the fi rst drive of the second half, which resulted in GSU–Hill 24 Run (Vance Kick), 0:08, 4th GSU 41-7 “We did not sustain anything running the ball the fi rst of the period’s two fi eld goals. Hill capped (Drive: 4-54, 1:55) today,” said GSU head coach Bill Curry. “And we the scoring in the contest with a 24-yard touchdown Attendance–30,237 couldn’t stop them when we needed to.” run with eight seconds remaining in the game. TEAM STATISTICS ...... SU GSU Th e Panthers trailed 9-0 at the half before Th e second-half scoring for the Panthers began coming alive on off ense. First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 14 (11-3-0) 20 (10-7-3) Georgia State (1-1) got on the scoreboard on with Lee’s second touchdown of the game, a 10-yard Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 53-206-1 35-212-3 run into the corner of the end zone with 2:12 left Passing Yards ...... 57 154 its second drive of the second half, starting at its in the third. Little found wide receiver Jordan Giles Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 5-11-0 14-19-0 own 48-yard line aft er forcing a Lambuth punt. from 16 yards out for the Panthers’ fi rst score of the TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 64-263 54-366 Quarterback Kelton Hill, in for starter Drew Little, fourth quarter and his second passing touchdown of Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-32.2-23.0 2-36.5-33.0 took off out of the pocket on third-and-13 and broke the night. Fumbles-Lost...... 3-1 0-0 free for a 53-yard gain down to the Lambuth 2-yard Penalties ...... 9-115 8-45 line. Two plays later, Travis Evans ran 2 yards for a Shorter scored its fi rst points of the game Sacks By ...... 1-8 0-0 with 8:14 left in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard Panthers touchdown, and Iain Vance hit the point 3rd Down Conversions...... 8-15 6-10 aft er to cut it 9-7. touchdown run by quarterback Ben Williams, 4th Down Conversions...... 1-2 0-0 making the score 27-7. Th e Hawks had a chance to Time of Possession ...... 32:29 27:31 Aft er penalties helped stop the ensuing get on the scoreboard on their fi rst possession of the Lambuth (1-1) drive, Georgia State struck again RUSHING LEADERS second half, but David Guilford hooked the 51-yard on a 77-yard drive that culminated in the Panthers’ fi eld goal attempt wide left . SU–BWilliams 26-94, 1 TD; Edge 10-48; Foster 9-38; Appleton 5-17 biggest pass play of the season so far. Hill, in again Georgia State fi nished the game with no GSU–PLee 8-62, 2 TD; Hill 7-48, 1 TD; Evans 5-38; Burkhalter 3-29; under center, pitched to Rosevelt Watson, who then Watson 7-23; Little 2-7; Wilson 3-5 turnovers; Shorter gave the ball up twice on the found a wide-open Danny Williams for a 39-yard evening. PASSING LEADERS touchdown pass, putting GSU ahead, 14-9, with just six seconds remaining in the third quarter. “When you don’t turn the ball over and you SU–BWilliams 5-11-0, 57 get some turnovers you almost always win,” added GSU–Little 13-17-0, 135, 2 TD Th e Panthers’ second touchdown drive was set Curry. “Th at is an incredible coeffi cient of victory up by a 14-yard pass from Little to Darren McCray RECEIVING LEADERS that we have hammered and preached so hard.” and a 20-yard run from Evans. Offi cial attendance for the game was announced SU–Morten 1-20; Gibson 1-12; Collins 1-11; Jay 1-9; Wooddy 1-5 “I was proud the guys fought back in the third at 30,237, with overfl ow into the mezzanine level of GSU–Haynes 5-52; Giles 3-53, 1 TD; DWilliams 2-28; Watson 2-15; quarter to get the lead,” added Curry. “But Lambuth AWilliams 1-7; Ogbuehi 1-4, 1 TD; PLee 1-(-5) the Georgia Dome. deserves the win today because they outplayed us.” A clock-eating Lambuth touchdown drive in the fourth quarter put the Eagles back on top 16-14 SHORTER ...... 0 0 0 7 — 7 with 2:27 left in the game. Lambuth’s game-winning GEORGIA STATE ...... 7 13 7 14 — 41 drive covered 69 yards on 17 plays and lasted more

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than eight minutes, capped by B.A. Davis’ four-yard for 227 yards. Receivers Danny Williams and Bo touchdown run. JACKSONVILLE STATE 34, Schlechter were the main targets, with Williams GSU’s Demarius Matthews retunred the GEORGIA STATE 27 (OT) catching seven passes for 78 yards and Schlechter, ensuing kickoff to the 32-yard line, but Hill’s pass the former quarterback, bringing in fi ve passes for was defl ected up in the air and into the arms of Game 3: Sept. 18, 2010 • 1 p.m. (CSS-TV) 64 yards. Safety Brandon Jones led the defense with Darius Buckley, who returned it 37 yards for the Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. seven total tackles. clinching score. “Obviously, Drew Little was outstanding at Lambuth, coached by former Temple head In its fi rst-ever contest against an NCAA quarterback,” Curry added. “Obviously, Travis coach Ron Dickerson, used a possession passing Football Championship Subdivision opponent, Evans is a force when he contains his enthusiasm. game, combined with the running of Marquis Georgia State fell to No. 4 Jacksonville State, 34-27, He is an amazing player. Th e off ensive line took a Williams to take a 9-0 lead at the half. Williams, in overtime at the Georgia Dome. giant step forward today from last week.” frequently taking direct snaps, rushed for 149 yards Needing a touchdown and extra point to “I’m proud of our eff ort,” said Curry. “We can on 17 carries, including a 23-yard scoring run on the prolong the extra period aft er giving up a score go back on the fi eld and improve again if we practice to JSU on the fi rst possession, Georgia State Eagles’ fi rst possession. the way we did this week, and get ready for the next quarterback Kelton Hill threw incomplete in the Linebacker Jake Muasau came up with two one, and the next one, until we play like we should back of the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the turnovers in the fi rst half, getting an interception virtually all the time.” two-yard line. Tight end Arthur Williams came and a fumble recovery, and also had three sacks in down with the tipped pass, but aft er one offi cial the game. Olufemi Opanubi led the defense with JACKSONVILLE ST...... 3 14 3 7 7 — 34 signaled touchdown, he was ruled out of bounds. GEORGIA STATE ...... 7 3 3 14 0 — 27 nine total tackles. Jacksonville State scored on four plays on the fi rst possession of overtime, with quarterback SCORING SUMMARY LAMBUTH ...... 6 3 0 14 — 23 Marques Ivory running four yards for a touchdown. JSU–Esco 20 FG, 7:57, 1st (Drive: 13-69, 7:03) JSU 3-0 GEORGIA STATE ...... 0 0 14 0 — 14 “We didn’t come here to do well against good GSU–McCray 41 Run (Vance Kick), 6:23, 1st GSU 7-3 teams,” said head coach Bill Curry. “We came here SCORING SUMMARY (Drive: 3-56, 1:26) to beat them, and there were so many ways that we JSU–Young 4 Pass from Ivory (Esco Kick), 8:12, 3rd JSU 10-7 LU–MWilliams 23 Run (O’Jibway Kick Failed), 9:39, 1st LU 6-0 could have today, but we weren’t ready to take that (Drive: 11-82, 6:23) (Drive: 10-70, 5:21) step just yet.” GSU–Vance 39 FG, 10:38, 2nd (Drive: 8-39, 4:16) 10-10 LU–O’Jibway 42 FG, 2:20, 2nd (Drive: 13-55, 5:48) LU 9-0 Aft er falling behind 27-20 early in the fourth JSU–Blanchard 4 Run (Esco Kick), 0:50, 2nd JSU 17-10 GSU–Evans 2 Run (Vance Kick), 8:12, 3rd LU 9-7 (Drive: 7-49, 1:13) (Drive: 5-52, 2:04) quarter, Georgia State scored with 3:57 left in regulation to tie the score 27-27 on a one-yard GSU–Vance 25 FG, 8:34, 3rd (Drive: 14-77, 5:51) JSU 17-13 GSU–DWilliams 39 Pass from Watson (Vance Kick), GSU 14-9 JSU–Esco 27 FG, 0:12, 3rd (Drive: 7-21, 3:21) JSU 20-13 0:06, 3rd (Drive: 4-77, 1:46) Drew Little quarterback sneak. Th e tying drive GSU–Evans 46 Run (Vance Kick), 13:26, 4th 20-20 LU–BDavis 4 Run (O’Jibway Kick), 2:27, 4th LU 16-14 covered 75 yards on 13 plays, including third-down (Drive: 3-56, 1:26) (Drive: 17-69, 8:21) completions by Little to Sidney Haynes for 14 yards JSU–Barksdale 1 Run (Esco Kick), 9:38, 4th JSU 27-20 LU–Buckley 37 Interception Return (O’Jibway Kick) LU 23-14 and Travis Evans for seven yards. Little hit Danny (Drive: 9-69, 3:42) 2:09, 4th Williams for 16 yards down to the JSU one to set up GSU–Little 1 Run (Vance Kick), 3:57, 4th 27-27 Attendance–12,647 the score. (Drive: 13-75, 5:29) TEAM STATISTICS ...... LU GSU Regulation ended in frantic fashion with JSU–Ivory 2 Run (Esco Kick), OT (Drive: 4-25) JSU 34-27 Jacksonville State in possession of the ball in Attendance–16,128 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 21 (12-8-1) 5 (2-3-0) Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 50-184-1 17-91-1 fi eld goal range on the GSU 20-yard line. Aft er TEAM STATISTICS ...... JSU GSU completing a fi ve-yard pass with time running Passing Yards ...... 126 92 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 24 (8-14-2) 19 (4-14-1) Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 19-26-1 8-18-4 down, Ivory took the snap rathern than spiking the Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 39-167-3 22-112-3 TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 76-310 35-183 ball or calling timeout to stop the clock and bring Passing Yards ...... 283 227 Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-40.2-40.5 5-40.8-38.6 up a potential game-winning fi eld goal attempt. His Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 24-32-0 25-40-1 Fumbles-Lost...... 3-1 1-0 pass was tipped and nearly intercepted by Brandon TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 71-450 62-339 Penalties ...... 10-70 5-55 Jones to send the game into overtime. Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 2-36.5-36.5 2-42.0-28.5 Sacks By ...... 1-2 6-40 Aft er allowing a fi eld goal to JSU on the fi rst Fumbles-Lost...... 3-1 1-0 3rd Down Conversions...... 8-18 2-8 possession of the game, Georgia State struck Penalties ...... 13-121 4-35 4th Down Conversions...... 2-2 0-0 quickly on its fi rst drive with a scintillating 41-yard Sacks By ...... 2-8 0-0 Time of Possession ...... 42:02 17:58 touchdown run by Darren McCray to take a 7-3 3rd Down Conversions...... 7-12 7-13 RUSHING LEADERS lead. On the play, McCray took a reverse handoff 4th Down Conversions...... 2-2 0-2 Time of Possession ...... 33:09 26:51 LU–MWilliams 17-149, 1 TD; BDavis 11-35, 1 TD; Best 5-12; from Albert Wilson and streaked down the sideline, Coleman 5-10; Pryor 1-2; Ingram 10-(21) fi ghting off several Gamecock defenders to fi nd the RUSHING LEADERS GSU–Hill 5-64; Evans, 3-21, 1 TD; Watson 2-7; Burkhalter 4-4; end zone. JSU–Young 9-64; Barksdale 14-37, 1 TD; Freeney 6-26; Ivory 5-21, 1 LIttle 1-(2), PLee 2-(-3) JSU countered with a short touchdown pass TD; Blanchard 5-19, 1 TD PASSING LEADERS by Ivory, who found Jamal Young for the four-yard GSU–Evans 7-54, 1 TD; McCray 1-41, 1 TD; Hill 4-11; PLee 5-7; scoring play on the fi rst play of the second quarter to Burkhalter 1-6; Little 1-(-3), 1 TD LU–Ingram 19-25-0, 126; Harper 0-1-1 regain the lead, 10-7. PASSING LEADERS GSU–Little 5-12-3, 33; Hill 2-5-0, 20; Watson 1-1-0, 39, 1 TD Th e score at halft ime was 17-10 in the JSU–Ivory 24-32-0, 283, 1 TD RECEIVING LEADERS Gamecocks’ favor as JSU mounted a late touchdown GSU–Little 25-38-1, 227; Hill 0-1-0, 0 LU–Jefferson 8-65; Coleman 3-28; MWilliams 3-21; Mullins 2-14 drive aft er an Iain Vance 39-yard fi eld goal with 4:13 GSU–DWilliams 2-44, 1 TD; Anthony 2-16; Haynes 2-13; McCray to go in the second. RECEIVING LEADERS 1-14; PLee 1-5 Th e two teams traded fi eld goals to begin the JSU–Whiddon 6-69; Cameron 4-58; Shaw 4-30; Howard 3-62; third quarter, with Vance again connecting on a Cooper 2-34; Freeman 2-13; Young 2-7, 1 TD 25-yard try. GSU–DWilliams 7-78; Schlechter 5-64; Evans 4-23; Ogbuehi 3-29; Down 20-13 in the fourth quarter, Georgia PLee 2-14; Haynes 1-14; AWilliams 1-10; Watson 1-5 State again struck quickly on off ense. Aft er moving the ball into JSU territory, Evans took a handoff up the middle and eluded several would-be tacklers to go 46 yards for the touchdown and tie the game at 20-20 with 13:26 to go in the contest. Th e Panthers put up 339 yards of total off ense in the game, with Little completing 25 of 38 passes

