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2018 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL @GeorgiaStateFB | @CoachSElliott | @GSUPanthers | @GSUStadium GEORGIA STATE (1-2) vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN (1-2) Sept. 22 | 2 p.m. ET | ESPN+ “Pete” Petit Field at Georgia State Stadium | Atlanta, Ga. THE KICKOFF: Looking to rebound Carroll and Jontrey Hunter, defensive end from a pair of tough road losses, Georgia Tre Moore, cornerback Tyler Gore and safety State returns home to host Mid-American Jacorey Crawford. Conference foe Western Michigan Saturday > Coates is the Panthers’ leading rusher with at Georgia State Stadium. 120 yards and one TD on just 20 attempts > True freshman running back Destin Coates (6.0 yards per carry). He rushed for 68 yards has been one of the bright spots, rushing on 12 carries at Memphis. for 43 yards and a touchdown on just six > McCoy is a starting receiver who is third on GAME 4 attempts at NC State and 68 yards on 12 the team with eight catches for 71 yards. carries at Memphis. GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS vs. > White, starting at cornerback, grabbed an WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS > First-year starting quarterback Dan interception at NC State. Ellington opened his GSU career by TV: ESPN+. Announcers are Matt Stewart leading a 24-20 season-opening victory > In the game at Memphis, the Panthers and Wayne Gandy. over Kennesaw State as he threw three played seven true freshman and three redshirt freshmen on defense, including RADIO: The new home for Georgia State touchdown passes, including the 8-yard game-winner to Diondre Champaigne with one true freshmen and two redshirts in the football is Atlanta’s 92.9 THE GAME (WZGC- starting lineup. FM). Dave Cohen is in his 36th season as 41 seconds left. Ellington was 20-for-28 for the play-by-play voice of Panther athletics. 187 yards while rushing for 77 yards on 18 attempts. WRIGHT STUFF: Junior Brandon Wright Harper LeBel joins him from the booth with leads the nation with an average of 53.0 Sam Crenshaw on the sideline. Football > Georgia State and Western Michigan are yards per punt. Georgia State ranks 12th games also air on Georgia State station meeting for the first time. The Panthers will nationally with a net of 42.6. WRAS-FM 88.5. play the return game at Kalamazoo on Sept. 14, 2019. > Wright has averaged over 50 yards in each Free audio stream on GeorgiaStateSports. game, with a high of 56.2 yards on four com and GSU mobile app. > The Panthers are 1-1 against MAC teams punts vs. NC State. after splitting a pair of games vs. Ball State in 2018 RECORDS: 2015 (GSU 31-19 at Ball State) and 2016 (BSU > Ten of his 14 punts have travelled 50-plus Georgia State: 1-2, 0-0 Sun Belt 31-21 at the Georgia Dome). yards, and five were downed inside the 20. Western Michigan: 1-2, 0-0 MAC > The Panthers feature one of the nation’s > Wright’s career punting average currently SERIES: First Meeting top receivers in junior Penny Hart, a stands at 42.85, just ahead of the school Preseason All-American who led the Sun record of 42.84, held by current New Orleans GSU HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT Belt Conference in 2017 with a school-record Saints placekicker Wil Lutz. Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1996 74 receptions for 1,121 yards and eight > He ranks second in GSU history to Matt Record at GSU: 8-7 (2nd year) touchdowns. Career Record: 9-12 (3rd year) Hubbard in career punts and punting yards. > Hart ranks first among all active FBS > Wright was also handling placekicking WMU HEAD COACH TIM LESTER receivers in career receiving yards per game and kickoffs until an injury limited him to Record at WMU: 7-8 (2nd year) (80.5). He is second in receptions per game punting. Career Record: 47-31 (8th year) (5.50), third in receiving yards (2,415), fifth in receptions (165) and fourth in TD receptions COMEBACK VICTORY: Georgia State (18), all in 30 games. scored a 24-20 comeback victory over 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS > Brandon Wright leads the nation with an Kennesaw State in his season opener as A. 30 KENNESAW STATE (ESPN+) ....hW 24-20 average of 53.0 yards per punt, which helps QB Dan Ellington hit Diondre Champaigne S. 8 at NC State (Fox RSN) ......................aL 7-41 Georgia State stand 12th nationally in net for an 8-yard touchdown pass with just 41 punting at 42.6. seconds left. Ellington drove the Panthers 73 S. 14 at Memphis (ESPN) ........................aL 22-59 yards on nine plays with no timeouts in the S. 22 WESTERN MICHIGAN (ESPN+) ....2 p.m. A FRESH PERSPECTIVE: Ten true final two minutes, completing 5-of-8 passes S. 29 ULM (ESPN+)..................................2 p.m. freshmen have seen action thus far: running for 55 yards to give the Panthers their first O. 4 at Troy (ESPNU) ............................. 7:30 p.m. backs Seth Paige and Destin Coates, receiver lead in the game. O. 18 at Arkansas State (ESPNU) ........ 