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22nd Annual LendingTree Bowl GEORGIA STATE (5-4, 4-4 SBC) vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY (5-6, 4-3 CUSA) Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 | 3:30 p.m. ET | ESPN Ladd-Peebles Stadium | Mobile, Ala.

THE KICKOFF: Earning its fourth bowl ALL- game in the last six years, Georgia State faces Western Kentucky in the 22nd annual Shamarious Gilmore, LG (1st) GAME 10 LendingTree Bowl, Dec. 26 in Mobile, Ala. Noel Ruiz, PK (1st) vs. Sam Pinckney, WR (2nd) > The Panthers are playing in a Hardrick Willis, DE (2nd) WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS for the third time in four seasons under head coach Shawn Elliott. Antavious Lane, S (2nd) TV: ESPN. Announcers are Mike Couzens, Quavian White, CB (2nd) Jay Walker and Dawn Davenport. > Georgia State is seeking its second Destin Coates, RB (3rd) RADIO: Georgia State Radio Network bowl victory against the same opponent Roger Carter, TE (3rd) the Panthers defeated for their first bowl coverage will air on WRAS 88.5 FM. Dave Dontae Wilson, NG (3rd) Cohen is in his 38th season as the play-by- win. GSU downed WKU 27-17 in the 2017 AutoNation in Elliott’s first season. Jordan Strachan, OLB (3rd) play voice of Panther athletics. He is joined Blake Carroll, ILB (HM) by Harper LeBel and Sam Crenshaw. > The Panthers won three of their last four games with wins over ULM, South Cornelius McCoy, WR (HM) 2020 RECORDS: and Georgia Southern sandwiched around a Trajan Stephens-McQueen, ILB (HM) Georgia State: 5-4, 4-4 Sun Belt (3rd-East) three-point loss at Appalachian State. Malik Sumer, C (HM) WKU: 5-6, 4-3 C-USA > Two of GSU’s four losses came to nationally- SERIES: Tied 1-1 ranked opponents, and the Panthers suffered GSU vs. WKU: These two schools are three losses by a total of 14 points, each meeting in a bowl game for the second time LAST MEETING: GSU 27, WKU 17, 2017 in four years, following Georgia State’s 27-17 AutoNation Cure Bowl coming down to the final possession. win in the 2017 AutoNation Cure Bowl in GSU HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT > The Panthers average 32.7 points, currently Orlando, Fla. (See page 6 for full recap). the highest figure in school history, and have Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1996 scored 52 points, the program high against > Senior QB Conner Manning completed 20 Record at GSU: 21-25 (4th year) an FBS opponent, twice this season and four of 28 passes for 276 yards and one touch- Career Record: 22-30 (5th year) times in the last two years. down while directing a GSU offense that WKU HEAD COACH TYSON HELTON also rushed for 143 yards. The Georgia State > Over the last three games, the GSU defense defense limited WKU’s high-powered offense Record at WKU: 14-10 (2nd year) allowed an average of 18.3 points and 334.7 Career Record: 14-10 (2nd year) to 349 total yards. Aided by six sacks, the yards in wins over South Alabama (14 points, Panthers set a school record by holding WKU 324 yards) and Georgia Southern (24 points, to a net of minus-two yards rushing. 2020 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 370 yards) and a three-point loss at App State S. 3 MURRAY STATE...... CANCELED (17 points, 310 yards). > TE Roger Carter, then a freshman, made perhaps the play of the game as he caught a S. 12 at Alabama...... CANCELED > Georgia State leads the Sun Belt and ranks 19/21 42-yard touchdown pass from Manning on a S. 19 LOUISIANA ...... (ESPN2) (ot) hL 31-34 No. 7 in FBS with 32 sacks, shattering the GSU reverse flea flicker to give GSU a 20-10 lead S. 26 at Charlotte...... CANCELED season record of 24, set in 2017. with six minutes left in the third quarter. O. 3 EAST CAROLINA...... (ESPNU) hW 49-29 > The Panthers collected 18 sacks over the > Carter is one of four current Panthers who O. 15 at Arkansas State ...... (Thu.-ESPN) aL 52-59 last four games, including a school-record started that game, along with LG Shamarious O. 24 at Troy...... (ESPNU) aW 36-34 tying seven vs. South Alabama. Gilmore, WR Jonathan Ifedi and OLB Victor 20/21 O. 31 COASTAL CAROLINA .(ESPNU) hL 0-51 > Georgia State ranks No. 17 in FBS with 18 Heyward. LB Trajan Stephens-McQueen and N. 7 ULM...... (ESPN3) hW 52-34 turnovers caused (10 interceptions, 8 fumble DL Hardrick Willis and Dontae Wilson also N. 14 at Appalachian State...... (ESPN+) aL 13-17 recoveries), including two touchdowns. played in the game, and 11 other current N. 21 at South Alabama...... (ESPNU) aW 31-14 players were on the roster but did not play in > GSU placed a school-record 14 individuals the game. N. 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN.. (ESPN3) hW 30-24 on the All-Sun Belt Conference team, led by D. 26 WESTERN KENTUCKY...... (ESPN) 3:30 p.m. first-team selection Shamarious Gilmore. The > The teams first met in 2013 when WKU LendingTree Bowl, Mobile, Ala. senior left guard is the first GSU player to was a member of the Sun Belt, and the All Times Eastern earn four straight all-conference honors. Hilltoppers won 44-28 at the . BOWL HISTORY (1-2) GEORGIA STATE BY THE NUMBERS 2015 San Jose State...... L 16-27 AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. 2017 Western Kentucky...... W 27-17 In just its4 11th season Sacks9.0 by OLB Jordan Passing706 yards by Cornelious AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. of football (7th in FBS), Strachan, who ranks No. 4 Brown IV in last two games, 2019 Wyoming...... L 17-38 Georgia State is playing in FBS and has set the GSU wins vs. South Alabama & NOVA Home Loans it its fourth bowl game. season record. Georgia Southern. 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name Location , Ga. Founded 1913 Enrollment 53,000 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 Offensive Coordinator/QBs Brad Glenn “Pete” Petit Field at Defensive Coordinator/OLBs Nate Fuqua Offensive Line Thomas Austin Safeties/Recruiting Coord. Chris Collins INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES: Offensive Assistant Dan Ellington CENTER PARC CREDIT UNION STADIUM > Redshirt freshman Cornelious is the home of Georgia State football. The Inside Linebackers Brian Landis Panthers took over this iconic property, Receivers Trent McKnight Brown IV, a native of Birmingham, Ala., is second in the Sun Belt in passing (227.3 ypg) formerly Centennial and Defensive Line Travian Robertson and total offense 256.3 ypg) while accounting then , for the 2017 season. Cornerbacks Cory Peoples for 21 TDs (14 passing, 7 rushing). The facility was renamed Center Parc Tight Ends/Running Backs Josh Stepp Credit Union Stadium as part of a 15-year, > Brown passed for a total of 706 yards in the $21 million agreement between Center Parc Strength & Conditioning John Sisk season-ending wins over South Alabama and Credit Union, a division of Atlanta Postal Athletic Trainer Bob Murphy Georgia Southern. He threw for a career-best Credit Union (APCU), and Georgia State Equipment Manager Nate Simon 334 yards at South Alabama, then topped Athletics, announced on Aug. 11, 2020. Asst AD-FB Operations Steve Wojcikowski that with 372 yards vs. the Eagles. Center Parc Stadium features 25,000 Director of Player Personnel Ginny Thompson > In both games, Brown led second-half seats for football, a FieldTurf playing surface Dir. of High School Relations Mark LeGree rallies. At South Alabama, he directed four on “Pete” Petit Field and dramatic views of straight scoring drives for 24 straight points the Atlanta skyline. The conversion process Graduate Assts Bryson Allen-Williams, Tyler incorporated the existing seating areas Gilliam, Will Hunter, Jerry Prutos, Dan Sutton and completed his last 10 passes for 207 yards. Against Georgia Southern, he rallied on the north, west and south sides of the stadium with a new grandstand constructed FACILITY INFORMATION the Panthers from a 24-13 deficit with 17 straight fourth-quarter points and scored on the east side, formerly the outfield. Home Field “Pete” Petit (puh-TEET) Field the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run The Panthers are in their fourth season at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium with 2:54 left. In the two fourth quarters in this impressive venue, which also houses Capacity 25,000 combined, Brown was 13-for-14 for 202 yards. the Football Operations Suite, completed Surface FieldTurf in 2019. All of the program’s day-to-day > Junior outside linebacker Jordan Strachan operations are at Center Parc Stadium, First Year as Home to GSU Football 2017 is enjoying one of the top seasons in the Sun Originally Built 1996 including practice, weight room, meetings Belt. He leads the league and is tied for fourth rooms, coaches’ offices, athletic training in FBS with 9.0 sacks, a new GSU season PROGRAM INFORMATION room and equipment room. record. He also has 12.5 tackles for loss, three Center Parc Stadium was originally First Season of Football 2010 forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. constructed as the 85,000-seat Centennial Joined Sun Belt Conference 2013 > Strachan, a third-team All-Sun Belt selec- Olympic Stadium and used for the 1996 Full FBS Eligibility 2014 tion, came to GSU as a walk-on safety and Centennial Olympic Games. Following the All-Time Record 41-87 (11th) was a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy Olympic Games, much of the north end Bowl Record (Last Bowl) 1-2 (2019) as the top player who began his career as a of the stadium was removed in order to walk-on. convert it to the 49,000-seat SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS > All-Sun Belt receiver Sam Pinckney, a that served as the home of the from 1997 through 2016. Primary Football Contact Allison George member of the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, had five catches for 176 yards vs. South The Braves played their final game at Office 404.413.4032 Turner Field on Oct. 2, 2016. In November Cell 678.595.7728 Alabama, the sixth-highest single-game total in program history. 2016, the Board of Regents approved email [email protected] Georgia State University’s purchase of 38 Secondary Football Contact Mike Holmes > Pinckney leads GSU with 44 catches for 753 acres of the 68-acre site for $22.8 million, and Office 404.413.4033 yards and six touchdowns. Over a two-game the conversion process began in early 2017. Cell 404.259.9716 span vs. East Carolina and Arkansas State, he Future phases of the redevelopment email [email protected] totaled 13 receptions, 280 yards and five TD. of this iconic property will include a new Mailing Address P.O. Box 3975 > WR Cornelius McCoy, a three-time All-Sun Georgia State baseball stadium, to be Atlanta, GA, 30302-3975 Belt selection, ranks among the active FBS constructed on the footprint of the former Website GeorgiaStateSports.com leaders with a reception in 31 straight games Atlanta-Fulton County stadium. Residential, Twitter @GeorgiaStateFB, @GSUPanthers (every game he has played.) That includes two retail and corporate facilities are being or more catches in 26 consecutive games. developed by Carter and Associates.

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> With four sacks in the last four games, FUN BELT: The Panthers played in one of including 1.5 at South Alabama, defensive the highest scoring games in Sun Belt Confer- FOOTBALL TIMELINE end Hardrick Willis has become Georgia ence history, falling 59-52 at Arkansas State. Nov. 2006 Football feasibility study completed State’s career leader in sacks. Willis now has > Georgia State piled up 583 yards of total Apr. 15, 2007 Dan Reeves named consultant 11.5 career sacks, surpassing Mackendy offense, the fourth-highest figure in school Apr. 17, 2008 Georgia State officially launched its Cheridor (10.5, 2013-17). history, with 269 yards rushing and 314 football program > Junior running back Destin Coates is the yards passing, but the Red Wolves scored the June 12, 2008 Bill Curry named head coach Sun Belt’s No. 2 rusher, averaging 81.5 yards go-ahead touchdown with four minutes left. Aug. 2008 First six assistant coaches hired per game. He has topped the 100-yard >GSU scored 52 points, the program high Jan. 4, 2009 First scholarship player, Mark Hogan, mark in four games this season, including a enrolled vs. an FBS opponent, for the third time in 12 career-high 150 yards vs. No. 19 Louisiana in games. Feb. 4, 2009 GSU signed its first recruiting class the seeason opener. June 11, 2009 GSU admitted to CAA Football, >QB Cornelious Brown IV tied the GSU record beginning in 2012 > Coates ranks fourth in GSU history with by accounting for five touchdowns. He Aug. 11, 2009 First team of 71 players reported 1,355 rushing yards (No. 3, Donald Russell, threw three TD passes, all to Sam Pinckney, Aug. 14, 2009 Georgia State’s first football practice 1,412 yards) and second with 14 rushing while rushing for scores of 35 and 11 yards. held at NFL YET facility touchdowns (Record is 19 by Tra Barnett). He finished with 314 yards passing on 18 Fall 2009 First team conducted 60 practices > Along with Coates, Tucker Gregg (441 completions and 83 yards rushing on 13 Mar. 23, 2010 First spring practice began yards, 6 TD) and Jamyest Williams (208 attempts. Mar. 27, 2010 First workout on new field at GSU yards) see plenty of action in the backfield. > Sam Pinckney caught six passes for a Practice Complex at 188 MLK Against South Alabama, Gregg rushed for career-high 146 yards and three touchdowns, April 10, 2010 First Spring Game at Georgia Dome 79 yards and tied the GSU record with three covering 38, 23 and 21 yards. Aug. 3, 2010 Inaugural team reported for preseason rushing touchdowns. Williams added 116 Aug. 4, 2010 Preseason practice began all-purpose yards (68 rushing, 48 receiving). > Making his first start at Arkansas State, junior running back Tucker Gregg responded Sept. 2, 2010 Inaugural football game at Georgia > Tight end Roger Carter (21-256-4) caught Dome: GSU 41, Shorter 7 with a career-high 142 yards rushing on just his 10th career touchdown pass against ULM, 14 carries, including a 7-yard touchdown run. Nov. 19, 2010 First game vs. FBS opponent at tying Keith Rucker for the most by a GSU TE. defending national champ Alabama Aug. 2011 Team moved into GSU Practice Complex > Freshman safety Antavious Lane leads GSU A RECORD THAT WILL NEVER BE 2011 season GSU played as an FCS Independent with three interceptions­--the most ever by BROKEN: Georgia State put together the first 99-yard drive in program history against April 9, 2012 GSU accepted invitation to join Sun a Panther freshman--including a pick-six, Belt Conference in July 2013 and he is third with 50 tackles. He also has Arkansas State, needing only five plays and 1:48 to move from its own 1-yard line to April 21, 2012 Christo Bilukidi is the first Panther six pass breakups, two tackles for loss and drafted by NFL (Oakland, 6th) a fumble recovery. A second-team All-Sun paydirt. On the first play, Tucker Gregg raced 2012 season GSU began FBS transition, played Belt selection, he joins Penny Hart (2015) 56 yards to midfield, and four plays later QB its only season of CAA Football and Cornelius McCoy (2018) as the only GSU Cornelious Brown IV scored on a 35-yard run. Nov. 10, 2012 Bill Curry coached final game at Maine freshmen all-conference selections. DEFENSE RULES THE DAY vs. ECU: The Dec. 3, 2012 Trent Miles hired as Georgia State’s > The inside linebacker tandem of junior Georgia State defense turned in a strong second head coach Blake Carroll (72 tackles, 5.5 TFL) and senior July 1, 2013 GSU officially became a member of performance to key the Panthers’ 49-29 Trajan Stephens-McQueen (58, 8.0 TFL) victory over East Carolina. The defense did the Sun Belt Conference are the team’s leading tacklers. Stephens- 2013 season First season in FBS/Sun Belt Conference not allow an offensive touchdown to the McQueen ranks fourth in GSU history with Pirates, whose three touchdowns came on a Aug. 30, 2013 First game as FBS program vs. 256 career tackles. Samford at the Georgia Dome pick-six, a fake field goal and a blocked punt. Oct. 12, 2013 Inaugural Sun Belt Conference game > Georgia State’s starting offensive line The Panthers allowed only 286 total yards vs. Troy at the Georgia Dome has combined for 131 career starts, led (3.7 yards per play), including just 50 yards 2014 season GSU is eligible for Sun Belt title and by left guard Shamarious Gilmore with 46 rushing, the third-lowest single-game total postseason bowl games. starts. After starting the same five offensive in GSU history. And of those 50 yards, 31 Aug. 27, 2014 First win as an FBS program: lineman in every game in 2019, the Panthers came on the fake field goal. GSU 38, Abilene Christian 37 have started the same five in every game but Sept. 12, 2015 First win over FBS program and first one this year. NO RUSH: The GSU defense held Troy Sun Belt Conference win: to just 40 yards rushing, the second-lowest GSU 34, New Mexico State 32 (away) LG Shamarious Gilmore, 46 starts figure in school history, in the 36-34 victory. Dec. 19, 2015 First bowl game: GSU vs. San Jose RG Pat Bartlett, 28 starts The Panthers, who also held East Carolina State in AutoNation Cure Bowl C Malik Sumter, 27 starts (50), Arkansas State (58) and ULM (85) below Nov. 19, 2016 Defeated Georgia Southern 30-24 LT Travis Glover, 22 starts 100 yards, are No. 3 in the Sun Belt in rushing in last game in Georgia Dome. RT Johnathan Bass, 8 starts defense, allowing 140.3 ypg, the second- Dec. 9, 2016 Shawn Elliott introduced as Georgia > Placekicker Noel Ruiz, the grad transfer lowest figure in school history. State’s third head coach. (North Carolina A&T), ranks seventh among Jan. 5, 2017 Georgia State University finalizes all active FBS kickers with 313 points. He is ON THE RUN: Georgia State averages acquisition of Turner Field property. fifth with 169 PAT and 16th with 48 career 190.3 rushing yards per game, the second Aug. 31, 2017 Inaugural Game at Georgia State field goals. best figure in program history, behind only Stadium vs. Tennessee State. last year’s average of 241.6 ypg. Dec. 15, 2017 Panthers defeat Western Kentucky 27- > The Georgia State defense scored touch- 17 in AutoNation Cure Bowl for first downs in back-to-back games. Redshirt > Destin Coates is averaging 81.5 yards to bowl win, first FBS winning season freshman safety Antavious Lane returned rank second in the Sun Belt. Summer 2019 Program occupies new Football an interception 34 yards for a score vs. East > Despite playing without Coates, the Operations Suite at GSU Stadium. Carolina. Then linebacker Blake Carroll Panthers rushed for 269 yards vs. Arkansas Aug. 31, 2019 First Power 5 win: GSU 38, Tennessee scooped up a fumble and returned it 74 State, led by 142 yards from Tucker Gregg. 30 at Knoxville, Tenn. yards for a touchdown vs. Arkansas State for Nov. 16, 2019 First home game against Top 25 team the second-longest defensive touchdown in > Last season the Panthers finished No. 13 in vs. No. 24 App State at GSU Stadium. program history. GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

FUTURE OPPONENTS FBS in rushing (241.6) in 2019, led by senior > GSU produced the most prolific offensive Tra Barnett (No. 11/111.8). season in program history, setting school 2021 > GSU has rushed for 340-plus yards four records for points (406), scoring average Sept. 4 Army (Home) times in the last 18 games: 340 vs. Arkansas (31.2), total offense (5,718), total offense per Sept. 11 North Carolina (Away) State; 350 vs. Coastal Carolina; 390 vs. Troy; game (439.8), rushing yards (3,141), rushing Sept. 18 Charlotte (Home) and school-record 414 yards vs. ULM. yards per game (241.6), rushing yards per Sept. 25 Auburn (Away) attempt ((5.3) and first downs (305). > Over the last 18 games, Georgia State has 2022 averaged 224 rushing yards per game. > Georgia State ranked No. 13 in FBS in Sept. 3 South Carolina (Away) rushing with 241.6 yards per game. Sept. 10 North Carolina (Home) > Five different Panthers have achieved 100-yard rushing games over the last two > The Panthers accomplished all this despite Sept. 17 Charlotte (Home) seasons: starting quarterback Dan Ellington playing Oct. 1 Army (Away) the final four games with a torn ACL. 2023 Tra Barnett, 7 Destin Coates, 4 Sept. 2 Rhode Island (Home) ELLINGTON GRADUATES TO COACHING Seth Paige, 2 STAFF: The newest member of the Georgia Sept. 9 UConn (Home) Dan Ellington (QB), 1 State coaching staff is former Panther Sept. 16 Charlotte (Away) Tucker Gregg, 1 quarterback Dan Ellington, who is now an Nov. 18 LSU (Away) offensive assistant coach, working with the 2024 STRETCH-ING IT: Outside linebacker running backs. Aug. 31 Georgia Tech (Away) Jordan Strachan was the Sun Belt Conference A two-year starter and two-time All-Sun Sept. 7 Chattanooga (Home) Defensive Player of the Week after collecting Belt Conference selection in 2018-19, three tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, Sept. 28 Vanderbilt (Home) Ellington passed for 4.566 yards and 34 and recovering two fumbles, one of which touchdowns while rushing for 1,293 yards Nov. 2 UConn (Away) he also caused, in the win over Troy. In the and 11 scores. 2025 third quarter, he sacked and stripped the He gained national notoriety after Sept. 6 Memphis (Home) quarterback and recovered at the Troy 8-yard leading the Panthers to their 38-30 victory Sept. 20 Vanderbilt (Away) line, setting up a touchdown for a 33-21 lead. at Tennessee in the 2019 season opener. He 2026 Strachan’s first fumble recovery came in the further cemented his legacy by playing his Sept. 5 North Carolina A&T (Home) second quarter as he scooped up a loose ball final four games after tearing his ACL and Sept. 19 Georgia Tech (Home) and returned it 63 yards to the Troy 20 for the leading the Panthers to a bowl game. fourth-longest fumble return in GSU history. Nov. 21 Ole Miss (Away) One game earlier at Arkansas State, GSU ADDS TWO GRAD TRANSFERS: 2027 Strachan, nicknamed Stretch, had a strip sack Two grad transfers are making an immediate Sept. 18 UAB (Home) that teammate Blake Carroll recovered and impact. Sept. 27 East Carolina (Away) returned 74 yards for a touchdown. > Noel Ruiz, a 2019 FCS All-American at He added two sacks of the Panthers’ 2028 North Carolina A&T, takes over the place- school-record seven sacks at South Alabama, Sept. 16 UAB (Away) kicking duties. He was 23-for-27 on field and then a sack that forced a late fumble to 2029 goals last year, leading FCS with 1.92 per help seal Georgia State’s season-ending win game while ranking fifth in percentage (.852) Sept. 22 UAB (Home) over Georgia Southern. 2030 and 10th in scoring (9.7 ppg). Sept. 21 UAB (Away) NEW NAME, SAME GREAT PLACE: > Former Virginia Cavalier Chris Moore has Georgia State’s home facility is now known as earned a starting berth at safety. He played Center Parc Credit Union Stadium, or Center in nine games (five starts) in 2019 and made Parc Stadium. The 15-year, $21 million agree- 42 tackles and two pass breakups. PANTHER PROS: Even though Georgia ment between Center Parc Credit Union, State is playing just its 11th season of foot- a division of Atlanta Postal Credit Union RUIZ AMONG TOP ACTIVE KICKERS: ball, eight former Panthers have played at (APCU), and Georgia State Athletics, was least one game in the NFL. Senior placekicker Noel Ruiz, the graduate announced Aug. 11, 2020. transfer from North Carolina A&T, ranks Six former Panthers are currently on 2020 among the active FBS leaders in career NFL rosters: 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Georgia scoring and field goals. State (7-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) tied its school record ALBERT WILSON, WR (GSU 2010-13) with seven victories and earned its second ACTIVE FBS LEADERS Miami Dolphins, 7th NFL season bowl berth in three seasons under head POINTS (PK unless noted) (opted out for 2020) coach Shawn Elliott, with a trip to the NOVA 1. Travis Etienne, Clemson (RB)...... 462 WIL LUTZ, PK (GSU 2012-15) Home Loans Arizona Bowl. 2. Riley Patterson, Memphis...... 427 New Orleans Saints, 5th NFL season 3. Jose Borregales, Miami, Fla...... 370 > The Panthers posted their best home (Pro Bowl in 2019) 4. Jake Verity, East Carolina...... 352 record at 5-1 while setting a program-record 5. Alex Kessman, Pittsburgh...... 341 CHANDON SULLIVAN, CB (GSU 2014-17) for home attendance. Green Bay Packers, 3rd NFL season 6. Chandler Staton, App State...... 339 7. Najee Harris, Alabama (RB)...... 324 PENNY HART, WR (GSU 2015-18) > Earned the signature win in program history with the season-opening 38-30 8. Grayson Atkins, North Carolina...... 319 Seattle Seahawks, 2nd NFL season victory at Tennessee, Georgia State’s first-ever 9 Jarrett Patterson, Buffalo (RB)...... 318 BRANDON WRIGHT, P (GSU 2016-19) win over a Power 5 opponent. 10. Noel Ruiz, Georgia State...... 313 LA Rams (Practice), 1st NFL season ROBERT DAVIS, WR (GSU 2013-16) > Twenty-five season records, 17 single-game FIELD GOALS records and seven career marks were set or Las Vegas Raiders (Practice), 4th NFL season 1. Jake Verity, East Carolina...... 74 broken in 2019. 3. Alex Kessman, Pittsburgh...... 69 Former GSU QB Nick Arbuckle (2014-15) is 2. Jose Borregales, Miami, Fla...... 68 the starting quarterback for Ottawa of the 4. Matt Coghlin, Michigan State...... 64 CFL, which is not playing this season. 5. Riley Patterson, Memphis...... 63 6. Anthony Boumerhi, College...... 59 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

2020 HONORS 7. Nick Sciba, Wake Forest...... 57 8. Andre Szmyt, Syracuse...... 56 QB CORNELIOUS BROWN IV Parker White, South Carolina...... 56 Sun Belt Offensive Player of Week: Christopher Dunn, NC State...... 56 Nov. 9 (ULM) 11. Jet Toner, Stanford...... 54 Manning Award Star of the Week (Nov. 30) Brian Johnson, Virginia Tech...... 54 FWAA Fresh Four (Nov. 30) 13. Keith Duncan, Iowa...... 52 14. Anders Carlson...... 51 FWAA Freshman All-American Team 15. Evan McPherson, ...... 49 Midseason Watch List 16. Noel Ruiz, Georgia State...... 48 ILB BLAKE CARROLL All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) PAT 1. Riley Patterson, Memphis...... 238 TE ROGER CARTER 2. Chandler Staton, App State...... 207 All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) 3. Grayson Atkins, North Carolina...... 190 RB DESTIN COATES 4. Merek Glover, Tulane...... 172 All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) 5. Noel Ruiz, Georgia State...... 169 G SHAMARIOUS GILMORE CAREER RECORDS WATCH: Panthers All-Sun Belt Conference (1st team) moving up GSU career lists (See full updated Outland Trophy Watch List career leaders later in this notes package). Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (1st team) CORNELIUS McCOY, WR WR JONATHAN IFEDI 131 receptions (No. 4) NFF Campbell Trophy Semifinalist 1,611 receiving yards (No. 4) SAM PINCKNEY, WR S ANTAVIOUS LANE 83 receptions (No. 9) All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) 1,295 receiving yards (No. 7) Sun Belt Defensive Player of Week: 11 Receiving TD (No. 5) Oct. 5 (East Carolina) ROGER CARTER, TE FWAA Freshman All-American Team 10 Receiving TD (T-No. 6) Midseason Watch List DESTIN COATES, RB WR CORNELIUS McCOY 1,355 rushing yards (No. 4) All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) 14 rushing TD (No. 2) Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) TRAJAN STEPHENS-McQUEEN, ILB 256 tackles (No. 4) WR SAM PINCKNEY 19.0 TFL (No. 7) All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) QUAVIAN WHITE, CB Biletnikoff Award Watch List 6 interceptions (T-No. 2; Record: 7) PK NOEL RUIZ 84 interceptions return yards (No. 1) All-Sun Belt Conference (1st team) 23 passes defended (T-No. 2; Record: 25) Sun Belt Special Teams Player of Week: DONTAE WILSON, NG Nov. 30 (Georgia Southern) 8.5 sacks (T-5th; Record: 11.5) Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Nov. 30) 18.5 TFL (No. 6) HARDRICK WILLIS, DE OLB JORDAN STRACHAN 11.5 sacks (No. 1) All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) 17.5 TFL (T-No. 8) Sun Belt Defensive Player of Week: VICTOR HEYWARD, OLB Nov. 26 (Troy) 189 tackles (No. 8) Nominee for Burlsworth Trophy 17.5 TFL (T-No. 8) ILB TRAJAN STEPHENS-McQUEEN JORDAN STRACHAN, OLB All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) 9.0 sacks (T-No. 3) Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) 17.5 TFL (T-No. 8) C MALIK SUMTER POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE: Six All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) members of this year’s team have already Rimington Trophy Watch List earned their undergraduate degree: CB QUAVIAN WHITE DeAndre Bowman All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) Shamarious Gilmore Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Sept. 21) Jonathan Ifedi Matlin Marshall Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) Chris Moore (from Virginia) DE HARDRICK WILLIS Noel Ruiz (from North Carolina A&T) All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) NG DONTAE WILSON All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) WR COACH TRENT McKNIGHT Nominee for Broyles Award