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receive, which proved to be a good decision when GEORGIA STATE 24, CAMPBELL 21 Darren McCray took the opening kickoff and raced GEORGIA STATE 37, MOREHEAD ST. 10 Game 4: Sept. 25, 2010 • 1 p.m. 94 yards for the score, staking Georgia State to the Game 5: Oct. 2, 2010 • 1 p.m. (CSS-TV) Barker-Lane Stadium • Buies Creek, N.C. early, 7-0 lead. Not only was McCray’s jaunt a fi rst Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. in Georgia State history, but it was also the fi rst Iain Vance booted a 30-yard fi eld goal with just surrendered by the Campbell program in its third Led by a stellar passing performance from Drew one second left to lift Georgia State to a 24-21 victory year of existence. Little and tenacious defense, Georgia State cruised over Campbell Saturday aft ernoon at Barker-Lane Campbell also had an early scoring chance past Morehead State, 37-10, in the Georgia Dome Stadium, giving the Panthers (2-2) a win in their when the Camels recovered a fumbled punt at the on Saturday. Th e Panthers’ fi rst-ever Homecoming fi rst-ever road game. GSU 17-yard line. Five plays later, quarterback Game resulted in the program’s second win over a Vance’s fi eld goal capped a 10-play, 63-yard Daniel Polk punched it in from the one to knot the fellow FCS opponent and third win overall on the drive aft er Campbell (1-3) tied the game with a score at 7-all with 9:47 to play in the fi rst quarter. season. touchdown with 3:14 to play. GSU quarterback Georgia State answered on its fi rst off ensive Georgia State (3-2) got 287 yards and four Drew Little completed three passes on the drive, possession with a 10-play, 51-yard drive, capped by touchdowns on 21-of-29 passing from Little, who including a 24-yard completion to tight end Arthur Little’s fi ve-yard touchdown pass to Sidney Haynes enjoyed his best game as a Panther. Th e defense held Williams to the Campbell 30, and then Rosevelt as the Panthers regained the lead, 14-7, with 4:06 left a previously prolifi c Morehead State (2-3) off ense Watson got the Panthers into fi eld goal range with in the fi rst quarter. to just 280 total yards, giving up the only MSU runs of 15 and six yards down to the 24. Th e Camels tied the game by grinding out touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Th e Panthers ran two plays to run down the a 13-play, 94-yard drive that lasted nearly eight “Drew Little’s performance today was just clock and get the ball into the middle of the fi eld for minutes. Georgia State appeared to have the masterful,” said GSU head coach Bill Curry. “We Vance, the fi ft h-year senior from Duluth, Ga., who drive stopped, but a roughing the passer call gave are really proud of him. He also has some very good has not missed this season. Campbell a key third-down conversion. Polk receivers who catch the ball well, even if he does not “We’ve put him under pressure in practice fi nished the drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass throw it exactly right sometimes. Th e o-line grew every single day since Aug. 11, 2009, just so that he to Harrison Jordan, knotting the score at 14-all just up today, and we played our most complete game. would be ready for this,” said GSU head coach Bill 1:31 before halft ime. Th ey got it together and came out and played about Curry. as well as we have played. Th e other key factor is that Little’s eight-yard touchdown pass to Danny GEORGIA STATE ...... 14 0 0 10 — 24 the defense came to play today in a way they have Williams had put the Panthers ahead, 21-14, with CAMPBELL ...... 7 7 0 7 — 21 not this entire year.” 6:11 to play aft er a 13-play, 80-yard drive, but the Little gave credit to the entire off ense. SCORING SUMMARY Camels answered by moving 64 yards on just six “What I did today was because of the o-line, the plays. Quarterback Daniel Polk accounted for the GSU–McCray 96 Kickoff Return (Vance Kick), 14:46, 1st GSU 7-0 wide-outs, the running backs,” he said. “You have game-tying score on a seven-yard run. CU–Polk 1 Run (Willets Kick), 9:47, 1st 7-7 got to have the time to get it to the receivers and Little, the redshirt freshman from McDonough, (Drive: 5-17, 2:28) GSU–Haynes 5 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 4:06, 4th GSU 14-7 make a good play.” Ga., completed 16 of 23 passes for 163 yards and two GSU jumped out to a 30-3 halft ime lead, its best touchdowns on the day. (Drive: 10-51, 5:36) CU–Jordan 18 Pass from Polk (Willets Kick), 1:31, 1st 14-14 scoring output on the season for a single half. Rashaun Brown rushed for a career-high 133 (Drive: 10-94, 5:30) Th e Panthers struck early with two scoring yards on 19 carries for the Camels , who fell in the GSU–DWilliams 8 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), GSU 21-14 drives in the fi rst quarter. Aft er forcing a three- fi nal seconds for the second straight game aft er 6:11, 4th (Drive: 13-80, 6:15) and-out on MSU’s fi rst possession, Little and allowing a touchdown to Davidson with 13 seconds CU–Polk 7 Run (Eberwein Kick), 3:14, 4th 21-21 company embarked on an eight-play, 56-yard drive left last week. (Drive: 5-17, 2:28) that culminated in a 6-yard touchdown pass to “I’m proud of my guys for one thing, which GSU–Vance 30 FG, 0:01, 4th (Drive: 10-63, 3:06) GSU 24-21 Jordan Giles, who made his return aft er missing the we’ve shown every day since we got here, and that Attendance–3,021 last three games with injury. First-down passes to is resilience,” said Curry. “We will fi ght back every TEAM STATISTICS ...... GSU CU Sidney Haynes and Danny Williams helped set up single time. We’re 2-2 and we’ll take that. Give credit the score. to a very valiant Campbell team.” First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 14 (7-6-1) 21 (15-4-2) Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 26-117-0 54-257-2 On the Panthers’ next possession, the off ense Aft er a 14-all tie at the half, the Panthers’ Passing Yards ...... 163 84 struck in just over a minute with a three-play, defense dodged two scoring threats in the second Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 16-23-0 9-18-1 57-yard scoring drive. On the second play of the half as Campbell missed a pair of fi eld goals, the TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 49-280 72-341 drive, Little hit Albert Wilson deep down the second one coming early in the fourth quarter aft er Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-50.0-47.0 4-39.2-36.2 sideline for a 42-yard gain, putting the ball at the third-down sack by GSU defensive tackle Christo Fumbles-Lost...... 3-3 1-0 MSU 4-yard line and setting up Parris Lee’s third Bilukidi. Penalties ...... 3-25 4-38 rushing touchdown of the season on the next play. From there, GSU took over at its own 20, Sacks By ...... 1-3 0-0 Little found 6-foot-3, 270-pound Arthur 3rd Down Conversions...... 6-10 11-19 and the Panthers moved down the fi eld behind Williams for his fi rst of two touchdowns with 3:29 the combination of Little’s passing and key runs 4th Down Conversions...... 0-0 0-0 Time of Possession ...... 22:33 37:27 remaining in the second quarter. Williams caught by Travis Evans, who fi nished with 53 yards on the ball near the line of scrimmage at the MSU 11 carries. Little started the drive with a 14-yard RUSHING LEADERS 11-yard line and dragged an Eagle defender nearly completion to Arthur Williams, then hit Parris Lee GSU–Evans 11-53; Watson 5-28; Hill 4-23; PLee 1-13; Wilson 2-2 the whole way to the goal line for an impressive and Emmanuel Ogbuehi for short gains for a fi rst CU–Brown 19-133; Smith 11-46; Polk 12-35, 2 TD; Oates 9-31; score. down at the GSU 45. Th en Evans carried three Jordan 1-14 Arthur Williams’ second touchdown came on a straight times, including a three-yard gain on third- PASSING LEADERS play-action rollout from Little on fourth-and-1 from and-two. On fi rst down at the Campbell 44, Little hit the MSU 2-yard line with 7:47 to go in the third Danny Williams for fi ve yards, and then Evans ran GSU–Little 16-23-0, 163, 2 TD quarter. Little hit him in stride for the Panthers’ CU–Polk 9-18-1, 84, 1 TD 18 yards down to the 21. Aft er an incompletion and fi nal score on the aft ernoon to make it 37-3. Th e two a six-yard gain by Evans, Little converted on third RECEIVING LEADERS receiving scores for the junior college transfer from down with a fi ve-yard strike to Danny Williams GSU–DWilliams 4-22, 1 TD; AWilliams 3-43; Haynes 2-19, 1 TD; Miami, Fla., were his fi rst at Georgia State. to the 10. On second down, Little again found Ogbuehi 2-12; Wilson 1-54; Carter 1-11 Haynes scored his second receiving touchdown Williams, this time in the corner of the end zone CU–Jordan 3-40, 1 TD; Stryffeler 2-16; Cramer 1-11; Blain 1-8 on the season with a 12-yard fade route into the for an eight-yard scoring pass and a 21-14 lead with end zone with just :17 remaining in the fi rst half. 6:11 to go. Earlier in the drive, Little found Danny Williams On the two fourth-quarter scoring drives, Little on third-and-14 for an over-the-shoulder, 39-yard was 9-for-10 for 82 yards. reception to the MSU 38-yard line. Danny Williams Th e Panthers won the toss and elected to set career highs with eight catches and 101 yards.