7:30 p.m. Cornelius McCoy, cornerback Quavian White, Ellington also rallied GSU from a 14-0 O. 27 COASTAL CAROLINA (ESPN+) .....2 p.m. noseguard Akeem Smith, linebackers Blake deficit with two touchdowns passes in N. 3 TEXAS STATE (ESPN+) ...................2 p.m. N. 10 at Louisiana (ESPN+) ......................... 5 p.m. GEORGIA STATE BY THE NUMBERS N. 17 at Appalachian State (ESPN+).. 2:30 p.m. N. 24 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (ESPN+) ....2 p.m. All Times Eastern Penny Hart1 ranks first Ten true freshmen10 have seen Brandon53.0 Wright’s among all active FBS action, including starters punting average, receivers in career receiving Quavian White and Cornelius which leads the yards per game (80.5). McCoy and RBs Destin Coates nation. and Seth Paige. FOR YOUR PENNYHART THOUGHTS HONORS FBS ACTIVE LEADERS > 2018 Preseason All-America (Athlon Sports, third team) RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME .......... G PG > 2015-17-18 Biletnikoff Award Watch List 1. Penny Hart, Georgia State, Jr. ...........30 80.5 > 2016-17-18 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference 2. N’Keal Harry, Arizona State, Jr. ..............27 75.2 > First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference, 2015 & 2017 RECEIVING YARDS ............................... G Yards > 2015 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year 1. Cody Thompson, Toledo, Sr. ...................45 2,752 > 2015 Freshman All-America (FWAA, first team) 2. Gatlin Casey, MTSU ...................................35 2481 3. Penny Hart, Georgia State, Jr. ...........30 2,415 KEY STATISTICS Keesean Johnson, Fresno State, Sr. ....42 2,415 > FIRST IN THE NATION among active FBS receivers in career receiving yards per RECEPTIONS PER GAME .................... G PG game (80.5). 1. N’Keal Harry, Arizona State, Jr. ..............27 5.63 > Also ranks second in career receptions per game (5.50), third in receiving yards 2. Penny Hart, Georgia State, Jr. ...........30 5.50 (2,415), fifth in receptions (165) and fourth in touchdown receptions (18). RECEPTIONS ........................................ G Rec > At least one catch in every game he has played (30 in a row). 1. Keesean Johnson, Fresno State, Sr. ....42 200 > Leading receiver in the Sun Belt in each of his two full seasons (2015 and 2017). 2. T.J. Rahming, Duke, Sr. ............................40 191 > Led the Sun Belt with a school-record 74 receptions for 1,121 yards and eight 3. Olamide Zaccheaus, Virginia, Sr. .........40 177 touchdowns in 2017. 4. Steven Sims, Kansas, Sr. ..........................38 171 > Ranked 11th in FBS with 93.4 receiving yards per game and 17th with 6.2 5. Penny Hart, Georgia State, Jr. ...........30 165 receptions per game in 2017. TD RECEPTIONS................................... G TD > Had 71 receptions for 1,099 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman in 2015 1. Gatlin Casey, MTSU ...................................35 30 before missing most of the 2016 due to injury. 2. Cody Thompson, Toledo, Sr. ...................44 21 > Ranks third in GSU history in career receptions, receiving yards and TD 3. Andy Isabella, UMass, Sr. ........................36 19 receptions, trailing only NFL receivers Albert Wilson and Robert Davis. 4. Penny Hart, Georgia State, Jr. ...........30 18 TOP GAMES > Set GSU record with 190 yards receiving and tied his own school record with 11 catches vs. ULM. (2017). Caught touchdowns of 50, 25 and 22 yards. > Broke his own school record with 191 yards receiving on eight catches in 2017 win at Georgia Southern, including the game-winning touchdown on a spectacular 9-yard catch in the corner of the end zone with 2:31 left. > Tied the GSU single-game record with 11 receptions for 150 yards and two TDs vs. New Mexico State (2015) in his second collegiate game. > Eight catches for 129 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown in win over Georgia Southern (2015) GSU CAREER LEADERS PENNY HART RECEPTIONS ................... Years Rec R-Junior | 5-8, 180 1. Robert Davis ................2013-16 222 2. Albert Wilson ...............2010-13 175 Roswell, Ga. 3. Penny Hart ................ 2015-* 165 King’s Ridge Christian RECEIVING YARDS .......... Years Rec Yds 1. Robert Davis ................2013-16 222 3391 2. Albert Wilson ...............2010-13 175 3190 3. Penny Hart ................ 2015-* 165 2415 TD RECEPTIONS ............. Years TD 1. Albert Wilson ...............2010-13 23 Penny Hart ................ 2015-* 18 2018 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES, PAGE 3 GAME 4: GSU vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name Georgia State University Location Atlanta, Ga. Founded 1913 Enrollment 50,000 Nickname Panthers Colors Blue & White Affiliation NCAA Division I FBS Conference Sun Belt Conference President Mark P. Becker Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb COACHING STAFF Head Coach Shawn Elliott “Pete” Petit Field at Offensive Coordinator/QBs Travis Trickett Defensive Coordinator/OLBs Nate Fuqua GEORGIA STATE STADIUM Running Backs Tim Bowens Safeties Chris Collins the final minute of the first half.