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season record for passing yards, formerly held by 2015 AUTONATION CURE BOWL 2017 AUTONATION CURE BOWL Troy’s Levi Brown (4,254 yards in 2009). SAN JOSE STATE 27, GEORGIA STATE 16 San Jose State struck first on a 19-yard field GEORGIA STATE 27, WESTERN KENTUCKY 17 Dec. 19, 2015 • • Orlando, Fla. goaly b Austin Lopez after the GSU defense came Dec. 16, 2017 • up with a big third-down stop at the 2-yard line to Orlando, Fla. A late rally fell short and Georgia State fell to force the field goal. San Jose State 27-16 in the inaugural AutoNation But on their ensuing possession, the Panthers y Led b Most Valuable Player Conner Manning Cure Bowl. In just their sixth year of existence, the came up just short on third down and punted the and a record-setting effort by the defense, Georgia Panthers were making their first bowl appearance. ballo t Ervin, who returned the punt 85 yards for the State earned the first bowl victory in school history Sun Belt Player of the Year Nick Arbuckle was score and a 10-0 Spartan lead. with a 27-17 win over Western Kentucky in the heldo t just 14-of-29 passing for 208 yards and two Playing for injured all-conference tight end AutoNation Cure Bowl at Camping World Stadium. touchdowns but still finished the season with a Keith Rucker, Werts finished with three receptions The win also gave the Panthers (7-5, 5-3 Sun Sun Belt Conference single-season record of 4,368 for 63 yards after he had just two catches all season. Belt) their school-record seventh victory of the yards. When asked what he would remember most season under first-year head coach Shawn Elliott Georgia State saw its four-game winning streak about this season, Miles said, “I’m going to and secured their first winning season as an FBS snapped and finished 6-7. remember a bunch of guys that pulled together program. With Georgia State trailing 13-7 early in the to take a team that’s been playing FBS football for “We’re just a bunch of misfit players and misfit fourth quarter, Wil Lutz uncorked a 70-yard punt three years and got themselves from 2-6 to a bowl coaches who are blue collar, work hard and love that rolled inside the SJSU 5, and the Panther game. That showed a team that would never quit, one other and look at us,” Elliott said. “First bowl never gave up on each other, believed in what was defense forced a three-and-out. On the Spartans win, most wins in school history - I’m damn proud going on. A great group of guys that are still young.” punt from the end zone, a poor snap gave Georgia to be a Georgia State Panther, I know that! State a safety, pulling the Panthers within 13-9 with Manning, the senior signal-caller, completed 12:44 left. SAN JOSE STATE...... 0 1 3 14 — 27 20 of 28 passes for 276 yards and one touchdown After the free kick and a 24-yard return by GEORGIA STATE...... 0 7 0 9 — 16 while directing a GSU offense that also rushed for Donovan Harden, the Panthers took over at the 143 yards. Georgia State accomplished that while SJSU 36. Arbuckle hit freshman tight end Ari Werts SCORING SUMMARY essentially playing without top weapon Penny Hart, for a first down at the 20, and two plays later Todd 2nd SJ 11:05 - Lopez, Austin 19 yd field goal, 14-75 7:36 who was battling an ankle injury and was limited to Boydt caugh a short pass and raced 19 yards for the SJ 8:55 - Ervin, Tyler 85 yd punt return (Lopez, Austin kick) a handful of snaps. score. That gave Georgia State its first lead at 16-13 GSU 7:04 - Harden, Donovan 38 yd pass from Arbuckle, “Coming into this season, my only goal was to with 10:46 left. Nick (Lutz, Wil kick), 5-87 1:43 But San Jose State regained the lead with a 3rd SJ 0:02 - v, Austin 19 yd field goal, 8-33 3:20 lead this team to a bowl victory,” Manning said as quick touchdown on a 42-yard touchdown run by 4th GSU 12:44 - TEAM safety he accepted the MVP award. quarterback Kenny Potter, moving the Spartans GSU 10:46 - Boyd, Todd 19 yd pass from Arbuckle, Nick The Georgia State defense limited Western (Lutz, Wil kick), 4-36 1:58 back in front, 20-16, with nine minutes to go. Kentucky’s high-powered offense to 349 yards. SJ 9:15 - Potter, Kenny 42 yd run (Lopez, Austin kick), With six sacks, including two by senior Mackendy Georgia State moved to midfield but failed to 3-66 1:31 convert a 3rd-and-one with eight minutes left. The Cheridor, the Panthers set a school record by SJ 2:40 - Oliver, Josh 1 yd pass from Potter, Kenny (Lopez, holding WKU to a net of minus-two yards rushing. Panthers went for it on fourth down, and freshman Austin kick), 11-49 5:10 Leading 13-10, the Panthers used a flea flicker receiver Penny Hart got behind the defense, but Attendance–18,536 Arbuckle’s pass was just out of his reach. to take a 10-point lead in the third quarter. After “We put the ball in the hands of the best player TEAM STATISTICS...... SJ GSU two, flips Manning got the ball back and found in our conference, the best player on our offense FIRSTOWNS D ...... 20 11 freshman tight end Roger Carter all alone down and on our team – Player of the Year,” head coach RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 54-197 20-23 thet lef sideline for a 42-yard touchdown and a Trent Miles said. “We had a guy that was one of the PASSINGDS Y (NET) ...... 89 208 20-10 advantage with 5:55 left in the third quarter. best receivers in the nation running wide open for Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 19-10-1 29-14-1 The touchdown was set up by Hart’s lone catch of a touchdown and it just didn’t work. If the ball was TOTALFFENSE O PLAYS-YARDS ...... 73-286 49-231 the, game a spectacular 27-yard grab at the WKU Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 about six inches shorter, it’s a touchdown. We’re 42-yard line. Punt Returns-Yards ...... 3-98 3--2 In the fourth quarter, the Panthers effectively back in the lead and everybody says what a great Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 2-46 4-81 playt call tha was made. But he over threw him, and Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-24 1-3 sealed the game a 16-play, 74-yard drive that ate up that’s football.” Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 5-46.2 8-47.5 nine minutes on the clock. The drive started after The Spartans took over and held the ball for Fumbles-Lost ...... 3-0 2-0 Jerome Smith’s interception, and Kyler Neal tallied more than five minutes before scoring the clinching Penalties-Yards ...... 5-48 6-73 the clinching score on a 1-yard run to put GSU touchdown for the final margin. Possession Time ...... 38:19 21:41 ahead 27-10 with 5:50 left in the game. y “Well m hat’s off to San Jose State,” Miles said. Third-Down Conversions ...... 6f5 o 1 1 of 10 Neal’s score gave him sole possession of the GSU “They did an excellent job defensively, stopping Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0f o 1 0 of 1 record for rushing touchdowns with 13. us from rushing the ball and throwing the ball, Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-3 1-1 Georgia State got on the scoreboard first with moving the ball. We were one of 10 on third- Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 4-22 2-15 Brandon Wright’s 42-yard field goal on the Panthers’ down conversions. They killed us with the time of RUSHING opening possession, giving GSU a 3-0 lead midway possession, and they did an excellent job of getting SJ: Ervin, Tyler 30-132; Potter, Kenny 15-69; Tucker, Thomas through the first quarter. us off the field offensively. And then at the end, 4-12; Oliver, Josh 1-7; Team 3-(-6); Wilson, Hansell 1-(-17). Then the teams traded quick touchdowns on a they did what they needed to do to move the ball GSU: Smith, Glenn 6-22; Bateman, Taz 2-11; Neal, Kyler 4-6; total of just five plays. First, WKU needed just two and score and make it the situation where we didn’t Hart, Penny 1-2; Sweeting, Avery 1-0; Arbuckle, Nick 6-(-18). playso t score, including White’s 54-yard touchdown have enough time to come back. So my hat’s off to PASSING pass to Deon Yelder. them, and I’m very proud of our team.” But the Panthers’ answer was almost as quick. SJ: Potter, Kenny 10-19-1-89. San Jose State running back rushed Devin Gentry rushed for 10 yards, and then GSU: Arbuckle, Nick 14-29-1-208. for 132 yards on 30 carries and had an 85-yard punt Manning found Tamir Jones down the left sideline return for a touchdown in the first half. RECEIVING for 49 yards to the WKU 26. On the next play, Trailing 10-0 in the second quarter, Georgia SJ: Holmes, Justin 3-48; Tucker, Thomas 3-27; Wilson, Hansell Demarcus Kirk broke through the middle of the line State got on the board with a 5-play, 87-yard drive. 1-11; Freeman, Billy 1-5; Oliver, Josh 1-1; Ervin, Tyler 1-(-3). and rambled 26 yards for the score to regain the After Arbuckle opened the drive with a 20-yard GSU: Werts, Ari 3-63; Boyd, Todd 3-56; Harden, Donovan 3-53; lead at 10-7 with 6:19 to play in the first quarter. completion to freshman tight end Ari Werts, a Hart, Penny 1-14; Bateman, Taz 1-9; Neal, Kyler 1-9; Smith, In the second quarter, the teams exchanged Glenn 1-3; Davis, Robert 1-1. 29-yard pass to Werts gave the Panthers a first field, goals with Wright’s second three-pointer of downt a the SJSU 38. On the next play, Arbuckle INTERCEPTIONS the day, this one from 37 yards, giving GSU a 13-10 found Harden down the right sideline for a 38-yard lead with nine minutes left in the first half. touchdown, pulling GSU within 10-7 with seven SJ: Chachere, Andre 1-24. Late in the half, the Panthers had an apparent minutes left in the first half. GSU: Dukes, Bruce 1-3. touchdown pass called back when Jonathan Ifedi’s t On tha play, Arbuckle surpassed the Sun Belt GeorgiaStateSports.com BOWL HISTORY LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

knee was ruled to have touched the ground before Wyoming (8-5) was led by freshman quarterback he took off for the end zone, so the halftime lead 2019 NOVA HOME LOANS Levi Williams who went 11-for-26 for 234 yards and ARIZONA BOWL remained 13-10. a touchdown. On the ground Xazavian Valladay With his third-down sack in the first quarter, WYOMING 38, GEORGIA STATE 17 rushed 26 times for 204 yards and a touchdown and Cheridor became the Panthers’ career leader, was the game’s Offensive MVP. Dec. 31, 2019 • Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Ariz. surpassing Christo Bilukidi (9.0, 2010-11). Cheridor The difference in the game might have been on third down where the Panthers managed to go just added another sack, which caused a fumble, in the Georgia State fell 38-17 to Wyoming in the 3-of-13, while Wyoming was 11-of-17. The Cowboys second quarter to bring his record total to 10.5. He NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl on New Year’s Eve twice stopped Georgia State on fourth down in the also has the GSU record for forced fumbles with six. afternoon at Arizona Stadium. red zone. Junior linebacker Chase Middleton recovered a Playing in their third bowl game in the last five Georgia State saw 19 seniors play in their final fumble and returned it 19 yards and also had a sack years, the Panthers finished the season at 7-6. game with many having played in two bowl games. and an interception. “What an extraordinary senior class we have Four seniors (Khai Anderson, Hunter Atkinson, Ed Redshirt freshman Jonathan Ifedi had career who took this field and fought to the very, very end,” Curney and Brandon Wright) were part of all three highs of six catches for 56 yards, while Carter had head coach Shawn Elliott said. “We just didn’t play GSU bowl teams. four catches for 85 yards. Glenn Smith rushed for 73 the ballgame the way we needed to play to win – a yards on 23 carries. lot of mishaps from us as coaches and players. Hats off to Wyoming. GEORGIA STATE...... 7 3 7 0 — 17 WESTERN KENTUCKY...... 7 3 0 7 — 17 “I’m extremely proud of this football team and WYOMING...... 17 7 14 0 — 38 GEORGIA STATE...... 10 3 7 7 — 27 the steps they took to make this program worthy SCORING SUMMARY to come out to this bowl game and compete. This SCORING SUMMARY isn’t just a one or two-time occurrence. We’re going 1st 12:59 GSU - Ellington, Dan 4 yd run (Wright, Brandon kick), 6-75 2:01 1st 8:07 GSU - Wright, Brandon 42 yd field goal, 10-40 4:57 to be here for a while, and we’ve got a lot to keep 9:01 WYO - Rothe, Cooper 53 yd field goal, 11-39 3:58 7:29 WKU - Yelder, Deon 54 yd pass from White, Mike building on. 2:12 WYO - Conway, Austin 18 yd pass from Williams, Levi (Nuss, Ryan kick), 2-75 0:38 “This is a disappointing loss,” Elliott continued. (Rothe, Cooper kick), 3-38 0:47 6:18 GSU - Kirk, Demarcus 26 yd run (Wright, Brandon “As a coach or a player, you fight like hell every 0:35 WYO - Valladay, X. 8 yd pass from Williams, Levi kick), 3-85 1:11 single day to prepare your football team to win. We (Rothe, Cooper kick), 3-11 1:27 2nd 14:18 WKU - Nuss, Ryan 38 yd field goal, 4-5 1:36 didn’t make the plays to win today, but we’re going 2nd 9:31 GSU - Wright, Brandon 25 yd field goal, 13-57 6:04 9:07 GSU - Wright, Brandon 37 yd field goal, 10-55 5:11 to work hard and get better.” 0:32 WYO - Eberhardt, A. 51 yd pass from Williams, Levi 3rd 5:55 GSU - Carter, Roger 42 yd pass from Manning, (Rothe, Cooper kick), 6-60 1:29 Conner (Wright, Brandon kick), 5-80 1:46 In his final game in a Georgia State uniform, 3rd 8:12 WYO - Valladay, X. 1 yd run (Rothe, Cooper kick), 4th 5:50 GSU - Neal, Kyler 1 yd run (Wright, Brandon kick), senior quarterback Dan Ellington went 13-for-26 for 5-86 2:18 16-74 9:01 156 yards and a touchdown through the air, while 7:43 GSU - McCoy, Cornelius 44 yd pass from Ellington, 2:34 WKU - Yelder, Deon 4 yd pass from White, Mike rushing 14 times for 70 yards and a touchdown. Dan (Wright, Brandon kick), 2-75 0:29 (Nuss, Ryan kick), 11-87 3:16 With 355 yards of total offense, Georgia State 1:21 WYO - Williams, Levi 6 yd run (Rothe, Cooper kick), Attendance–19,585 broke its season record, collecting 5,718 yards to surpass the previous record of 5,627 yards set in 4-74 1:41 TEAM STATISTICS WKU GSU Attendance–36,892 2015. GSU had already set new season records for FIRST DOWNS ...... 17 21 points, touchdowns, rushing yards and rushing TEAM STATISTICS GSU WYO RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 21--2 43-143 touchdowns. PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 351 276 FIRST DOWNS ...... 16 24 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 40-26-2 28-20-0 Ellington led the Panthers down the field for a RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 38-199 47-290 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 61-349 71-419 touchdown on their opening possession with a PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 156 234 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 1-19 6-play, 75-yard drive. He completed a 23-yard pass Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 27-13-1 26-11-1 Punt Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 to Devin Gentry and Tra Barnett had a 7-yard run, TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 65-355 73-524 Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 3-56 2-15 but Ellington picked up the rest of the yardage Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 2--1 on the ground, despite playing with a torn ACL in Punt Returns-Yards ...... 1-4 2-11 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 5-42.8 3-39.7 his right knee. He had a 29-yard gain down to the Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 2-42 Fumbles-Lost ...... 2-1 2-1 20-yard line and scored on a 4-yard run, his first Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-25 1-23 Penalties-Yards ...... 10-89 4-30 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 5-37.2 2-38.0 Possession Time ...... 24:39 35:21 rushing touchdown since the injury, to give the Panthers a 7-0 lead just two minutes into the game. Fumbles-Lost ...... 1-0 2-2 Third-Down Conversions ...... 5 of 12 8 of 16 Penalties-Yards ...... 5-56 1-10 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 1 1 of 2 “I’m thankful I was part of this program,” Possession Time ...... 26:09 33:51 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 1-1 3-3 Ellington said. “To the fans, I want to say thank you Third-Down Conversions ...... 3 of 13 11 of 17 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 2-14 6-45 for believing in me. Thank you for cheering on a guy Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 4 0 of 0 RUSHING from Mississippi and having me as your family.” Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 2-4 4-5 Wyoming took a 17-7 lead with two touchdowns Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 1-11 0-0 WKU: Moses, Jakairi 7-19; TRIGG, Marquez 3-13; Ferby, D’Andre in the final two minutes of the first quarter, both 5-11; White, Mike 6-minus 45. set up by Panther miscues in their own territory, RUSHING GSU: Smith, Glenn 23-73; Kirk, Demarcus 3-35; Manning, first a failed fourth-down attempt and then an GSU: Ellington, Dan 14-70; Barnett, Tra 15-64; Coates, Destin Conner 8-24; Gentry, Devin 2-8; Neal, Kyler 4-3; Barnett, Tra 7-59; Gentry, Devin 1-6; Payne, Aubry 1-0. 2-1; TEAM 1-minus 1. interception. The Cowboys added a 51-yard touchdown pass in the final seconds of the first half WYO: Valladay, X. 26-204; Williams, Levi 12-53; Brenton, Brett PASSING to take a 24-10 lead into the locker room. 6-30; Burroughs, J. 2-5; TEAM 1-minus 2. WKU: White, Mike 26-39-1-351; Fant, Nacarius 0-1-1-0. Senior Brandon Wright kicked a 25-yard field PASSING GSU: Manning, Conner 20-28-0-276. goal in the second quarter for the 32nd field goal GSU: Ellington, Dan 13-26-1-156; Harvey, Kierston 0-1-0-0. of his career to break Wil Lutz’s Georgia State career RECEIVING WYO: Williams, Levi 11-26-1-234. record. Those three points also gave Wright the WKU: Fant, Nacarius 7-70; Yelder, Deon 5-112; Lane, Xavier GSU season scoring record, surpassing Iain Vance’s RECEIVING 4-70; Jernighan, Quin 2-28; Ferby, D’Andre 2-22; Jackson, 80 points in the inaugural season of 2010; Wright GSU: McCoy, Cornelius 5-78; Carter, Roger 3-43; Gentry, Devin Lucky 2-8; Pearson, J. 1-24; Trigg, Marquez 1-7; Fourtenbary, finished with 84 points. 3-32; Barnett, Tra 2-3. K. 1-6; Moses, Jakairi 1-4. Wright, Gentry and senior left tackle Hunter WYO: Valladay, X. 3-91; ISMAIL JR, R. 3-50; Eberhardt, A. 1-51; GSU: Ifedi, Jonathan 6-56; Carter, Roger 4-85; Smith, Glenn Conway, Austin 1-18; Crow, Dontae 1-15; Harshman, Josh 4-35; Jones, Tamir 3-68; Gentry, Devin 2-5; Hart, Penny 1-27. Atkinson played in their 49th career game, tying the school record held by several players. 1-5; Okwoli, John 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS Barnett, who became Georgia State’s all-time INTERCEPTIONS leading rusher earlier this season, finished with 15 WKU: None. GSU: Middleton, C. 1-0; Smith, Jerome 1-minus 1. GSU: White, Quavian 1-25. carries for 64 yards. WYO: Halliburton, A. 1-23. Georgia State’s receiving corps was led by Cornelius McCoy, who had five catches for 78 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown.

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HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT In his 24th seasons as a Division I coach, Shawn Elliott has been part of 22 winning seasons and 19 postseason appearances, including three bowl games in his four years at Georgia State.

A coaching veteran who brought 20 years first for the Georgia State program as Elliott’s of experience in winning programs, Shawn Panthers earned a dominating 38-30 victory Elliott was introduced as Georgia State’s third over Tennessee at Neyland Stadium for the head football coach by President Mark Becker school’s first win over a Power 5 opponent. and Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb on Dec. Elliott was named the Dodd Trophy 9, 2016. He came to GSU after highly successful National Coach of the Week, and his Panthers stints at South Carolina, where he served as the were recognized as the FWAA Reveal Suits co-offensive coordinator, offensive line coach National Team of the Week. That is the third HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT and interim head coach, and Appalachian time that Elliott has been part of the National Full name: Shawn Hardwick Elliott State, where he coached the offensive line. Team of the Week; his Appalachian State team Born: June 26, 1973 Now in his 24th seasons as a Division was recognized for its 2007 victory at Michigan I coach, Elliott has been part of 22 winning and his South Carolina squad for its 2010 win Hometown: Camden, S.C. seasons, 19 teams that reached the NCAA over No. 1 Alabama. Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1996 playoffs or a bowl game, and three consecutive The win over Tennessee launched a record- Family: Wife Summer, daughter Maddyn, son NCAA FCS titles from 2005-07. setting 2019 season as the Panthers won seven Max That success has continued at Georgia games in the regular season for the first time COACHING CAREER State, where Elliott has led the Panthers to bowl and achieved their best home record with a 5-1 games in three of his four seasons in Atlanta. mark at Georgia State Stadium. 1997-09, Appalachian State, assistant coach Elliott and his staff navigated the unique Bolstered by one of the top rushing attacks 2010-16, South Carolina, assistant coach challenges of the 2020 season to steer the in the nation, the 2019 team set numerous 2015, South Carolina, interim head coach Panthers to a winning record and berth in the team and individual records, most notably 2017-present, Georgia State, head coach LendingTree Bowl. Along the way, a program- establishing new season standards for points, record 14 individuals earned All-Sun Belt touchdowns, rushing yards and total offense. HEAD COACHING RECORD Conference honors. Following the regular-season, 10 Panthers 2015 South Carolina (interim) 1-5 Other highlights of Elliott’s tenure at were named to the 2019 All-Sun Belt 2017 Georgia State 7-5 GSU include the first bowl victory in school Conference squad, and the team earned a berth 2018 Georgia State 2-10 history, Georgia State’s first winning season as in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl. an FBS program, and school-record seven-win Despite taking over a Georgia State program 2019 Georgia State 7-6 campaigns in both 2017 and 2019. playing just its eighth season of football in 2017, 2020 Georgia State 5-4 The 2019 season began with another major Elliott not only guided GSU to a bowl game in AT GSU (4th Year) 21-25 OVERALL (5th Year) 22-30

his first year at the helm, but he led the Panthers to their first bowl victory, 27-17 over Western Kentucky in the AutoNation Cure Bowl. That win gave the program a school-record seven victories in Elliott’s first season. Under Elliott’s watch, the Panthers achieved benchmark performances on both sides of the ball. The 2017 GSU defense set season records for fewest points allowed per game, and fewest rushing yards allowed per game (136.4) and per attempt (4.13). The defense also recorded the first shutout in school history. On offense, the Panthers established new marks, since broken, for highest completion percentage (64.2) and fewest interceptions (9) in a season, as well as most total yards in a game (670) and most points vs. an FBS opponent (47). Nine Panthers earned All-Sun Belt honors in 2017. Senior cornerback Chandon

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HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT (continued) Sullivan shined in the classroom and on the South Carolina’s 2014 unit scored nearly 33 Football League Draft. From 2005-07, Elliott field as Georgia State’s first football Academic points per game while averaging over 440 yards coached three-consecutive Southern Confer- All-American and the first Panther to be invited of offense as All-America and All-Southeastern ence Jacobs Blocking Trophy recipients. to the Reese’s . Conference offensive guard A.J. Cann paved the Elliott helped lead the Mountaineers to Sullivan, one of three 2017 seniors to sign way. In 2010, Elliott’s first season in Columbia, 10 NCAA playoff berths in 13 seasons with NFL free agent contracts, is now with the Green his offensive line blocked for record-setting two trips to the national semifinals and three Bay Packers. running back Marcus Lattimore, the National appearances in the quarterfinals in addition to After inheriting a senior-dominated roster Freshman of the Year. the three championships. for his first season, Elliott’s second campaign In addition to Cann, a third-round draft Elliott was one of three App State coaches proved to be a rebuilding year as the Panthers pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2015, to earn the NCAA’s Award of Valor for their were forced to play numerous freshmen. Elliott developed future NFL linemen Corey efforts in rescuing two individuals from an Still, there were many positives during Robinson, Ronald Patrick, Brandon Shell, T.J. automobile accident in 2000. the 2018 season. First-year quarterback Dan Johnson and Rokevious Watkins. The two head coaches under whom Elliott Ellington passed for more than 2,000 yards, led Before going to South Carolina in 2010, spent the bulk of his time as an assistant coach, the team in rushing and set a school record for Elliott coached his entire career at Appalachian Spurrier at South Carolina and Jerry Moore at fewest interceptions. State, his alma mater. In 13 seasons there, Appalachian State, are both enshrined in the Punter Brandon Wright ranked No. 3 in he was an integral part of App State’s three Hall of Fame. FBS in punting average and net while setting consecutive NCAA titles from 2005-07 as well Elliott was the first player in Mountaineer the Sun Belt record at 48.3 yards per kick. as the Mountaineers’ historic upset at Michigan annals to appear in the NCAA Division I-AA The Ray Guy Award semifinalist is GSU’s first in 2007. playoffs four separate seasons. He was a four- semifinalist for a major college football award. Beginning in 1997, he worked two seasons year letterwinner, helping the Mountaineers to Standout receiver Penny Hart finished as a defensive assistant (1997-98) and then two titles and a combined his career ranked fourth in Sun Belt history two seasons as the tight ends coach (1999-00) record of 36-16. He served as a co-captain of in receiving yards and eighth in receptions. before taking over the offensive line in 2001. the 1995 Appalachian State squad that finished He signed a free agent contract with the In nine seasons as the Mountaineers’ 12-1 while earning all-league distinction as a Indianapolis Colts, as did linebacker Chase offensive line coach, Elliott’s players earned All- defensive end. Middleton. Hart is now with the Seattle America distinction on 12 occasions, including A native of Camden, S.C., Elliott earned Seahawks. four different linemen who received first-team his bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State Individual honors in Elliott’s first three All-America accolades. He also coached All- in 1996. He is married to the former Summer seasons include 26 All-Sun Belt Conference American and future NFL tight end Daniel Scruggs, also an App State grad and a standout honorees, Georgia State’s first two players Wilcox in 2000. In 2003, offensive lineman tennis player for the Mountaineers, and the selected to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, five former Wayne Smith was the first pick in the Canadian couple has two children, Maddyn and Max. players signed to NFL free agent contracts and a first-round selection in the CFL draft. The accolades extend to the classroom with GSU’s first Academic All-American® as well as five Academic All-District® selections in three seasons. The Panthers posted a program-record 3.03 GPA in his Elliott’s first semester, and then nearly matched that with a 3.0 for the spring 2020 term. Before taking over the Georgia State program, Elliott worked seven seasons (2010- 16) at South Carolina under Will Muschamp and Steve Spurrier, highlighted by three consecutive 11-win seasons from 2011-13 during the most successful run in the Gamecocks’ history. In addition to coaching the offensive line, he was the running game coordinator in 2010 and 2011, was elevated to co-offensive coordinator in 2012, and then served as the interim head coach following Spurrier’s retirement midway through the 2015 season. Elliott originally joined the South Carolina staff in 2010 and helped the Gamecocks reach five straight bowl games while coaching some of the most prolific and balanced offenses in school history. The Gamecocks turned in the program’s best offensive season, statistically, in 2013, averaging 34.1 points while rolling up a school-record 452.3 yards per game.

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NATE FUQUA @OLBeastCoach03 BRAD GLENN @Coachbg_qb Defensive Coordinator/OLBs (4th year at GSU) Offensive Coordinator/QBs (2nd year at GSU) Alma Mater: Wofford, 2003 Alma Mater: Clemson, 1995 • Nominee for 2017 Broyles Award as nation’s top • Nominee for 2019 Broyles Award as nation’s top assistant coach. assistant coach, in his first season on GSU staff. • His defense held Tennessee to 98 yards rushing in • Spent seven seasons (2012-18) as associate head GSU’s 2019 victory. coach, offensive coordinator and • His 2017 unit set GSU season records for fewest coach at Western Carolina. points per game (24.75), fewest rushing yards per • For his last five years at WCU, his QBs averaged game (136.4), fewest yards per rushing attempt over 2,400 yards passing and 600 yards rushing. (4.13) and most sacks (24). • Previously served seven years at Appalachian • Former defensive coordinator at Wofford, which State on the same staff with Shawn Elliott as the reached 2016 FCS quarterfinals with a defense Mountaineers won three straight FCS titles. that ranked fifth in the nation in total defense, sixth • Coached two SoCon Offensive Players of the Year: in scoring defense and 12th in rushing defense. QB Armanti Edwards, who also won Walter Payton • Spent 12 seasons at Wofford, where he was a two- Award, and QB DeAndre Pressley. time All-American as a nose tackle. THOMAS AUSTIN @TAustin1114 CHRIS COLLINS @CoachC_Collins Offensive Line (2nd year at GSU) Safeties/Recruiting Coord. (4th year at GSU) Alma Mater: Clemson, 2009 Alma Mater: Western Carolina, 2010 • In his first season at GSU, his line was a key • Added the role of recruiting coordinator in 2019 component in the most prolific offense in school and helped GSU sign a 2020 recruiting class that history, including program-record for rushing. had the highest average player ranking in program • Spent four seasons (2015-18) at Clemson, his history. alma mater, as the Tigers reached College Football • Selected for 2018 AFCA 35 Under 35 Coaches Playoff each year, including titles in 2016 an 2018. Leadership Institute. • All-America lineman at Clemson who signed NFL • Came to GSU in 2017 after one season coaching free agent contract with New England in 2010; also linebackers at Western Carolina. played for Houston, Carolina and Indianapolis. • Participated in NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy (2015).

DAN ELLINGTON @_CoachEllington BRIAN LANDIS @CoachLandis22 Offensive Assistant (1st year at GSU) Inside Linebackers (1st year at GSU) Alma Mater: Georgia State, 2020 Alma Mater: Georgetown College, 2001 • Begins his coaching career after one of the top • Joined GSU staff in 2020 after three seasons as playing careers in GSU history. head coach at Frederick Douglass High School in • Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference quarterback Louisville, Ky., where he compiled a 35-5 record who authored perhaps one of the top moments in after starting the program from scratch. Georgia State athletics history with the Panthers • Previously served on the staffs at Kentucky, Eastern monumental upset at Tennessee in 2019. Kentucky and Georgetown College, his alma mater. • Works primarily with running backs but also helps • Part of NAIA national championships as a player with quarterbacks. (2000) and coach (2001) at Georgetown.

TRENT McKNIGHT @CoachTMcKnight CORY PEOPLES @corypeoples Wide Receivers (4th year at GSU) Cornerbacks (1st year at GSU) Alma Mater: Samford, 2010 Alma Mater: South Carolina, 2005 • Nominee for 2020 Broyles Award as nation’s top • Former NFL player with more than 10 years of assistant coach. college coaching experience. • His receivers have been key performers in some of • Three-time recipient of the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity the most prolific offenses in program history Coaching Fellowship. • Worked with receiver Penny Hart in 2017-18, who • Former defensive coordinator at Albany State with finished his career ranked fourth in Sun Belt history coaching stops at Georgia Southern, Charleston in receiving yards and seventh in receptions. Southern, Clark Atlanta and St. Augustine. • Spent four seasons at Samford, where he served • Played on NJCAA national championship team at as run game coordinator/tight ends coach in 2015, Georgia Military and then lettered two years in the when the Bulldogs ranked No. 7 in the nation in secondary at South Carolina. total offense and led SoCon with 34.6 ppg. TRAVIAN ROBERTSON JOSH STEPP @coach_stepp @Robertson_9TWO Tight Ends/Running Backs (4th year at GSU) Alma Mater: Newberry, 2007 Defensive Line (2nd year at GSU) • Coached a pair of All-Sun Belt Conference tight Alma Mater: South Carolina, 2011 ends in 2019 and all-conference RB in 2017. • Coached four All-Sun Belt defensive linemen in • Chosen for 2019 AFCA 35 Under 35 Coaches 2019 and 2020 and helped GSU increase sack Leadership Institute. total from 13 to 21 to a school-record 32 this year. • Posted a 36-17 record in four seasons (2013-16) • Former GSU graduate assistant who returned to the as head coach at Lexington (S.C.) High School. staff in 2019 after one season at Albany State. • 4A Lower State Coach of the Year in 2015 • Seventh-round draft pick of in 2012; played for Falcons, Seattle and Washington • All-American and record-setting QB at Newberry over four seasons. (2004-06). • Standout defensive lineman at South Carolina.