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Iain Vance also set a personal best with a RUSHING LEADERS of the game) aft er Danny Williams fumbled on the 49-yard fi eld goal with 7:55 left in the second quarter. MSU–Cox 12-38; Stanley 3-7; Goodwin 1-3; Smart 1-2; Lewis 4-0 SSU 11-yard line. Coming into the game, Vance was perfect on both GSU–Evans 8-62; PLee 7-38, 1 TD; Hill 6-36; Wilson 3-15; Watson On the Panthers’ next off ensive series, however, fi eld goals (5-for-5) and extra points (13-for-13), but 5-6; Burkhalter 4-4; Jackson 3-3; McCray 1-(-3); Little 1-(-4) they would capitalize on the second Savannah State missed a 43-yard FG attempt and one extra point PASSING LEADERS turnover aft er Louie Muasau’s interception of Tiger on the aft ernoon. Th e career-long kick was set up QB Antonio Bostick gave GSU the ball back at the by an MSU fumble that was recovered at the Eagles’ MSU–Lewis 27-44-2, 230, 1 TD GSU–Little 21-29-0, 287, 4 TD; Jackson 1-4-2, 2 SSU 19. 35-yard line by Brandon Jones. Four plays later, Parris Lee found the corner of Travis Evans was the Panthers’ leading rusher RECEIVING LEADERS the end zone from 4 yards out to give the Panthers with 62 yards on eight carries. MSU–McDermott 9-79; Morgan 4-25; Sawyer 3-45; Yoshimura 3-35, a 7-0 advantage with 8:23 remaining in the fi rst Th e Panther defense turned in a great statistical 1 TD; Slupski 3-15 quarter. On the previous play, a third down and performance in picking up four turnovers, a season GSU–DWilliams 8-101; Wilson 3-78; Haynes 3-48, 1 TD; AWilliams long, Bo Schlechter caught a 15-yard slant to give high, and limiting Morehead State, known for its 3-26, 2 TD; Giles 3-24, 1 TD; PLee 1-10; Anthony 1-2 the Panthers the fi rst and goal. pass-heavy attack, to 280 yards of total off ense, Savannah State’s fumble on the fi rst play of including just 98 yards in the fi rst half. its next series - recovered by Jake Muasau at the GSU recovered two fumbles - one by Jones and GEORGIA STATE 55, SAVANNAH ST. 21 Tiger 21 aft er a Fred Barnes sack - set up the next another by Nate Anthony on a muff ed MSU punt, touchdown drive, as Burkhalter hauled in the 9-yard both in the second quarter - and gathered in two Game 6: Oct. 9, 2010 • 1 p.m. touchdown pass from Little to give the Panthers a interceptions. Linebacker Brad Chahoy picked off Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. 14-0 lead just eight minutes into the game. Lewis in the third quarter, and cornerback Demarius GSU would add two more touchdowns Matthews grabbed an errant MSU pass with 0:52 left Georgia State got four takeaways on defense before halft ime. Danny Williams caught his third in the game. and four touchdown passes from Drew Little to pick touchdown pass of the season from seven yards out “Coach [John] Th ompson, [Anthony] Midget, up its second consecutive blowout win, 55-21 over to cap a 67-yard drive, and Wilson caught his fi rst [Jason] French and [Chris] Ward spent many, many Savannah State on Saturday at the Georgia Dome. TD pass of the game with just :20 to go in the half to hours evaluating route systems and protections,” Georgia State (4-2) is now 3-1 this season against make it 34-7. Curry said. “I think they had such a marvelous plan. schools from the FCS division, and is on its fi rst Wilson’s second touchdown reception of the “Our young defensive backs are growing up and three-game win streak in school history. our veteran defensive backs are redshirt freshmen.” game fi nished off the opening drive of the second “I’m very pleased with our men today because half, as Wilson caught a short pass on the sideline, Th e Eagles got a 27-yard fi eld goal from Rainer this is another fi rst for us,” said Panthers head coach Duzan in the fi rst quarter, then found the end zone shook off a tackler, and darted the rest of the way for Bill Curry. “(It is) the fi rst time we have played two the 28-yard score to give GSU the 41-7 advantage. when Zach Lewis passed to Jaison Yoshimura for a decent games in a row.” 23-yard score with 11:20 left in the game. Th e Panthers are averaging 33 points a game on Th e Panthers scored a total of 17 points on off ense through their fi rst six games of the season. Quarterback Star Jackson saw his fi rst snaps of drives aft er three of the four Savannah State (0-6) the season against Morehead State. Th e Alabama “We’re getting better and better every day,” said miscues, all of which happened in the fi rst half. Wilson. “We just need to work on ball security and transfer, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound redshirt sophomore, Linebacker Louie Muasau had an interception and had a rough game with two interceptions. Kelton keep cutting down the turnovers on off ense. We’re a fumble recovery - both in the fi rst quarter - to Hill also directed the off ense for a series late in the doing more drills on ball security in practice. We’re spark the Panthers’ defense. Jamal Ransby added fourth quarter. working on the small things and making sure we an interception and Brent McClendon picked up a Georgia State held the ball for 32:25 in the game block our assignments at the right time.” fumble. to win its fi rst advantage in time of possession on the Th e Panther defense gave up scoring drives of season. “We knew we couldn’t get passive and take it 53, 64 and 94 yards, with running back Sheldon easy, we just had to do what we’re here to do,” said Barnes going for two short touchdown runs and McClendon of the Panther defense. “We just had Bostick hitting wide receiver Bryan Lackey for a MOREHEAD STATE ...... 3 0 0 7 — 10 to cause turnovers and try to intercept them and GEORGIA STATE ...... 14 16 7 7 — 37 38-yard scoring pass. recover the ball.” Fred Barnes led the defense with 6.5 total SCORING SUMMARY Th e 55-point off ensive outburst eclipsed the tackles, including a sack, forced fumble and two Panthers’ next-highest total of 41 points against GSU–Giles 6 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 9:33, 1st GSU 7-0 tackles for loss. (Drive: 8-56, 3:55) Shorter in the season-opening win. Albert Wilson had two touchdown catches, one GSU–PLee 4 Run (Vance Kick), 7:27, 1st GSU 14-0 SAVANNAH STATE ...... 0 7 7 7 — 21 (Drive: 3-57, 1:05) from 29 yards out in the second quarter and one from MSU–Duzan 27 FG, 2:12, 1st (Drive: 6-13, 2:44) GSU 14-3 28 yards out in the third, for his fi rst scores of the GEORGIA STATE ...... 14 20 7 14 — 55 GSU–Vance 30 FG, 7:55, 2nd (Drive: 4-3, 0:54) GSU 17-3 season. Sam Burkhalter also had a two-touchdown SCORING SUMMARY GSU–AWilliams 11 Pass from Little (Vance Kick Failed), GSU 23-3 day, catching a pass for the Panthers’ fi rst score and 3:29, 2nd (Drive: 2-31, 0:35) GSU–PLee 4 Run (Vance Kick), 8:25, 1st GSU 7-0 running for a 1-yard TD in the third quarter. (Drive: 5-19, 2:23) GSU–Haynes 12 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 0:17, 2nd GSU 30-3 Drew Little fi nished 16-of-25 passing for 166 (Drive: 9-73, 2:11) GSU–Burkhalter 9 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), GSU 14-0 GSU–AWilliams 2 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 7:47, 3rd GSU 37-3 yards and four scores on the aft ernoon, going his 6:58, 1st (Drive: 3-21, 1:12) (Drive: 7-69, 3:06) third straight game without an interception. Iain SSU–Barnes 1 Run (Williams Kick), 13:20, 2nd GSU 14-7 MSU–Yoshimura 23 Pass from Lewis, 11:20, 4th GSU 37-10 Vance continued his superb senior season by going (Drive: 10-53, 4:25) (Drive: 9-80, 3:40) 2-for-2 on fi eld goals (from 46 and 27 yards, both in GSU–Vance 46 FG, 10:38, 2nd (Drive: 9-30, 2:52) GSU 17-7 Attendance–15,264 the second quarter) and hitting all of his PATs. He is GSU–DWilliams 7 Pass from Little (Vance Kick Failed), GSU 24-7 8-of-9 on the year on fi eld goals. 3:55, 2nd (Drive: 8-67, 3:56) TEAM STATISTICS ...... MSU GSU GSU–Vance 27 FG, 2:47, 2nd (Drive: 4-(-2), 0:55) GSU 27-7 Th ree quarterbacks led the Panthers on scoring GSU–Wilson 29 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 0:20, 2nd GSU 34-7 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 14 (2-12-0) 22 (8-13-1) drives, with Star Jackson and Kelton Hill taking Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 21-50-0 40-153-1 (Drive: 5-77, 0:48) Passing Yards ...... 230 289 the team into the end zone in the fourth quarter. GSU–Wilson 28 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), 11:06, 3rd GSU 41-7 Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 27-44-2 22-33-2 Hill totaled 95 yards rushing, including an 8-yard (Drive: 8-57, 3:44) TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 65-280 73-441 touchdown run inside the fi nal minute of the game, SSU–Lackey 38 Pass from Bostick (Williams Kick), GSU 41-14 Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 8-38.6-32.6 4-36.8-39.0 with no pass attempts. 0:25, 3rd (Drive: 15-94, 6:29) Fumbles-Lost...... 3-2 1-1 Th e fi rst series of the game kicked off the parade GSU–Burkhalter 1 Run (Vance Kick), 9:21, 4th GSU 48-14 Penalties ...... 5-60 5-37 of turnovers, with McClendon picking the ball off (Drive: 12-68, 5:58) Sacks By ...... 1-4 2-9 SSU–Barnes 1 Run (Williams Kick), 13:20, 2nd GSU 48-21 the turf aft er the fi rst Tiger fumble and returning it (Drive: 12-71, 6:10) 3rd Down Conversions...... 4-15 3-13 nine yards to the Savannah State 23. But the Panthers 4th Down Conversions...... 0-1 1-2 GSU–Hill 8 Run (Vance Kick), 0:44, 4th GSU 55-21 Time of Possession ...... 27:31 32:25 gave the ball away themselves (their only turnover (Drive: 6-64, 2:18) Attendance–14,908 G EORGIAS TATES PORTS.COM 51 2010 SEASON REVIEW

TEAM STATISTICS ...... SSU GSU before mounting an eight-play, 66-yard scoring GSU–DWilliams 24 Pass from Little (Vance Kick), GSU 17-14 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 13 (6-5-2) 22 (11-10-1) drive that culminated in a 24-yard touchdown pass 5:36, 4th (Drive: 8-66, 4:16) Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 44-154-2 40-232-3 from Drew Little to Danny Williams to take a 17-14 NCCU–Cardelle 44 FG, 0:05, 4th (Drive: 7-42, 0:45) 17-17 Passing Yards ...... 109 201 lead with 5:36 left in the game. GSU–Vance 33 FG, 1st OT (Drive: 4-9) GSU 27-7 Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 13-19-2 19-29-0 Aft er Jake Muasau batted down a pass on a Attendance–13,378 TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 63-263 69-433 fourth-down fake-punt attempt, the Panthers took TEAM STATISTICS ...... NCCU GSU Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-40.2-40.2 2-50.0-49.0 over possession on the Central 39-yard line with Fumbles-Lost...... 2-2 1-1 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 19 (11-6-2) 16 (6-9-1) 2:54 remaining. Faced with a fourth-and-one three Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 43-175-1 35-112-1 Penalties ...... 10-93 10-79 plays later, Little looked to sneak for a fi rst down to Sacks By ...... 0-0 1-7 Passing Yards ...... 154 205 ice the game but came up just short, giving the ball Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 11-23-3 16-29-0 3rd Down Conversions...... 6-14 9-14 back to the Eagles with 50 seconds left . 4th Down Conversions...... 2-2 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 66-329 64-317 Time of Possession ...... 29:54 30:06 Central took off on a torrid drive, with Williams Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 3-43.0-44.0 4-51.0-42.8 completing three straight passes to move to the GSU Fumbles-Lost...... 3-1 3-2 RUSHING LEADERS 27. Aft er two straight incompletions, Cardelle came Penalties ...... 11-78 6-46 SSU–Barnes 25-78, 2 TD; Bostick 15-65; Carter 2-6; Proctor 2-5 on for the game-tying fi eld-goal attempt with just Sacks By ...... 2-26 2-11 GSU–Hill 6-95, 1 TD; Burkhalter 11-53, 1 TD; Watson 8-26; PLee :10 remaining in regulation. 3rd Down Conversions...... 3-9 6-14 7-22, 1 TD; MSmith 3-17; Evans 3-15; Jackson 2-4 Cardelle’s attempt from 44 yards sailed wide 4th Down Conversions...... 0-1 0-1 left , but Panther head coach Bill Curry had called Time of Possession ...... 31:31 28:29 PASSING LEADERS his fi nal timeout just prior to the snap. On Cardelle’s RUSHING LEADERS SSU–Bostick 12-18-2, 95, 1 TD; Heyward 1-1-0, 14 second try, the kick was good to send the game into NCCU–Shankle 13-76; Williams 14-46; McCord 11-29; Goforth 1-29, GSU–Little 16-25-0, 166, 4 TD; Jackson 3-4-0, 35 overtime. 1 TD; Mobley 1-1 RECEIVING LEADERS Little fi nished 16-of-29 passing for 205 yards GSU–Hill 9-71; Evans 9-38, 1 TD; PLee 4-18; Watson 3-16; and a touchdown. He also went his fourth straight Burkhalter 3-6 SSU–Heyward 6-31; Lackey 2-52, 1 TD; Thomas 2-13; Coleman 2-9 game without an interception, a total of 18 error- GSU–Wilson 4-72, 2 TD; DWilliams 3-19, 1 TD; Schlechter 2-31; free quarters. Danny Williams broke his own school PASSING LEADERS Burkhalter 2-20, 1 TD; PLee 2-7; Carter 1-16; McCray 1-14; record of 101 receiving yards, set two weeks ago NCCU–Williams 11-22-2, 154, 1 TD; McCod 0-1-1, 0 AWilliams 1-9; Watson 1-8; Ogbuehi 1-7; Evans 1-(-2) against Morehead State, by going for 103 yards on GSU–Little 16-29-0, 205, 1 TD fi ve catches and a touchdown. RECEIVING LEADERS Quarterback Kelton Hill led the team in rushing GEORGIA STATE 20, with 71 yards, but lost two fumbles. NCCU–Irvine 5-92, 1 TD; Harris 2-38; Shankle 2-6; Roberts 1-14 Th e Panther off ense struggled for much of the GSU–DWilliams 5-103, 1 TD; Giles 4-37; PLee 3-11; Schlechter NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 17 (OT) game, mustering only 28 rushing yards in the fi rst 1-23; Haynes 1-12; Ogbuehi 1-12; Wilson 1-7 Game 7: Oct. 16, 2010 • 1 p.m. half. GSU got its fi rst points of the game late in the second quarter on a 32-yard fi eld goal from Vance, Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. who went 2-for-3 on the day to make him 10-for-12 OLD DOMINION 34, GEORGIA STATE 20 so far this season. Iain Vance hit a 33-yard fi eld goal in overtime “We are just glad to come out 5-2,” said Little. Game 8: Oct. 23, 2010 • 3:30 p.m. (TV) to push Georgia State past North Carolina Central, “We got a ‘W’ and that’s all that matters. We didn’t S.B. Ballard Stadium/Foreman Field • Norfolk, Va. 20-17, in the Georgia Dome. Th e victory moved the play as well as we would have liked to, but we came Panthers’ overall record to 5-2 and extended their out on top.” Playing just its second road game, the Georgia winning streak to four games. Th e Panthers picked up their fi rst lead of the State football team fell at Old Dominion, 34-20, Th e game-winner was Vance’s second of the game in the third quarter. Th ey embarked on their Saturday before 19,278 fans at S.B. Ballard Stadium, season. He hit a 30-yarder against Campbell with longest drive of the season so far, an 85-yard march snapping the Panthers four-game winning streak. one second remaining to send the Panthers to a that resulted in a 25-yard touchdown scamper by Georgia State quarterback Drew Little passed 24-21 victory three weeks ago. Travis Evans, his third of the season, to make it 10-7 for 414 yards and Danny Williams had another “Every kick that you get like that, just like we do with 3:50 to go in the third quarter. 100-yard receiving day, but the Panthers hurt it every day in practice, obviously it helps,” said the Central got a 29-yard touchdown run from themselves with four fumbles and several untimely fi ft h-year senior. “Th e snapper, the holder and the Arthur Goforth in the fi rst quarter and then took a penalties. kicker all need to be in sync.” 14-10 lead in the fourth quarter when Williams hit “Had we held onto the football and not Aft er NCCU kicked the tying fi eld goal with receiver Geovonie Irvine behind the defense for a committed so many stupid penalties, it might fi ve seconds left in regulation, Georgia State won the 47-yard touchdown with 9:58 left in the game. have been a diff erent ballgame,” said head coach coin toss heading into the extra period and elected Th e Panther defense set a season-high with Bill Curry. “You can’t do that against a really good to play defense fi rst. Cornerback Jamal Ransby the three interceptions. Fred Barnes led the team in football team like Old Dominion, especially on the made a touchdown-saving pass breakup on a third- tackles with 7.5 stops in addition to his interception, road, and expect to have a chance.” down play, and Frankie Cardelle’s 45-yard fi eld goal and Bilukidi and Khiry Karriem came up with sacks. Georgia State led 6-0 at the end of the fi rst attempt sailed wide to turn the ball over to GSU. Bo Schlechter continued his stellar play at both quarter, but the Monarchs (4-3) closed the fi rst half It was the Panthers’ second overtime contest punter and wide receiver. Schlechter, who started with 17 straight points to take a 17-6 lead into the of their inaugural season; they lost the fi rst one to the season as a quarterback, punted four times intermission. Jacksonville State, 34-27, on September 18 at home. for a 51-yard average, including two inside the Trailing by just 11, the Panthers began the It was also their fi rst come-from-behind victory 20-yard line. He also caught one pass, a key 23-yard second half with the ball and drove into ODU when trailing at the half, as Central led 7-3 at the reception in the third quarter on third down to help territory before Parris Lee fumbled at the 29-yard break. set up Evans’ touchdown run. line at the end of a 12-gain. Th e Monarchs took “Another routine Georgia State win,” joked advantage with a 71-yard touchdown drive, capped Panther head coach Bill Curry. “What a wonderful by Colby Goodwyn’s 23-yard scoring run, to take a testament for our guys. In order to be a decent N.C. CENTRAL ...... 0 7 0 10 0 — 17 GEORGIA STATE ...... 0 3 7 7 3 — 20 24-6 lead. program, you have got to win these games.” Georgia State then mounted another promising For the second week in a row, the State defense SCORING SUMMARY drive, getting a fi rst down at the ODU 8, but Little’s picked up four turnovers. Brad Chahoy, Brent NCCU–Goforth 29 Run (Cardelle Kick), 7:46, 2nd NCCU 7-0 fourth-down pass fell incomplete. Still, GSU McClendon and Fred Barnes all intercepted passes stopped the Monarchs and forced a punt, but Albert from Central quarterback Keon Williams (all in the (Drive: 5-59, 2:24) Wilson misplayed the ball and ODU recovered at fi rst half), and Jake Muasau recovered a Williams GSU–Vance 46 FG, 3:34, 2nd (Drive: 11-58, 4:05) NCCU 7-3 GSU–Evans 15 Run (Vance Kick), 5:08, 3rd GSU 10-7 the Panthers’ nine-yard line. Th at led to a 29-yard fumble caused by Christo Bilukidi on the fi rst play (Drive: 10-85, 3:50) fi eld goal by Jarrod Brown and a 27-6 lead for the of the fourth quarter. NCCU–Irvine 47 Pass from Willams (Cardelle Kick), NCCU 14-10 Monarchs. Th e Panthers trailed 14-10 in the fourth period 9:58, 4th (Drive: 5-59, 2:24) Another Panther fumble, this one by Sam