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DEPTH CHART — OFFENSE — — DEFENSE — QB 4 Cornelious Brown IV...... 6-5 200 R-Fr. OLB 37 Victor Heyward...... 6-2 220 Sr. 10 Mikele Colasurdo...... 6-1 206 Fr. 10 Jacorey Crawford...... 6-0 213 Jr. 1 Jontrey Hunter...... 6-2 200 R-So. RB 17 Destin Coates...... 5-11 198 Jr. 26 Tucker Gregg...... 5-10 220 Jr. DE 91 Jeffery Clark...... 6-0 260 R-Fr. 21 Jamyest Williams...... 5-9 185 R-Jr. 96 Miles Dickens...... 6-2 247 R-Fr. WR 83 Cornelius McCoy...... 5-11 185 Jr. NG 52 Dontae Wilson...... 6-0 275 Sr. 2 Jamari Thrash...... 6-0 180 R-Fr. 97 Akeem Smith...... 6-0 285 R-So. 59 Thomas Gore...... 6-0 280 R-Fr. WR 0 Terrance Dixon...... 5-7 170 R-Jr. 80 Matlin Marshall...... 5-9 180 R-Sr. DE 90 Hardrick Willis...... 6-3 240 R-Jr. 98 Javon Denis...... 6-0 245 R-Fr. WR 15 Sam Pinckney...... 6-4 210 R-So. 6 Jonathan Ifedi...... 6-0 195 R-Sr. OLB 7 Jordan Strachan...... 6-4 215 R-Jr. 47 Jhi’Shawn Taylor...... 6-3 211 R-Jr. TE 45 Roger Carter...... 6-2 250 Sr. 88 Aubry Payne...... 6-4 228 R-Sr. ILB 42 Blake Carroll...... 6-1 225 Jr. 40 Jordan Veneziale...... 6-0 217 So. LT 73 Travis Glover...... 6-6 330 R-So. 60 Ronald Folkes...... 6-4 265 R-Fr. ILB 6 Trajan Stephens-McQueen..... 6-1 230 Sr. 57 Marcus Anderson...... 5-10 219 R-Fr. LG 75 Shamarious Gilmore...... 6-3 295 R-Sr. 68 Mason Cook...... 6-3 258 Fr. S 28 Chris Moore...... 6-0 210 R-Sr. 3 Chris Bacon...... 6-1 193 R-Jr. C 62 Malik Sumter...... 6-1 280 R-Jr. 65 Avery Reece...... 6-2 270 R-Fr. S 34 Antavious Lane...... 5-9 180 R-Fr. 35 Keon Carter...... 5-10 185 Sr. RG 64 Pat Bartlett...... 6-4 285 R-Jr. 78 Trey Bonner...... 6-3 280 R-Fr. CB 20 Quavian White...... 5-10 185 Jr. 5 Bryquice Brown...... 6-0 180 R-Fr. RT 77 Johnathan Bass...... 6-4 290 R-So. 71 Cameron Golden...... 6-4 250 R-Fr. CB 27 Jaylon Jones...... 5-11 180 R-Jr. 12 Tyler Gore...... 5-10 175 Jr.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYERS: Despelado Alexandre...... DESS-pell-ah-doe Al-ex-an-dray Kellan Autenrieth...... AW-ten-reeth Bryquice Brown...... bry-KWEECE Ben Chukwuma...... choo-KOO-muh — SPECIALISTS — Mikele Colasurdo...... muh-KAY-lee coll-a-SUR-doe Javon Denis...... juh-VON DEN-iss PK 92 Noel Ruiz...... 5-11 180 Sr. Jontrey Hunter...... JON-tray 39 Michael Hayes...... 5-9 181 R-Fr. Jonathan Ifedi...... ee-FED-ee Shamarious Gilmore...... shu-MARR-ee-us P 39 Michael Hayes...... 5-9 181 R-Fr. Seth Glausier...... GLAW-zser 94 Kade Loggins...... 6-1 170 Fr. Travis Glover...... Hometown Vienna, Ga: VY-en-uh Tyreke Harrison...... ty-REEK SN 51 Charlie Flint (PAT/FG)...... 6-1 210 R-So. Kierston Harvey...... KEER-stun 66 Seth Glausier (Punt)...... 5-11 200 So. Jaylon Jones...... JAY-len 56 Collin Westfelt...... 6-1 214 Fr. Antavious Lane...... an-TAY-vee-us Jay Lepkoske...... lep-KOSS-key HO 39 Michael Hayes...... 5-9 181 R-Fr. Tre Moore...... TRAY 94 Kade Loggins...... 6-1 170 Fr. Ikenine Ochie...... ee-ken-NEE-nay O-chee Noel Ruiz...... no-ELL roo-EEZ KR 20 Quavian White...... 5-10 185 Jr. Jordan Strachan...... STRAHN 0 Terrance Dixon...... 5-7 170 R-Jr. Trajan Stephens-McQueen...... tray-JAHN Jhi’Shawn Taylor...... juh-SHAWN PR 20 Quavian White...... 5-10 185 Jr. Jordan Venziale...... VEN-zee-al 0 Terrance Dixon...... 5-7 170 R-Jr. Quavian White...... KWAY-vee-un Jamyest Williams...... juh-MY-est Dontae Wilson...... DON-tay

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No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School 0 Terrance Dixon WR 5-7 170 R-Jr. Columbus, Ga. Columbus 1 Jontrey Hunter OLB 6-2 200 R-So. Tampa, Fla. Sickles 2 Jamari Thrash WR 6-0 180 R-Fr. LaGrange, Ga. Troup County 3 Chris Bacon S 6-1 193 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Westlake 4 Cornelious Brown IV QB 6-5 200 R-Fr. Birmingham, Ala. Calera 5 Bryquice Brown CB 6-0 180 R-Fr. Dorchester, Mass. Lithia Springs (Ga.) 6 Jonathan Ifedi WR 6-0 195 R-Sr. Charlotte, N.C. Vance 6 Trajan Stephens-McQueen ILB 6-1 230 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. West Mecklenburg 7 Jordan Strachan OLB 6-4 225 R-Jr. Kingsland, Ga. Camden County 8 Jaquez Pennimon S 6-0 185 R-Fr. Macon, Ga. Southwest 9 Jamil Muhammad LB 6-1 229 R-Fr. Madison, Ala. James Clemens 9 Jacob Freeman WR 5-11 195 Fr. LaGrange, Ga. Callaway 10 Mikele Colasurdo QB 6-1 206 Fr. Inman, S.C. Chapman 10 Jacorey Crawford OLB 6-0 213 Jr. Thomson, Ga. Thomson 11 Evan Jones S 6-2 190 R-Sr. Decatur, Ga. Salem/Illinois 11 Cadarrius Thompson WR 6-3 186 So. Florence, Ala. Florence 12 Tyler Gore CB 5-10 175 Jr. North Myrtle Beach, S.C. North Myrtle Beach 12 Kierston Harvey QB 5-10 180 R-Fr. Americus, Ga. Americus-Sumter 13 Christian Thomas WR 6-3 190 Fr. Loganville, Ga. Greater Atlanta Christian 14 Robert Lewis WR 5-11 175 Fr. Covington, Ga. Newton 15 Sam Pinckney WR 6-4 210 R-So. Greenwood, S.C. Greenwood 16 Tailique Williams WR 5-9 165 Fr. Pine Mountain, Ga. Harris County 17 Destin Coates RB 5-11 198 Jr. Tallahassee, Fla. Rickards 18 Cameron Sims CB 6-0 180 R-Fr. Memphis, Tenn. Lausanne Collegiate 19 Kerryon Richardson WR 5-10 165 R-Jr. West Columbia, S.C. Airport 20 Quavian White CB 5-10 185 Jr. Greer, S.C. Greer 21 Jamyest Williams CB 5-9 185 R-Jr. Athens, Ga. Grayson/South Carolina 22 Jalen Tate CB 6-0 175 Fr. Pelzer, S.C. Greenville 23 Marcus Carroll RB 5-10 192 Fr. Union City, Ga. Hapeville Charter 23 Terrell Gordon OLB 6-1 190 Fr. Phenix City, Ala. Central 24 Tyreke Harrison S 5-10 180 R-Fr. Plant City, Fla. Plant City 25 Dawson Hill RB 5-11 200 R-So. Plantation, Fla. South Plantation 26 Tucker Gregg RB 5-10 210 Jr. Chatsworth, Ga. Murray County 27 Jaylon Jones CB 5-11 180 R-Jr. Dacula, Ga. Dacula 27 Ahijah Blackwell RB 5-10 185 Fr. Rome, Ga. Rome 28 Chris Moore S 6-0 210 R-Sr. Ashburn, Va. Broad Run/Virginia 29 Courtney Williams S 6-2 190 R-So. LaGrange, Ga. Callaway 31 Makari Pruitt RB 5-6 162 R-Fr. Conyers, Ga. Salem 32 Zach Dixon ILB 6-1 215 R-So. Hollywood, Fla. Chaminade-Madonna 33 T.J. Smith OLB 6-2 240 R-So. Laurinburg, N.C. Scotland 34 Antavious Lane S 5-9 180 R-Fr. West Palm Beach, Fla. William T. Dwyer 35 Keon Carter S 5-10 185 Sr. Norcross, Ga. Norcross 35 Herman McCray TE 6-4 235 R-So. West Palm Beach, Fla. Oxbridge Academy 36 Luke Purnell TE 6-2 210 Fr. LaGrange, Ga. Troup County 37 Victor Heyward OLB 6-2 220 Sr. Dacula, Ga. Mill Creek 38 Kyle Wright ILB 6-0 245 R-So. Columbia, S.C. Ben Lippen/North Carolina 39 Michael Hayes PK-P 5-9 181 R-Fr. Florence, S.C. West Florence 40 Jordan Veneziale ILB 6-0 217 So. Dallas, Ga. North Paulding 41 Ikenine Ochie OLB 6-4 235 Jr. Albany, Ga. Westover 42 Blake Carroll ILB 6-1 225 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. Mountain View

GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School 43 Deandre Bowman WR 5-10 185 R-Sr. Columbus, Ga. Pacelli 44 Jay Lepkoske OLB 6-2 204 R-Fr. Cleveland, Ga. White County 45 Roger Carter TE 6-2 250 Sr. Columbia, S.C. Blythewood 46 Darius Snellings OLB 6-2 240 R-Jr. Jonesboro, Ga. Mundy’s Mill 47 Jhi’Shawn Taylor OLB 6-3 211 R-Jr. Cordele, Ga. Crisp County 48 Justin Abraham ILB 6-1 233 Fr. Hartsville, S.C. Hartsville 49 Joseph Lopez ILB 6-0 217 R-Fr. Dacula, Ga. Dacula 50 T.J. Arnold DE 6-0 240 R-Sr. Rome, Ga. Model 51 Charlie Flint LS 6-1 210 R-So. Pembroke, Ga. Bryan County 52 Dontae Wilson NG 6-0 275 Sr. Jefferson, Ga. Jefferson 53 Markland Davis ILB 6-1 210 So. Suwanee, Ga. North Gwinnett 54 Tre Moore DE 6-4 250 R-So. North Augusta, S.C. Strom Thurmond 55 Jeff Miller OL 6-2 280 Fr. Seffner, Fla. Armwood 56 Collin Westfelt LS 6-1 214 Fr. Acworth, Ga. Allatoona 57 Marcus Anderson ILB 5-10 219 R-Fr. Moultrie, Ga. Colquitt County 59 Thomas Gore NG 6-0 280 R-Fr. Nashville, Tenn. Brentwood Academy 60 Ronald Folkes G 6-4 265 R-Fr. Belle Glade, Fla. William T. Dwyer 62 Malik Sumter C 6-1 280 R-Jr. Irmo, S.C. Dutch Fork 64 Pat Bartlett G 6-4 285 R-Jr. Newtown, Pa. Council Rock North 65 Avery Reece C 6-2 270 R-Fr. Anderson, S.C. Belton-Honea Path 66 Seth Glausier LS 5-11 200 So. Jefferson, Ga. Jefferson 67 Ben Chukwuma OL 6-6 260 Jr. Austell, Ga. Campbell 68 Mason Cook OL 6-3 258 Fr. Columbus, Ga. Central (Ala.) 70 Chandler Durham OL 6-3 266 Fr. McDonough, Ga. Ola 71 Cameron Golden OL 6-4 250 R-Fr. Fort Pierce, Fla. Fort Pierce Central 72 Luis Cristobal C-G 6-0 301 R-Fr. Miami, Fla. Christopher Columbus 73 Travis Glover T 6-6 330 R-So. Vienna, Ga. Dooly County 74 Despelado Alexandre T 6-4 285 R-So. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Deerfield Beach 75 Shamarious Gilmore G 6-3 295 R-Sr. Riverdale, Ga. Drew 76 Jonathan Brown T 6-5 288 Fr. Anderson, S.C. T.L. Hanna 77 Johnathan Bass T 6-4 290 R-So. Acworth, Ga. Kell 78 Trey Bonner G 6-3 280 R-Fr. Gray, Ga. Jones County 80 Matlin Marshall WR 5-9 180 R-Sr. Evans, Ga. Evans 81 Spencer Gaddis WR 5-11 175 R-So. Alpharetta, Ga. Alpharetta/Western Kentucky 83 Cornelius McCoy WR 5-11 185 Jr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Deerfield 84 Kris Byrd TE 6-1 227 Fr. Lyman, S.C. Byrnes 85 Ahmon Green TE 6-2 232 Fr. Columbia, S.C. Westwood 86 Ezeqiel Marion TE 6-3 210 Fr. Perry, Ga. Perry 87 Donavon Grier WR 5-11 165 R-Jr. Snellville, Ga. Shiloh 88 Aubry Payne TE 6-4 228 R-Sr. Locust Grove, Ga. Locust Grove/Western Carolina 89 Kellan Autenrieth WR 5-11 190 Fr. Dallas, Ga. North Paulding 90 Hardrick Willis DE 6-3 240 R-Jr. Jonesboro, Ga. Mundy’s Mill 91 Jeffery Clark DE 6-0 260 R-Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. McEachern 92 Noel Ruiz PK 5-11 180 Sr. Wilson, N.C. Fike/North Carolina A&T 93 Jeremy Butler DL 6-3 225 Fr. McDonough, Ga. Eagle’s Landing Christian 94 Kade Loggins PK-P 6-1 170 Fr. Newnan, Ga. Northgate 96 Miles Dickens DE 6-2 247 R-Fr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Deerfield Beach 97 Akeem Smith NG 6-0 285 R-So. Richmond, Va. Bishop Sullivan Catholic 98 Javon Denis DL 6-0 245 R-Fr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Deerfield Beach

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64 - PAT BARTLETT • Career-high 372 yards passing in win over Georgia Southern. Directed 17 straight fourth quarter points to rally the Panthers from a 24-13 G • 6-4, 285 • R-Jr. deficit. Scored the go-ahead TD on a 1-yard plunge with 2:54 to play, Newtown, Pa. (Council Rock North) then hit Sam Pinckney for 2-point conversion.

• Starter at right guard (28 career starts). 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Made five starts in 2018 before moving into the • Played in four games in 2019 to preserve his redshirt year. starting lineup full-time in 2019. Also started the • Played the entire second half at ULM. Completed eight passes for 80 2017 opener as a true freshman before a season- yards and rushed three times for 14 yards. ending injury. • Played one snap against Furman and then saw his first significant • Helped the Panthers rank No. 13 in FBS in rushing (241.6) in 2019 action in the fourth quarter at Western Michigan. with a GSU record 3,141 yards, including school-record games against Arkansas State (340 yards), Coastal Carolina (350 yards), Troy (390 CAREER STATISTICS yards) and ULM (414 yards). Also helped the offense set records for total offense (5,718), touchdowns (53), rushing TDs (30), first downs Year...... G-GS Cm-Att Int Pct Yds TD LP Sack PG (305) and points (406). 2019...... 4-0 11-28 1 .393 130 0 34 0 32.5 2020...... 9-9 162-274 9 .591 2046 14 65 11 227.3 • Played every offensive snap of every game in 2019 except Western Michigan, South Alabama and Wyoming. Total...... 13-9 173-302 10 .573 2176 14 65 11 167.4 • Also on the PAT-FG and punt units, he played 103 snaps vs. Texas Year...... Rsh Yards Avg TD LP Ply Total TDR PG State, 109 vs. Arkansas State and 90 vs. Coastal Carolina in 2019. This 2019...... 4 15 3.8 0 9 32 145 0 36.2 season, he played 104 snaps vs. Arkansas State. 2020...... 88 261 3.0 7 35 362 2307 21 256.3 Total...... 92 276 3.0 7 35 394 2452 21 188.6 77 - JOHNATHAN BASS T • 6-4, 290 • R-So. GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Acworth, Ga. (Kell) 2020...... C-A Yds TD Int LP Rsh Yds TD LP TO-TD Sck Louisiana...... 22-39 196 1 1 28 15 64 1 23 260-2 2 ECU...... 18-28 238 3 2 42 6 26 0 13 264-3 0 • Starter at right tackle who has played very well in Ark State...... 18-35 307 3 0 57 13 83 2 35 397-5 0 his first year in the lineup. Troy...... 20-30 169 2 1 36 10 13 1 5 182-3 1 • Moved into the starting lineup in Game 2 vs. East CCU...... 6-10 30 0 1 11 8 3 0 6 36-0 3 Carolina and has started every game since. ULM...... 20-32 241 3 0 57 9 30 1 21 271-4 0 App State...... 11-33 152 1 0 40 11 12 0 13 164-1 3 USA...... 19-28 334 0 3 65 10 31 1 6 365-1 0 4 - CORNELIOUS BROWN IV GS...... 28-39 372 1 1 45 6 -1 1 5 371-2 2 QB • 6-5, 200 • R-Fr. Birmingham, Ala. (Calera) 2019...... C-A Yds TD Int LP Rsh Yds TD LP TO-TD Sck Furman...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 * 2020 FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List WMU...... 0-5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 ULM...... 8-18 80 0 0 31 3 14 0 9 94-0 0 * Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week App State...... 3-5 50 0 0 34 1 1 0 1 51-0 0 (Nov. 9, 2020) * FWAA Fresh Four (Nov. 30, 2020) CAREER HIGHS * Manning Award Star of Week (Nov. 30, 2020) Pass Attempts: 39 vs. Louisiana, 2020; Georgia Southern, 2020 Pass Completions: 28 vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 • Named starting quarterback after preseason competition. Passing Yards: 372 vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 • Second in the Sun Belt in passing (227.3 ypg), total offense (256.3 ypg) TD Passes: 3 vs. East Carolina, 2020; Arkansas State, 2020; ULM, 220 and points responsible for (14.2 pg). Long Completion: 65 vs. South Alabama, 2020 (Sam Pinckney) • Has accounted for 21 TDs (14 passing, 7 rushing). His seven rushing Rushing Attempts: 15 vs. Louisiana, 2020 TDs are the most ever by a GSU freshman. Rushing Yards: 83 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 TD Rushing: 2 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 • Nicknamed Quad. Total Offense Yards: 397 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS TDR: 5 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 (3 Pass, 2 Rush) • Named to the 2020 FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List • Named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after he accounted for 42 - BLAKE CARROLL four touchdowns in 52-34 win over ULM. Passed for 241 yards and ILB • 6-1, 225 • Jr. three TDs and added a 3-yard scoring run. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Mountain View) • Tied the GSU record by accounting for five touchdowns vs. Arkansas State. Threw three TD passes and rushed for scores of 35 and 11 yards. * 2020 All-Sun Belt (honorable mention) Passed for 314 yards on 18 completions and rushed for 83 yards on 13 attempts. • Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt • Passed for 238 yards and three TDs to lead GSU to 49-29 win over recognition in his first season as a starter. Moved East Carolina. TD passes of 38 yds and 13 yds to Sam Pinckney and 22 into starting role after two seasons as a backup. yards to Jamari Thrash. • Team’s leading tackler with 72 stops, including 5.5 tackles for loss. Has • Made his first start vs. No. 19 Louisiana. Was 22-for-39 for 196 yards four pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. with one TD. Rushed 15 times for 64 yards and one TD. • Leads the Sun Belt with 5.7 solo tackles per game and is fifth overall • Passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third score in win over with 8.0 tackles a game. Also tied for league lead with two fumble Troy. recoveries. • Had 334 yards passing in win at South Alabama. Overcame a slow • Scooped up a fumble and returned it 74 yards for a touchdown vs. start to direct four straight scoring drives in the second half. Finished Arkansas State. That is the second-longest defensive score in program the game by completing his last 10 passes for 207 yards. history.

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• One game later at Troy, he forced a fumble that Jordan Strachan 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS recovered and returned 63 yards. Also had eight tackles and a pass • Fifth on the team in receptions with 11 catches for 97 yards and one TD. breakup and helped hold Troy to just 40 yards rushing. • Made a spectacular one-handed catch on ball thrown behind him for a • Had five tackles and two pass breakups to help the GSU defense hold 4-yard touchdown in win over ULM. East Carolina to zero offensive touchdowns and 50 yards rushing. • Made 11 tackles with three TFL as GSU held App State to 310 yards in 2017 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 17-13 loss. • Had a strong season as a true freshman with 19 catches for 146 yards • Eight tackles with one TFL in 31-14 win over South Alabama in which and two TD. the GSU defense allowed just 324 yards. • Made one of the key plays of 2017 season with his TD catch vs. WKU • Career-high 14 tackles against Georgia Southern, when he recovered a in AutoNation Cure Bowl. The 42-yard reception came on a double- fumble in the final two minutes at the GS 21-yard line to help seal the reverse flea flicker and put GSU ahead for good in third quarter. win. • Breakout game in win at Georgia Southern with four catches for 42 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown and a season-long 17-yard catch. CAREER STATISTICS Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF CAREER STATISTICS 2018...... 12 3-5 8 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2019...... 9 5-3 8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2017...... 9 10 146 14.6 2 42 2020...... 9 51-21 72 5.5-16 1-3 0 4 2-77 1 2018...... 12 15 136 9.1 1 20 2019...... 13 28 334 11.9 3 31 Total...... 30 59-29 88 7.5-21 2-5 0 4 2-77 1 2020...... 9 21 256 12.2 4 36 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Total...... 43 74 872 11.8 10 42 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Louisiana...... 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ECU...... 3-2 5 0 0.5-1 0 0 0 2 0 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Arkansas St...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 (TD) 1-74 0 0 0 Louisiana...... 2 53 1 28 28 Troy...... 8-0 8 0 1-3 1 0 0 1 0 East Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 CCU...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Arkansas State...... 2 35 0 26 ULM...... 5-2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 7 72 2 36 4, 36 App State...... 6-5 11 1-3 3-10 0 0 0 0 0 Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 USA...... 5-3 8 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2 4 1 4 4 GS...... 9-5 14 0 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 App State...... 2 15 0 9 South Alabama...... 5 71 0 27 CAREER HIGHS Georgia Southern...... 1 6 0 6 Tackles: 14 vs.Georgia Southern, 2020 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns TFL: 3 vs. App State, 2020 Tennessee...... 2 33 0 28 Sacks: 1 vs. App State, 2018; App State, 2020 Furman...... 1 2 1 2 2 Western Michigan...... 1 2 0 2 Texas State...... 1 6 0 6 45 - ROGER CARTER Arkansas State...... 2 45 0 24 TE • 6-2, 250 • Sr. Coastal Carolina...... 1 8 0 8 Columbia, S.C. (Blythewood) Army...... 2 39 0 30 (2-PAT) Troy...... 4 38 1 17 4 * 2020 All-Sun Belt (3rd team) ULM...... 2 9 0 6 App State...... 0 0 0 0 * 2019 All-Sun Belt (honorable mention) South Alabama...... 7 87 1 22 4 • Two-time All-Sun Belt tight end. Georgia Southern...... 2 21 0 16 Wyoming...... 3 43 0 31 • Ten career TD catches - tied for fifth in GSU history (tied for first among TE with Keith Rucker). 2018...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns • Has excellent hands and is an outstanding blocker. Kennesaw State...... 0 0 0 0 NC State...... 1 4 0 4 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Memphis...... 1 10 0 10 • Third on the team with 21 catches for 256 yards. Tied for first among Western Michigan...... 2 25 0 15 Sun Belt tight ends with four TD receptions. ULM...... 1 4 0 4 4 • Caught touchdowns of four and 36 yards in win over Troy. Tied his Troy...... 1 6 0 6 Arkansas State...... 0 0 0 0 career high with seven catches for 72 yards. Coastal Carolina...... 1 7 0 7 • Hauled in a 4-yard scoring pass in win over ULM. Texas State...... 4 47 0 20 • Had two catches in season opener vs. No. 19 Louisiana: a 28-yard TD Louisiana...... 2 24 0 15 and a 25-yard reception to the 4-yard line to set up another TD. App State...... 1 3 0 3 GS...... 1 6 0 6 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Team’s third-leading receiver with 28 catches for 334 yards and 3 TD. 2017...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 • Career game in win over South Alabama with seven catches for 87 ULM...... 1 6 0 6 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Troy...... 0 0 0 0 • Two receptions for 33 yards in season-opening win at Tennessee. South Alabama...... 0 0 0 0 • Had one catch in the win over Furman but it was a 2-yard TD. Georgia Southern...... 4 42 1 17 4 • Had two catches for 39 yards and a reception for a two-point Texas State...... 0 0 0 0 conversion in 28-20 victory over Army. App State...... 1 13 0 13 Idaho...... 0 0 0 0 • Four catches for 38 yards, including a 4-yard TD, in win over Troy. Western Kentucky...... 4 85 1 42 42

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CAREER HIGHS • Just missed a second-straight 100-yard game, rushing for 97 yards vs. Receptions: 7 vs. South Alabama, 2019; Troy, 2020 App State, highlighted by a 67-yard touchdown that is the fourth- Yards: 87 vs. South Alabama, 2019 longest run from scrimmage in GSU history. TD Receptions: 2 vs. Troy, 2020 • Tied the GSU record by rushing for three touchdowns in the win over Long Reception: 42 vs. Georgia Southern, 2017; Western Kentucky, 2017 Arkansas State. Scored on 27-yard run in the first quarter, then helped seal the win with fourth-quarter scores of one and two yards. Rushed for 66 yards on 15 yards, part of GSU’s school-record 340 yards. 91 - JEFFERY CLARK • Rushed for 95 yards on 21 carries at Texas State. Scored on a 7-yard DE • 6-0, 260 • R-Fr. run in the fourth quarter. Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Redshirt freshman who earned starting berth at • Played in six games as a true freshman in 2018 before a season-ending defensive end. foot injury. • Has 5.0 tackles lor loss on the season, including • The team’s third-leading rusher at the time of his injury with 137 yards 3.5 sacks on 32 carries (4.3 yards per carry). • Season-high seven tackles with 1.5 TFL, • Gained 68 yards on 12 carries at Memphis. including a sack, at Appalachian State • Rushed for 43 yards on just six carries at NC State, including an 8-yard • Followed with two half-sacks in win at South Alabama touchdown. • Caught a 50-yard pass down to the 10-yard line to set up a touchdown CAREER STATISTICS vs. Western Michigan. Added a 20-yard reception vs. ULM. Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF 2020...... 9 12-13 25 5-27 3.5-25 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS Year...... G Att Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds TD LP AllP GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2018...... 6 32 137 4.3 1 24 9 85 0 50 222 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK 2019...... 11 82 546 6.7 7 67 7 60 0 19 547 Louisiana...... 3-1 4 0.5-7 1.5-8 0 0 0 0 0 2020...... 8 143 652 4.6 6 35 12 65 0 23 717 ECU...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total...... 24 257 1335 5.2 14 67 28 210 0 50 1545 Arkansas St...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS CCU...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2-1 3 1-5 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2020...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP All-P TD App State...... 2-7 7 1-6 1.5-7 0 0 0 0 0 Louisiana...... 34 150 1 18 4 21 0 10 171 4 USA...... 0-2 2 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 ECU...... 23 113 2 23 0 0 0 0 113 13, 5 GS...... 203 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas State...... DNP Troy...... 25 115 0 21 4 26 0 10 141 CAREER HIGHS CCU...... 11 56 0 14 2 11 0 11 67 ULM...... 20 102 2 35 0 0 0 0 102 3, 1 Tackles: 7 vs. App State, 2020 App State...... 13 45 0 12 0 0 0 0 45 USA...... 2 24 0 17 0 0 0 0 24 17 - DESTIN COATES GS...... 15 47 1 13 2 7 0 4 54 4 RB • 5-11, 198 • Jr. 2019...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP All-P TD Tallahassee, Fla. (Rickards) Tennessee...... 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Furman...... DNP WMU...... 1 14 0 14 1 3 0 3 17 * 2020 All-Sun Belt (3rd team) Texas State...... 21 95 1 44 3 23 0 11 118 7 Arkansas St...... 15 66 3 27 0 0 0 0 66 27, 1, 2 • Sun Belt’s second-leading rusher with 81.5 yards Coastal...... 2 5 0 5 1 3 0 3 per game. Army...... DNP • Fourth in GSU history with 1,335 career rushing Troy...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 yards, second with 14 rushing TDs and third with five 100-yard games. ULM...... 9 119 1 41 1 12 0 4 131 37 App State...... 7 91 1 67 0 0 0 0 97 67 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS USA...... 11 33 1 7 1 19 0 19 52 6 • Rushed for 652 yards in eight games, the fifth-highest season total in GS...... 4 54 0 34 0 0 0 0 54 program history. Has scored six touchdowns. Wyoming...... 7 59 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 • Career-high 150 yards rushing on 34 carries (tied GSU record) vs. No. 19 Louisiana. Sixth-highest single-game rushing total in school 2018...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP All-P TD history. Added four catches for 21 yards. KSU...... 2 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 NC State...... 6 43 1 15 1 7 0 7 50 8 • Followed with 113 yards in win over East Carolina, including TD runs Memphis...... 12 68 0 24 3 -2 0 3 66 of 13 and 5 yards. WMU...... 4 5 0 8 2 62 0 50 67 • Third-straight 100-yard game with 115 yards in win at Troy. ULM...... 8 12 0 7 1 20 0 20 32 • Rushed for 102 yards on 20 carries and scored twice in 54-32 win over Troy...... 0 0 0 0 1 -2 0 -- -2 ULM. • Scored on a 4-yard run in Georgia State’s fourth-quarter comeback vs. CAREER HIGHS Georgia Southern. Rushing Attempts: 34 vs. Louisiana, 2020 (ties GSU record) Yards Rushing: 150 vs. Louisiana, 2020 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS TD Rushing: 3 vs. Arkansas State, 2019 (ties GSU record) • GSU’s third-leading rusher with on the team with 546 yards on 82 Long Rush: 67 vs. Appalachian State, 2019 (TD) carries for a team-leading 6.7-yard average Receptions: 4 vs. Louisiana, 2020 • Second on the team with seven touchdowns Receiving Yards: 23 vs. Texas State, 2019 • Recorded his first 100-yard game with 119 yards on just nine carries Long Reception: 50 vs. Western Michigan, 2018 vs. ULM. Scored on a 37-yard run and also had a 44-yard run.

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10 - MIKELE COLASURDO 75 - SHAMARIOUS GILMORE QB • 6-1, 206 • Fr. G • 6-3, 295 • R-Sr. Inman, S.C. (Chapman) Riverdale, Ga. (Drew) • Backup quarterback who has appeared in three * 2020 Team Captain games. * 2020 All-Sun Belt (1st team) • True freshman who was the 2019 Gatorade * 2019 All-Sun Belt (3rd team) Player of the Year for South Carolina. * 2018 All-Sun Belt (honorable mention) • Pronounced muh-KAY-lee coll-uh-SUR-doe * 2017 All-Sun Belt (honorable mention) GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS • Fourth-year starter at left guard and a four-time All-Sun Belt 2020...... C-A Yds TD Int LP Rsh Yds TD LP TO-TD Sck Conference selection. CCU...... 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 • Earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors in 2020 to become the ULM...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 program’s first four-time all-conference player. USA...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 • Preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt and member of Outland Trophy Watch List. 0 - TERRANCE DIXON • Has started 46 straight games at left guard. WR • 5-7, 170 • R-Jr. • Helped the Panthers rank No. 13 in FBS in rushing (241.6) in 2019 Columbus, Ga. (Columbus) with a GSU record 3,141 yards, including school-record games against Arkansas State (340 yards), Coastal Carolina (350 yards), Troy (390 • Starting slot receiver yards) and ULM (414 yards). Also helped the offense set records for total offense (5,718), touchdowns (53), rushing TDs (30), first downs • Fourth on the team with 19 receptions for 215 (305) and points (406). yards. Also has nine rushes for 88 yards. • Played every offensive snap of the 2017 season and missed only a • Had his best game against Georgia Southern with handful of snaps in 2018 and 2019. seven caches for a career-best 77 yards. Had two crucial catches on the winning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter • Made history as the first (and still the only) offensive lineman in GSU with a 31-yard reception to the 14-yard line and then a 13-yard catch history to score a touchdown. Recovered a blocked field goal in end to the 7-yard line. zone vs. Charlotte. • Had two catches for 16 yards along with 78 yards rushing on just three • Earned his degree in the spring of 2020. carries in win over East Carolina. Had runs of 43, 27 and eight yards. • Has 11 sisters and two brothers. • Breakout game in 2019 win over Furman (Game 2) with eight catches • Full name is Shamarious Da’Quion Bernard Gilmore but everyone for 68 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown catch on the final play of calls him Quion (kwon) the first half, but suffered a season-ending knee injury in the game. • Joined the program as a walk-on in 2017 and was awarded a 73 - TRAVIS GLOVER scholarship in 2019 preseason camp. T • 6-6, 330 • R-So. • Given the No. 0 jersey this season, the first player in GSU history to wear that number Vienna, Ga. (Dooly County) * 2019 Freshman All-America (FWAA) GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Rsh Yds TD LP AllP Touchdowns • Took over as the starting left tackle in 2020 after Louisiana...... 4 34 0 15 0 0 0 0 34 starting every game at right tackle as a redshirt ECU...... 2 16 0 11 3 78 0 43 94 freshman. in 2019. Arkansas St...... 1 15 0 15 2 11 9 8 26 Troy...... 1 8 0 8 2 -5 0 -- 3 • Earned Freshman All-America honors in 2019 as he helped the GSU CCU...... 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 39 offense set records for rushing, total offense and scoring. ULM...... 1 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 32 • Has started 22 straight games. App State...... 1 13 0 13 1 -4 0 0 9 • Largest player on the team at 6-6, 330 pounds USA...... 1 12 0 12 1 8 0 8 20 • Helped the Panthers rank No. 13 in FBS in rushing (241.6) in 2019 GS...... 7 77 0 31 0 0 0 0 77 with a GSU record 3,141 yards. Also helped the offense set records for 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns total offense (5,718), touchdowns (53), rushing TDs (30), first downs Tennessee...... 1 14 0 14 (305) and points (406). Furman...... 8 68 1 12 10 • Hometown pronounced VY-enna CAREER STATISTICS 26 - TUCKER GREGG Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP Att Yds TD LP AllP 2018...... 10 3 36 12.0 0 18 0 0 0 0 36 RB • 5-10, 220 • Jr. 2019...... 2 9 82 9.1 1 14 0 0 0 0 82 Chatsworth, Ga. (Murray County) 2020...... 9 1 215 11.3 0 32 9 88 0 43 254 • Running back known for downhill, hard-nosed Total...... 211 3 333 10.7 1 32 9 88 0 43 372 style CAREER HIGHS • Team’s second-leading rusher with 441 yards and six TD. Receptions: 8 vs. Furman, 2019 Receiving Yards: 77 vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 • Has the team’s two longest runs this season: 56 Long Reception: 32 vs. ULM, 2020 yards vs. Arkansas State and 48 vs. App State. Rushing Attempts: 3 vs. East Carolina, 2020 • Made his first start at Arkansas State and responded with 142 yards Rushing Yards: 78 vs. East Carolina, 2020 rushing, including a 7-yard TD, on 14 carries. That is the ninth-best Long Rush: 43 vs. East Carolina, 2020 single-game rushing total in program history

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• Took a handoff at the 1-yard line and broke through for a 56-yard run 37 - VICTOR HEYWARD to start what became a 99-yard TD drive. OLB • 6-2, 220 • Sr. • Rushed for 67 yards on 10 carries, including a 27-yard TD run, in win over Troy. Dacula, Ga. (Mill Creek) • Scored on a 4-yard run in win over East Carolina. • Three-year starter at outside linebacker • Game-high 85 yards rushing on 10 carries at App State, including a 48-yard run. • Has started 36 games and has 189 career tackles with three interceptions. • Rushed for 83 yards and scored three touchdowns on runs of three, 33 and one yard in win over South Alabama. Tied the school record with • Eighth in GSU history in career tackles, eighth three rushing touchdowns. with 17.5 TFL and 10th with 6.5 sacks. • Joined the program as a walk-on in 2018 and was awarded a • Younger brother Shaka is a sophomore linebacker at Duke. scholarship prior to the 2019 season. 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS CAREER STATISTICS • Made 33 tackles on the season with four tackles for loss including one sack. Also has one interception. Year...... G Att Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds TD LP AllP 2018...... 9 13 83 6.4 0 26 3 24 0 15 107 • Grabbed an interception on a tipped ball against No. 19 Louisiana 2019...... 13 15 56 3.7 1 20 0 0 0 0 56 • Had 2.5 tackles for loss, including a sack, vs. Arkansas State. 2020...... 9 82 441 5.4 6 56 2 10 0 7 357 • Seven tackles in strong defensive effort at App State, helping hold the Total...... 31 110 580 5.3 7 56 5 34 0 15 520 Mountaineers to a season-low 310 total yards.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2020...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP All-P TD • Second on the team in tackles with 70, with 5.5 TFL, two sacks, an Louisiana...... 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 interception, a fumble recovery and four pass breakups. ECU...... 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 • Had five tackles with a sack for seven yards and a pass breakup in Ark State...... 14 142 1 56 2 10 0 0 152 7 strong defensive effort at Tennessee; helped hold the Vols to 93 yards Troy...... 10 67 1 27 0 0 0 0 67 27 rushing. CCU...... 5 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 • Career-high 12 tackles with a pass breakup at Texas State. ULM...... 7 35 0 7 0 0 0 0 35 • Ten tackles with three TFL and a pass breakup in win vs. Troy. App State...... 10 85 0 48 0 0 0 0 85 USA...... 18 83 3 33 0 0 0 0 83 3, 33, 1 • Forced a fumble vs. Army that GSU recovered at midfield to set up a GS...... 13 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 15 touchdown. Had seven tackles in the 28-20 win. • Had an interception and a pass breakup at ULM, along with eight CAREER HIGHS tackles. Rushing Attempts: 18 vs. South Alabama, 2020 • Recovered a fumble in win over South Alabama. Rushing Yards: 142 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 Rushing Touchdowns: 3 vs. South Alabama, 2020 (tied GSU record) 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Long Rush: 56 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 • Made 48 tackles with three tackles for loss, one interception, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. • Led a strong defensive effort vs. ULM with an interception and a 39 - MICHAEL HAYES fumble recovery, both setting up scores. Helped GSU hold ULM to 262 P-PK • 5-9, 181 • R-Fr. yards, third-lowest in school history. Florence, S.C. (West Florence) • Season-high eight tackles and a pass breakup at Arkansas State

• Starting punter averaging 40.4 yards per kick 2017 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Also serves as the holder • Started the final three games of 2017. Made 38 tackles on the year with • With starting kicker Noel Ruiz unavailable five TFL, three sacks and two pass breakups. against South Alabama, he handled punting, • Season-high seven tackles with two sacks for 19 yards and a pass placekicking and kickoffs. Averaged and netted breakup vs. Idaho. 44.2 yards on four punts with two punts inside the 20-yard line, • Made his first start vs. App State and had six tackles and a pass including a season-long 58-yard kick that was downed at the 3-yard breakup. Was in on fourth-down stop at the goal line. line. Perfect on five placements, nailing four extra points and a 23-yard field goal that gave GSU a 24-14 lead in the fourth quarter. CAREER STATISTICS Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF CAREER STATISTICS 2017...... 12 23-15 38 5-28 3-25 0 2 0 0 Punting...... G No. Yds Avg LP TB FC I20 50+ 2018...... 12 22-26 48 3-10 0.5-1 1-10 2 1-0 0 2020...... 9 47 1901 40.4 58 1 11 9 7 2019...... 13 41-70 70 5.5-25 2-15 1-1 4 1-0 1 2020...... 8 22-11 33 4-9 1-4 1-8 0 0 0 Kicking...... G PAT FG 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LG Pts 2016...... 8 4-4 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 23 7 Total...... 45 108-81 189 17.5-72 6.5-45 3-14 8 2-0 1

FIELD GOALS [ ] Indicates FG made GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2020: [23USA] 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Louisiana...... 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 1-8 0 0 ECU...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 4-1 5 1-4 2.5-7 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CCU...... 3-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 App State...... 3-4 7 0 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... DNP GS...... 2-0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0

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2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Tennessee...... 2-3 5 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 1 0 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Furman...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas State...... 1 14 0 14 WMU...... 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 3 10 0 11 Texas State...... 4-8 12 0 0.5-2 0 0 0 1 0 Coastal Carolina...... 1 -4 0 -- Arkansas St...... 5-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2 17 0 10 CCU...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Alabama...... 1 0 0 0 Army...... 4-3 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 7-3 10 1-8 3-12 0 0 0 1 0 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns ULM...... 3-5 8 0 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 Texas State...... 2 9 0 5 App State...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas State...... 5 78 0 37 USA...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 Coastal Carolina...... 3 47 0 35 GS...... 4-2 6 0 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 Army...... 4 31 0 12 Wyoming...... 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2 18 0 13 2018...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK App State...... 1 6 0 6 Kennesaw St...... 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Alabama...... 0 0 0 0 NC State...... 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Georgia Southern...... 2 4 0 2 Memphis...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming...... 0 0 0 0 WMU...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 1 1-10 0 0 2018...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Troy...... 1-4 5 0 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Kennesaw State...... 1 15 0 15 Arkansas St...... 1-7 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 NC State...... 2 8 0 5 CCU...... 2-6 8 0.5-1 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis...... 0 0 0 0 Texas State...... 4-0 4 0 2-9 0 0 0 0 0 Western Michigan...... 0 0 0 0 Louisiana...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 0 0 0 0 App State...... 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 0 0 0 0 GS...... 6-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas State...... 1 28 0 28 Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 2017...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Texas State...... 1 14 0 14 Tenn. State...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisiana...... 0 0 0 0 Penn State...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 App State...... 0 0 0 0 Charlotte...... 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia Southern...... 1 6 0 6 CCU...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ULM...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Troy...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee State...... 0 0 0 0 USA...... 3-0 3 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 Penn State...... 1 22 0 22 GS...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charlotte...... 1 4 0 4 Texas State...... 2-1 3 1-6 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 App State...... 2-4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ULM...... 1 9 0 9 Idaho...... 6-1 7 2-19 2-19 0 0 0 1 0 Troy...... 1 8 0 8 WKU...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Alabama...... 1 11 0 11 Georgia Southern...... 0 0 0 0 CAREER HIGHS Texas State...... 1 8 0 8 Tackles: 12 vs. Texas State, 2019 App State...... 3 42 0 30 TFL: 3 vs. Troy, 2019 Idaho...... 5 30 0 11 WKU...... 6 56 0 19

6 - JONATHAN IFEDI CAREER HIGHS WR • 6-0, 195 • R-Sr. Receptions: 6 vs. Western Kentucky, 2017 Charlotte, N.C. (Vance) Receiving Yards: 78 vs. Arkansas State, 2019 Long Reception: 37 vs. Arkansas State, 2019 • Veteran receiver with 53 career receptions for 491 yards • Fifth on the team with 19 catches for 193 yards in 27 - JAYLON JONES 2019. CB • 5-11, 180 • R-Jr. • Made five catches for a career-best 78 yards in Dacula, Ga. (Dacula) win over Arkansas State, including a career-long 37-yard completion. • Had 20 catches for 190 yards as a redshirt freshman in 2017, including • Third-year starter at cornerback. 14 catches for 128 yards over the final three games. • Leads the team with 10 pass breakups. • Earned his undergraduate degree in computer information systems in fall of 2019. Now pursuing master’s degree in information systems, 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS with a concentration in cybersecurity • Career-high four pass breakups and seven tackles • Semifinalist for the NFF Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda, in GSU’s strong defensive effort vs. East Carolina, helping hold the which recognizes the top football scholar-athlete in the nation. Pirates to 286 total yards. • Season-high eight tackles at App State. • Five tackles with a TFL and a fumble recovery to help hold South CAREER STATISTICS Alabama to 14 points and 324 total yards. Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2017...... 12 20 190 9.5 0 30 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2018...... 12 6 71 11.8 0 28 • Career-high nine tackles at Texas State. 2019...... 12 19 193 10.2 0 37 2020...... 9 8 37 5.3 0 14 • Made eight tackles at Western Michigan, along with a pass breakup • Missed four games due to injury before returning against ULM, when Total...... 45 53 491 9.4 0 37 he had four tackles and a pass breakup.

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• Eight tackles with a TFL and a pass breakup vs. App State. 34 - ANTAVIOUS LANE • Had five tackles with a TFL in win over South Alabama. S • 5-9, 180 • R-Fr. 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS West Palm Beach, Fla. (Dwyer) • Began the season at safety but moved to starting cornerback in Game 4. • Made his first start at safety at Memphis and grabbed an interception * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) and returned it one yard for a touchdown. That is just the fourth pick- * Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week six in GSU history. Also had three tackles with a tackle for loss. * 2020 FWAA Freshman All-American Watch • Moved to starting cornerback for the Western Michigan game and List made six tackles. • Career-high eight tackles and a forced fumble at NC State. • Redshirt freshman safety who is the fourth GSU freshman to earn All-Sun Belt Conference honors, after WR Penny Hart (2015), OL • Tackle for loss and pass breakup in win over ULM. Shamarious Gilmore (2018) and WR Cornelius McCoy (2018). CAREER STATISTICS • Leads GSU with three interceptions, along with six pass breakups, in seven games. Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF 2018...... 12 36-12 48 2-7 0-0 1-1 (TD) 2 0 1 • Second in the Sun Belt with 0.4 interceptions per game and fourth 2019...... 9 32-12 44 3.5-9 0-0 0 4 0 0 with 1.3 passes defended per game. 2020...... 9 28-8 36 2.5-9 0.5-5 0 10 1-0 0 • Third on the team in tackles with 50. Total...... 30 96-32 128 8-25 0.5-5 1-1 16 1-0 1 • Named to the 2020 FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List. • His three interceptions are the most ever by a GSU freshman. GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS • Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week after returning an interception 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB Blk 34 yards for a touchdown vs. East Carolina. Also had five tackles and Louisiana...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 two pass breakups, helping hold ECU to 286 total yards, 50 yards ECU...... 6-1 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 rushing and no offensive touchdowns. Arkansas St...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • Got his second interception in win at Troy as he grabbed a tipped ball Troy...... 2-2 4 0.5-5 0.5-5 0 0 0 2 0 in the end zone and returned it 42 yards. Also had seven tackles and a Coastal...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 pass breakup. ULM...... 3-0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 • Opened the season with a career-high nine tackles, one tackle for loss App State...... 6-2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and a forced fumble vs. Louisiana. USA...... 4-1 5 0 1-3 0 1-0 0 0 0 GS...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • Grabbed his third interception at App State, along with nine tackles, to help hold the Mountaineers to a season-low 310 yards. 2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB Blk • Missed final two regular-season games due to injury. Tennessee...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Furman...... 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CAREER STATISTICS WMU...... 4-4 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF Texas State...... 3-6 9 0 0.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2019...... 4 2-1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... DNP-Injured 2020...... 7 38-12 50 2-3 0-0 3-76 (TD) 6 0 1 Coastal...... DNP-Injured Army...... DNP-Injured Total...... 11 40-13 53 2-3 0-0 3-76 6 0 1 Troy...... DNP-Injured ULM...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS App State...... 8-0 8 0 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB Blk USA...... 5-0 5 0 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 Louisiana...... 9-1 9 0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 GS...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ECU...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 (TD)1-34 2 0 Wyoming...... 3-0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 9-0 8 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 5-2 7 0 0 0 0 1-42 1 0 2018...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB Blk Coastal...... 4-2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Kennesaw St...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 NC State...... 6-2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 App State...... 4-5 9 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 Memphis...... 3-1 4 0 1-4 0 0 (td) 1-1 0 0 South Alabama...... DNP WMU...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2-0 2 0 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 Georgia Southern..... DNP Troy...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 1-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER HIGHS CCU...... 4-2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tackles: 9 vs. Louisiana, 2020; App State, 2020 Texas State...... 6-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PBU: 2 vs. East Carolina, 2020; Coastal Carolina, 2020 Louisiana...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 App State...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 - MATLIN MARSHALL WR • 5-9, 180 • R-Sr. CAREER HIGHS Evans, Ga. (Evans) Tackles: 9 vs. Texas State, 2019 PBU: 4 vs. East Carolina, 2020 • Veteran slot receiver. • In the fourth quarter vs. No. 19 Louisiana, he had an 18-yard reception to the 13-yard line to set up the tying TD. • In fourth-quarter comeback vs. Georgia Southern, he had a 13-yard reception down to the 8-yard line to set up a touchdown. • Also had an 18-yard reception in win over ULM.

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• Earned his undergraduate degree in 2019 and is now pursuing a • Caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Dan Ellington in the win at master’s in health and physical education, with plans to be a teacher Tennessee. and coach. • Recorded his second 100-yard game in win over Arkansas State, finishing with eight catches for 107 yards. CAREER STATISTICS • Caught a 3-yard touchdown in 31-21 win at Coastal Carolina. Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP Rush Yds TD LP • Had a game-high seven catches for 66 yards in win over Army. 2018...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Finished the regular season with seven catches in each of the final two 2019...... 13 10 75 7.5 0 18 1 5 0 5 2020...... 9 3 39 13.0 0 18 3 8 0 7 games vs. South Alabama (53 yds) and Georgia Southern (89 yds) • Had five receptions for 78 yards in the bowl game vs. Wyoming, Total...... 23 13 114 8.4 0 18 4 13 0 7 including a 44-yard TD.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns • Started every game as a true freshman in 2018, when he was the Louisiana...... 1 18 0 18 team’s second-leading receiver with 35 catches for 495 yards and one East Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 touchdown. Arkansas State...... 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 0 0 0 0 • Season highs of five catches for 80 yards vs. Western Michigan. Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 • Had two catches for 23 yards at NC State and five receptions for 32 ULM...... 1 8 0 8 yards at Memphis. App State...... 0 0 0 0 • Caught his first touchdown on a 37-yard reception at Arkansas State. South Alabama...... 0 0 0 0 Georgia Southern...... 1 13 0 13 CAREER STATISTICS 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP Tennessee...... 0 0 0 0 2018...... 12 35 495 14.1 1 45 Furman...... 0 0 0 0 2019...... 13 70 757 10.8 5 44 Western Michigan...... 2 23 0 18 2020...... 6 26 359 13.8 3 57 Texas State...... 3 10 0 6 Total...... 31 131 1611 12.3 9 57 Arkansas State...... 1 5 0 5 Coastal Carolina...... 1 0 0 0 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Army...... 0 0 0 0 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Troy...... 1 13 0 13 Louisiana...... 2 15 0 8 ULM...... 0 0 0 0 East Carolina...... 7 59 0 26 App State...... 1 12 0 12 Arkansas State...... DNP South Alabama...... 1 12 0 12 Troy...... DNP Georgia Southern...... 0 0 0 0 Coastal Carolina...... DNP Wyoming...... 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 7 118 2 57 5, 18 App State...... 3 29 0 14 South Alabama...... 2 27 0 25 83 - CORNELIUS McCOY Georgia Southern...... 5 111 0 45 45 WR • 5-11, 185 • Jr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Deerfield Beach) 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Tennessee...... 3 43 1 17 17 * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) Furman...... 10 143 1 44 44 * 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) Western Michigan...... 2 13 0 11 Texas State...... 6 66 1 17 17 * 2018 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) Arkansas State...... 8 107 0 25 Coastal Carolina...... 4 12 1 12 3 • Three-time All-Sun Belt receiver. Army...... 7 66 0 20 • Fourth in GSU history with 131 career receptions and 1,611 yards Troy...... 3 17 0 20 receiving and eighth with nine touchdown catches. ULM...... 5 38 0 12 • Has caught at least one pass in every game he has played, 31 straight App State...... 3 22 0 9 games, a streak that ranks fourth among active FBS players. South Alabama...... 7 53 0 23 Georgia Southern...... 7 89 0 25 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Wyoming...... 5 78 1 44 44 • Team’s second-leading receiving with 26 catches for 359 yards and 2018...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns three TDs in six games. Kennesaw State...... 1 5 0 5 • After missing three games due to injury, he returned with a big game NC State...... 2 23 0 16 vs. ULM. Caught a 57-yard pass on the first play of the game, and went Memphis...... 5 32 0 12 on to finish with seven catches for 118 yards, including TD catches of Western Michigan...... 5 80 0 25 3 and 18 yards. ULM...... 1 2 0 2 • Caught five passes for 111 yards in win over Georgia Southern, Troy...... 3 35 0 19 including a 45-yard touchdown catch. Also had a 44-yard catch. Arkansas State...... 3 59 1 37 37 Coastal Carolina...... 3 45 0 31 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Texas State...... 3 24 0 17 • All-Sun Belt Conference (third team) Louisiana...... 2 60 0 45 • GSU’s leading receiver with 70 catches for 757 yards and five App State...... 2 45 0 33 touchdowns. His 70 receptions are the fourth-best season total in GSU Georgia Southern...... 5 74 0 27 history, trailing only Penny Hart (twice) and Albert Wilson. • Fourth in Sun Belt with 5.4 receptions and sixth with 58.2 receiving CAREER HIGHS yards per game. Receptions: 10 vs. Furman, 2019 • Career highs with 10 receptions for 143 yards in win over Furman, Receiving Yards: 143 vs. Furman, 2019 including a 44-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Long Reception: 57 vs. ULM, 2020 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES, PLAYER UPDATES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

28 - CHRIS MOORE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS S • 6-0, 210 • R-Sr. 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Louisiana...... 2 5 0 3 Ashburn, Va. (Broad Run/Virginia) East Carolina...... 1 7 0 7 Arkansas State...... 2 11 0 7 • Graduate transfer who joined the program after Troy...... DNP four seasons at Virginia. Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 • Shares the safety position with Chris Bacon. ULM...... 2 9 0 5 • Executed a fake punt vs. ULM, taking a handoff App State...... 0 0 0 0 and running 32 yards for the first down. South Alabama...... 0 0 0 0 • Forced a fumble that GSU recovered in win at South Alabama. Georgia Southern...... 2 32 0 19 AT VIRGINIA 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns Tennessee...... 2 17 1 11 6 • Played in 32 games, including 11 starts, over three seasons and Furman...... 1 20 1 20 20 appeared in two bowl games, including last year’s Western Michigan...... 1 20 1 20 20 • Career totals of 97 tackles, four tackles for loss, one interception and Texas State...... 2 10 1 5 5 six pass breakups. Arkansas State...... 0 0 0 0 • Played in nine of UVA’s 14 games with five starts in 2019. Made 42 Coastal Carolina...... DNP-INJURED tackles with one tackle for loss and two pass breakups. Army...... 3 43 1 29 8 Troy...... 2 51 1 40 40 CAREER STATISTICS ULM...... 0 0 0 0 App State...... 1 25 0 25 Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF Coastal Carolina...... DNP-INJURED 2016 (UVa)...... 11 5-9 14 1-7 0-0 0 2 0 0 Georgia Southern...... 1 28 0 28 2017 (UVa)...... 12 20-21 41 2-4 0-0 1-8 2 0 0 Wyoming...... 0 0 0 0 2018 (UVa)...... REDSHIRTED 2019 (UVa)...... 9 19-23 42 1-8 0.5-4 0 2 0 0 2020 (GSU)...... 9 17-12 29 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 CAREER HIGHS (AT GSU) Receptions: 3 vs. Army, 2019 Total...... 41 61-65 126 5-20 0.5-4 1-8 7 0 1 Yards Receiving: 51 vs. Troy, 2019 Long Reception: 40 vs. Troy, 2019 CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 12 vs. Duke, 2019 (at UVa) Interceptions: 1 vs. North Carolina, 2017 (at UVa) 15 - SAM PINCKNEY WR • 6-4, 210 • R-So. 88 - AUBRY PAYNE Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood) TE • 6-4, 228 • R-Sr. * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) Locust Grove, Ga. (Locust Grove/ * 2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List Western Carolina) • Team’s leading receiver with 44 catches for 753 * 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) yards and six TD. • Has 11 touchdown receptions over the last two seasons to rank fifth • Earned All-Sun Belt honors in his first season in school history. Also in the Top 10 in career receptions (83) and playing for the Panthers after transferring from receiving yards (1,295). Western Carolina and sitting out the 2018 season. • Over the last two seasons, he has 80 catches for 1,213 yards and 11 • Got engaged to Malory Oliver over the summer after proposing to her TDs in 18 games. on the field at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium. 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Third in Sun Belt with 83.7 receiving yards, fourth with 4.9 receptions • Had six touchdown receptions in 11 games, including one in each of the first four games of the season. per game and second with 17.1 yards per catch. • Made his GSU debut against Tennessee and caught a 6-yard • Caught seven passes for 134 yards and two TD to lead 49-29 win over touchdown pass from Dan Ellington in the 38-30 victory. East Carolina. Had TD receptions of 38 and 13 yards as well as a 42- yard catch. • Caught a 20-yard touchdown in the win over Furman. • Followed with six catches for a then-career high 146 yards and three • Had another 20-yard TD at Western Michigan and the a 5-yard TD at TD vs. Arkansas State. Caught touchdowns of 21, 36 and 31 yards. Texas State. Also had a 46-yard reception to set up another score. • After missing the Coastal Carolina game due to injury, he returned vs. • Five receptions for 53 yards in win at Troy. Army and caught the go-ahead touchdown with an 8-yard reception with 7:41 to play in the 28-21 wins. Also had a 29-yard reception on • Caught his sixth TD of the season on a 19-yard reception at App State. that drive, finishing with three catches for 43 yards in the game. • Had 176 receiving yards on just five catches in win at South Alabama • Caught a 40-yard touchdown pass in win over Troy. for the sixth-best single-game total in program history. • Named to Southern Conference All-Freshman team at Western • Three catches for 147 yards--all highlight worthy--in GSU’s second Carolina in 2016. Had 14 receptions for 123 yards in 10 games. half rally. Took a short pass over the middle and wove through the defense for a 65-yard reception (GSU’s longest pass play since 2017) to CAREER STATISTICS the 3-yard line. One play later, Georgia State tied the game. Set up two more scores with a 39-yard reception and then a 43-yard catch at the Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP 7-yard line. 2016 (at WCU)...... 11 14 123 8.8 0 2017 (at WCU)...... 1 1 23 23.0 0 23 • Career-high 10 catches for 126 yards in win over Georgia Southern. 2019 (GSU)...... 11 13 204 15.7 6 40 2020 (GSU)...... 8 9 64 7.1 0 19 Total (GSU)...... 19 22 268 12.2 0 40

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2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 92 - NOEL RUIZ • Named to the Midseason Watch List for the FWAA Freshman All- PK • 5-11, 180 • Sr. American Team. Wilson, N.C. (Fike/North Carolina A&T) • GSU’s second-leading receiver with 36 catches for 460 yards and five touchdowns, despite missing the final three games with a broken foot. * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (1st team) • Had a breakout game against Furman with seven receptions for 80 * Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week yards, including a spectacular 26-yard touchdown catch. (Nov. 30, 2020) • Caught a 13-yard touchdown pass in the first overtime at Texas State. • Notched his first 100-yard game in win over Arkansas State, finishing * Lou Groza Award Star of the Week with a career-high nine receptions for 120 yards, including an 11-yard • First-team All-Sun Belt placekicker in his first year with the program. touchdown catch in the second quarter and a season-long 43-yard completion. • Graduate transfer from North Carolina A&T, where he was an FCS All-American in 2019. • Caught two TD passes in the win over Army (24 and 12 yards.) • Ranks seventh among all active FBS kickers with 313 career points, 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS fifth with 169 career PAT, and 16th with 48 career field goals. • Showed promise in three games as a true freshman before a season- • Name pronounced no-ELL roo-EEZ ending knee injury. 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Caught a 55-yard pass down the sideline to the 2-yard line to set up a • Leads Sun Belt kickers in scoring with 7.9 ppg (second among all touchdown vs. ULM. players) and is second with 1.38 field goals per game. CAREER STATISTICS • Leads the Sun Belt in FG% at .786 (11-14) • Named Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week and a Lou Groza Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP Award Star of the Week after kicking three field goals and scoring 10 2018...... 3 3 82 27.3 0 55 points in win over Georgia Southern. His third FG of the game, from 2019...... 9 36 460 12.8 5 43 35 yards, gave Georgia State a six-point lead with two minutes left. 2020...... 9 44 753 17.1 6 65 • Kicked a 25-yard field goal in OT and made all four PAT in his GSU Total...... 21 83 1295 15.6 11 65 debut vs. No. 19 Louisiana • Shares the school record of seven PAT in a game (vs. East Carolina, GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Arkansas State and ULM). 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns • Booted three field goals in win over Troy and two at App State. Louisiana...... 4 21 0 11 East Carolina...... 7 134 2 42 38, 13 AT N.C. A&T Arkansas State...... 6 146 3 46 21, 36, 31 • Led FCS with 1.92 field goals per game while ranking fifth in FG% Troy...... 5 53 0 22 (.852) and 10th in scoring (9.7 ppg) in 2019. Coastal Carolina...... 2 15 0 8 • Was 23-for-27 on field goals and 47-for-52 on extra points in 2019. ULM...... 1 8 0 8 App State...... 4 74 1 40 19 • Career-long 52-yard field goal in win over Elon. South Alabama...... 5 176 0 65 Georgia Southern...... 10 126 0 26 CAREER STATISTICS (AT N.C. A&T) Kicking...... G PAT FG 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LG Pts 2019...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns 2017...... 12 48-54 9-14 3-4 5-7 1-3 0-0 41 75 Tennessee...... 1 6 0 6 2018...... 12 44-49 5-10 0-0 3-4 2-6 0-0 43 59 Furman...... 7 80 1 26 26 2019...... 12 47-52 23-27 9-9 8-9 5-8 1-1 52 116 WMU...... 1 11 0 11 2020 (GSU)...... 8 30-31 11-14 5-5 5-5 1-3 0-1 46 63 Texas State...... 7 95 1 28 13 Arkansas State...... 9 120 1 43 11 Total...... 44 169-186 48-65 17-18 21-25 9-20 1-2 52 313 Coastal Carolina...... 3 41 0 31 Army...... 2 36 2 24 24, 12 FIELD GOALS [ ] Indicates FG made Troy...... 5 40 0 14 2017: 31CHA, 42MORGAN, [36SCSU], [41SCSU], [27SCSU], [22FAMU], ULM...... 1 31 0 31 [30BCU], 23NSU, [25SSU], [30SSU], [32SSU], [31NCCU], 42GRAM, 38GRAM 2018: 39JSU, 42GWU, [43GWU], 43MORGAN, [31SCSU], 44FAMU, 40BCU, 2018...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns [42NSU], [32NCCU], [36ALCN] Western Michigan...... 0 0 0 0 2019: 43ELON, 40ELON, [52ELON], [40DUKE], [36DUKE], [31CSU], [43CSU], ULM...... 2 74 0 55 [46CSU], [27CSU], [NSU24], 46FAMU, [26FAMU], [24FAMU], [32FAMU], Troy...... 1 8 0 8 [27HOW], [48HOW], [31HOW], [23SCSU], [22SCSU], [34MORGAN], [28MORGAN], [46MORGAN], [35NCCU], 31NCCU, [33NCCU], [26ALCN], CAREER HIGHS [38ALCN] Receptions: 10 vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 2020: [25LA], 44ECU, [29ASU], [46TROY], 53TROY, [31TROY], [37TROY], Yards Receiving: 176 vs. South Alabama, 2020 47CCU, [21ULM], [23APP], [32APP], [35GS], [29GS], [35GS] Long Reception: 65 vs. South Alabama, 2020 TD Receptions: 3 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 CAREER HIGHS (AT N.C. A&T) Field Goals Made: 4 vs. Charleston Southern, 2019 Field Goals Attempted: 4 vs. Charleston Southern, 2019; FAMU, 2019 Long Field Goal: 52 vs. Elon, 2019 PAT: 8 vs. Alcorn State, 2019 Points: 15 vs. Howard, 2019 (3 FG, 6 PAT)

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App State...... 5-5 10 0 2.5-4 0 0 0 0 0 6-TRAJAN STEPHENS-McQUEEN USA...... 6-5 11 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 LB • 6-1, 230 • Sr. GS...... 2-4 6 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Charlotte, N.C. (West Mecklenburg) 2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK * 2020 Team Captain Tennessee...... 2-3 5 0 1-2 0 0 1-0 0 0 Furman...... 8-3 11 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) WMU...... 7-3 10 0 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 * Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week Texas State...... 2-13 15 0 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 (Oct. 21, 2019) Arkansas St...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1-4 1 0 Coastal...... 4-3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Veteran inside linebacker who ranks fourth on Army...... 10-10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GSU career tackling chart with 256. Seventh with 19.0 tackles for loss. Troy...... 6-2 8 1-9 1-9 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 4-4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS App State...... 2-1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 • Second on the team with 58 tackles and 8.0 tackles for loss. USA...... 5-1 6 0 1.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 • Grabbed one of GSU’s three interceptions against ECU, helping the GS...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Panthers hold the Pirates to 286 total yards, 50 yards rushing and no Wyoming...... 7-3 10 1-11 1-11 0 0 0 0 0 offensive touchdowns. 2018...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK • Made 1.5 sacks vs. Arkansas State Kennesaw St...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Nine tackles and a pass breakup in win at Troy. NC State...... 2-6 8 0 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0 • Made 10 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss at App State, helping hold the Memphis...... 1-1 2 Mountaineers to 310 yards of offense. WMU...... 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 1-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Season-high 11 tackles with one TFL in win at South Alabama as the Troy...... 1-6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 defense allowed just 14 points and 324 yards. Arkansas St...... 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coastal...... 4-4 8 0.5-0 0.5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Texas State...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Led the Panthers with 110 tackles, the second-highest season total in Louisiana...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GSU history, just six behind Joseph Peterson’s record of 116 (2015). App State...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Fifth in Sun Belt with 8.5 tackles pg, Second on the team with eight GS...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TFL and tied for team lead with two interceptions. • Grabbed an interception in the fourth quarter to help seal the 38-30 CAREER HIGHS upset victory at Tennessee. Had five tackles with one TFL. Tackles: 20 vs Army, 2019 (SCHOOL RECORD) • Made 11 tackles with one TFL in win over Furman. • Had 10 tackles with an 11-yard sack vs. Wyoming. 7 - JORDAN STRACHAN • Collected 15 tackles at Texas State. OLB • 6-4, 225 • R-Jr. • Made a key defensive play in the win over Arkansas State with his Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County) third-quarter interception at the GSU 45-yard line. • Set the Georgia State record with 20 TACKLES, including 10 solo * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd team) stops, in win over Army. Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the * Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week Week. (Oct. 25, 2020) • Had eight tackles with a sack in win over Troy. * Nominee for Burlsworth Trophy • Added six tackles with 1.5 TFL win over South Alabama.