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Burkhalter, gave ODU possession at the GSU 29, ODU–Brown 29 FG, 2:44, 3rd (Drive: 5-(-3), 0:45) ODU 27-6 up 20 yards down to the one on a swing pass setting up a one-yard touchdown run by quarterback ODU–DeMarco 1 Run (Brown Kick), 0:13, 3rd ODU 34-6 from Kelton Hill. Little kept it for the one-yard Th omas DeMarco, extending the Monarchs’ lead to (Drive: 5-29, 1:33) touchdown, and aft er Iain Vance’s PAT was blocked, 34-6 late in the third quarter. DeMarco passed for GSU–Evans 32 Pass from LIttle (Vance Kick), 11:16, 4th ODU 34-13 the Panthers trailed 36-27 with 11:24 left . 152 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 31 (Drive: 4-70, 0:54) GSU–LIttle 3 Run (Vance Kick), 3:18, 4th ODU 34-20 South Alabama managed another fi eld goal yards and a score. (Drive: 9-80, 3:55) to extend their lead to 29-27. Aft er Albert Wilson Th e Panthers kept fi ghting and managed a pair Attendance–19,782 returned the kickoff out to the 44 to give the of fourth-quarter touchdowns on a 32-yard catch- Panthers good fi eld position, Little drove GSU to a and-run by Travis Evans and a three-yard plunge by TEAM STATISTICS ...... GSU ODU fi rst down at the USA 20, On fourth-and-six at the Little. Aft er Little’s score made the score 34-20 with First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 21 (5-15-1) 23 (13-7-3) 16, he hit Emmanuel Ogbuehi for 11 yards to the 3:18 to play, GSU attempted an onsides kick but did Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 23-58-1 43-229-3 fi ve, and then Hill scored a on a fi ve-yard keeper, not recover the ball. Passing Yards ...... 419 152 pulling the Panthers within 39-34 with 3:57 on the Little fi nished 32-for-53 for 414 yards, easily Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 33-55-0 22-38-0 TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 78-477 81-381 clock. the biggest numbers of his young career, with one South Alabama took over at its own 26-yard line touchdown pass. Th e redshirt freshman from Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-45.8-38.2 6-38.5-37.7 and managed to run out the clock. On third-and- McDonough, Ga., extended his interception-less Fumbles-Lost...... 4-4 1-0 Penalties ...... 9-92 7-55 four, Bennett found Courtney Smith for a six-yard streak to 187 passes. Sacks By ...... 0-0 0-0 gain and a crucial fi rst down. Out of timeouts, Danny Williams caught a season-high 11 3rd Down Conversions...... 5-16 4-16 passes for 102 yards, and Sidney Haynes added six Georgia State still had a chance aft er forcing a third- 4th Down Conversions...... 1-3 2-3 and-two with 1:28 to play, but Houston gained nine catches for 73 yards. Th e Panthers outgained ODU, Time of Possession ...... 30:03 28:41 477 yards to 381, but GSU managed just 58 yards yards to seal the win. rushing, while ODU backs Mario Crawford and RUSHING LEADERS “Th is team always fi ghts back, and I’m proud Colby Goodwyn combined for 163 of the Monarchs’ GSU–Watson 7-36; Hill 5-10; Wilson 1-9’ Evans 5-9; Little 2-4, 1 TD of that,” said head coach Bill Curry. “We have 229 yards on the ground. ODU–Crawford 18-91, 1 TD; Goodwyn 10-72, 1 TD; Williams 8-35; wonderful, tough, smart young men, but we’re not In the fi rst quarter, the Panthers twice drove DeMarco 7-31, 1 TD mature and we’re not consistent, and that is the head coach’s responsibility. We will become a consistent deep into ODU territory but had to settle for a pair PASSING LEADERS of Vance fi eld goals. football team. My job is to get that done this week.” GSU moved down the fi eld on its opening GSU–Little 32-53-0, 414, 1 TD; Hill 1-1-0, 5; DWilliams 0-1-0 Th e Jaguars rushed for 293 yards on the day, possession as a 30-yard run by Rosevelt Watson gave ODU–DeMarco 22-38-0, 152, 1 TD oft en breaking tackles aft er backs appeared to be the Panthers fi rst-and-goal at the ODU two. But RECEIVING LEADERS stopped. three running plays netted minus-two yards, and GSU–DWilliams 11-102; Haynes 6-73; Evans 5-56, 1 TD; Giles “You’ve got to tackle,” said Curry. “We’ve work GSU had to settle for Vance’s 21-yard fi eld goal. 3-70; Ogbuehi 3-64; Carter 1-20; Wilson 1-16; PLee 1-13; on that every single day in practice, but we didn’t get Th e Panthers’ next possession also resulted in Burkhalter 1-4; AWilliams 1-1 it done today. [Houston] is a heck of a back and he a fi eld goal as GSU drove from its own 20 to a fi rst- ODU–Smalley 9-61; Thomas 5-48, 1 TD; Evans 5-33; DWilliams 2-11 kept fi ghting, but a lot of that was poor tackling.” down at the ODU 20 before Vance was good from 34 For the second straight game, the Panthers yards. He is now 12-of-14 on the season. DEFENSIVE LEADERS took the lead in the fi rst quarter. Georgia State “One of our stated goals coming in was to GSU–Hogan 8.5, TFL 1-2; Muasau 7.5, TFL 1-3, FF 1; Jones 6.5; opened the game with an impressive scoring drive, score touchdowns when we got in the red zone, Bostic 5, TFL 1-1 moving 60 yards in 10 plays, with Little hitting but we didn’t do that today,” said Curry.” When ODU–Cowart 9, PB 3; Wilkins 6, TFL 2.5-7; FF 1; FR 2-1; Williams 6, Sidney Haynes for a two-yard scoring strike and an Old Dominion got in the red zone, they did score TFL 1-3, FF 1 early 7-0 advantage. touchdowns. Georgia State took a 14-6 lead on Little’s “Congratulations to [ODU head coach] Bobby one-yard scoring run, which was set up when Kail Wilder on a well-coached and well-prepared football Singleton recovered a fumbled punt at the South team,” continued Curry. SOUTH ALABAMA 39, Alabama 14-yard line. Th at put the Panthers ahead Old Dominion got on the scoreboard with an GEORGIA STATE 34 by eight points with 11 minutes to play in the second 80-yard drive in the second quarter, capped by a quarter. six-yard touchdown run by Mario Crawford, putting Game 9: Oct. 30, 2010 • 5 p.m. the Monarchs ahead, 7-6, with 7:03 remaining in the Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Ala. Th at marked the largest defi cit that the Jaguars second quarter. have faced in their two-year history, but it did not Aft er forcing a three-and-out by GSU, ODU Georgia State rallied with 13 fourth-quarter last long. began its next possession at midfi eld and drove points before falling at undefeated South Alabama, Bennett threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to for an 18-yard touchdown pass from DeMarco to 39-34, Saturday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Bryant Lavender to put South Alabama within Marquel Th omas with 2:34 left in the first half. Ala. 14-13 with nine minutes to play in the second Georgia State went to a hurry-up off ense and Drew Little threw two touchdown passes and quarter. was on the move until Danny Williams fumbled rushed for two more for the Panthers (5-4), but On the Panthers’ next off ensive play, Little’s at the end of a 13-yard completion. Donald Smith South Alabama’s Kendall Houston rushed for 175 pass was tipped and intercepted by Tim Harvey at recovered for the Monarchs, giving ODU the ball at yards, including the fi rst down that enabled the the GSU 39-yard line. Not only did that snap Little’s the 46-yard line with 1:46 still remaining in the half. Jaguars to run out the clock and improve to 8-0 on streak of consecutive passes without an interception Th e Monarchs moved to the GSU 27 before settling the season and 15-0 in their two-year history. at 202, but it set up Bennett’s nine-yard scoring pass for Brown’s career-long 44-yard fi eld goal. Jaguar quarterback C.J. Bennett threw three to Kevin Helms. Th at gave the Jaguars a 20-14 lead touchdown passes as South Alabama scored 24 with seven minutes still left in the second quarter. GEORGIA STATE ...... 6 0 0 14 — 20 straight points in the second quarter to turn a 14-6 Aft er forcing a GSU punt, South Alabama OLD DOMINION ...... 0 17 17 0 — 34 defi cit into a 30-14 halft ime lead. put together an 80-yard scoring drive, capped by Trailing 33-14, the Panthers began their rally as Bennett’s three-yard scoring pass to Jereme Jones, SCORING SUMMARY Little hit Danny Williams for a 47-yard touchdown extending the Jaguars advantage to 27-14 with 41 GSU–Vance 21 FG, 9:28, 1st (Drive: 9-43, 4:04) GSU 3-0 pass to move GSU within 33-21 with two minutes seconds left in the half. GSU–Vance 34 FG, 2:32, 1st (Drive: 10-63, 4:26) GSU 6-0 left in the third quarter. Starting with good fi eld position at the GSU ODU–Crawford 6 Run (Brown Kick), 7:03, 2nd ODU 7-6 Aft er South Alabama’s T.J. Glover returned 45, Little hit Danny Williams for a 13-yard gain (Drive: 10-80, 3:27) the ensuing kickoff to the GSU 38-yard line, the to the South Alabama 42, but his next pass was ODU–Thomas 18 Pass from DeMarco (Brown Kick), ODU 14-6 intercepted, again by Harvey, who broke several 2:34, 2nd (Drive: 11-54, 3:19) Panthers held the Jaguars to a fi eld goal and trailed ODU–Brown 44 FG, 0:44, 2nd (Drive: 8-27, 1:06) ODU 17-6 36-21 with 13:25 to play. tackles to return the ball all the way to the Panther ODU–Goodwyn 23 Run (Brown Kick), 7:57, 3rd ODU 24-6 Little found Sidney Haynes for a 39-yard 18, setting up Lawson McGlon’s 35-yard fi eld goal (Drive: 8-71, 3:18) completion to USA 25, and Travis Evans picked with just three seconds left .