2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • All-Sun Belt Conference outside linebacker having an outstanding season for the GSU defense. • Fourth on the team in tackles with 50 in 2018. • Already ranks third in GSU with 9.0 career sacks. • Made eight tackles, his career high, at NC State and seven at Troy. • Returned to the lineup after suffering a season-ending knee injury in • Had eight tackles with a pass breakup and a shared sack vs. Coastal the 2019 season-opening win at Tennessee. Carolina. • Originally joined the program as a walk-on safety in 2017. • Gained experience as a true freshman in 2017, when he played in every game and made 38 tackles. • Last name pronounced STRAHN (C is silent). Nickname is Stretch. • Broke up two passes at No. 5 Penn State in 2017. 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Tied for fourth in FBS with 9.0 sacks. CAREER STATISTICS • Also leads the Sun Belt two fumble recoveries and is second with three Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF forced fumbles and 12.5 tackles for loss. 2017...... 12 15-23 38 2-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 • Keys a Georgia State defense with a school-record 32 sacks (3.5 pg/No. 2018...... 12 23-27 50 1-0 0.5-0 0 1 0 0 7 in FBS) 2019...... 13 62-48 110 8-31 2-20 2-4 3 0 0 • Needed just seven games to break the GSU season record for sacks 2020...... 8 35-23 58 8-18 1.5-10 1-0 1 0 0 (previous record, 5.0 by Christo Bilukidi, 2010), and has also tied the Total...... 45 135-121 256 19-51 4-30 3-4 7 0 0 mark for tackles for loss. • Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the win at Troy. Made three GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. Got a strip-sack and recovered at the Troy 8-yard line 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Louisiana...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 to set up a TD. Returned his other fumble recovery 63 yards. ECU...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 • Had a strip-sack, forcing a fumble that GSU recovered, with two Arkansas St...... 2-3 5 1.5-10 1.5-10 0 0 0 0 0 minutes left against Georgia Southern to help seal the victory. Troy...... 8-1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • Made another big play at Arkansas State with a sack and forced fumble Coastal...... 3-3 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 that teammate Blake Carroll picked up and returned 74 yards for a ULM...... DNP touchdown. GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES, PLAYER UPDATES LendingTree Bowl: GEORGIA STATE vs. WKU

• Had two sacks and three tackles for loss at South Alabama as the GSU CAREER STATISTICS defense allowed just 14 points and 324 total yards. Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF • Started every game in 2018 and made 36 tackles with 1.5 TFL, one 2018...... 9 10-10 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 pass breakup and one fumble recovery. 2019...... 13 21-19 40 3-7 1.5-4 0 0 1-0 0 2020...... 9 6-2 8 3-12 2-11 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF Total...... 31 37-31 68 3-7 3.5-15 0 1 1-0 0 2018...... 12 17-19 36 1.5-6 0 0 1 1-0 0 2019...... 1 1-0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER HIGHS 2020...... 9 22-15 37 12.5-56 9-51 0 0 2-63 3 Tackles: 7 vs. South Alabama, 2019 Sacks: 7 vs. ULM 2020 Total...... 22 40-34 74 14-62 9-51 0 1 1-0 1

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2 - JAMARI THRASH 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK WR • 6-0, 180 • R-Fr. Louisiana...... 4-0 4 1-3 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County) ECU...... 1-1 2 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 2-1 3 1.5-11 1.5-11 1 0 0 0 0 • Talented young receiver Troy...... 2-2 4 2.5-18 3-19 1 2-63 0 0 0 • Caught a 22-yard touchdown pass in win over Coastal...... 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Carolina ULM...... 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Hauled in a 57-yard reception, GSU’s longest App State...... 3-3 6 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 completion of the season, vs. Arkansas State. USA...... 4-1 5 2-11 3-12 0 0 0 0 0 GS...... 4-1 5 1-4 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Year...... G Rec Yds Avg TD LP 2019...... 3 2 17 8.5 0 16 Tackles: 6 vs. App State, 2020 2020...... 8 7 137 19.6 1 57 Sacks: 2.5 vs. Troy, 2020 Tackles for Loss: 3 vs. Troy, 2020; South Alabama, 2020 Total...... 11 9 154 17.1 1 57 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 62 - MALIK SUMTER 2020...... Rec Yds TD LP Touchdowns C • 6-1, 280 • R-Jr. Louisiana...... 2 10 0 7 Irmo, S.C. (Dutch Fork) East Carolina...... 1 22 1 22 22 Arkansas State...... 1 57 0 57 * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) Troy...... 0 0 0 0 * 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) Coastal Carolina...... 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2 27 0 19 * 2020 Rimington Trophy Watch List App State...... 1 21 0 21 South Alabama...... 0 0 0 0 • Third-year starter center and two-time All-Sun Georgia Southern...... DNP Belt selection. • Named to the Watch List for the 2020 Rimington Trophy as the nation’s top center. 20 - QUAVIAN WHITE • Took over for the final five games of 2018 and has started 27 straight CB • 5-10, 185 • Jr. games. Greer, S.C. (Greer) • Since he moved into the starting lineup in 2018, GSU has averaged 225 yards rushing per game in his 26 starts. * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) • Helped the Panthers rank No. 13 in FBS in rushing (241.6) in 2019 with a GSU record 3,141 yards, including school-record games against • All-Sun Belt Conference cornerback in his third Arkansas State (340 yards), Coastal Carolina (350 yards), Troy (390 year in the starting lineup. yards) and ULM (414 yards). Also helped the offense set records for • Also handles punt and kickoff returns. total offense (5,718), touchdowns (53), rushing TDs (30), first downs (305) and points (406). • Tied for second in GSU history with six career interceptions, one behind Chandon Sullivan’s school record of seven. Has a GSU-record 86 yards on interception returns. 47 - JHI’SHAWN TAYLOR • Two late, game-saving interceptions in his career vs. Army in 2019 and OLB • 6-3, 211 • R-Jr. Georgia Southern in 2020. Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County) • Third in GSU history with 23 career passes defended (interceptions + breakups). Record is 25 by Chandon Sullivan. • Backup at outside linebacker behind Jordan Strachan. 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • Had two of Georgia State’s school-record seven • Second in Sun Belt and No. 6 in FBS in passes defended (1.4 pg) with sacks in win over ULM. three interceptions (tied for team lead) and eight pass breakups. • Started 12 games in 2019 following Strachan’s • Named to the Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll vs. No. 19 season-ending injury in Game 1. Louisiana. Grabbed an interception at GSU 15-yard line late in the • Made his first start vs. Furman and had a sack. first half, likely preventing a score. Also had seven solo tackles, two • Six tackles and a fumble recovery in win at Tennessee. pass breakups, one kickoff return for 22 yards and two punt returns for 17 yards. • Career-high seven tackles in win over South Alabama.

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• Had an interception, one pass breakup and four tackles, including 1.5 2018...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK sacks, to help GSU hold ECU to 286 total yards, 50 yards rushing and Kennesaw St...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ZERO offensive touchdowns in 49-29 win. NC State...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 1-23 0 0 • Six tackles and two pass breakups in win over ULM. Memphis...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WMU...... 2-1 3 0 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 • His interception in the final two minutes sealed 30-24 win over ULM...... 5-1 6 0 0 1 1-0 0 0 0 Georgia Southern. Troy...... 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Coastal...... 5-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 • Tied for the team lead with two interceptions and led the squad with Texas State...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 seven pass breakups. Finished with 38 tackles, including two tackles Louisiana...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 for loss App State...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Made a game-saving interception on fourth down at the 2-yard line GS...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with 1:00 left to seal the Panthers’ 28-20 win over Army. Also had five tackles and a pass breakup. CAREER HIGHS • Had two pass breakups against App State. Tackles: 9 vs. Coastal Carolina, 2020 • Missed three games due to injury 21 - JAMYEST WILLIAMS 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS RB • 5-9, 185 • R-Jr. • Started 11 games as a true freshman and had 42 tackles, one interception, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Athens, Ga. (Grayson/South Carolina) • Intercepted NC State QB Ryan Finley at the goal line and returned it • Talented athlete now playing running back. Also 23 yards. sees action on special teams. • Against ULM, he raced down a ball carrier near the goal line, forced a • Had his best game in win at South Alabama fumble and recovered in the end zone for a touchback. Had a career- with 116 all-purpose yards. Rushed for 68 yards on high six tackles. 10 carries, including a 42-yard jaunt. Caught five • Had five tackles and a key pass breakup in the end zone vs. Coastal passes for 48 yards with a long of 23. Carolina. • Rushed for 56 yards on nine carries and caught two passes for 18 in win over ULM. Also caused a fumble on punt coverage. CAREER STATISTICS • Transfer from South Carolina in his first season at GSU Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF • First name pronounced juh-MY-est 2018...... 12 31-11 42 1-4 0-0 1-23 2 1-0 1-0 2019...... 10 31-7 38 2-3 0-0 2-52 7 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS 2020...... 8 33-10 43 2-9 1.5-7 2-13 8 0 0 Year...... G Att Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds TD LP AllP Total...... 29 95-28 123 5-16 4.5-14 5-88 17 1-0 1-0 2020...... 7 37 208 5.6 0 42 7 66 0 23 291 Year...... PR Yds Avg TD LP KR Yds TD LP Avg AllP Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF 2018...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 23 2017 (USC)... 11 32-6 38 4-6 0-0 2 1 1 0 2019...... 7 27 3.9 0 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 52 2018 (USC)...... 8 21-11 32 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 2020...... 5 31 6.2 0 12 5 111 0 26 22.2 151 Total...... 19 53-17 70 5-8 0-0 3 3 1 0 Total...... 12 58 4.8 0 12 5 111 0 15 22.2 253 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2020...... Rsh Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP All-P TD 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Arkansas St...... 6 44 0 24 0 0 0 0 44 Louisiana...... 7-0 7 0 0 0 0 1-14 2 0 Troy...... 8 27 0 17 0 0 0 0 27 ECU...... 3-1 4 1.5-7 1.5-7 0 0 1-(-1) 1 0 Coastal...... 3 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 23 Arkansas St...... 7-1 8 0 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 9 55 0 19 2 18 0 14 73 Troy...... DNP App State...... 1 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 Coastal...... 5-4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 USA...... 10 68 0 42 5 48 0 23 116 ULM...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Georgia Southern..... DNP App State...... 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 USA...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CAREER HIGHS GS...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 1-(-4) 0 0 Tackles: 10 vs. Texas A&M, 2017 Rushing Attempts: 10 vs. South Alabama, 2020 2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Yards Rushing: 68 vs. South Alabama, 2020 Tennessee...... DNP-Injured Receptions: 5 vs. South Alabama, 2020 Furman...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yards Receiving: 48 vs. South Alabama, 2020 WMU...... DNP-Injured Texas State...... DNP-Injured Arkansas State.....3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Coastal...... 5-0 5 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 Army...... 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 1-27 1 0 Troy...... 3-1 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 ULM...... 4-2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 App State...... 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 USA...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 GS...... 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming...... 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 1-25 1 0

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90 - HARDRICK WILLIS GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS DE • 6-3, 240 • R-Jr. 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Louisiana...... 0-1 1 0.5-8 0.5-8 0 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro, Ga. (Mundy’s Mill) ECU...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 4-0 4 1-3 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 * 2020 Team Captain Troy...... DNP * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team) Coastal...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) ULM...... 2-1 3 1.5-9 1.5-9 1 0 0 0 0 App State...... 1-2 3 1-3 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... 2-2 4 1.5-13 1.5-13 0 0 0 0 0 • Defensive end who is Georgia State’s career GS...... 4-1 5 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 leader with 11.5 sacks, breaking the record of 10.5 by Mackendy Cheridor. 2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK • Tied for eighth in GSU history with 17.5 tackles for loss. Tennessee...... 4-1 5 1-7 2-9 1 0 0 0 0 Furman...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS WMU...... DNP-INJURED • Second on the team and third in the Sun Belt with 5.5 sacks (0.7 pg). Texas State...... DNP-INJURED • Broke the GSU career sack record with 1.5 sacks in win at South Arkansas St...... 2-0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 Alabama as the Panthers tied the school record with seven sacks and CCU...... 1-2 3 1-10 1-10 1 0 0 0 0 allowed just 14 points and 324 yards. Army...... 3-3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Four tackles and a sack at Arkansas State Troy...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Had 1.5 sacks, including one on which he stripped the QB and GSU ULM...... 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 recovered, in win over ULM App State...... 5-2 7 0.5-5 1.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... 3-0 3 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 • Recorded his fourth sack at App State, helping hold the Mountaineers GS...... 4-2 6 1-6 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 to a season-low 310 total yards. Wyoming...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Helped the GSU defense record a school-record 32 sacks (No. 7 in FBS). 2017...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Tenn. State...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Penn State...... 2-0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 • All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention) Charlotte...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and two forced CCU...... 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fumbles. ULM...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Had five tackles with 2 TFL, including one sack, in win at Tennessee. Troy...... 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... 1-1 2 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 On the second play of the game, he caused a fumble that GSU GS...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 recovered at the UT 23 to set up a touchdowns. Helped GSU hold the Texas State...... DNP-INJURED Vols to 93 yards rushing. App State...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Blocked a PAT vs. Furman. Idaho...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Had a tackle for loss and pass breakup in win over Arkansas State. WKU...... 3-0 3 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 • Recorded a sack for a 10-yard loss and a forced fumble as part of GSU’s strong defensive effort in win at Coastal Carolina. CAREER HIGHS • Career-high seven tackles vs. App State, with a TFL and a shared sack. Tackles: 7 vs. App State, 2019 • Had a sack in Panthers’ strong defensive effort in win over South TFL: 2 vs. Tennessee, 2019; Georgia Southern, 2019 Alabama and another sack in the regular-season finale at Georgia Southern, giving him 4.5 TFL and 2.5 sacks in the final three games. 52 - DONTAE WILSON 2017 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS NG • 6-0, 275 • Sr. • Playing as a true freshman, had 19 tackles with 2.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks. Jefferson, Ga. (Jefferson) • Had a TFL at No. 5 Penn State. * 2020 Team Captain • Shared sack in win over South Alabama, helping hold USA to school- record 41 yards rushing. * 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (3rd) • Had one of GSU’s six sacks in the AutoNation Cure Bowl win over * 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (HM) Western Kentucky, helping the Panthers set school record with • Three-year starter on the defensive line and a minus-2 rushing yards allowed. two-time All-Sun Belt honoree. • Fourth in GSU history with 8.5 career sacks and sixth with 19.5 tackles CAREER STATISTICS for loss. Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF 2017...... 11 12-7 19 2.5-12 1.5-11 0 0 0 0 2020 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2018...... REDSHIRTED • Opened the season with two tackles for loss vs. No. 19 Louisiana 2019...... 11 25-15 40 8.5-37 4.5-31 0 1 0 2 • Keyed strong defensive effort vs. East Carolina, when GSU allowed 2020...... 8 15-7 22 6.5-38 5.5-36 0 0 0 1 just 50 yards rushing and 286 total yards. Total...... 30 52-29 81 17.5-87 11.5-78 0 1 0 3 • Recovered a fumble on a strip sack by Hardrick Willis in win vs. ULM. • Anchored a GSU defense that held four opponents to fewer than 100 yards rushing, including season-low 40 yards in win over Troy. • Helped hold App State to season-low 310 yards. • Missed final two regular-season games due to injury but has 26 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss in seven games

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2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2018...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK • All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention) Kennesaw St...... 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC State...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • First-team All-Sun Belt selection by Pro Football Focus, which said, Memphis...... 1-0 1 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 “he may very well be one of the best true nose tackles in all of college WMU...... 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 football.” ULM...... 1-0 1 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 • Fourth on the team with 49 tackles, including seven TFL and three Troy...... 0-4 4 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 sacks. Arkansas St...... 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Contributed two sacks in win over Furman. Coastal...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Had two key defensive plays in the second half of win over Arkansas Texas State...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 State with a forced fumble for a 2-yard loss and then a third-down Louisiana...... 3-0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 sack at the GSU 23 to force a field goal. App State...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GS...... 1-3 4 0 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 • Outstanding game against Army’s triple option offense as he made a career-high 10 tackles. 2017...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Tenn. State...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Penn State...... 2-0 2 1-10 1-10 1 0 0 0 0 • Third on the team with four tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks Charlotte...... 3-0 3 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 • Collected 30 tackles, including a career-high six in win over Kennesaw CCU...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 State. ULM...... 1-4 5 0.5-2 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 1-0 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2017 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS USA...... 1-1 2 0.5-2 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 GS...... 0-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Top backup as a true freshman, when tied for the team lead with four Texas State...... 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 sacks, just one shy of the GSU season record. Finished with 24 tackles App State...... 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and five tackles for loss. Idaho...... 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Had a sack that caused a fumble at No. 5 Penn State. WKU...... 1-0 1 1-5 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 • Added another sack in shutout win at Charlotte and shared sacks in win over ULM and South Alabama. CAREER HIGHS • Collected sack No. 4 in the AutoNation Cure Bowl win over Western Tackles: 10 vs. Army, 2019 Kentucky, helping the Panthers set a school record by allowing a net of Sacks: 2 vs. Furman, 2019 minus-2 yards rushing.

CAREER STATISTICS Year...... G UA-A Total TFL Sack Int PB FR FF 2017...... 12 10-14 24 5-28 4-27 0 0 0 1 2018...... 12 18-12 30 4-15 1.5-11 0 0 0 0 2019...... 13 22-27 47 7-23 3-16 0 0 0 2 2020...... 7 15-11 26 3.5-4 0-0 0 0 1-0 0 Total...... 44 65-64 129 19.5-70 8.5-54 0 0 1-0 3

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2020...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Louisiana...... 3-1 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 ECU...... 4-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 1-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coastal...... 3-1 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 2-2 4 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 App State...... 0-5 5 0 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... DNP GS...... DNP

2019...... UA-A Total Sack TFL FF FR Int PB BK Tennessee...... 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Furman...... 2-1 3 2-12 2-12 0 0 0 0 0 WMU...... 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas State...... 2-5 7 0 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas St...... 2-1 3 1-4 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 CCU...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Army...... 7-3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy...... 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ULM...... 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 App State...... 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USA...... 1-2 3 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 GS...... 2-4 6 0 1.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 Wyoming...... 2-1 3 0 0.5-0 0 0 0 0 0

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GEORGIA STATE RECORDS - SINGLE-GAME HIGHS RUSHING YARDS 149 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2012 9 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2019 242 Tra Barnett vs. Troy, 2019 149 Albert Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 2013 9 Todd Boyd vs. Troy, 2016 201 Donald Russell vs. Rhode Island, 2012 146 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2020 9 Robert Davis vs. Texas State, 2016 190 Tra Barnett vs. ULM, 2019 146 Albert Wilson vs. Jacksonville State, 2011 9 Robert Davis vs. Arkansas State, 2016 161 Tra Barnett vs. Coastal Carolina, 2018 145 Keith Rucker vs. Georgia Southern, 2016 9 Robert Davis vs. Idaho, 2016 152 Kelton Hill vs. West Alabama, 2011 (QB) 143 Cornelius McCoy vs. Furman, 2019 9 Penny Hart vs. Oregon, 2015 150 Destin Coates vs. Louisiana, 2020 141 Penny Hart vs. Charlotte, 2017 9 Robert Davis vs. Ball State, 2015 146 Donald Russell vs. Campbell, 2011 134 Sam Pinckney vs. East Carolina, 2020 9 Danny Williams vs. Murray State, 2011 145 Seth Paige vs. ULM, 2018 132 Albert Wilson vs. Chattanooga, 2013 9 LynQuez Blair vs. Troy, 2014 142 Tucker Gregg vs. Arkansas State, 2020 132 Penny Hart vs. Coastal Carolina, 2017 141 Kelton Hill vs. Campbell, 2011 (QB) 132 Donovan Harden vs. South Alabama, 2014 RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS 139 Tra Barnett vs. Arkansas state, 2019 131 Glenn Smith vs. Wisconsin, 2016 4 Donovan Harden vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 136 Donald Russell vs. South Alabama, 2011 128 Penny Hart vs. Troy, 2018 3 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2017 128 Dan Ellington vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 (QB) 128 Penny Hart vs. Oregon, 2015 3 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2020 128 Tra Barnett vs. South Alabama, 2019 128 Penny Hart vs. Arkansas State, 2015 2 Albert Wilson vs. seven teams 127 Tra Barnett vs. Western Michigan, 2019 126 Sam Pinckney vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 2 Jordan Giles vs. Campbell, 2011 123 Krysten Hammon vs. New Mexico State, 2014 125 Robert Davis vs. Ball State, 2015 2 Arthur Williams vs. Morehead St., 2010 120 Donald Russell vs. S.C. State, 2012 123 Glenn Smith vs. UL Monroe, 2016 2 Kelton Hill vs. Samford, 2013 119 Destin Coates vs. ULM, 2019 122 Todd Boyd vs. Troy, 2016 2 Joel Ruiz vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 119 Donald Russell vs. Richmond, 2012 121 Keith Rucker vs. UL Lafayette, 2013 2 LynQuez Blair vs. Air Force, 2014; Troy, 2014 118 Travis Evans vs. West Virginia, 2013 120 Albert Wilson vs. West Alabama, 2011 2 Donovan Harden vs. two teams 115 Destin Coates vs. Troy, 2020 120 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2019 2 Penny Hart vs. New Mexico State, 2015 113 Destin Coates vs. East Carolina, 2020 120 Devin Gentry vs. Texas State, 2017 2 Keith Rucker vs. two teams 113 Dan Ellington vs. Appalachian State, 2018 (QB) 119 Penny Hart vs. Georgia Southern, 2015 2 Devin Gentry vs. Texas State, 2017 110 Tra Barnett vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 118 Cornelius McCoy vs. ULM, 2020 2 Sam Pinckney vs. two teams 109 Seth Paige vs. Troy, 2019 118 Penny Hart vs. Coastal Carolina, 2018 2 Roger Carter vs. Troy, 2020 108 Tra Barnett vs. Army, 2019 118 LynQuez Blair vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 107 Donald Russell vs. W&M, 2012 117 Robert Davis vs. Texas State, 2014 PASSING YARDS 117 Robert Davis vs. Troy, 2016 102 Destin Coates vs. ULM, 2020 471 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2015 104 Seth Paige vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 114 Robert Davis vs. UL Monroe, 2016 446 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 104 Albert Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 2013 113 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2015 422 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 112 Robert Davis vs. Idaho, 2016 100 Taz Bateman vs. Penn State, 2017 414 Nick Arbuckle vs. Air Force, 2014 111 Joel Ruiz vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 414 Drew Little vs. Old Dominion, 2010 111 Cornelius McCoy vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 MULTIPLE 100-YD RUSHERS IN SAME GAME 413 Nick Arbuckle vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 110 Robert Davis vs. South Alabama, 2013 128 Dan Ellington vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 (QB) 412 Nick Arbuckle vs. Ball State, 2015 108 Robert Davis vs. South Alabama, 2014 110 Tra Barnett vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 408 Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 104 Seth Paige vs. Coastal Carolina, 2019 108 Emmanuel Ogbuehi vs. ODU, 2012 107 Cornelius McCoy vs. Arkansas State, 2019 394 Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, 2015 242 Tra Barnett vs. Troy, 2019 105 Albert Wilson vs. New Hampshire, 2012 391 Ronnie Bell vs. Samford, 2013 109 Seth Paige vs. Troy, 2019 104 Albert Wilson vs. Villanova, 2012 103 Danny Williams vs. N.C. Central, 2010 PASS ATTEMPTS 190 Tra Barnett vs. ULM, 2019 103 Jawan Nobles vs. UL Monroe, 2016 53 Drew Little vs. Old Dominion, 2010 119 Destin Coates vs. ULM, 2019 102 Danny Williams vs. Old Dominion, 2010 52 Conner Manning vs. Troy, 2016 51 Ronnie Bell vs. Samford, 2013 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 101 Danny Williams vs. Morehead State, 2010 101 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2013 50 Ronnie Bell vs. Troy, 2013 34 Tra Barnett vs. Troy, 2019 100 Robert Davis vs. Chattanooga, 2013 47 Nick Arbuckle vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 34 Destin Coates vs. Louisiana, 2020 46 Conner Manning vs. Arkansas State, 2016 32 Tra Barnett vs. Troy, 2019 MULTIPLE 100-YD RECEIVERS IN SAME GAME 46 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2014 31 Glenn Smith vs. Charlotte, 2017 126 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2019 29 Taz Bateman vs. Penn State, 2017 111 Cornelius McCoy vs. Arkansas State, 2019 PASS COMPLETIONS 27 Marcus Caffey vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 32 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2014 120 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2019 32 Nick Arbuckle vs. New Mexico State, 2015 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 107 Cornelius McCoy vs. Arkansas State, 2019 32 Drew Little vs. Old Dominion, 2010 3 Marcus Caffey vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 123 Glenn Smith vs. UL Monroe, 2016 31 Nick Arbuckle vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 3 Destin Coates vs. Arkansas State, 2019 114 Robert Davis vs. UL Monroe, 2016 30 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 3 Tucker Gregg vs. South Alabama, 2020 29 Nick Arbuckle vs. Troy, 2015 103 Jawan Nobles vs. UL Monroe, 2016 2 Drew Little vs. South Alabama, 2010 29 Dan Ellington vs. Arkansas State, 2019 2 Donald Russell vs. three teams 122 Todd Boyd vs. Troy, 2016 29 Dan Ellington vs. Furman, 2019 2 Kelton Hill vs. West Alabama, 2011 117 Robert Davis vs. Troy, 2016 2 Parris Lee vs. Shorter, 2010 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE 2 Krysten Hammon vs. New Mexico State, 2014 177 Robert Davis vs. Texas State, 2015 113 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2015 .833 Dan Ellington vs. ULM, 2018 (15-18) 2 Kyler Neal vs. New Mexico State, 2015 .824 Conner Manning vs. Tennessee St., 2017 (14-17) 2 Nick Arbuckle vs. Ball State, 2015 118 LynQuez Blair vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 .800 Kelton Hill vs. South Alabama 2011 (12-15) 2 Kyler Neal vs. Georgia Southern, 2015 111 Joel Ruiz vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 .784 Dan Ellington vs. Furman, 2019 (29-37) 2 Glenn Smith vs. Charlotte, 2017 .778 Dan Ellington vs. South Alabama, 2019 (21-27) 2 Dan Ellington vs. Western Michigan, 2018; Troy, 2019 132 Donovan Harden vs. South Alabama, 2014 .765 Drew Little vs. Shorter, 2010 (13-17) 2 Seth Paige vs. ULM, 2018 108 Robert Davis vs. South Alabama, 2014 2 Tra Barnett vs. four teams 110 Robert Davis vs. South Alabama, 2013 TOUCHDOWN PASSES RECEIVING YARDS 101 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2013 5 Dan Ellington vs. Furman, 2018 4 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 191 Penny Hart vs. Georgia Southern, 2017 132 Albert Wilson vs. Chattanooga, 2013 4 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2015 190 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2017 100 Robert Davis vs. Chattanooga, 2013 4 Nick Arbuckle vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 186 Donovan Harden vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 149 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2012 4 Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 179 Donovan Harden vs. Liberty, 2015 108 Emmanuel Ogbuehi vs. ODU, 2012 4 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2014 177 Robert Davis vs. Texas State, 2015 4 Ronnie Bell vs. Troy, 2013 176 Sam Pinckney vs. South Alabama, 2020 RECEPTIONS 4 Kelton Hill vs. Campbell, 2011 175 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2011 4 Drew Little vs. Morehead State, 2010 167 Albert Wilson vs. Samford, 2013 11 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2017 4 Drew Little vs. Savannah State, 2010 158 Albert Wilson vs. Jacksonville State, 2013 11 Penny Hart vs. Charlotte, 2017 11 Penny Hart vs. New Mexico State, 2015 154 Keith Rucker vs. Troy, 2015 TOTAL OFFENSE 153 Albert Wilson vs. Troy, 2013 11 Donovan Harden vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 151 Danny Williams vs. Murray State, 2011 11 Danny Williams vs. Old Dominion, 2010 496 Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2015 465 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 150 Albert Wilson vs. UTSA, 2012 10 Donovan Harden vs. South Alabama, 2014 451 Dan Ellington vs. Arkansas State, 2019 150 Penny Hart vs. New Mexico State, 2015 10 Keith Rucker vs. Troy, 2015 448 Dan Ellington vs. Furman, 2019 149 Robert Davis vs. Texas State, 2016 10 Cornelius McCoy vs. Furman, 2019 10 Sam Pinckney vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 438 Nick Arbuckle vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 428 Conner Manning vs. Texas State, 2017 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES RECORDS UPDATE

GEORGIA STATE RECORDS - SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 420 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 PUNT RETURNS 16 Fred Barnes vs. Shorter, 2010 419 Nick Arbuckle vs. Air Force, 2014 7 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2011 15 Joseph Peterson vs. New Mexico State, 2014 418 Drew Little vs. Old Dominion, 2010 4 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2017 15 Chase Middleton vs. Air Force, 2016 412 Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 4 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2013 15 Trajan Stephens-McQueen vs. Texas State, 2019 TD RESPONSIBILITY (RUSH/PASS) PUNT RETURN YARDS TACKLES FOR LOSS 5 Cornelious Brown IV vs. Arkansas State, 2020 (3/2) 85 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2011 4 Michael Shaw vs. UL Monroe, 2016 5 Dan Ellington vs. Furman, 2019 (5/0) 69 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2018 4 Alonzo McGee vs. Charlotte, 2015 5 Kelton Hill vs. Campbell, 2011 (1/4) 67 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2018 4 Jake Muasau vs. UTSA, 2011 4 Cornelious Brown IV vs. ULM, 2020 (3/1) 58 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2013 4 Jarrell Robinson vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 4 Dan Ellington vs. Troy, 2019 (2/2) 49 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2017 3.5 Tarris Batiste vs. Clemson, 2014 4 Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 (0/4) 3.5 Mackendy Cheridor vs. Texas State, 2016 4 Nick Arbuckle vs. 6 teams ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 4 Ronnie Bell vs. Troy, 2013 (0/4) SACKS 4 Drew Little vs. 3 teams 296 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2012 290 Albert Wilson vs. Villanova, 2012 3 Marterious Allen vs. ULM, 2017 3 Jake Muasau vs. Lambuth, 2010 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 283 Albert Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 2013 280 Albert Wilson vs. Jacksonville State, 2013 2.5 Mackendy Cheridor vs. Texas State, 2016 4 Donovan Harden vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 2.5 Jordan Strachan vs. Troy, 2020 3 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2017 268 Albert Wilson vs. Troy, 2013 244 Tra Barnett vs. Troy, 2019 3 Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State, 2020 INTERCEPTIONS 3 Destin Coates vs. Arkansas State, 2019 2 Bryan Williams vs. Charlotte, 2017 3 Marcus Caffey vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 TACKLES 2 B.J. Clay vs. UT Martin, 2016 3 Donald Russell vs. Rhode Island, 2012 20 Trajan Stephens-McQueen vs. Army, 2019 17 Tarris Batiste vs. Liberty, 2015 POINTS BY KICKING 16 Joseph Peterson vs. Troy, 2013 15 Brandon Wright vs. Texas State, 2017 TEAM SUPERLATIVES 13 Iain Vance vs. Savannah State, 2010 12 Brandon Wright vs. Furman, 2019 POINTS SCORED PASSING YARDS 12 Noel Ruiz vs. Troy, 2020 55 Savannah State, 2010 471 Texas State, 2015 11 Brandon Wright vs. ULM, 2017 52 ULM, 2020 446 UL Monroe, 2017 11 Iain Vance vs. Shorter, 2010; Shorter, 2010 52 Arkansas State, 2020 422 UL Monroe, 2016 11 Wil Lutz vs. Texas State, 2015; Rhode Island, 2012 52 Troy, 2019 419 Old Dominion, 2010 11 Rogier ten Lohuis vs. Texas State, 2016 52 Arkansas State, 2019 414 Air Force, 2014 49 East Carolina, 2020 413 Abilene Christian, 2014 FIELD GOALS 48 Furman, 2019 412 Ball State, 2015 47 ULM, 2017 408 Georgia Southern, 2014 4 Brandon Wright vs. Texas State, 2017 46 ULM, 2018 3 Noel Ruiz vs. Troy, 2020 FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED 3 Noel Ruiz vs. Georgia Southern, 2020 POINTS SCORED - HALF 0 Charlotte, 2017 3 Iain Vance vs. Lamar, 2010 42 ULM, 2020 (1st) 6 UT Martin, 2016 2 Multiple players 35 East Carolina, 2020 (1st) 7 Georgia Southern, 2015 34 Savannah State, 2010 (1st) 7 Shorter, 2010 PAT 31 Arkansas State, 2019 (1st) 7 Rhode Island, 2012 7 Noel Ruiz vs. Arkansas State, 2020 31 Texas State, 2015 (1st) 7 Clark Atlanta, 2011 7 Noel Ruiz vs. East Carolina, 2020 31 Furman, 2019 (2nd) 7 Brandon Wright vs. Arkansas State, 2019 30 ULM, 2018 (1st) FEWEST YARDS ALLOWED 7 Iain Vance vs. Savannah State, 2010 203 Georgia Southern, 2015 POINTS SCORED - QUARTER 247 Clark Atlanta, 2011 PUNTS 24 Texas State, 2016 (2nd) 262 ULM, 2018 10 Matt Hubbard vs. Old Dominion, 2011 24 Arkansas State, 2019 (2nd) 263 Shorter, 2010 10 Matt Hubbard vs. Houston, 2011 21 14 times 263 Savannah State, 2013 273 Charlotte, 2017 10 Matt Hubbard vs. Troy, 2013 286 East Carolina, 2020 10 Matt Hubbard vs. West Virginia, 2013 MARGIN OF VICTORY 286 San Jose State, 2015 8 Matt Hubbard vs. 10 teams 34 Shorter, 2010 34 Savannah State, 2010 282 South Alabama, 2015 287 Idaho, 2016 PUNTING YARDS 34 Clark Atlanta, 2011 34 Rhode Island, 2012 288 Rhode Island, 2012 406 Matt Hubbard vs. Old Dominion, 2011 32 ULM, 2018 290 Arkansas State, 2013 398 Matt Hubbard vs. Troy, 2013 27 Morehead State, 2010 298 Samford, 2013 393 Matt Hubbard vs. West Virginia, 2013 27 Georgia Southern, 2015 380 Wil Lutz vs. San Jose State, 2015 FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED 372 Matt Hubbard vs. Houston, 2011 TOTAL OFFENSE -2 Western Kentucky, 2017 722 Arkansas State, 2019 40 Troy, 2020 PUNTING AVERAGE (MIN. 3 PUNTS) 670 ULM, 2017 41 South Alabama, 2017 62.2 Matt Hubbard vs. S.C. State, 2012 (5) 643 Texas State, 2015 50 East Carolina, 2020 56.2 Brandon Wright vs. NC State, 2018 (4) 583 Arkansas State, 2020 50 Morehead State, 2010 55.0 Wil Lutz vs. New Mexico State, 2015 (4) 582 New Mexico State, 2015 58 Arkansas State, 2020 53.8 Brandon Wright vs. Kennesaw State, 2018 (4) 579 Troy, 2019 75 Texas State, 2017 52.0 Brandon Wright vs. WMU, 2018 (3) 566 Furman, 2019 81 Troy, 2015 51.0 Bo Schlechter vs. NCCU, 2010 (4) 566 Abilene Christian, 2014 84 New Mexico State, 2015 536 Texas State, 2016 84 Lamar, 2010 KICKOFF RETURNS 536 ULM, 2019 85 ULM, 2020 7 Devin Gentry vs. Troy, 2017 532 Air Force, 2014 88 Campbell, 2011 7 Avery Sweeting vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 93 Arkansas State, 2016 5 Avery Sweeting vs. Georgia Southern, 2014 RUSHING YARDS 93 Tennessee, 2019 5 Albert Wilson vs. three teams 414 ULM, 2019 94 Charlotte, 2017 95 Abilene Christian, 2014 5 LynQuez Blair vs. Air Force, 2013 390 Troy, 2019 5 Marquan Greene vs. Arkansas State, 2015 350 Coastal Carolina, 2019 96 Troy, 2019 5 Glenn Smith vs. Ball State, 2016 340 Arkansas State, 2019 308 ULM, 2018 FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED 47 Georgia Southern, 2014 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 301 Campbell, 2011 280 Coastal Carolina, 2018 47 Texas State, 2013 176 Albert Wilson vs. Villanova, 2012 274 Rhode Island, 2012 57 Shorter, 2010 169 Marquan Greene vs. Arkansas State, 2015 65 Army, 2019 158 Devin Gentry vs. Troy, 2017 269 Arkansas State, 2020 67 Air Force, 2016 263 ULM, 2020 156 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2012 68 Georgia Southern, 2015 140 Albert Wilson vs. Alabama, 2010 84 Campbell, 2010 89 San Jose State, 2015 98 Appalachian State, 2014 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES RECORDS UPDATE