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GEORGIA STATE ...... 7 7 7 13 — 34 overoovvere LamarLama ar SOUTH ALABAMA...... 6 24 3 6 — 39 toto clinchclil ncch ththee SCORING SUMMARY Panthers’PPaanthherss’ wiwwinninginnning GSU–Haynes 2 Pass from LIttle (Vance Kick), 9:31, 1st GSU 7-0 season.sseeaasson. (Drive: 10-60, 5:29) USA–Houston 9 Run (Means Kick Failed), 4:52, 1st GSU 7-6 (Drive: 9-72, 4:39) GSU–LIttle 1 Run (Vance Kick), 11:33, 2nd GSU 14-6 (Drive: 3-14, 0:47) USA–Lavender 40 Pass from Bennett (McGlon Kick), GSU 14-13 9:03, 2nd (Drive: 6-74, 2:30) visiting Cardinals, 23-17, at the Georgia Dome on Panthers ahead for good. USA–Helms 9 Pass from Bennett (McGlon Kick), USA 20-14 Saturday, ensuring a winning record in the Panthers’ “You put your team down, but then again, you 6:57, 2nd (Drive: 4-39, 1:46) inaugural season. have to take your team back on your shoulders and USA–Jones 3 Pass from Bennett (McGlon Kick), USA 27-14 Georgia State fell behind, 17-13, in the fourth let them look at you for leadership,” Little said. “You 0:41, 2nd (Drive: 10-80, 4:28) quarter before rallying on the touchdown pass from have to show them that you shook it off , that it’s a USA–McGlon 35 FG, 0:03, 2nd (Drive: 2-0, 0:11) USA 30-14 Drew Little to Williams with fi ve minutes to play, new drive, and they can follow you and you’re going USA–McGlon 28 FG, 3:52, 3rd (Drive: 9-38, 4:47) USA 33-14 and then Iain Vance added his third fi eld goal of the to lead them down the fi eld for six.” GSU–DWilliams 47 Pass from LIttle (Vance Kick), USA 33-21 2:11, 3rd (Drive: 3-41, 1:41) day to put the Panthers ahead, 23-17, with 1:39 left . Running back Travis Evans was instrumental USA–McGlon 18 FG, 13:25, 4th (Drive: 8-37, 3:46) USA 36-21 Doug Prewitt’s last two desperation heaves in the go-ahead scoring march, gaining two fi rst GSU–LIttle 1 Run (Vance Kick Blocked), 11:24, 4th USA 36-27 from the GSU 39-yard line with under 10 seconds to downs on rushes of 17 and 13 yards, the second of (Drive: 4-64, 2:01) play fell incomplete, with both attempts batted down which set the Panthers up on the Lamar four-yard USA–McGlon 31 FG, 7:34, 4th (Drive: 8-42, 3:50) USA 39-27 by wide receiver Danny Williams, who was in on the line. GSU–Hill 5 Run (Vance Kick), 3:57, 4th USA 39-34 plays as a safety. Th e Panthers would tack on three more points (Drive: 9-56, 3:37) “We have a lot to work on, but the bottom line thanks to Jamal Ransby’s interception of Prewitt on Attendance–23,446 is this, we have a winning record for the year and we Lamar’s next possession. Ransby picked a Prewitt TEAM STATISTICS ...... GSU USA have a winning record at home,” said Panthers head pass off his shoe tops on the fi rst Cardinal series First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 15 (5-9-1) 24 (16-8-0) coach Bill Curry. aft er State’s go-ahead touchdown, returning it 20 Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 19-46-3 49-293-1 Georgia State led Lamar, 13-3, to begin the yards to the Lamar 31. Passing Yards ...... 234 181 fourth quarter, but a Cardinal touchdown with 9:50 Iain Vance would knock through a 29-yard Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 21-35-2 12-24-0 left to play cut the defi cit to three points. Prewitt, fi eld goal several plays later, giving the Panthers the TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 54-280 73-474 playing for injured starter Andre Bevil, hit J.J. Hayes six-point advantage with just 1:39 remaining. Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 5-31.6-33.8 2-34.0-34.0 for a 13-yard score to cap an impressive 99-yard “We didn’t mean to make it this type of game,” Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0 2-1 drive aft er the Panthers had downed a punt inside Curry said. “Nonetheless, we did and we still found Penalties ...... 3-20 6-60 Sacks By ...... 0-0 1-8 the Lamar 1-yard line. a way to come back and win in spite of giving up 3rd Down Conversions...... 3-10 8-14 Just 14 seconds later, the Panther crowd a 99-yard touchdown drive, in spite of giving up a 4th Down Conversions...... 2-2 0-0 was shocked into silence. On the fi rst play from touchdown on an interception. Time of Possession ...... 23:59 36:01 scrimmage aft er the Lamar kickoff , Little threw an “In spite of the things we did, we managed to interception to Ryan Clark, who returned it 54 yards fi nd ways to win the game.” RUSHING LEADERS for a touchdown to give the Cardinals a 17-13 lead. In addition to the timely interception from GSU–Hill 3-25, 1 TD; Evans 6-14; Watson 3-7; PLee 1-5; Little But the Panther off ense would come alive aft er Ransby, the Panthers got three sacks on Prewitt. 5-(-4), 2 TD struggling for much of the game, storming down the Th e last sack by Allen McKay, his fi rst of the season, USA–Houston 31-175, 1 TD; Bennett 10-80; Glover 5-35 fi eld on a 71-yard drive to retake the lead with 4:52 pushed the Cardinals back nine yards to the 39-yard PASSING LEADERS remaining. Arthur Williams, the junior from Miami, line and set up the two incomplete pass attempts to GSU–Little 20-34-2, 214, 2 TD; Hill 1-1, 20 Fla., caught a tip-drill touchdown from two yards end the game. Safety Fred Barnes led the team with USA–Bennett 12-24-0, 181, 3 TD out, plucking the Little pass out of the air amidst eight total tackles. several Cardinal defenders aft er it was tipped by a Th e Panthers got off to another fast start, going RECEIVING LEADERS Lamar lineman. up 10-0 on Lamar in the fi rst quarter to push the GSU–DWilliams 5-82, 1 TD; Haynes 4-50, 1 TD; Wilson 3-33; Giles Th e play was reminiscent of the fi nal snap of team’s fi rst-quarter scoring advantage to 79-25 on 3-26; Evans 2-20; Ogbuehi 2-13; Burkhalter 1-9; PLee 1-1 the Panthers’ overtime meeting with Jacksonville the season. USA–Lavender 4-87, 1 TD; Smith 4-52; Jones 2-9, 1 TD; Turner 1-24; State, in which Williams caught a tipped pass but GSU opened the scoring on the fi rst drive of was ruled to be out of the end zone to hand Georgia the game on a 33-yard fi eld goal from Iain Vance, State its second loss of the year. his fi rst of three on the day. Th e drive started with GEORGIA STATE 23, LAMAR 17 “We went through [the play] in practice, and a 62-yard run on a handoff to wide receiver Sidney it was the exact same play as what happened in the Haynes, the longest rushing play of the Panthers’ Game 10: Nov. 6, 2010 • 1 p.m. Jacksonville State game (in the overtime),” Williams short history. Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga. said. “So, I just told myself, ‘not twice, not in one Aft er forcing a three-and-out on the next Georgia State rallied with a two-yard year.’ As I released, the ball was coming right to me, series, the Panthers experienced another fi rst for touchdown catch by tight end Arthur Williams and and the defensive lineman slapped it. I just kept my their young program when Jordan Giles — a wide then held off a last-minute Lamar drive to defeat the focus on the ball and made the catch.” receiver used on special teams coverage — blocked a Little was 5-of-6 on the drive that put the Lamar punt, which was recovered by Justin Hughes

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at the Cardinal 6. Th ree plays later, Little hit Haynes in the back of the end zone for the receiver’s fourth scoring reception of the year. Albert Wilson’s Vance moved the Panther advantage to 13-3 with a 47-yard fi eld goal, just 2 yards shy of his 97-yard kickoff return season best, with 5:57 remaining in the third quarter. for a touchown at Little fi nished the game 22-of-35 passing for 189 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, Alabama was easily giving him 18 passing TDs on the season to just one of the most seven picks. Arthur Williams led the team in receiving with 66 yards on fi ve catches, and Danny memorable plays Williams netted 61 yards on six grabs. of Georgia State’s Five seniors were honored before the game for Senior Day, including Vance and Brandon Lupo, the inaugural season. holder on fi eld goals and extra points. Defensive back Hubert Davis, linebacker Trey Ennis and wide receiver Charles Borowsky were also recognized before kickoff . Attendance was 14,689 for Saturday’s game, bringing the home average to 16,750.

LAMAR...... 0 3 0 14 — 17 GEORGIA STATE ...... 10 0 3 10 — 23

SCORING SUMMARY GSU–Vance 33 FG, 11:59, 1st (Drive: 5-46, 2:54) GSU 3-0 GSU–Haynes 8 Pass from LIttle (Vance Kick), 10:10, 1st GSU 10-0 before 101,821 fans at Bryant-Denny Stadium. GEORGIA STATE ...... 0 7 0 0 — 7 (Drive: 3-6, 0:46) Despite the tough loss to the powerful Crimson ALABAMA ...... 14 28 14 7 — 63 LAM–Stout 21 FG, 5:14, 2nd (Drive: 11-76, 4:51) GSU 10-3 Tide (8-2), head coach Bill Curry and the Panthers GSU–Vance 47 FG, 5:57, 3rd (Drive: 8-33, 4:19) GSU 13-3 SCORING SUMMARY LAM–Hayes 13 Pass from Prewitt (Stout Kick), GSU 13-10 (6-5), already assured of a winning season, reveled UA–Jones 8 Pass from McElroy (Shelley kick), 9:50, 4th (Drive: 8-99, 4:21) in the rare opportunity for a fi rst-year program 11:41, 1st (Drive: 8-67, 3:19) UA 7-0 LAM–Clark 54 Interception Return (Stout Kick), LAM 17-13 to take on the defending national champions and UA–Ingram 1 Run (Shelley kick), 3:55, 1st UA 14-0 9:34, 4th receive unprecedented exposure on ESPN. (Drive: 11-71, 5:09) GSU–AWilliams 2 Pass from LIttle (Vance Kick), GSU 20-17 “I told them before the game, I’m going to be UA–Mosley 41 Int. Return (Shelley kick), 14:09, 2nd UA 21-0 4:52, 4th (Drive: 10-71, 4:35) proud of you regardless of the outcome, and I am,” UA–Jones 10 Pass from McElroy (Shelley kick), UA 28-0 GSU–Vance 29 FG, 1:39, 4th (Drive: 5-19, 2:16) GSU 23-17 said Curry. “We’re a better football team right now 10:43, 2nd (Drive: 4-72, 1:46) Attendance–14,689 than we were before the game because of what we UA–Gibson 22 Blocked Punt Return (Shelley kick), 7:16, 2nd UA 35-0 TEAM STATISTICS ...... LAMAR GSU learned. I’m grateful to our administration for UA–Lacy 3 Run (Shelley kick), 5:17, 2nd (Drive: 4-35, 1:51) UA 42-0 GSU–Wilson 97 Kickoff Return (Vance Kick), 5:02, 2nd UA 42-7 First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 18 (4-12-2) 16 (7-9-0) making this happen, and I’m grateful to Alabama.” UA–Underwood 7 Pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 29-84-0 27-133-0 Highlights for Georgia State included Albert 9:52, 3rd (Drive: 7-34, 4:02) UA 49-7 Passing Yards ...... 273 189 Wilson’s 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and UA–Goode 1 Run (Foster kick), 6:13, 3rd (Drive: 4-19, 1:56) UA 56-7 Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 19-36-1 22-36-1 a 55-yard pass completion from Drew Little to tight UA–Fowler 36 Run (Foster kick), 14:50, 4th TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 65-357 63-322 end Emmanuel Ogbuehi for the Panthers’ longest (Drive: 3-50, 1:11) UA 63-7 Punts (No.-Avg-Net) ...... 4-30.5-24.2 4-38.8-38.8 pass play of the season. Attendance–101,821 Fumbles-Lost...... 3-0 0-0 Wilson’s return was the second kickoff return Penalties ...... 5-45 8-65 TEAM STATISTICS ...... GSU ALABAMA Sacks By ...... 0-0 3-27 for touchdown for Georgia State in its inaugural First Downs (R-P-Pen) ...... 7 (6-1-0) 24 (12-12-0) 3rd Down Conversions...... 6-14 7-15 season, following Darren McCray’s 96-yard against Rushing (Att-Yards-TD) ...... 32-91-0 45-262-4 4th Down Conversions...... 0-3 0-0 Campbell this season. Not only was that the fi rst Passing Yards ...... 74 216 Time of Possession ...... 28:45 31:15 surrendered by Alabama this season, but the Passes (Cmp-Att-Int) ...... 5-17-4 19-22-0 previous long return against the Crimson Tide was RUSHING LEADERS TOTAL OFFENSE (Plays-Yds)...... 49-165 67-478 37 yards. Punts (No-Avg-Net) ...... 5-37.0-25.0 1-29.0-29.0 LAM–Logan 7-56; Hussey 8-32; Asante 6-7; Prewitt 7-(-14) Th e Little-to-Ogbuehi came on the Panthers’ Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 0-0 GSU–Haynes 1-62; Evans 11-52; Watson 3-22; Hill 4-3; Burkhalter fi rst play from scrimmage and moved the Panthers Penalties ...... 4-30 3-19 2-3; PLee 3-2; Little 1-2 to the Alabama 30-yard line. But two penalties Sacks By ...... 0-0 2-11 PASSING LEADERS pushed GSU back, and then the drive ended on an 3rd Down Conversions...... 3-13 4-9 4th Down Conversions...... 0-1 2-3 LAM–Prewitt 19-36-1, 273, 1 TD interception. Time of Possession ...... 30:42 29:10 GSU–Little 22-35-1, 189, 2 TD; Jackson 0-1-0, 0 Th e Panthers trailed 14-0 at the end of the fi rst quarter before the Tide exploded for 28 second- RUSHING LEADERS RECEIVING LEADERS quarter points, including an interception return for GSU–Hill 7-30; Evans 11-30; Smith 4-21; Jackson 3-10; Watson 2-2 LAM–Hayes 7-138, 1 TD; Powdrill 4-50; Jackson 4-48; Prejean 2-26 a touchdown and a blocked punt for a score, to take UA–Ingram 12-86, 1 TD; Lacy 13-81, 1 TD; Fowler 2-42, 1 TD; GSU–DWilliams 6-61; Wilson 6-34; AWilliams 5-66; 1 TD; Haynes a 42-7 lead into the intermission. Goode 7-24, 1 TD 2-14, 1 TD; Giles 1-7; Evans 1-4; Ogbuehi 1-3 Th e Alabama defense, which leads the nation in PASSING LEADERS interceptions, picked off four against the Panthers, ALABAMA 63, GEORGIA STATE 7 including one that C.J. Mosley returned 41 yards for GSU–Little 4-11-4, 69; Hill 0-5-0; Jackson 1-1-0, 5 a touchdown. UA–McElroy 12-13-0, 159, 2 TD; McCarron 7-9-0, 57, 1 TD Game 11: Nov. 18, 2010 • 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU) “Alabama is a great football team,” said Curry. RECEIVING LEADERS Bryant-Denny Stadium• Tuscaloosa, Ala. “We worked hard to not be overwhelmed by the GSU–Ogbuehi 1-55; DWilliams 1-9; Carter 1-5; Haynes 1-3; whole scene, but we were. Alabama really took the Georgia State’s inaugural football season AWilliams 1-2 wind out of our sails.” concluded with a 63-7 loss to 10th-ranked Alabama UA–JJones 7-86, 2 TD; Maze 2-29; Hanks 2-23; Norwood 2-20; Underwood 1-7, 1 TD in a Th ursday night, nationally-televised contest