GEORGIA STATE RECORDS - LONGEST PLAYS LONGEST PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE 62 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. UL Lafayette, LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS 2014 93 Pass: Albert Wilson from Ben McLane vs. Old 61 Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, 2015 (TD) 100 Marquan Greene vs. Arkansas State, 2015 (TD) Dominion, 2012 (TD) 61 Jawan Nobles from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 100 Albert Wilson vs. Old Dominion, 2012 (TD) 84 Pass: Albert Wilson from Ben McLane vs. UTSA, 2012 (TD) (TD) 97 Albert Wilson vs. Alabama, 2010 (TD) 82 Run: Seth Paige vs. ULM, 2018 (TD) 60 Glenn Smith from Conner Manning vs. Wisconsin, 96 Darren McCray vs. Campbell, 2010 (TD) 80 Run: Albert Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 2013 (TD) 2016 90 Tra Barnett vs. Arkansas State, 2016 (TD) 80 Pass: Robert Davis from Ronnie Bell vs. South 59 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia 90 Glenn Smith vs. Coastal Carolina (TD), 2017 Alabama, 2013 Southern, 2014 (TD) 88 Glenn Smith vs. Air Force, 2016 78 Pass: Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. South 59 Ari Werts from Conner Manning vs. Tennessee State, 71 Albert Wilson vs. Troy, 2013 Alabama, 2011 (TD) 2017 78 Pass: Glenn Smith from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 67 Demarius Matthews vs. Jacksonville St., 2011 58 Robert Davis from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 76 Pass: Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, (TD) 2015 (TD) LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNS 58 Penny Hart from Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, 2015 (TD) 75 Run: Tra Barnett vs. Coastal Carolina, 2018 (TD) 57 Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. South Alabama, 73 D’Mario Gunn vs. Old Dominion, 2012 75 Pass: Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2014 57 Remy Lazarus vs. Furman, 2019 2014 (TD) 57 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, 2015 48 Jerome Smith vs. Ball State, 2016 (TD) 75 Pass: Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. Oregon, 57 Cornelius McCoy from Cornelious Brown IV vs. ULM, 38 B.J. Clay vs. UT Martin, 2016 (TD) 2015 (TD) 2020 34 Antavious Lane vs. East Carolina, 2020 (TD) 75 Pass: Albert Wilson from Ronnie Bell vs. Jacksonville 56 Danny Williams from Kelton Hill vs. Campbell, 2011 34 Chris Bacon vs. Appalachian State, 2019 (TD) State, 2013 (TD) (TD) 34 Tarris Batiste vs. Georgia Southern, 2015 73 Pass: Kyler Neal from Nick Arbuckle vs. Air Force, 2014 55 Emmanuel Ogbuehi from Ben McLane 30 Bryan Williams vs. South Alabama, 2017 71 Pass: Devin Gentry from Conner Manning vs. Texas vs. Old Dominion, 2010 31 Robert Ferguson vs. Clark Atlanta, 2011 State, 2017 (TD) 55 Jordan Giles from Kelton Hill vs. Campbell, 2011 (TD) 70 Pass: Penny Hart from Conner Manning vs. Georgia 55 Emmanuel Ogbuehi from Drew Little vs. Alabama, Southern, 2017 LONGEST FUMBLE RETURNS 2010 70 Pass: Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. Arkansas 93 Demazio Skelton vs. Old Dominion, 2011 55 Albert Wilson from Ronnie Bell vs. Villanova, 2012 (TD) State, 2013 (TD) 55 Robert Davis from Conner Manning vs. Texas State, 88 Robert Ferguson vs. ULM, 2013 (TD) 69 Pass: Devin Gentry from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 74 Blake Carroll vs. Arkansas State, 2020 (TD) 2017 (TD) 55 Sam Pinckney from Dan Ellington vs. ULM, 2018 63 Jordan Strachan vs. Troy, 2020 68 Pass: Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. New 54 Tamir Jones from Dan Ellington vs. Arkansas State, 28 Chandon Sullivan vs. Georgia Southern, 2017 (TD) Mexico State, 2014 (TD) 2018 67 Pass: Robert Davis from Ronnie Bell vs. Western 23 Marterious Allen vs. UT Martin, 2016 (TD) 54 Albert Wilson from Ronnie Bell vs. New Hampshire, Kentucky, 2013 (TD) 23 Qwontez Mallory vs. Houston, 2011 2012 (TD) 67 Run: Destin Coates vs. Appalachian State, 2019 (TD) 54 Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. UTSA, 2011 (TD) 66 Pass: Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. 54 Albert Wilson from Bo Schlechter vs. Jacksonville LONGEST FIELD GOALS Arkansas State, 2015 State, 2011 53 Wil Lutz vs. Alabama, 2013 65 Pass: Sam Pinckney from Cornelious Brown IV vs. 53 Albert Wilson from Drew Little vs. Jacksonville State, 52 Brandon Wright vs. Appalachian State, 2018 South Alabama, 2020 2011 50 Brandon Wright vs. Appalachian State, 2017 65 Pass: Robert Davis from Conner Manning vs. Troy, 53 Penny Hart from Nick Arbuckle vs. Charlotte, 2015 50 Wil Lutz vs. Charlotte, 2015 2016 (TD) (TD) 50 Wil Lutz vs. Ball State, 2015 65 Run: Travis Evans vs. West Virginia, 2013 (TD) 52 Ari Werts from Conner Manning vs. Coastal Carolina, 49 Iain Vance vs. Morehead State, 2010 65 Run: Seth Paige vs. Troy, 2019 (TD) 2017 48 Brandon Wright vs. Tennessee, 2019 64 Pass: Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. South 51 Penny Hart from Dan Ellington vs. Troy, 2018 48 Brandon Wright vs. Texas State, 2017 Alabama, 2011 (TD) 51 Albert Wilson from Drew Little vs. Campbell, 2010 48 Brandon Wright vs. Texas State, 2017 63 Pass: Penny Hart from Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia 51 Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. New Mexico 48 Wil Lutz vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 Southern, 2015 (TD) State, 2014 62 Run: Sidney Haynes vs. Lamar, 2010 51 Nyiakki Height from Nick Arbuckle vs. New Mexico 62 Pass: Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. UL LONGEST PUNTS State, 2015 Lafayette, 2014 50 Penny Hart from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 (TD) 80 Matt Hubbard vs. Jacksonville State, 2013 50 Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. St. Francis, 2011 80 Matt Hubbard vs. S.C. State, 2012 LONGEST PASS PLAYS 50 Destin Coates from Dan Ellington vs. WMU, 2018 71 Brandon Wright vs. ULM, 2017 93 Albert Wilson from Ben McLane vs. Old Dominion, 68 Brandon Wright vs. Louisiana, 2018 2012 (TD) LONGEST RUNS 66 Brandon Wright vs. Texas State, 2017 84 Albert Wilson from Ben McLane vs. UTSA, 2012 (TD) 65 Brandon Wright vs. NC State, 2018 80 Robert Davis from Ronnie Bell vs. South Alabama, 82 Seth Paige vs. ULM, 2018 (TD) 65 Matt Hubbard vs. Alabama, 2013 2013 80 Albert Wilson vs. Arkansas State, 2013 (TD) 64 Matt Hubbard vs. UTSA, 2011 75 Tra Barnett vs. Coastal Carolina, 2018 (TD) 78 Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. South Alabama, 64 Oliver Holdenson vs. Air Force, 2016 67 Destin Coates vs. Appalachian State, 2019 (TD) 2011 (TD) 64 Brandon Wright vs. Kennesaw State, 2018 78 Glenn Smith from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2016 65 Seth Paige vs. Troy, 2019 (TD) 65 Travis Evans vs. West Virginia, 2013 (TD) 76 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. Liberty, 2015 LONGEST DRIVES (TD) 64 Dan Ellington vs. Western Michigan, 2019 75 Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. Oregon, 2015 (TD) 62 Sidney Haynes vs. Lamar, 2010 99 vs. Arkansas State, 2020 (TD), 5 plays, 1:49 75 Robert Davis from Nick Arbuckle vs. Texas State, 2014 57 Dan Ellington vs. Coastal Caroiina, 2019 97 vs. UTSA, 2011 (TD), 8 plays, 4:11 (TD) 56 Tra Barnett vs. Arkansas State, 2019 97 vs. New Mexico State, 2015 (TD), 6 plays, 2:21 75 Albert Wilson from Ronnie Bell vs. Jacksonville State, 56 Tucker Gregg vs. Arkansas State, 2020 96 vs. South Alabama, 2020 (TD), 15 plays, 6:28 2013 (TD) 54 Krysten Hammon vs. New Mexico St., 2014 (TD) 96 vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 (TD), 10 plays, 4:52 54 Emmanuel Ogbuehi vs. JMU, 2012 (fake punt) 73 Kyler Neal from Nick Arbuckle vs. Air Force, 2014 95 vs. ULM, 2017 (TD), 15 plays, 7:55 53 Kelton Hill vs. West Alabama, 2011 (TD) 71 Devin Gentry from Conner Manning vs. Texas State, 95 vs. South Alabama (TD), 8 plays, 3:31 2017 (TD) 53 Kelton Hill vs. Lambuth, 2010 52 Kelton Hill vs. St. Francis, 2011 94 vs. Furman (TD), 2019, 16 plays, 5:32 70 Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. Arkansas St. (TD) 93 vs. Old Dominion, 2012 (TD), 1 play, 0:14 69 Devin Gentry from Conner Manning vs. ULM, 2017 (TD) 52 Donald Russell vs. S.C. State, 2012 52 Donald Russell vs. Richmond, 2012 92 vs. Louisiana, 2018 (TD), 10 plays, 5:04 68 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. New Mexico 91 vs. Washington, 2014 (TD), 13 plays, 6:31 State, 2014 (TD) 91 vs. UL Lafayette, 2014 (TD), 16 plays, 6:38 67 Robert Davis from Ronnie Bell vs. Western Kentucky, LONGEST PUNT RETURNS 91 vs. Arkansas State, 2015 (TD), 2 plays, 0:32 2013 (TD) 62 Albert Wilson vs. South Alabama, 2013 66 Donovan Harden from Nick Arbuckle vs. Arkansas 91 vs. Texas State, 2016 (TD), 11 plays, 3:17 49 Penny Hart vs. ULM, 2018 (TD) 91 vs. Coastal Carolina, 2017 (TD), 8 plays, 3:51 State, 2015 48 Penny Hart vs. Texas State, 2018 65 Robert Davis from Conner Manning vs. Troy, 2016 (TD) 47 Demarius Matthews vs. Morehead St., 2010 64 Albert Wilson from Kelton Hill vs. South Alabama, 35 Donovan Harden vs. App State, 2014 2011 (TD) 31 Demarius Matthews vs. Shorter, 2010 63 Penny Hart from Nick Arbuckle vs. Georgia Southern, 31 Donovan Harden vs. Abilene Christian, 2014 2015 (TD)

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GEORGIA STATE RECORDS - CAREER LEADERS RUSHING YARDS TOUCHDOWN RESPONSIBILITY PUNT RETURN YARDS TACKLES Player...... Years Att Yds Player...... Years TDR Player...... Years PR Yds Player...... Years Tackles 1. Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 387 2156 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 59 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 376 1. Joseph Peterson...... 2012-15 381 2. Travis Evans...... 2010-13 356 1500 2. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 45 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 200 2. Tarris Batiste...... 2013-15 263 3. Donald Russell..... 2011-12 248 1412 3. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 33 3. Demarius Matthews..... 2010-13 78 Trey Payne...... 2014-17 263 4. Destin Coates...... 2018-* 257 1335 4. Drew Little...... 2010-11 22 4. Donovan Harden...... 2014-15 76 4. T. Stephens-McQueen. 2017-* 256 5. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 319 1293 5. Cornelious Brown IV... 2019-* 21 5. Michael Shaw...... 2015-18 216 6. Kyler Neal...... 2013-17 288 1130 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 6. Robert Ferguson...... 2010-13 199 7. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 301 1103 RECEIVING YARDS Player...... Years Yards 7. Chase Middleton...... 2015-18 191 8. Kelton Hill...... 2010-13 176 1076 Player...... Years Rec Yds 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 6235 8. Victor Heyward...... 2017-* 189 9. Seth Paige...... 2018-20 128 759 1. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 222 3391 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 3497 9. Ed Curney...... 2015-19 186 10 Demarcus Kirk...... 2015-18 162 710 2. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 175 3190 3. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 3411 3. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 202 2950 4. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 3394 INTERCEPTIONS RUSHING ATTEMPTS 4. Cornelius McCoy..2018-* 131 1611 5. Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 2658 Player...... Years Int Player...... Years ATT 5. Donovan Harden.. 2014-15 99 1610 6. Travis Evans...... 2010-13 2052 1. Chandon Sullivan...... 2014-17 7 1. Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 387 6. Danny Williams.... 2010-13 121 1605 7. Kelton Hill...... 2010-13 1804 2. Bryan Williams...... 2012-17 6 2. Travis Evans...... 2010-13 356 7. Sam Pinckney...... 2018-* 83 1295 8. Donovan Harden...... 2014-15 1723 Quavian White...... 2018-* 6 3. Dan Ellington (QB)...... 2018-19 319 8. Keith Rucker...... 2013-16 90 1148 9. Cornelius McCoy...... 2018-* 1716 4. Brent McClendon...... 2010-13 5 4. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 301 8. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 111 1122 Demazio Skelton...... 2011-12 5 5. Kyler Neal...... 2013-17 288 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED Tarris Batiste...... 2013-15 5 6. Destin Coates...... 2018* 257 RECEPTIONS Player...... Years TD Jerome Smith...... 2015-18 5 7. Donald Russell...... 2011-12 248 Player...... Years Rec 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 26 7. D’Mario Gunn...... 2011-12 4 1. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 222 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 20 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 202 Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 20 INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS Player...... Years TD 3. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 175 4. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 17 Player...... Years Yds 1. Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 19 4. Cornelius McCoy...... 2018-* 131 5. Destin Coates...... 2018* 14 1. Quavian White...... 2018-* 84 2. Destin Coates...... 2018* 14 5. Danny Williams...... 2010-13 121 2. D’Mario Gunn...... 2011-12 77 3. Kyler Neal...... 2013-17 13 6. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 111 POINTS 3. Antavious Lane...... 2019-* 76 4. Donald Russell...... 2011-12 12 7. Donovan Harden...... 2014-15 99 Player...... Years Points 4. Remy Lazarus...... 2016-19 57 5. Dan Ellington (QB)...... 2018-19 11 8. Keith Rucker...... 2013-16 90 1. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 213 5. Tarris Batiste...... 2013-15 56 6. Travis Evans...... 2010-13 10 9. Sam Pinckney...... 2018-* 83 2. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 200 6. Jerome Smith...... 2015-18 49 3. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 156 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 4. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 120 SACKS Player...... Years Games Player...... Years Rec Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 120 Player...... Years Sacks 1. Tra Barnett...... 2016-19 8 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 23 1. Hardrick Willis...... 2017-* 11.5 2. Donald Russell...... 2011-12 6 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 19 FIELD GOALS 2. Mackendy Cheridor...... 2013-17 10.5 3. Destin Coates...... 2018* 5 3. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 17 Player...... Years FG 3. Christo Bilukidi...... 2010-11 9.0 4. Seth Paige...... 2018-20 3 4. Donovan Harden...... 2014-15 12 1. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 32 Jordan Strachan...... 2018-* 9.0 5. Sam Pinckney...... 2018-* 11 2. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 31 5. Marterious Allen...... 2015-18 8.5 PASSING YARDS 6. Keith Rucker...... 2013-16 10 3. Iain Vance...... 2010 15 Dontae Wilson...... 2017-* 8.5 Player...... Years Yards Roger Carter...... 2017-* 10 4. Christian Benvenuto.... 2011-12 11 7. Michael Shaw...... 2015-18 7.0 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 7651 8. Danny Williams...... 2010-13 9 Noel Ruiz...... 2020-* 11 Jake Muasau...... 2010-11 7.0 2. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 5830 Cornelius McCoy...... 2019-* 9 Joseph Peterson...... 2012-15 7.0 3. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 4566 PAT 10 Victor Heyward...... 2017-* 6.5 4. Ronnie Bell...... 2012-14 3124 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES Player...... Years PAT 5. Drew Little...... 2010-11 2570 Player...... Years Games 1. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 120 TACKLES FOR LOSS 6. Cornelious Brown IV... 2019-* 2176 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 13 2. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 104 Player...... Years TFL 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 11 3. Iain Vance...... 2010 35 1. Michael Shaw...... 2015-18 26.5 PASS ATTEMPTS 3. Robert Davis...... 2013-16 10 4. Noel Ruiz...... 2020-* 30 2. Mackendy Cheridor...... 2013-17 25.0 Player...... Years Att 4. Cornelius McCoy...... 2018-* 5 5. Rogier ten Lohuis...... 2016 25 3. Joseph Peterson...... 2012-15 22.0 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 915 Sam Pinckney...... 2018-* 5 4. Tarris Batiste...... 2013-15 21.5 2. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 776 PUNTS 5. Jarrell Robinson...... 2011-14 20.0 3. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 647 KICKOFF RETURNS Player...... Years Punts 6. Dontae Wilson...... 2017-* 19.5 Player...... Years KR 1. Matt Hubbard...... 2011-14 214 7. T. Stephens-McQueen. 2017-* 19.0 PASS COMPLETIONS 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 95 2. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 183 8. Hardrick Willis...... 2017-* 17.5 Player...... Years Cmp 2. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 53 3. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 95 Victor Heyward...... 2017-* 17.5 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 566 3. Parris Lee...... 2010-13 35 4. Michael Hayes...... 2020-* 47 2. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 466 4. Avery Sweeting...... 2012-15 31 5. Oliver Holdenson...... 2016-19 45 FUMBLES FORCED 3. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 401 5. Kelton Hill...... 2010-13 25 Player...... Years FF PUNTING YARDS 1. Mackendy Cheridor...... 2013-17 6 TOUCHDOWN PASSES KICKOFF RETURN YARDS Player...... Years Yards 2. Jake Muasau...... 2010-11 4 Player...... Years TD Player...... Years KR Yds 1. Matt Hubbard...... 2011-14 8814 Brent McClendon...... 2010-13 4 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 51 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 2338 2. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 7928 2. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 34 2. Glenn Smith...... 2014-17 1186 3. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 3941 FUMBLES RECOVERED 3. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 30 3. Parris Lee...... 2010-13 664 4. Michael Hayes...... 2020-* 1901 Player...... Years FR 4. Avery Sweeting...... 2012-15 604 5. Bo Schlechter...... 2010-11 1739 1. Bobby Baker...... 2015-16 5 TOTAL OFFENSE 5. Kelton Hill...... 2010-13 436 2. Jake Muasau...... 2010-11 4 Player...... Years Yards PUNTING AVERAGE 3. Kail Singleton...... 2010-13 3 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014-15 7566 PUNT RETURNS Player...... Years Punts Ed Curney...... 2015-19 3 2. Conner Manning...... 2016-17 5950 Player...... Years PR 1. Brandon Wright...... 2016-19 43.32 Jordan Strachan...... 2018-* 3 3. Dan Ellington...... 2018-19 5859 1. Albert Wilson...... 2010-13 41 2. Wil Lutz...... 2012-15 42.84 4. Ronnie Bell...... 2012-14 3298 2. Penny Hart...... 2015-18 16 3. Bo Schlechter...... 2010-11 42.41 5. Drew Little...... 2010-11 2531 3. Donovan Harden...... 2014-15 13 4. Matt Hubbard...... 2011-14 41.19 6. Cornelious Brown IV... 2019-* 2081 7. Kelton Hill...... 2010-13 2346 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES RECORDS UPDATE

GEORGIA STATE RECORDS - SEASON LEADERS RUSHING YARDS 5. Conner Manning...... 2016 16 7. Donovan Harden...... 2014 7 B.J. Clay...... 2016 3 Player...... Year Yards 6. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 15 Tra Barnett...... 2018 7 Antavious Lane...... 2020 3 1. Tra Barnett...... 2019 1453 7. Conner Manning...... 2017 14 Destin Coates...... 2019 7 Quavian White...... 2020 3 2. Donald Russell...... 2012 747 Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 14 Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 7 SACKS 3. Dan Ellington...... 2019 668 9. Dan Ellington...... 2018 12 POINTS Player...... Year Sacks 4. Donald Russell...... 2011 665 TOTAL OFFENSE 5. Destin Coates...... 2020 652 Player...... Year Pts 1. Jordan Strachan...... 2020 9.0 6. Dan Ellington...... 2018 625 Player...... Year Yards 1. Iain Vance...... 2010 80 2. Hardrick Willis...... 2020 5.5 7. Kelton Hill...... 2011 609 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 4273 2. Brandon Wright...... 2019 79 3. Christo Bilukidi...... 2010 5.0 8. Glenn Smith...... 2017 594 2. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 3293 3. Wil Lutz...... 2015 78 4. Hardrick Willis...... 2019 4.5 9. Tra Barnett...... 2018 551 3. Conner Manning...... 2017 3269 4. Tra Barnett...... 2019 72 5. Christo Bilukidi...... 2011 4.0 4. Dan Ellington...... 2019 3115 5. Brandon Wright...... 2017 64 Jake Muasau...... 2010 4.0 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 5. Dan Ellington...... 2018 2744 6. Noel Ruiz...... 2020 63 Marterious Allen...... 2017 4.0 Player...... Year Att 6. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 2686 7. Wil Lutz...... 2014 56 Dontae Wilson...... 2017 4.0 1. Tra Barnett...... 2019 248 7. Conner Manning...... 2016 2681 8. Donald Russell...... 2011 54 TACKLES FOR LOSS 2. Glenn Smith...... 2017 170 8. Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 2307 Albert Wilson...... 2013 54 3. Dan Ellington...... 2019 160 Player...... Year TFL TD RESPONSIBILITY FIELD GOALS 4. Dan Ellington...... 2018 159 1. Jordan Strachan...... 2020 12.5 5. Destin Coates...... 2020 143 Player...... Year TDR Player...... Years FG 2. Alonzo McGee...... 2015 12.5 6. Donald Russell...... 2011 128 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 34 1. Iain Vance...... 2010 15 3. Michael Shaw...... 2016 12.0 7. Donald Russell...... 2012 120 2. Dan Ellington...... 2019 28 2. Wil Lutz...... 2015 12 4. Tarris Batiste...... 2013 9.5 8. Travis Evans...... 2013 115 3. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 25 Brandon Wright...... 2017 12 5. Joseph Peterson...... 2015 9.0 9. Tra Barnett...... 2018 109 4. Drew Little...... 2010 22 Brandon Wright...... 2019 12 6. Jake Muasau...... 2011 8.5 5. Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 21 5. Noel Ruiz...... 2020 11 Hardrick Willis...... 2019 8.5 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 6. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 18 PAT KICKS Player...... Year TD 7. Conner Manning...... 2016 18 1. Tra Barnett...... 2019 12 8. Dan Ellington...... 2018 17 Player...... Years PAT TEAM 2. Donald Russell...... 2011 9 1. Brandon Wright...... 2019 46 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME RECEPTIONS 3. Tra Barnett...... 2018 7 2. Wil Lutz...... 2015 42 Season...... G YPG Destin Coates...... 2019 7 Player...... Year Rec 3. Iain Vance...... 2010 35 1. 2019 (3141)...... 13 241.6 Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 7 1. Penny Hart...... 2017 74 Wil Lutz...... 2014 35 2020 (1713)...... 9 190.3 6. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 6 2. Albert Wilson...... 2013 71 5. Noel Ruiz...... 2020 30 2. 2018 (2057)...... 12 171.4 Dan Ellington...... 2019 6 Penny Hart...... 2015 71 6. Brandon Wright...... 2017 28 3. 2011 (1847)...... 11 167.9 4. Cornelius McCoy...... 2019 70 Destin Coates...... 2020 6 PUNTS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Tucker Gregg...... 2020 6 5. Robert Davis...... 2016 67 6. Robert Davis...... 2015 61 Player...... Years Punts Season...... G TD PASSING YARDS 1. Matt Hubbard...... 2013 78 1. 2019...... 13 30 RECEIVING YARDS 2. Wil Lutz...... 2015 65 Player...... Year Yards 2. 2018...... 12 21 3. Brandon Wright...... 2016 61 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 4368 Player...... Year Yards 2020...... 9 21 1. Albert Wilson...... 2013 1177 4. Matt Hubbard...... 2012 59 2. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 3283 2. Penny Hart...... 2015 1099 5. Brandon Wright...... 2018 51 TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME 3. Conner Manning...... 2017 3146 3. Penny Hart...... 2017 1099 Season...... G YPG 4. Conner Manning...... 2016 2684 4. Robert Davis...... 2015 980 PUNTING YARDS 1. 2019 (5718)...... 13 439.8 5. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 2573 5. Robert Davis...... 2016 968 Player...... Years Yards 2. 2015 (5627)...... 13 432.8 6. Dan Ellington...... 2019 2447 6. Albert Wilson...... 2012 947 1. Matt Hubbard...... 2013 3278 7. Dan Ellington...... 2018 2119 3. 2020 (3759)...... 9 417.7 7. Donovan Harden...... 2014 885 2. Wil Lutz...... 2015 2882 8. Drew Little...... 2010 2102 4. 2017 (4656)...... 12 388.0 3. Matt Hubbard...... 2012 2541 5. 2018 (4538)...... 12 378.2 9. Cornelious Brown IV... 2020 2046 TD RECEPTIONS 4. Brandon Wright...... 2018 2458 POINTS PER GAME PASS ATTEMPTS Player...... Year Rec 5. Brandon Wright...... 2016 2430 1. Albert Wilson...... 2013 8 Season...... G PPG Player...... Year Att Penny Hart...... 2015 8 PUNTING AVERAGE 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 486 2020 (294)...... 9 32.7 Penny Hart...... 2017 8 Player...... Years Avg 1. 2019 (406)...... 13 31.2 2. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 429 4. Albert Wilson...... 2012 7 1. Brandon Wright...... 2018 48.20 2. 2010 (302)...... 11 27.5 3. Conner Manning...... 2017 403 Donovan Harden...... 2014 7 2. Bo Schlechter...... 2010 44.52 3. 2015 (350)...... 13 26.9 4. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 375 6. Albert Wilson...... 2011 6 3. Brandon Wright...... 2017 44.41 5. Conner Manning...... 2016 373 LynQuez Blair...... 2014 6 4. Wil Lutz...... 2015 44.34 SACKS 6. Dan Ellington...... 2019 355 Keith Rucker...... 2015 6 5. Matt Hubbard...... 2012 43.07 Season...... G Sacks 7. Drew Little...... 2010 306 Robert Davis...... 2015 6 1. 2020...... 9 32.0 8. Dan Ellington...... 2018 292 Aubry Payne...... 2019 6 TACKLES 2. 2017...... 12 24.0 Player...... Year Tkls PASS COMPLETIONS Sam Pinckney...... 2020 6 3. 2011...... 11 21.0 1. Joseph Peterson...... 2015 116 2019...... 13 21.0 Player...... Year Comp ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 2. Joseph Peterson...... 2013 103 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 307 Player...... Year Yards 3. Tarris Batiste...... 2015 100 TURNOVERS GAINED 2. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 259 1. Albert Wilson...... 2013 2283 T. Stephens-McQueen. 2019 100 Season (Int/FR)...... G TO Conner Manning...... 2017 259 2. Albert Wilson...... 2012 1810 5. Joseph Peterson...... 2014 97 1. 2015 (15/7)...... 13 22 4. Dan Ellington...... 2019 227 4. Tra Barnett...... 2019 1455 Alonzo McGee...... 2016 97 2. 2011 (13/8)...... 11 21 5. Conner Manning...... 2016 207 5. Glenn Smith...... 2017 1378 7. Trey Payne...... 2014 88 3. 2016 (11/7)...... 12 18 6. Drew Little...... 2010 190 2020 (10/8)...... 9 18 7. Ronnie Bell...... 2013 188 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED INTERCEPTIONS 8. Dan Ellington...... 2018 174 Player...... Year TD Player...... Year Int 1. Tarris Batiste...... 2015 4 TOUCHDOWN PASSES 1. Tra Barnett...... 2019 12 2. Donald Russell...... 2011 9 Bryan Williams...... 2017 4 Player...... Year TD Albert Wilson...... 2013 9 3. Demazio Skelton...... 2012 3 1. Nick Arbuckle...... 2014 28 4. Albert Wilson...... 2012 8 Bobby Baker...... 2015 3 2. Nick Arbuckle...... 2015 23 Penny Hart...... 2015 8 Chandon Sullivan...... 2016 3 3. Dan Ellington...... 2019 22 Penny Hart...... 2017 8 Jerome Smith...... 2016 3 4. Drew Little...... 2010 18 GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES RECORDS UPDATE

2010: 6-5 Head Coach: Bill Curry Inaugural Season (Unclassified) ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att At-Yds TD Pass Cm-At TD-I Ply-TO At-Yds TD Pass Cm-At TD-I Ply-TO S. 2 Shorter (Thur.) hW 41-7 30,237 35-212 3 154 14-19 2-0 54-366 53-206 1 57 5-11 0-0 64-263 S. 11 Lambuth hL 14-23 12,647 17-91 1 92 8-18 1-4 35-183 50-184 2 126 19-26 0-1 76-310 S. 18 [6/5] Jacksonville State TV1 (ot) hL 27-34 16,128 22-112 3 227 25-40 0-1 62-339 39-167 3 283 24-32 1-0 71-450 S. 25 at Campbell aW 24-21 3,021 26-117 0 163 16-23 2-0 49-280 54-257 2 84 9-18 1-1 72-341 O. 2 Morehead State TV2 hW 37-10 15,264 40-152 1 289 22-33 4-2 73-441 21-50 0 230 27-44 1-2 65-280 O. 9 Savannah State hW 55-21 14,908 40-232 3 201 19-29 4-0 69-433 44-154 2 109 13-19 1-2 63-263 O. 16 N.C. Central (HC) (ot) hW 20-17 13,378 35-112 1 205 16-29 1-0 64-317 43-175 1 154 11-23 1-3 66-329 O. 23 at Old Dominion TV2 aL 20-34 19,782 23-58 1 419 33-55 1-0 78-477 43-229 3 152 22-38 1-0 81-381 O. 30 at South Alabama aL 34-39 23,446 19-46 3 234 21-35 2-2 54-280 49-293 1 181 12-24 3-0 73-474 N. 6 Lamar hW 23-17 14,689 27-133 0 189 22-36 2-1 63-322 29-84 0 273 19-36 1-1 65-357 N. 18 at [10/12] Alabama (Thur.) TV3 aL 7-63 101,621 32-91 0 74 5-17 0-4 49-165 45-262 4 216 19-22 3-0 67-478 TOTALS 302-286 316-1356 16 2247 201-334 19-14 650-3603 470-2061 19 1865 180-293 13-10 763-3926 Television Legend: TV1-CSS; TV2- Comcast Digital; TV3-ESPNU; National Rankings are Sports Network/FCS Coaches for FCS; AP/USA Today Coaches for FBS.