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2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Record: 6-5 Overall

Date OPPONENT (Rank) ...... Result Record Atten. Sept. 2, 2010 SHORTER ...... hW 41-7 1-0 30,237 Sept. 11, 2010 LAMBUTH ...... hL 14-23 1-1 12,647 Sept. 18, 2010 JACKSONVILLE STATE (#4) ...... hL 27-34 (ot) 1-2 16,128 Sept. 25, 2010 at Campbell ...... aW 24-21 2-2 3,021 Oct. 2, 2010 MOREHEAD STATE ...... hW 37-10 3-2 15,264 Oct. 9, 2010 SAVANNAH STATE ...... hW 55-21 4-2 14,908 Oct. 16, 2010 N.C. CENTRAL ...... hW 20-17 (ot) 5-2 13,378 Oct. 23, 2010 at Old Dominion ...... aL 20-34 5-3 19,782 Oct. 30, 2010 at South Alabama ...... aL 34-39 5-4 23,446 Nov. 6, 2010 LAMAR ...... hW 23-17 6-4 14,689 Nov. 18, 2010 at Alabama (#11) ...... aL 7-63 6-5 101,621

2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Georgia State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (FINAL) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs SHORTER 41 - 7 20 / 14 10 / 11 7 / 3 3 / 0 35-212 / 53-206 14-19-0 / 5-11-0 154 / 57 54-366 / 64-263 117 / 97 0 / 1 LAMBUTH 14 - 23 5 / 21 2 / 12 3 / 8 0 / 1 17-91 / 50-184 8-18-4 / 19-26-1 92 / 126 35-183 / 76-310 128 / 102 4 / 2 JACKSONVILLE STATE 27 - 34 19 / 24 4 / 8 14 / 14 1 / 2 22-112 / 39-167 25-40-1 / 24-32-0 227 / 283 62-339 / 71-450 92 / 137 1 / 1 CAMPBELL 24 - 21 14 / 21 7 / 15 6 / 4 1 / 2 26-117 / 54-257 16-23-0 / 9-18-1 163 / 84 49-280 / 72-341 145 / 92 3 / 1 MOREHEAD STATE 37 - 10 22 / 14 8 / 2 13 / 12 1 / 0 40-152 / 21-50 22-33-2 / 27-44-2 289 / 230 73-441 / 65-280 83 / 122 3 / 4 SAVANNAH STATE 55 - 21 22 / 13 11 / 6 10 / 5 1 / 2 40-232 / 44-154 19-29-0 / 13-19-2 201 / 109 69-433 / 63-263 137 / 91 1 / 4 N.C. CENTRAL 20 - 17 16 / 19 6 / 11 9 / 6 1 / 2 35-112 / 43-175 16-29-0 / 11-23-3 205 / 154 64-317 / 66-329 58 / 97 2 / 4 Old Dominion 20 - 34 21 / 23 5 / 13 15 / 7 1 / 3 23-58 / 43-229 33-55-0 / 22-38-0 419 / 152 78-477 / 81-381 124 / 87 4 / 0 South Alabama 34 - 39 15 / 24 5 / 16 9 / 8 1 / 0 19-46 / 49-293 21-35-2 / 12-24-0 234 / 181 54-280 / 73-474 147 / 159 2 / 1 LAMAR 23 - 17 16 / 18 7 / 4 9 / 12 0 / 2 27-133 / 29-84 22-36-1 / 19-36-1 189 / 273 63-322 / 65-357 95 / 164 1 / 1 Alabama 7 - 63 7 / 24 6 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 0 32-91 / 45-262 5-17-4 / 19-22-0 74 / 216 49-165 / 67-478 240 / 170 5 / 0 Totals 302 - 286 177 / 215 71 / 110 96 / 91 10 / 14 316-1356 / 470-2061 201-334-14 / 180-293-10 2247 / 1865 650-3603 / 763-3926 1366 / 1318 26 / 19

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks SHORTER 6-10 / 8-15 0-0 / 1-2 27:31 / 32:29 -4:58 6.1 / 3.9 8.1 / 5.2 6.8 / 4.1 2-36.5 / 4-32.2 8-45 / 9-115 0 / 1 LAMBUTH 2-8 / 8-18 0-0 / 2-2 17:58 / 42:02 -24:04 5.4 / 3.7 5.1 / 4.8 5.2 / 4.1 5-40.8 / 4-40.2 5-55 / 10-70 6 / 1 JACKSONVILLE STATE 7-13 / 7-12 0-2 / 0-0 26:51 / 33:09 -6:18 5.1 / 4.3 5.7 / 8.8 5.5 / 6.3 2-42.0 / 2-36.5 4-35 / 13-121 0 / 2 CAMPBELL 6-10 / 11-19 0-0 / 0-0 22:33 / 37:27 -14:54 4.5 / 4.8 7.1 / 4.7 5.7 / 4.7 4-50.0 / 4-39.2 3-25 / 4-38 1 / 0 MOREHEAD STATE 3-13 / 4-15 1-2 / 0-1 32:25 / 27:35 4 : 5 0 3.8 / 2.4 8.8 / 5.2 6.0 / 4.3 4-36.8 / 8-38.6 5-37 / 5-60 2 / 1 SAVANNAH STATE 9-14 / 6-14 0-0 / 2-2 30:06 / 29:54 0 : 1 2 5.8 / 3.5 6.9 / 5.7 6.3 / 4.2 2-50.0 / 4-40.2 10-79 / 10-93 1 / 0 N.C. CENTRAL 6-14 / 3-9 0-1 / 0-1 28:29 / 31:31 -3:02 3.2 / 4.1 7.1 / 6.7 5.0 / 5.0 4-51.0 / 3-43.0 6-46 / 11-78 2 / 2 Old Dominion 5-14 / 4-16 1-3 / 2-3 30:03 / 28:41 1 : 2 2 2.5 / 5.3 7.6 / 4.0 6.1 / 4.7 4-45.8 / 6-38.5 9-92 / 7-55 0 / 0 South Alabama 3-10 / 8-14 2-2 / 0-0 23:59 / 36:01 -12:02 2.4 / 6.0 6.7 / 7.5 5.2 / 6.5 5-31.6 / 2-34.0 3-20 / 6-60 0 / 1 LAMAR 7-15 / 6-14 0-0 / 0-3 31:15 / 28:45 2 : 3 0 4.9 / 2.9 5.2 / 7.6 5.1 / 5.5 4-38.8 / 4-30.5 8-65 / 5-45 3 / 0 Alabama 3-13 / 4-9 0-1 / 2-3 30:42 / 29:18 1 : 2 4 2.8 / 5.8 4.4 / 9.8 3.4 / 7.1 5-37.0 / 1-29.0 4-30 / 3-19 0 / 2 Totals 57-134 / 69-155 4-11 / 9-17 301:52 / 356:52 -55:00 4.3 / 4.4 6.7 / 6.4 5.5 / 5.1 41-41.3 / 42-37.4 65-529 / 83-754 15 / 10

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Georgia State Overall Team Statistics (FINAL) All games