2011 • 3-8 Head Coach: Bill Curry Division I FCS Independent ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO S. 2 Clark Atlanta (Fri.) hW 41-7 26,273 37-146 2 196 13-18 3-0 55-342 38-140 0 107 10-17 1-2 55-247 S. 10 Old Dominion TV1 hL 17-40 11,701 35-85 2 206 16-44 0-3 79-291 54-282 3 126 13-21 1-0 75-408 S. 17 at [16/17] Jacksonville State TV1 aL 21-37 17,618 28-116 2 209 17-30 1-1 58-325 58-246 3 155 9-11 1-0 69-401 S. 24 at Houston TV1 aL 0-56 32,005 35-108 0 133 12-27 0-1 62-241 39-171 5 561 40-50 3-0 89-732 O. 18 Murray State hL 24-48 10,963 34-86 2 281 19-44 1-2 78-367 31-138 3 321 35-46 4-2 77-459 O. 15 at South Carolina State aL 13-23 11,517 45-244 1 76 6-20 0-3 65-320 47-155 2 213 16-30 0-0 77-368 O. 22 South Alabama (HC) (2ot) hW 27-20 14,086 43-220 1 209 12-15 2-0 58-429 50-178 0 145 14-30 2-4 80-323 O. 29 at UTSA TV2 (ot) aL 14-17 25,977 44-164 1 91 6-15 1-0 59-255 35-108 1 189 17-34 0-1 69-297 N. 5 St. Francis (Ill.) (ot) hL 27-30 11,565 32-158 1 197 14-24 2-1 56-355 42-258 1 217 21-33 2-1 75-475 N. 12 at West Alabama aL 23-30 6,253 31-219 2 228 19-37 1-2 68-447 54-222 2 166 15-21 1-2 75-388 N. 19 Campbell hW 42-35 11,125 50-301 2 213 13-22 4-1 72-514 30-88 4 250 21-32 1-1 62-338 Television Legend: TV1-CSS; TV2- Longhorn Network. National rankings are Sports Network/FCS Coaches.

2012 • 1-10, 1-7 CAA Head Coach: Bill Curry Division I FCS / First Year of FBS Transition ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 30 South Carolina State (Thur.) TV1 hL 6-33 18,921 30-99 0 130 14-28 0-1 58-229 49-188 0 300 19-29 3-2 78-488 S. 8 at Tennessee TV2 aL 13-51 87,821 41-87 1 176 18-41 0-1 82-263 43-184 3 374 22-28 4-1 71-558 S. 15 UTSA hL 14-38 11,496 23-86 0 221 11-25 2-3 48-307 54-225 3 217 18-25 2-0 79-442 S. 22 Richmond hL 14-35 9,476 36-159 1 231 23-37 1-3 73-390 39-144 4 254 21-32 1-0 71-398 S. 29 at William & Mary TV1 aL 3-35 11,125 35-92 0 157 13-26 0-4 61-249 57-312 5 101 8-13 0-0 70-413 O. 6 [14/17] New Hampshire hL 21-44 9,531 30-56 0 243 13-29 3-3 59-299 42-332 2 292 21-41 4-1 83-624 O. 13 at Rhode Island aW 41-7 6,013 34-274 3 217 15-27 2-0 61-491 31-104 0 184 17-35 1-1 66-288 O. 20 [24/rv] Villanova (HC) hL 24-49 12,136 29-79 1 230 23-41 2-2 70-309 53-343 2 127 11-15 3-1 68-470 O. 27 at [9/10] James Madison aL 21-28 22,813 38-173 1 175 23-38 2-0 76-348 42-221 2 119 11-23 1-1 65-340 N. 3 [5/5] Old Dominion hL 27-53 12,293 31-52 2 303 17-37 1-2 68-355 47-205 4 351 28-42 3-3 89-556 N. 10 at Maine TV3 aL 7-51 2,979 33-59 0 154 12-30 1-4 63-213 48-332 2 262 11-17 4-0 65-594 Television Legend: TV1-CSS; TV2-ESPN3/PPV; TV3-WABI, Bangor, Me. National rankings are Sports Network/FCS Coaches.

2013 • 0-12, 0-7 Sun Belt Head Coach: Trent Miles Division I FBS / Second Year of FBS Transition ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 30 Samford (Fri.) TV1 hL 21-31 17,606 25-72 0 391 28-51 3-2 76-463 36-105 1 193 19-31 1-1 67-298 S. 7 Chattanooga TV1 hL 14-42 14,952 17-30 0 273 17-35 2-0 52-303 60-401 2 108 11-15 2-0 75-509 S. 14 at West Virginia TV2 aL 7-41 57,440 33-136 1 84 8-18 0-0 51-220 42-245 2 359 25-41 3-1 83-604 S. 21 Jacksonville State TV1 (ot) hL 26-32 15,425 42-150 0 250 16-42 2-1 84-400 44-122 4 339 18-32 0-0 76-461 O. 5 at Alabama (1/1) TV3 aL 3-45 101,254 22-15 0 160 12-22 0-0 44-175 30-181 1 296 29-34 5-0 64-477 O. 12 Troy (HC) TV4 hL 28-35 17,732 26-52 0 370 22-50 4-1 76-422 59-249 2 385 25-43 3-2 102-634 O. 19 at Texas State TV4 aL 17-24 15,684 35-160 1 208 20-36 1-1 71-368 42-296 3 47 5-12 0-1 54-343 O. 26 at UL Monroe TV1 aL 10-38 11,357 33-136 0 108 12-31 0-3 64-244 38-225 1 309 30-44 4-0 82-534 N. 2 Western Kentucky TV4 hL 28-44 15,212 27-85 2 325 26-41 2-2 68-410 46-203 4 241 18-29 2-1 75-444 N. 16 UL Lafayette TV1 hL 21-35 14,415 39-183 1 298 26-44 2-1 83-481 46-248 1 234 10-16 4-0 62-482 N. 23 at Arkansas State TV1 aL 33-35 18,512 40-184 2 248 14-26 2-0 66-432 45-138 1 152 14-19 2-0 64-290 N. 30 South Alabama TV1 hL 17-38 13,697 25-24 2 321 17-34 0-1 59-345 54-242 4 280 19-30 1-0 84-522 Television Legend: TV1-ESPN3; TV2-ROOT Sports; TV3-SEC TV; TV4-Sun Belt Network/CSS; National rankings are AP/USA Today Coaches.

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2014 • 1-11, 0-8 Sun Belt Head Coach: Trent Miles Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 27 Abilene Christian (Wed.) TV1 hW 38-37 10,140 33-153 1 413 31-49 4-2 82-566 36-95 0 403 30-40 4-1 76-498 S. 6 New Mexico State TV2 hL 31-34 10,126 39-162 3 294 21-37 1-2 76-456 41-194 0 241 25-44 3-1 85-435 S. 13 Air Force TV2 hL 38-48 16,836 26-118 3 414 26-42 2-1 68-532 65-315 4 224 12-15 2-0 80-539 S. 20 at Washington (rv/rv/na) TV3 aL 14-45 64,608 41-68 0 205 22-34 2-3 75-273 41-182 2 154 19-27 3-0 68-336 O. 4 at UL Lafayette TV2 aL 31-34 24,616 37-138 4 287 20-31 0-0 68-425 32-195 3 266 24-31 2-0 63-461 O. 11 Arkansas State (HC) TV2 hL 10-52 10,196 34-71 1 198 20-39 0-1 73-269 53-384 4 234 22-30 3-0 83-618 O. 18 at South Alabama TV2 aL 27-30 13,186 37-90 1 311 23-40 3-0 77-401 54-321 1 126 11-32 2-0 86-447 O. 25 Georgia Southern TV2 hL 31-69 28,427 23-47 0 408 24-38 4-1 61-455 63-613 10 47 5-6 0-0 69-660 N. 1 at Appalachian State TV2 aL 0-44 22,643 26-8 0 54 9-19 0-1 45-62 66-469 6 98 9-14 0-0 80-567 N. 8 at Troy TV2 aL 21-45 16,418 34-101 0 293 23-37 3-2 71-394 45-324 5 116 18-22 1-0 67-440 N. 22 at Clemson (rv/rv/22) TV4 aL 0-28 77,693 33-40 0 115 13-33 0-3 66-155 43-209 3 148 21-33 1-1 76-357 N. 29 Texas State TV2 hL 31-54 14,312 27-160 0 356 32-47 4-2 74-516 43-340 3 267 26-32 2-0 75-607 Television Legend: TV1-ESPNU; TV2- ESPN3; TV3-Pac-12 Network; TV4-RSN. Rankings are AP/USA Today/CF Playoff 2015 • 6-7, 5-3 Sun Belt/4th (AutoNation Cure Bowl) Head Coach: Trent Miles Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO S. 4 Charlotte (Fri.) TV1 hL 20-23 10,252 26-93 0 299 25-43 2-1 69-392 54-164 0 244 19-32 1-2 86-408 S. 12 at New Mexico State TV2 aW 34-32 27,201 46-210 2 372 32-43 2-1 89-582 23-84 1 445 31-55 3-1 78-529 S. 19 at Oregon (12/13) TV3 aL 28-61 56,859 36-113 1 318 25-40 3-2 76-431 53-311 3 228 23-31 2-0 84-539 O. 3 Liberty (18-FCS) (HC) TV2 hL 33-41 11,512 14-11 1 394 18-29 3-1 43-405 49-260 5 242 26-33 0-0 82-502 O. 10 Appalachian State TV2 hL 3-37 10,101 21-59 0 166 21-39 0-1 60-225 41-184 0 314 21-28 3-1 69-498 O. 17 at Ball State TV2 aW 31-19 7,564 32-33 3 412 28-39 1-0 71-445 40-154 0 218 28-48 2-1 88-372 O. 31 at Arkansas State TV2 aL 34-48 18,217 32-101 1 390 23-43 2-1 75-491 52-296 4 224 21-29 3-2 81-520 N. 7 UL Lafayette TV2 hL 21-23 10,007 29-78 0 312 23-39 3-1 68-390 41-145 0 162 18-27 1-1 68-307 N. 14 at Texas State TV2 aW 41-19 13,238 37-172 1 471 23-35 4-2 72-643 32-186 1 267 29-52 1-2 84-453 N. 21 South Alabama TV2 hW 24-10 10,033 34-73 2 311 27-44 1-0 78-394 34-157 1 125 14-34 0-1 68-282 N. 27 Troy (Fri.) TV2 hW 31-21 10,113 43-151 2 368 29-41 2-0 84-519 25-81 1 193 21-46 2-1 71-374 D. 5 at Georgia Southern TV2 aW 34-7 23,401 37-143 2 346 20-32 3-1 69-489 44-135 1 68 6-19 0-2 63-203 D. 19 San Jose State * TV4 nL 16-27 18,536 20-23 0 208 14-29 2-1 49-231 54-197 1 89 10-19 1-1 73-286 * AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Television Legend: TV1-ESPNU; TV2- ESPN3; TV3-Pac-12; Network; TV4-CBS Sports Network. FBS rankings are AP/Coaches

2016 • 3-9, 2-6 Sun Belt Head Coach: Trent Miles (2-8)/Tim Lappano (1-1) Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO S. 2 Ball State (Fri.) TV1 hL 21-31 12,233 25-77 1 195 25-40 1-1 65-272 52-325 4 130 15-29 0-2 81-455 S. 10 at Air Force TV2 aL 14-48 24,173 14-27 1 142 9-27 1-0 41-169 83-464 5 67 3-9 0-0 92-531 S. 17 at Wisconsin (9/12) TV3 aL 17-23 79,883 24-33 1 269 20-30 1-0 54-302 49-187 1 213 18-30 1-1 79-400 O. 1 at Appalachian State TV1 aL 3-17 24,782 25-88 0 153 19-44 0-4 69-241 48-218 1 143 13-25 1-1 73-361 O. 8 Texas State TV4 hW 41-21 13,179 37-196 3 340 27-40 2-0 77-536 41-120 2 300 27-47 1-2 88-420 O. 15 at Troy TV4 aL 21-31 23,913 24-37 0 381 28-52 3-2 76-418 43-128 1 235 20-36 2-1 79-363 O. 22 UT Martin (HC) TV4 hW 31-6 15,223 39-166 1 119 8-16 1-2 55-285 31-110 0 210 20-40 0-3 71-320 O. 29 at South Alabama TV4 aL 10-13 11,565 40-127 1 113 11-18 0-0 58-240 43-182 1 124 15-27 0-1 70-306 N. 3 Arkansas State (Thur.) TV5 hL 16-31 13,363 31-94 0 237 22-46 1-2 77-331 41-93 2 212 15-35 0-0 76-305 N. 12 UL Monroe TV4 hL 23-37 13,106 26-42 0 422 19-30 3-0 56-464 54-264 5 193 17-31 0-0 85-457 N. 19 Georgia Southern TV4 hW 30-24 23,513 27-73 2 318 21-39 2-0 66-391 46-241 3 122 14-26 0-0 72-363 D. 3 at Idaho TV4 aL 12-37 11,242 24-92 0 266 22-37 2-4 61-358 45-149 0 138 16-20 3-0 65-287 Television Legend: TV1-American Sports Network/ESPN3; TV2-Mountain West Network-Campus Insiders; TV3-Big Ten Network; TV4-ESPN3; TV5-ESPNU FBS rankings are AP/Coaches

2017 • 7-5, 5-3 Sun Belt/4th (AutoNation Cure Bowl) Head Coach: Shawn Elliott Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 31 Tennessee State (Thur.) TV1 hL 10-17 24,333 29-49 0 224 18-23 1-1 52-273 42-238 2 145 12-25 0-0 67-383 S. 16 at Penn State (5/5) TV2 aL 0-56 102,746 49-150 0 170 18-32 0-3 81-320 24-166 3 360 21-29 5-0 53-526 S. 23 at Charlotte TV3 aW 28-0 11,029 40-119 2 250 26-37 1-0 77-369 34-94 0 179 16-29 0-2 63-273 O. 7 at Coastal Carolina TV1 aW 27-21 15,991 40-91 2 273 18-30 1-1 70-364 32-127 0 239 18-26 3-0 58-366 O. 14 at UL Monroe TV1 aW 47-37 12,578 41-224 2 446 26-35 4-0 76-670 37-117 1 314 23-37 3-0 74-431 O. 21 Troy (HC) TV1 hL 10-34 15,388 33-52 0 255 25-40 1-1 73-307 22-122 2 335 25-36 2-1 58-457 O. 26 South Alabama (Thur.) TV4 hW 21-13 12,125 34-114 1 195 17-31 2-0 65-309 23-41 0 297 27-48 1-2 71-338 N. 4 Georgia Southern TV1 aW 21-17 18,722 49-24 0 319 22-37 2-1 61-368 50-197 1 147 22-28 1-0 78-344 N. 11 Texas State TV1 aW 33-30 14,017 41-162 1 368 26-40 2-0 81-530 25-75 1 315 35-55 3-1 80-390 N. 25 Appalachian State TV1 hL 10-31 13,154 26-91 1 201 22-35 0-1 61-292 46-323 2 107 15-23 2-2 69-430 D. 2 Idaho TV1 hL 10-24 14,163 39-164 1 271 27-45 0-1 84-435 40-147 2 228 16-30 1-0 70-375 D. 16 Western Kentucky * TV5 nW 27-17 19,585 43-143 2 276 20-28 1-0 71-419 21-(-2) 0 351 26-40 2-2 61-349 * AutoNation Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Television Legend: TV1-ESPN3; TV2-Big Ten Network. TV3-WCCB-TV/WPCH-TV/CUSA.tv. TV4-ESPNU.; TV5- CBS Sports Network FBS rankings are AP/Coaches

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2018 • 2-10, 1-7 Sun Belt/5th-East Head Coach: Shawn Elliott Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 30 Kennesaw State [5/5 FCS] (Thur.) TV1 hW 24-20 23,088 38-128 0 187 20-28 3-0 66-315 51-181 1 201 12-19 1-1 70-382 S. 8 at NC State TV2 aL 7-41 56,017 31-107 1 242 19-34 0-0 65-349 31-115 3 426 32-39 2-1 70-541 S. 14 at Memphis (Fri.) TV3 aL 22-59 27,768 43-173 2 139 19-34 0-1 77-312 35-410 3 269 19-27 5-1 62-679 S. 22 Western Michigan TV1 hL 15-34 15,264 30-58 2 285 19-29 0-1 59-343 45-294 1 234 20-25 3-0 70-528 S. 29 ULM TV1 hW 46-14 14,368 56-308 4 179 15-18 1-0 74-487 20-125 2 137 20-34 0-2 54-262 O. 4 at Troy (Thur.) TV4 aL 20-37 22,903 35-116 1 272 20-36 1-0 71-388 38-340 2 217 19-25 3-1 62-554 O. 18 at Arkansas State (Thur.) TV4 aL 35-51 18,176 43-123 1 299 20-33 4-0 76-422 37-273 3 257 17-28 3-0 65-530 O. 27 Coastal Carolina (HC) TV1 hL 34-37 15,648 35-280 4 231 24-25 1-0 59-521 48-251 3 225 13-18 1-0 66-476 N. 3 Texas State TV1 hL 31-40 11,312 43-221 3 224 21-40 1-0 83-445 36-190 4 325 21-26 2-0 62-489 N. 10 at Louisiana TV1 aL 22-36 14,945 43-252 2 121 10-21 1-1 64-373 38-355 4 170 16-23 1-0 61-525 N. 18 at Appalachian State TV1 aL 17-45 22,315 34-197 1 132 10-21 1-2 55-329 39-228 2 296 22-26 3-0 65-524 N. 24 Georgia Southern TV1 hL 14-35 20,011 32-94 0 170 20-33 2-1 55-264 41-276 2 105 8-11 2-0 52-381 Television Legend: TV1-ESPN+; TV2-ACC RSN; TV3-ESPN; TV4-ESPNU

2019 • 7-6, 4-4 Sun Belt/3rd-East (NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl) Head Coach: Shawn Elliott Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO A. 31 at Tennessee TV1 aW 38-30 85,503 53-213 3 139 11-24 2-0 77-352 31-93 1 311 26-40 2-1 71-404 S. 7 Furman [11/17 FCS] TV2 hW 48-42 20,351 39-204 1 362 29-37 5-0 76-566 41-215 2 311 16-26 4-1 67-526 S. 14 at Western Michigan TV3 aL 10-57 22,328 41-210 0 126 11-25 1-2 66-336 44-450 7 244 16-21 1-0 65-694 S. 21 at Texas State TV3 (3ot) aL 34-37 15,803 53-204 1 219 24-40 3-1 93-423 50-221 3 129 16-25 0-0 75-350 O. 5 Arkansas State (HC) TV3 hW 52-38 16,109 58-340 6 382 29-41 1-0 99-722 22-115 1 306 22-34 4-2 56-421 O. 12 at Coastal Carolina TV3 aW 31-21 17,249 56-350 3 122 16-24 1-1 80-472 27-105 0 217 19-31 2-0 58-322 O. 19 Army TV3 hW 28-21 21,720 32-147 1 232 20-28 3-0 60-379 61-278 3 65 6-11 0-1 72-343 O. 26 Troy TV3 hW 52-33 14,527 57-390 5 189 18-25 2-1 82-579 23-96 3 421 34-46 2-0 69-517 N. 9 at ULM TV3 aL 31-45 13,213 53-414 4 122 13-28 0-0 81-536 46-299 3 291 24-33 3-1 79-590 N. 16 Appalachian State [RV/24/25] TV1 hL 27-56 17,908 31-186 2 138 15-32 1-2 63-324 46-280 3 273 21-34 4-1 80-553 N. 23 South Alabama TV3 hW 28-15 12,501 48-176 2 208 21-27 2-1 75-384 39-108 0 218 12-25 2-1 64-326 N. 30 at Georgia Southern TV3 aL 10-38 15,175 37-108 1 182 18-27 0-0 64-290 47-279 5 73 7-10 0-0 57-352 D. 31 Wyoming * TV4 nL 17-38 36,892 38-199 1 156 13-27 1-1 65-355 47-290 2 234 11-26 3-1 73-524 Television Legend: TV1-ESPNU; TV2-ESPN3; TV3-ESPN+; TV4-CBS Sports Network. FBS Rankings are AP/Coaches/CFP. Captains: Hunter Atkinson, Ed Curney, Dan Ellington, Remy Lazarus

2020 • 5-4, 4-4 Sun Belt Head Coach: Shawn Elliott Division I FBS ——— OFFENSE ——— ——— DEFENSE ——— Date Opponent Result Att Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO Rush-Yds TD Pass Cm-Att TD-I Ply-TO S. 3 Murray State CANCELED S. 12 at Alabama CANCELED S. 19 Louisiana [19/21] TV2 (ot) hL 31-34 4,126 52-223 3 196 22-39 1-1 91-419 39-240 3 279 21-37 2-2 76-519 S. 26 at Charlotte POSTPONED O. 3 East Carolina TV3 hW 49-29 3,823 44-247 3 238 18-28 3-2 72-485 26-50 1 236 29-52 0-3 78-286 O. 15 at Arkansas State (Thur.) TV1 aL 52-59 5,496 41-269 3 314 18-35 3-0 76-583 39-58 0 551 40-57 8-0 96-609 O. 24 at Troy TV3 aW 36-34 12,000 56-210 2 169 20-30 2-1 86-379 19-40 0 407 32-48 3-2 67-447 O. 31 Coastal Carolina [20/21] TV3 hL 0-51 3,642 28-76 0 30 6-12 0-1 40-106 47-250 3 280 21-29 4-0 76-530 N. 7 ULM TV4 hW 52-34 2,921 49-263 4 241 20-32 3-0 81-504 27-85 2 339 26-42 3-1 69-424 N. 14 at Appalachian State TV5 aL 13-17 2,100 38-148 0 152 11-33 1-0 71-300 47-131 1 179 19-26 1-1 73-310 N. 21 at South Alabama TV3 aW 31-14 5,224 44-222 4 334 19-28 0-3 72-556 37-113 2 211 25-43 0-0 80-324 N. 28 Georgia Southern TV4 hW 30-24 4,523 36-55 2 372 28-39 1-1 75-427 47-296 3 74 6-10 0-1 57-370 Television Legend: TV1-ESPN; TV2-ESPN2; TV3-ESPNU; TV4-ESPN3; TV5-ESPN+; FBS Rankings are AP/Coaches/CFP.

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LOUISIANA 34, GEORGIA STATE 31 (OT) Lewis was intercepted again on third play of the INTERCEPTIONS second half as linebacker Victor Heyward grabbed LA: Garner,Mekhi 1-0. Game 1: Sept. 19, 2020 • 12 p.m. (ESPN2) a tipped ball at the GSU 34 to set up another GSU: White, Quavian 1-14; Heyward, Victor 1-8. Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. touchdown drive. Carter made a nice 25-yard reception down to the LA 4, and true freshman Georgia State got a career-high 150 yards Marcus Carroll’s 2-yard run put the Panthers’ ahead GEORGIA STATE 49, EAST CAROLINA 29 rushing from Destin Coates, but the Panthers fell to 21-7 less than five minutes into the third quarter. No. 19 Louisiana 34-31 in overtime in their season Elijah Mitchell led Ragin’ Cajuns with 164 yards Game 2: Oct. 3, 2020 • 12 p.m. (ESPNU) opener at Center Parc Stadium. rushing and two touchdowns. Lewis was 21-for-37 Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. Coates, the junior from Tallahassee, Fla., scored for 279 yards and two scores. the tying touchdown on a 4-yard run with 7:37 On the first start for his quarterback, Elliott said, Cornelious Brown IV passed for 238 yards and to play, knotting the score at 28-all, and then the “I thought he managed our team very well. He took three touchdowns, two of them to Sam Pinckney, GSU (0-1, 0-1 Sun Belt) defense came up with a the opportunity in the run game when he had as Georgia State scored 35 first-half points en route huge stop to force overtime. The Panthers went it and made positive yardage. He’s going to learn to a 49-29 win over East Carolina Saturday at Center on offense first but had to settle for Noel Ruiz’s from his mistakes, just like everyone else, and we’re Parc Stadium. 25-yard field goal, and then Elijah Mitchell’s 12-yard going to learn from our mistakes as coaches. I told The Georgia State (1-1) defense did not allow a touchdown run gave Louisiana (2-0, 1-0 Sun Belt) everybody in that locker room that I’m damn proud touchdown as the Pirates’ three touchdowns came the win. to be their football coach. We would have liked to on a pick-six, a fake field goal and a blocked punt. Still, there were numerous positives for the make another play to get that win, but it didn’t The Panthers held ECU (0-2) to 292 total yards, Panthers in their season opener. happen today.” including just 50 yards rushing, the fewest rushing “It’s a disappointing loss, but to play that yards allowed by the GSU defense since holding team the way we did and have the opportunity LOUISIANA...... 0 7 14 7 6 — 34 WKU to a school-record minus-2 yards in the 2017 to win at the end, I’m very proud of our football GEORGIA STATE...... 7 7 7 7 3 — 31 AutoNation Cure Bowl and the third-lowest total team,” head coach Shawn Elliott said. “I’m most overall. disappointed that we didn’t win because we had SCORING SUMMARY The defense came up with three interceptions, every opportunity to win the football game. I 1st 3:30 GSU - Brown, C. 12 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 7-70 2:22 highlighted by a pick-six by redshirt freshman feel like we got worn down a little bit there in the 2nd 13:25 GSU - Carter, Roger 28 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, Antavious Lane, along with nine tackles behind the second half, offensively and defensively, and some Noel kick), 10-90 2:53 line of scrimmage, including four sacks, as well as drives we didn’t capitalize on like we should have. 1:33 LA - Smith,Chris 18 yd pass from Lewis,Levi eight pass breakups. We had a chance to end it right there in regulation (Snyder,Nate kick), 9-80 1:43 “I think our defense was phenomenal today,” but we didn’t finish the drive. I thought we had 3rd 10:49 GSU - Carroll, Marcus 2 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 9-66 head coach Shawn Elliott said. “We just put the controlled the line of scrimmage for the most part 3:05 pressure on them all day long. It seemed like they of the game, and I thought we could do it there, but 6:15 LA - Lacy,Kyren 4 yd pass from Lewis,Levi had no answer for our defensive line and our we came up short and had to punt it back to them. (Snyder,Nate kick), 7-86 4:26 pressure. It was fun to see. Even when we struggled “We got to overtime, and when you don’t stick 3:02 LA - Mitchell,Elijah 59 yd run (Snyder,Nate kick), 5-77 offensively in the third quarter, the defense it in on that first drive, you’ve got to hold on tight,” 2:16 continued to pick us up. Just a phenomenal day on Elliott continued. “Hats off to them, they’re a good 4th 11:54 LA - Ragas,Trey 2 yd run (Snyder,Nate kick), 4-63 1:46 their part.” football team and they played hard. It was a really 7:37 GSU - Coates, Destin 4 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 13-75 Pinckney finished with a career-high 134 yards good ball game, and I’m very proud of our players. 4:17 on seven catches, including scoring plays of 38 and Disappointed with the loss, but this Georgia State OT 1 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 25 yd field goal, 5-17 0:00 13 yards. team has a chance to be a really good football LA - Mitchell,Elijah 12 yd run, 4-25 0:00 The Panthers piled up 248 of their 486 yards on team.” Attendance–4,126 the ground, including a second straight 100-yard Georgia State jumped to a 14-0 lead early in effort by Destin Coates (115 yards, 2 TD) and 78 the second quarter and took a 21-7 lead early in TEAM STATISTICS LA GSU yards rushing on just three carries by slot receiver the third before Louisiana scored three straight FIRST DOWNS ...... 23 26 Terrance Dixon. touchdowns to take a 28-21 on a 2-yard scoring run RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 39-240 52-223 Georgia State’s 35 first-half points are a program by Trey Ragas with 11:54 to play. PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 279 196 record for points in a half. After East Carolina scored But the Panthers answered with a 13-play, Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 37-21-2 39-22-1 on Warren Saba’s 28-yard interception return on the 75-yard drive directed by Cornelious Brown IV, TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 76-519 91-419 first play of the game, the Panthers reeled off four the redshirt freshman making his first start under Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 straight touchdowns and took a 35-13 lead into the center. Brown hit senior Matlin Marshall for an Punt Returns-Yards ...... 6-9 3-14 locker room. 18-yard completion to the Louisiana 13-yard line, Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 4-83 1-22 The Panthers responded immediately to their and then Coates carried three straight times for the Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-0 2-22 game-opening miscue as Brown directed a 5-play, touchdown and the tie. Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 7-45.0 9-39.2 75-yard scoring drive in just 1:24, capped by Coates’ After an exchange of punts, Louisiana took over Fumbles-Lost ...... 3-0 2-1 13-yard touchdown run. After the defense forced at the GSU 45 with 2:39 to play, but the Panther Penalties-Yards ...... 4-54 6-38 a three-and-out, Georgia State needed just 23 defense held as Hardrick Willis and Jeffery Clark Possession Time ...... 29:50 30:10 seconds to take the lead for good. Coates rushed 23 combined to sack a scrambling Levi Lewis on Third-Down Conversions ...... 3 of 14 8 of 20 yards to the ECU 28, and then Brown hit Pinckney 4th-and-4. Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 2 0 of 0 for a 38-yard touchdown, and the Panthers led 14-7 Georgia State took over at the Louisiana 46 but Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 4-4 4-4 just four minutes into the game. couldn’t convert on third down and had to punt Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 2-17 2-18 “You throw a pick-six on the first play of the and settle for overtime. RUSHING game, but no one on that sideline blinked an eye, Coates was a workhorse throughout the game, and that was great to see from our team, and tying the GSU record with 34 carries. LA: Mitchell, Elijah 16-164; Ragas,Trey 8-44; Smith,Chris 9-26; especially from our young quarterback” Elliott said. Brown completed 22 of 39 passes for 196 yards Lewis, Levi 6-6. Another three-and-out for the GSU defense, and with one touchdown and one interception. He also GSU: Coates, Destin 34-150; Brown, C. 15-64; Gregg, Tucker another Panther touchdown followed. This drive rushed for 64 yards on 15 attempts, including a 1-5; Carroll, Marcus 2-4. covered 61 yards on nine plays, capped by Brown’s 12-yard scoring run that capped the Panthers’ first PASSING 22-yard TD pass to Jamari Thrash for a 21-7 lead. touchdown drive and gave GSU a 7-0 lead with Georgia State started the second quarter with three minutes to play in the first quarter. After the LA: Lewis,Levi 21-37-2-279. a 77-yard scoring drive on which Tucker Gregg GSU defense forced a punt, Brown engineered a GSU: Brown, C. 22-39-1-196. covered the four yards for his first touchdown of 90-yard drive, hitting tight end Roger Carter for a RECEIVING the season and a 28-7 advantage with 12:45 to play 28-yard touchdown and a 14-0 advantage early in LA: Fleming, Dontae 4-81; LeBlanc, Peter 4-48; Lacy, Kyren in the half. the second quarter. 3-57; Smith,Chris 3-29; Williams,Jalen 2-23; Mitchell, Elijah After an ECU field goal, the Panthers next Louisiana got on the board on Lewis’ 18-yard 2-4; Pauley, Devon 1-19; Lumpkin, Johnny 1-10; Bergeron, score was set up by Trajan Stephens-McQueen’s TD pass to Chris Smith with 1:33 left in the second Hunter interception at the ECU 44. Brown found Cornelius quarter and was driving again late in the half GSU: Dixon, Terrance 4-34; Pinckney, Sam 4-21; Coates, Destin McCoy for 26 yards to the 18, and three plays later when Quavian White intercepted Lewis at the GSU 4-21; Carter, Roger 2-53; McCoy, C. 2-15; Thrash, Jamari he hit Pinckney for the 13-yard touchdown with 15-yard line to send the Panthers to locker room 2-10; Payne, Aubry 2-5; Thompson, C. 1-19; Marshall, M. five minutes left in the half. with a 14-7 lead. 1-18. The GSU offense endured a sluggish third