Team Statistics GSU OPP SCORING 302 286 Points Per Game 27.5 26.0 FIRST DOWNS 177 215 R u s h i n g 71 110 P a s s i n g9691 P e n a l t y 10 14 RUSHING YARDAGE 1356 2061 Yards gained rushing 1573 2262 Yards lost rushing 217 201 Rushing Attempts 316 470 Average Per Rush 4.3 4.4 Average Per Game 123.3 187.4 TDs Rushing 16 19 PASSING YARDAGE 2247 1865 C o m p - A t t - I n t 201-334-14 180-293-10 Average Per Pass 6.7 6.4 Average Per Catch 11.2 10.4 Average Per Game 204.3 169.5 TDs Passing 19 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 3603 3926 Total Plays 650 763 Average Per Play 5.5 5.1 Average Per Game 327.5 356.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 50-1210 50-935 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-83 18-142 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-73 14-240 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.2 18.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.9 7.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE 7.3 17.1 FUMBLES-LOST 15-12 25-9 PENALTIES-Yards 65-529 83-754 Average Per Game 48.1 68.5 PUNTS-Yards 41-1693 42-1569 Average Per Punt 41.3 37.4 Net punt average 37.3 34.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 2 7 3 2 : 2 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 57/134 69/155 3rd-Down Pct 43% 45% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/11 9/17 4th-Down Pct 36% 53% SACKS BY-Yards 15-97 10-67 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 37 36 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-18 12-21 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (37-43) 86% (34-39) 87% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (26-43) 60% (24-39) 62% PAT-ATTEMPTS (35-37) 95% (34-36) 94% ATTENDANCE 117251 148070 Games/Avg Per Game 7/16750 4/37018 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Georgia State 79 69 55 96 3 302 Opponents 39 110 44 86 7 286

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2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (FINAL) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Hill, Kelton 11 60 461 45 416 6.9 3 53 37.8 Matthews, D. 8 76 9.5 0 47 Evans, Travis 11 79 402 20 382 4.8 3 46 34.7 Wilson, Albert 3 2 0.7 0 21 Watson, R. 11 46 190 20 170 3.7 0 30 15.5 Hughes, Justin 1 5 5.0 0 5 Lee, Parris 11 40 181 20 161 4.0 4 33 14.6 Total 12 83 6.9 0 47 Burkhalter, Sam 11 33 121 20 101 3.1 1 19 9.2 Opponents 18 142 7.9 1 29 Haynes, Sidney 11 1 62 0 62 62.0 0 62 5.6 McCray, Darren 9 2 41 3 38 19.0 1 41 4.2 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Smith, Malcolm 11 7 39 1 38 5.4 0 14 3.5 Ransby, Jamal 2 38 19.0 0 20 Wilson, Albert 10 11 31 13 18 1.6 0 9 1.8 Chahoy, Brad 2 13 6.5 0 8 Jackson, Star 4 8 23 6 17 2.1 0 9 4.2 McClendon, B. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Williams, Danny 11 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Hogan, Mark 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 6 7 0 22 -22 -3.1 0 0 -3.7 Matthews, D. 1 14 14.0 0 14 Little, Drew 11 21 22 46 -24 -1.1 4 7 -2.2 Muasau, Jake 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 11 316 1573 217 1356 4.3 16 62 123.3 Barnes, Fred 1 1 1.0 0 1 Opponents 11 470 2262 201 2061 4.4 19 36 187.4 Muasau, Louie 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total 10 73 7.3 0 20 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 14 240 17.1 3 54 Little, Drew 11 132.02 190-306-11 62.1 2102 18 55 191.1 Hill, Kelton 11 55.84 5-15-1 33.3 64 0 20 5.8 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Jackson, Star 4 45.28 5-10-2 50.0 42 0 16 10.5 Wilson, Albert 22 618 28.1 1 97 Watson, R. 11 757.60 1-1-0 100.0 39 1 39 3.5 McCray, Darren 10 270 27.0 1 96 Schlechter, Bo 9 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Lee, Parris 8 142 17.8 0 27 Williams, Danny 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Anthony, Nate 3 43 14.3 0 21 Total 11 127.08 201-334-14 60.2 2247 19 55 204.3 Matthews, D. 3 84 28.0 0 36 Opponents 11 122.72 180-293-10 61.4 1865 13 47 169.5 Smith, Malcolm 2 39 19.5 0 24 Giles, Jordan 1 14 14.0 0 14 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Burkhalter, Sam 1 0 0.0 0 0 Williams, Danny 11 54 649 12.0 5 47 59.0 Total 50 1210 24.2 2 97 Haynes, Sidney 11 26 298 11.5 4 39 27.1 Opponents 50 935 18.7 0 49 Wilson, Albert 10 19 294 15.5 2 51 29.4 Giles, Jordan 8 17 217 12.8 2 48 27.1 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Williams, A. 11 16 164 10.2 3 24 14.9 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Ogbuehi, E. 11 15 199 13.3 1 55 18.1 Opponents 2 1 0.5 0 1 Evans, Travis 11 14 97 6.9 1 32 8.8 Lee, Parris 11 13 59 4.5 0 13 5.4 Schlechter, Bo 9 8 118 14.8 0 23 13.1 Watson, R. 11 5 31 6.2 0 10 2.8 Burkhalter, Sam 11 5 23 4.6 1 11 2.1 Carter, Bo 9 4 52 13.0 0 20 5.8 Anthony, Nate 11 3 18 6.0 0 8 1.6 McCray, Darren 9 2 28 14.0 0 14 3.1 Total 11 201 2247 11.2 19 55 204.3 Opponents 11 180 1865 10.4 13 47 169.5

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2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (FINAL) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total Vance, Iain - 15-17 35-37 - - - - - 80 Little, Drew 11 327 -24 2102 2078 1 Williams, Danny 5 ------30 Hill, Kelton 11 75 416 64 480 Lee, Parris 4 ------24 Evans, Travis 11 79 382 0 382 Little, Drew 4 ------24 Watson, R. 11 47 170 39 209 Haynes, Sidney 4 ------24 Lee, Parris 11 40 161 0 161 Evans, Travis 4 ------24 Burkhalter, Sam 11 33 101 0 101 Hill, Kelton 3 ------18 Haynes, Sidney 11 1 62 0 62 Williams, A. 3 ------18 Jackson, Star 4 18 17 42 59 Wilson, Albert 3 ------18 Smith, Malcolm 11 7 38 0 38 Giles, Jordan 2 ------12 McCray, Darren 9 2 38 0 38 Burkhalter, Sam 2 ------12 Wilson, Albert 10 11 18 0 18 McCray, Darren 2 ------12 Williams, Danny 11 2 -1 0 -1 Ogbuehi, E. 1 ------6 TEAM 6 7 -22 0 -22 TEAM - 0-1 ------0 Total 11 650 1356 2247 3603 3 Total 37 15-18 35-37 - - - - - 302 Opponents 11 763 2061 1865 3926 3 Opponents 36 12-21 34-36 - - - - - 286

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 5 Vance, Iain 15-17 88.2 1-1 5-6 6-6 3-4 0-0 49 0 Schlechter, Bo 31 1380 44.5 62 1 4 8 TEAM 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Donovan, M. 8 273 34.1 52 0 0 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Georgia State Opponents Little, Drew 1 40 40.0 40 0 0 1 Shorter (22),(18) 50 Total 41 1693 41.3 62 1 4 9 Lambuth - (42) Opponents 42 1569 37.4 52 2 7 8 Jacksonville State (39),(25) (20),(27) CAMPBELL (30) 42,29 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn ne Morehead State 43,(49) (27) Vance, Iain 41 2427 59.2 2 1 Savannah State (46),(27) - Garcia, Max 20 991 49.5 1 0 N.C. Central 29,(32),(33) (44),45 Total 61 3418 56.0 3 1 18.7 39.7 Old Dominion (21),(34) (44),(29),31 Opponents 58 3348 57.7 2 2 24.2 36.2 South Alabama - 42,(35),(28),(18),(31) Lamar (33),34,(47),(29) (21),39 Alabama - 54,27

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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2010 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STATISTICS Georgia State Overall Defensive Statistics (FINAL) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 24 Barnes, Fred 10 47 38 85 3.0-13 1.0-7 1-1 1 1 . 1 . . 20 Jones, Brandon 11 38 27 65 3.0-7 . . 6 . 1-0 . . . 13 Bostic, Evan 9 31 32 63 3.0-5 . . . . . 1 . . 38 Muasau, Louie 11 27 34 61 1.5-4 . 1-7 . . . 1 . . 23 Hogan, Mark 11 21 33 54 2.5-10 0.5-7 1-0 1 1 1-0 . . . 53 Bilukidi, C. 11 26 25 51 7.0-25 5.0-23 . . 1 . 2 . . 35 Muasau, Jake 11 28 22 50 8.5-51 4.0-34 1-0 3 2 3-0 4 . . 41 Opanubi, O. 9 23 16 39 2.5-9 . . 1 1 1-0 . . . 10 Ferguson, R. 11 21 15 36 2.0-2 . . 3 . . . . . 9 McClendon, B. 10 20 16 36 2.5-13 0.5-6 1-0 2 1 1-0 2 . . 94 Jenkins, Kalan 11 15 15 30 1.5-3 1.0-2 ...... 16 Hughes, Justin 11 22 8 30 1.5-5 . . 7 1 . 2 . . 45 Wiley, Austen 11 12 12 24 . . . . 2 . . . . 90 Karriem, Khiry 8 11 13 24 2.5-8 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . . 37 Felder, Akeen 11 9 14 23 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 47 Hall, Michael 10 11 11 22 1.5-5 . . . . . 1 . . 26 Ransby, Jamal 10 12 8 20 . . 2-38 4 . . . . . 33 Chahoy, Brad 11 11 7 18 . . 2-13 ...... 25 Moon, Cole 9 4 13 17 ...... 75 Woodard, T. 10 5 10 15 ...... 36 Singleton, Kail 9 7 5 12 1.0-4 1.0-4 . 1 . 1-0 . . . 92 Peary, Dion 9 4 6 10 0.5-1 ...... 14 Fears, Jocquez 10 6 3 9 ...... 99 Shorter, D. 10 4 5 9 ...... 5 Matthews, D. 10 5 3 8 . . 1-14 . 1 . . . . 51 Ennis, Trey 10 2 5 7 0.5-1 ...... 22 Howard, Isaiah 5 4 1 5 1.0-1 ...... 18 Wyatt, Blake 11 2 2 4 ...... 19 Haynes, Sidney 11 3 1 4 ...... 32 McKay, Allen 10 2 1 3 1.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 17 Williams, Danny 11 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 Anthony, Nate 11 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 48 Woods, Bailey 11 2 . 2 ...... 42 Ibarrondo, C. 1 2 . 2 ...... 84 Williams, A. 11 1 . 1 ...... 44 Burkhalter, Sam 11 1 . 1 ...... 54 McQueen, Scott 11 . 1 1 ...... 3 Watson, R. 11 1 . 1 ...... 21 Evans, Travis 11 1 . 1 ...... 28 Smith, Malcolm 11 1 . 1 ...... 8 Giles, Jordan 8...... 1. Total 11 446 404 850 47-176 15-97 10-73 30 13 9-0 14 1 . Opponents 11 405 223 628 69-215 10-67 14-240 39 18 12-1 9 2 .

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