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quarter, including two turnovers, but the defense GSU: Pinckney, Sam 7-134; McCoy, C. 7-59; Dixon, Terrance After an Arkansas State touchdown, Georgia allowed just one field goal as the Panthers led 35-16 2-16; Thrash, Jamari 1-22; Payne, Aubry 1-7. State tied the game early in the second quarter as going into the final period. defensive end Jordan Strachan stripped Bonner INTERCEPTIONS That’s when Lane, the redshirt freshman safety, and Blake Carroll scooped up the fumble and stepped in front of Holton Ahlers’ pass at the ECU ECU: SABA, Warren 1-28; McMillian, Ja’Q 1-0. returned it 74 yards for a touchdown. It was the first 34-yard line and raced to the end zone, giving the GSU: Lane, Antavious 1-34; Stephens-McQueen 1-0; White, fumble returned for a touchdown since Chandon Panthers a 42-16 advantage. Quavian 1-minus 1. Sullivan returned one against Georgia Southern in East Carolina made things interesting with 2017. It was the second-longest fumble recovered consecutive touchdowns on a fake field goal, for a touchdown in program history, only trailing which resulted in a 31-yard scoring run, and then ARKANSAS STATE 59, GEORGIA STATE 52 Robert Ferguson’s 88-yard return against ULM in a blocked punt that was returned for a 29-yard TD, 2013. pulling within 42-29. Game 3: Thur., Oct. 15, 2020 • 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Bonner once again gave Arkansas State the lead But the GSU defense came up with one more big • Jonesboro, Ark. with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Adams stop, holding ECU on 4th-and-9 at their own 38-yard with six minutes to play in the half, Brown answered line with three minutes to play. The Panthers added In one of the highest scoring games in Sun Belt with an 11-yard touchdown run just 90 seconds their final score on Coates’ 5-yard touchdown run. Conference annals, Georgia State and Arkansas later, knotting the game at 21 with four minutes to State combined for 111 points and 1,192 yards of play in the first half. offense, but it was a late touchdown by the Red Hatcher found Green again for a 20-yard EAST CAROLINA...... 7 6 3 13 — 29 Wolves that gave the home team a 59-52 win over GEORGIA STATE...... 21 14 0 14 — 49 touchdown completion with 48 seconds remaining the Panthers in an ESPN Thursday night game at in the half to go ahead 28-21. However, the Centennial Bank Stadium. SCORING SUMMARY Panthers had enough time answer remaining as Redshirt-freshman quarterback Cornelious Brown found Pinckney on a 21-yard scoring pass to 1st 14:54 ECU - Saba, Warren 28 yd interception return (Verity, Brown IV passed for 314 yards and three Jake kick) send the teams into the locker room tied at 28-all. touchdowns, all to sophomore Sam Pinckney, and Pinckney gave the Panthers their first lead of 13:30 GSU - Coates, Destin 13 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 5-75 rushed for 83 yards and two more scores for the 1:24 the game just 90 seconds into the second half on Panthers. His five touchdowns responsible for tied a 36-yard competition from Brown, set up by a 11:02 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 38 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, the GSU record. Noel kick), 2-61 0:23 fourth-down stop by the GSU defense. Pinckney finished with six catches for a career- The Red Wolves scored touchdowns on 7:19 GSU - Thrash, Jamari 22 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, high 146 yards, and his three touchdown catches Noel kick), 9-61 3:07 consecutive possessions to take a 42-35 lead, but are one shy of the school record. It was the second- Gregg’s 7-yard touchdown run tied the game at 2nd 12:45 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 4 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 7-77 straight 100-yard game for Pinckney, who has 3:03 42-42 with 4:44 to play in the third quarter. caught five TDs in the last two games. After Blake Grupe kicked a 39-yard field goal to 7:44 ECU - Verity, Jake 34 yd field goal, 11-57 5:01 With GSU playing without the Sun Belt’s 5:26 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 13 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, give Arkansas State a 45-42 lead, Pinckney caught leading rusher Destin Coates and top his third touchdown catch of the game six seconds Noel kick), 5-44 1:37 Cornelius McCoy, junior Tucker Gregg stepped up 0:00 ECU - Verity, Jake 40 yd field goal, 13-54 5:26 into the fourth quarter, a 31-yard completion from with 14 rushes for 142 yards, breaking the century Brown, to give GSU a 49-45 lead. 3rd 0:05 ECU - Verity, Jake 48 yd field goal, 7-29 3:09 mark for the first time in his career on his 21st 4th 1 3:12 GSU - Lane, Antavious 34 yd interception return Hatcher found Jonathan Adams on a 32-yard birthday. completion as the Red Wolves went back ahead (Ruiz, Noel kick) “Sam and Tucker were workhorses tonight,” head 10:30 ECU - Snead, Tyler 31 yd run (Verity, Jake kick), 7-65 52-49 with 12:40 to play. coach Shawn Elliott said. “The great thing about us After a 29-yard field goal by Noel Ruiz tied the 2:42 offensively is that we spread the ball around to a 8:07 ECU - Proehl, Blake 29 yd blocked punt return game at 52-52, Arkansas State took the lead for number of people. If one guy goes down, we feel good on Paul’s touchdown pass to Pare. (Verity, Jake kick failed) like we have another guy right there who can step 0:23 GSU - Coates, Destin 5 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 6-37 up.” 2:38 The Panthers (1-2, 0-2 Sun Belt) rushed for 269 GEORGIA STATE...... 7 21 14 10 — 52 Attendance–3,823 yards as part of their 583 total yards of offense. ARKANSAS STATE...... 14 14 17 14 — 59 “It’s a disappointing loss,” Elliott said. “The effort TEAM STATISTICS ECU GSU SCORING SUMMARY FIRST DOWNS ...... 19 21 is there. We played our hearts out against a good Arkansas State team and came up short. We’re 1st 12:58 ASU - Tyler, Reed 3 yd pass from Bonner, Logan RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 26-50 44-247 (Grupe, Blake kick), 3-5 0:50 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 236 238 dealing with situations we have no control over, and you have to roll with the punches. Tonight we 4:34 GSU - Brown, C. 35 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 5-99 1:48 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 52-29-3 28-18-2 3:20 ASU - Green, Dahu 49 yd pass from Hatcher, Layne TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 78-286 72-485 were short a few players and a coach (defensive coordinator Nate Fuqua) and came out on the short (Grupe, Blake kick), 3-66 1:03 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-(-3) 0-0 2nd 12:11 GSU - Carroll, Blake 74 yd fumble recovery (Ruiz, Punt Returns-Yards ...... 2-55 0-0 end of things.” Arkansas State (3-2, 1-1) was led by the Noel kick) Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 6-99 0-0 6:00 ASU - Adams, Jonathan 42 yd pass from Bonner, Interception Returns-Yards ...... 2-28 3-33 quarterback combo of Layne Hatcher and Logan Bonner. Hatcher finished 21-of-28 for 332 yards and Logan (Grupe, Blake kick), 7-81 2:03 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 6-39.7 6-35.7 4:29 GSU - Brown, C. 11 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 4-75 1:31 Fumbles-Lost ...... 0-0 3-1 four touchdowns, while Bonner went 18-of-28 for 197 yards and three TD passes. 0:48 ASU - Green, Dahu 20 yd pass from Hatcher, Layne Penalties-Yards ...... 11-97 9-92 (Grupe, Blake kick), 11-75 3:41 Possession Time ...... 33:05 26:55 The Red Wolves scored the winning touchdown on a trick play, with Rashauud Paul hitting Lincoln 0:14 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 21 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, Third-Down Conversions ...... 5 of 17 7 of 15 Noel kick), 5-75 0:34 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 3 0 of 0 Pare for a 22-yard touchdown pass on a reverse with 4:23 to play. 3rd 13:30 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 36 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 2-2 5-5 Noel kick), 2-39 0:30 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 0-0 4-25 The Panthers drove to the Arkansas State 41, but Brown’s fourth-down pass was just out of 8:21 ASU - Bowling, B. 16 yd pass from Bonner, Logan RUSHING Pinckney’s reach down the right sideline with two (Grupe, Blake kick), 11-75 5:09 6:21 ASU - Pare, Lincoln 8 yd pass from Hatcher, Layne ECU: Snead, Tyler 1-31; Hayden, Chase 7-20; Garcia, Mason minutes left. (Grupe, Blake kick), 3-53 0:46 1-10; Pinnix, Darius 6-1; Harris, Rahjai 4-1; Mitchell, Ktn 1-0; Jonathan Adams led the Red Wolves’ receivers 0:44 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 7 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 6-75 Ahlers, Holton 6-minus 13. with 15 catches for 177 yards and two TD catches, 1:37 GSU: Coates, Destin 23-113; Dixon, Terrance 3-78; Brown, C. while Dahu Green added nine catches for 172 yards 2:36 ASU - Grupe, Blake 39 yd field goal, 8-51 2:05 6-26; Carroll, Marcus 8-25; Gregg, Tucker 4-5. and a pair of scores. Arkansas State took an early 7-0 lead just over 4th 14:54 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 31 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, PASSING two minutes into the game on a 3-yard pass from Noel kick), 10-75 2:42 12:40 ASU - Adams, Jonathan 32 yd pass from Hatcher, ECU: Ahlers, Holton 29-50-3-236; Garcia, Mason 0-2-0-0. Logan Bonner to Tyler Reed, set up by a fumbled Layne (Grupe, Blake kick), 8-85 2:05 GSU: Brown, C. 18-28-2-238. snap on a GSU punt. 6:55 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 29 yd field goal, 9-60 3:29 The Panthers used a school-record 99-yard drive RECEIVING 4:23 ASU - Pare, Lincoln 22 yd pass from Paul, Rashauud to the game 7-7 with 4:34 in the first quarter. After ECU: Snead, Tyler 11-105; Proehl, Blake 11-83; Omotosho, Aud- (Grupe, Blake kick), 6-75 2:32 taking over on the 1-yard line, Gregg burst free for Attendance–5,496 ie 2-16; Lewis, Jeremy 2-15; Calhoun, Shane 1-23; Johnson, a 56-yard run, and Brown capped the drive with a C.J. 1-0; Harris, Rahjai 1-minus 6. spectacular 35-yard run on which he dove for the pylon and the touchdown. GeorgiaStateSports.com 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES GAME SUMMARIES

TEAM STATISTICS GSU ASU rushing, the second lowest figure in school history SCORING SUMMARY FIRST DOWNS ...... 25 34 (the GSU record is minus-2 yards vs. WKU in the 1st 10:23 GSU - Carter, Roger 4 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 41-269 39-58 2017 AutoNation Cure Bowl). Noel kick), 11-75 4:37 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 314 551 Strachan, the junior from Kingsland, Ga., had 0:58 TROY - McClain, Khalil 10 yd pass from Watson, Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 35-18-0 57-40-0 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, and a forced Gunnar (Legassey, Evan kick), 8-87 3:04 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 76-583 96-609 fumble to go along with four tackles. He returned 2nd 10:55 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 46 yd field goal, 11-47 5:03 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-74 0-0 one fumble 63 yards to the GSU 20, and the other 6:07 TROY - Steward, Reddy 35 yd interception return Punt Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 1-9 one came in the pivotal third quarter as he sacked (Legassey, Evan kick) Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 1-18 4-69 Troy quarterback Jacob Free to force the fumble 5:29 TROY - Brown, Shakel 21 yd fumble recovery Interception Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 and recovered at the Troy 8-yard line. Four plays (Legassey, Evan kick) Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 5-33.6 4-42.0 later, Brown scored from two yards out to put the 0:39 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 31 yd field goal, 10-62 4:50 Fumbles-Lost ...... 3-1 2-1 Panthers up 33-21 with four minutes left in the third 3rd 9:02 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 27 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 7-58 Penalties-Yards ...... 10-96 8-91 quarter. 2:34 Possession Time ...... 24:19 35:41 The GSU defense also came up with interceptions 6:05 GSU - Carter, Roger 36 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, Third-Down Conversions ...... 5 of 15 6 of 17 by Antavious Lane, his second of the season, and Noel kick blockd), 6-72 2:01 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 4 3 of 4 Cameron Sims, both redshirt freshman. 4:24 GSU - Brown, C. 2 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 3-8 0:50 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-4 4-5 Free finished 24-of-38 for 329 yards and 4th 13:29 TROY - Lewis, A.J. 2 yd pass from Free, Jacob Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 5-28 0-0 two touchdowns for the Trojans but was also (Legassey, Evan kick), 4-52 1:20 intercepted twice. Watson finished 8-of-10 for 78 6:54 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 37 yd field goal, 14-55 6:35 RUSHING yards before missing the rest of the game. 0:37 TROY - Todd, Reggie 11 yd pass from Free, Jacob GSU: Gregg, Tucker 14-142; Brown, C. 13-83; Williams, J. 6-44; Georgia State scored on its first possession in (Free, Jacob pass failed), 7-47 0:43 Paige, Seth 5-13; Dixon, Terrance 2-11; TEAM 1-minus 24. the third-straight game as Brown hit Carter in the Attendance–12,000 ASU: Jones, Jamal 13-41; Pare, Lincoln 10-22; Bonner, Logan back of the end zone to give the Panthers an early 6-15; Azubuike, I. 3-0; TEAM 3-minus 6; Hatcher, Layne 7-0 lead. TEAM STATISTICS GSU TROY 4-minus 14. The Trojans tied the game with 58 seconds to FIRST DOWNS ...... 23 23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 56-210 19-40 PASSING play in the opening quarter as Watson found Khalil McClain for a 10-yard strike. PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 169 407 GSU: Brown, C. 18-35-0-314. After Noel Ruiz drilled a 46-yard field goal to give Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 30-20-1 48-32-2 ASU: Bonner, Logan 18-28-0-197; Hatcher, Layne 21-28-0-332; Georgia State a 10-7 lead, Troy’s defense scored TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 86-379 67-447 Paul, Rashauud 1-1-0-22. on back-to-back possessions. Reddy Steward Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-63 2-39 Punt Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 1-5 RECEIVING intercepted Brown and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown to give Troy a 14-10 lead. Just 38 Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 7-142 GSU: Pinckney, Sam 6-146; Carter, Roger 2-35; Thompson, C. seconds later, Shakel Brown picked up a Cornelious Interception Returns-Yards ...... 2-59 1-35 2-18; Payne, Aubry 2-11; Gregg, Tucker 2-10; Thrash, Jamari Brown fumble and returned it 21 yards to put the Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 4-37.0 4-40.8 1-57; Dixon, Terrance 1-15; Ifedi, Jonathan 1-14; Paige, Trojans ahead 21-10 with 5:29 remaining in the Fumbles-Lost ...... 2-2 2-2 Seth 1-8. second quarter. Penalties-Yards ...... 6-76 7-61 ASU: Adams, Jonathan 15-177; Green, Dahu 9-172; Bowling, Ruiz made his second field goal of the game, Possession Time ...... 37:42 22:18 B. 6-91; Tyler, Reed 3-29; Rucker, Corey 2-40; Pare, Lincoln a 31-yard attempt, with 39 seconds to play in the Third-Down Conversions ...... 8 of 19 3 of 10 2-30; Jones, Jamal 1-7; Amos, Giles 1-5; Azubuike, I. 1-0. second quarter to send the Panthers into the locker Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 2 of 2 1 of 2 INTERCEPTIONS room trailing 21-13. Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 4-4 3-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 3-23 1-8 None. Troy drove to the GSU 8-yard line early in the third quarter when Lane picked off Free in the RUSHING endzone, grabbing a ball that was tipped by GEORGIA STATE 36, TROY 34 cornerback Jaylon Jones early and returned it to GSU: Coates, Destin 25-115; Gregg, Tucker 10-67; Williams, J. 8-26; Brown, C. 10-13; Dixon, Terrance 2-minus 5; TEAM Game 4: Oct. 24, 2020 • 4 p.m. ET (ESPNU) the GSU 42-yard line. Seven plays later Tucker Gregg rushed 27 yards 1-minus 6. Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, Ala. for a touchdown and following the Ruiz extra point, TROY: Vidal, Kimani 7-24; Smith, B.J. 6-20; McClain, Khalil 1-12; Woods, J. 1-7; Watson, Gunnar 1-0; Free, Jacob 3-minus 23. the Panthers trailed by just one. Roger Carter caught a pair of touchdowns from Brown found Carter again for a 36-yard PASSING redshirt-freshman quarterback Cornelious Brown touchdown to give Georgia State a 27-21 lead with IV and Georgia State survived with a 36-34 win over GSU: Brown, C. 20-30-1-169. 6:05 to play in the third quarter. It was Carter’s ninth TROY: Free, Jacob 24-38-2-329; Watson, Gunnar 8-10-0-78. Troy on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium. career touchdown reception. Georgia State (2-2, 1-2 Sun Belt) topped Troy On the next possession, Strachan forced Free to RECEIVING (3-2, 1-1 Sun Belt) for a second-straight season and fumble and less than a minute later, Brown rushed won for the first time on Troy’s home field, but the GSU: Carter, Roger 7-72; Pinckney, Sam 5-53; Coates, Destin two yards for a touchdown to put the Panthers 4-26; Ifedi, Jonathan 3-10; Dixon, Terrance 1-8. win wasn’t secure until the very end. ahead 33-21. “What a contest – the fight, the finish. I’m TROY: Todd, Reggie 8-130; Geiger, Kaylon 5-88; McClain, Khalil Free found A.J. Lewis for Troy’s first offensive 5-65; Smith, B.J. 4-39; Eafford, Tray 3-19; Woods, J. 2-18; really proud of them,” head coach Shawn Elliott points since the first quarter with 13:29 to play in said. “We’re playing on the road in the Sun Belt Johnson, Tez 2-13; Rogers, Marcus 1-31; Lewis, A.J. 1-2; the game, cutting Georgia State’s lead to 33-28. Vidal, Kimani 1-2. Conference and we found a way to win the game. Ruiz added his third field goal of the game, a That’s what’s most important.” 37-yard attempt, to push the lead back to eight INTERCEPTIONS Troy’s Jacob Free, replacing the injured Gunnar with 6:54 to play. Watson, found Reggie Todd on an 11-yard GSU: Lane, Antavious 1-42; Sims, Cameron 1-17. Freshman Cameron Sims intercepted Free with TROY: Steward, Reddy 1-35. touchdown reception with 37 seconds to play, just under six minutes to play, but the Trojans but the Trojans missed the two-point conversion would get the ball back on a fumble and score that would have tied the game as Free’s pass was a touchdown to pull within two. Then Free’s COASTAL CAROLINA 51, GEORGIA STATE 0 incomplete out of the end zone. two-point pass was incomplete. Troy appeared to recover the ensuing on-sides Game 5: Oct. 31, 2020 • 12 p.m. (ESPNU) “It’s the maturation of a football team that Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. kick, but video review showed that the ball did no believes they can win,” Elliott said. “They kept travel 10 yards before the Trojans touched it. believing. We gave up the touchdown but not Brown went 20-of-30 for 169 yards and two Georgia State fell to No. 20 Coastal Carolina, the two-point conversion. Tonight, it didn’t matter which improved to 6-0 with a 51-0 victory Saturday touchdowns, both to Carter, who finished with what the situation was, we stood tall.” seven catches for 72 yards. On the ground, Destin at Centre Parc Stadium. Coates led the rushing attack with 25 rushes for 115 Georgia State (2-3, 1-3 Sun Belt) struggled in yards, while Tucker Gregg ran 10 times for 67 yards GEORGIA STATE...... 7 6 20 3 — 36 all three phases. GSU entered the game as one of and a touchdown. TROY...... 7 14 0 13 — 34 the nation’s top scoring teams but was shut out for Trailing 21-10 with 5:29 to go in the second the first time since a 2017 loss at No. 5 Penn State. quarter, Georgia State scored 23-straight points Georgia State managed just 106 yards of offense as and never trailed again. the Panthers hurt themselves by committing two Led by outside linebacker Jordan Strachan, turnovers, allowing three sacks and misplaying the Georgia State defense allowed just 40 yards three kickoff returns. 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Quarterback Cornelious Brown IV completed just PASSING Tight end Roger Carter was on the receiving end six of 10 passes for 30 yards with one interception. CCU: McCall, G. 18-24-0-254; Payton, F. 2-4-0-19; Guest, J. of Brown’s first touchdown throw for his 10th career Destin Coates managed 56 yards rushing on 11 1-1-0-7. touchdown, tying Keith Rucker for most by a GSU carries. GSU: Brown, C. 6-10-1-30; Colasurdo, M. 0-2-0-0. tight end. Coastal Carolina (6-0, 4-0 Sun Belt) quarterback ULM (0-8, 0-5 Sun Belt) quarterback Jeremy RECEIVING Grayson McCall passed for 254 yards and four Hunt came off the bench to pass for 339 yards touchdown passes. C.J. Marable led a balanced CCU: Heiligh, J. 5-81; Denmark, S. 3-57; Latushko, G. 3-43; and three touchdowns. Perry Carter scored three rushing attack that gained 250 yards. Marable, CJ 3-29; Brown, K. 2-30; Likely, I. 1-11; Pinson, B. touchdowns for the Warhawks, two receiving and “It was a disappointing day from our coaching 1-10; Jones, S. 1-9; McCarthy, C. 1-7; Mobley, T. 1-3. one rushing. staff to our players to everyone involved, and it’s GSU: Pinckney, Sam 2-15; Coates, Destin 2-11; Dixon, Terrance unacceptable, head coach Shawn Elliott said. 1-8; Ifedi, Jonathan 1-minus 4. ULM...... 7 7 6 14 — 34 “It’s going to take some searching to figure out INTERCEPTIONS GEORGIA STATE...... 21 21 3 7 — 52 exactly where it went wrong. From the opening play, we went out there and lined up wrong,” he CCU: Kelly, S. 1-0. GSU: None. SCORING SUMMARY continued. 1st 12:34 GSU - Carter, Roger 4 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, “It has a lot to do with a very good Coastal GEORGIA STATE 52, ULM 34 Noel kick), 6-75 2:26 Carolina team that came in here really focused with 8:44 GSU - Brown, C. 3 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 6-37 1:48 a mentality to win, and they certainly did that, but Game 6: Nov. 7, 2020 • 12 p.m. (ESPN3) 5:16 GSU - McCoy, C. 5 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, Noel it’s very disappointing.” Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. kick), 7-28 2:51 GSU took the opening kickoff and moved down 0:46 ULM - Carter, Perry 2 yd run (Hughes, Davis kick), the field into Coastal Carolina territory, looking to Cornelious Brown IV passed for 241 yards and 11-75 4:30 score on its possession for the fourth straight game, accounted for four touchdowns, including two 2nd 9:19 GSU - McCoy, C. 18 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, but the Panthers had to settle for a 47-yard field scoring passes to Cornelius McCoy, to lead Georgia Noel kick), 11-60 3:16 goal attempt that hit the upright. State to a 52-34 victory over ULM at Center Parc 8:08 GSU - Coates, Destin 3 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 2-35 Coastal Carolina answered with a touchdown by Stadium. 0:26 converting 4 th-and-7 at the GSU 35-yard line into a Georgia State (3-3, 2-3 Sun Belt) tied the 6:03 ULM - Carter, Perry 50 yd pass from Hunt, Jeremy McCall touchdown pass to Jaivon Heiligh. program record for points against an FBS opponent (Hughes, Davis kick), 4-75 2:05 The score was just 7-0 after one quarter, but the as the Panthers reached 52 points for the second 1:27 GSU - Coates, Destin 1 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 11-78 Chanticleers scored 27 points in the second quarter time this season and fourth time over the last two 4:36 by capitalizing on GSU mistakes. years. 3rd 8:41 ULM - Roach, Kadyn 19 yd run (Hughes, Davis kick The Panthers rushed for 263 yards, including 102 failed), 9-67 3:46 by Destin Coates, who scored two touchdowns. The 2:58 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 21 yd field goal, 13-72 5:43 COASTAL CAROLINA...... 7 27 14 3 — 51 Sun Belt’s leading rusher topped the 100-yard mark GEORGIA STATE...... 0 0 0 0 — 0 4th 14:55 ULM - Norman, Charles 4 yd pass from Hunt, Jeremy for the fourth time in five games this season, and he (Hughes, Davis kick), 7-75 3:03 SCORING SUMMARY moved into fifth place on GSU’s career rushing list 9:58 GSU - Carroll, Marcus 5 yd run (Ruiz, Noel kick), 7-61 with 1,219 yards. 3:24 1st 8:14 CCU - Heiligh, J. 35 yd pass from McCall, G. (Biscardi, The junior from Tallahassee, Fla., now has 13 6:44 ULM - Carter, Perry 39 yd pass from Hunt, Jeremy M. kick), 6-70 2:46 career rushing touchdowns to move into a tie for (Hughes, Davis kick), 7-75 3:14 2nd 11:39 CCU - Marable, CJ 18 yd pass from McCall, G. second in GSU history. Attendance–2,921 (Biscardi, M. kick), 7-71 3:41 GSU scored touchdowns on their first three 10:39 CCU - White, R. 13 yd run (Biscardi, M. kick failed), possessions to jump to a 21-0 lead less than 10 TEAM STATISTICS ULM GSU 2-26 0:41 minutes into the game and went on to lead 42-14 FIRST DOWNS ...... 23 23 6:32 CCU - Heiligh, J. 10 yd pass from McCall, G. (Biscardi, at the half, a program record for points in a half. RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 27-85 49-263 M. kick), 5-52 2:09 “What a great win for our football team, the way PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 339 241 0:50 CCU - McCall, G. 2 yd run (Biscardi, M. kick), 10-48 we opened up the game and took control,” head Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 42-26-1 32-20-0 4:25 coach Shawn Elliott said. “So many times you can TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 69-424 81-504 3rd 9:12 CCU - Marable, CJ 2 yd run (Biscardi, M. kick), 10-65 take wins for granted, but you’ve got to enjoy them Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 5:48 and understand that it’s tough to do. ULM made a Punt Returns-Yards ...... 2-(-1) 0-0 3:33 CCU - Brown, K. 12 yd pass from McCall, G. (Biscardi, valiant effort to try to get back in the game, but we Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 1-15 2-45 M. kick), 7-49 3:20 responded and came out with a nice win. Interception Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 1-2 4th 13:57 CCU - Biscardi, M. 24 yd field goal, 7-44 3:05 “It was certainly the start that we anticipated Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 3-51.0 4-41.5 Attendance–3,642 and the start that we needed to have.” Fumbles-Lost ...... 2-2 1-1 TEAM STATISTICS CCU GSU Back in the lineup after missing three games due Penalties-Yards ...... 1-17 5-59 Possession Time ...... 28:16 31:44 FIRST DOWNS ...... 30 5 to injury, McCoy immediately gave the Panthers a Third-Down Conversions ...... 4 of 12 10 of 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 47-250 28-76 spark with a 57-yard reception on the first play Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 3 of 5 2 of 2 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 280 30 from scrimmage. He finished with seven catches Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-3 8-8 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 29-21-0 12-6-1 for 118 yards, his third career 100-yard game, and Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 0-0 6-38 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 76-530 40-106 caught scoring passes of five and 18 yards for his Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 first two-touchdown game. RUSHING Punt Returns-Yards ...... 2-10 0-0 The 57-yard completion is the longest reception of McCoy’s career and Georgia State’s longest play ULM: Roach, Kadyn 8-34; Carter, Perry 2-20; Myers, Javin 5-16; Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 5-74 Hunt, Jeremy 9-15; Phillips, Isaia 2-3; Suits, Colby 1-minus 3. Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-0 0-0 from scrimmage this season. “He does have a major impact on us offensively,” GSU: Coates, Destin 20-102; Williams, J. 9-55; Gregg, Tucker Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 1-15.0 6-42.8 7-35; Moore, Chris 1-32; Brown, C. 9-30; Carroll, Marcus 3-9. Fumbles-Lost ...... 1-1 5-1 Elliott said. “He brings energy to our team and Penalties-Yards ...... 1-6 4-50 confidence to our wide receiver group. To see him PASSING Possession Time ...... 41:04 18:56 back out there and doing the things he is capable ULM: Hunt, Jeremy 26-39-0-339; Suits, Colby 0-3-1-0. Third-Down Conversions ...... 7 of 11 1 of 10 of doing was really special. McCoy is a great player, GSU: Brown, C. 20-32-0-241. Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 2 of 2 1 of 2 and he’s fun to be around.” Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 7-8 0-0 Georgia State collected six sacks and three other RECEIVING Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 3-14 0-0 tackles for loss and forced three turnovers with ULM: Carter, Perry 4-124; Hodoh, Jonathan 4-56; Pederson, an interception by Bryquice Brown and fumble RUSHING Josh 4-37; Carroll, Jordan 3-49; Myers, Javin 3-17; Roach, recoveries by Dontae Wilson on a strip sack by Kadyn 2-22; Frett, Jevin 2-20; Jackson, Malik 2-7; Norman, CCU: Marable, CJ 10-71; White, R. 7-47; Jones, S. 10-43; Hardrick Willis and long-snapper Seth Glausier on Charles 1-4; Bloomfield, Jah 1-3. Connelly, I. 6-23; Pinson, B. 2-19; McCall, G. 6-15; Mobley, a punt. GSU: McCoy, C. 7-118; Thrash, Jamari 2-27; Williams, J. 2-18; T. 1-13; Payton, F. 1-11; Guest, J. 1-6; Bennett, B. 2-4; TEAM “In all three phases we came out and set the Ifedi, Jonathan 2-17; Carter, Roger 2-4; Dixon, Terrance 1-minus 2. tone in the first half. The tackles for loss and the 1-32; Pinckney, Sam 1-8; Marshall, M. 1-8; Pennimon, J. 1-5; GSU: Coates, Destin 11-56; Gregg, Tucker 5-8; Williams, J. 3-6; sacks were huge,” Elliott said. Payne, Aubry 1-4. Carroll, Marcus 1-3; Brown, C. 8-3. Brown, GSU’s redshirt freshman signal caller, completed 20 of 32 passes for 241 yards and rushed INTERCEPTIONS for 30 yards, including a 3-yard scoring run. ULM-None. Georgia State-Brown, Bryquice 1-2.

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APPALACHIAN STATE 17, GEORGIA STATE 13 SCORING SUMMARY 11.5. Jordan Strachan, already the GSU single- 1st 10:17 GSU - Pinckney, Sam 19 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, season leader, added two sacks as the Panthers Game 7: Nov. 14, 2020 • 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+) Noel kick), 13-75 4:43 raised their season total to 30, another school • Boone, N.C. 2:53 APP - Staton, C. 21 yd field goal, 12-46 5:06 record. 2nd 0:11 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 23 yd field goal, 9-64 1:28 “I can’t say enough about our defense and the Appalachian State scored the go-ahead 3rd 0:46 APP - Pearson, Henry 9 yd pass from Thomas, Zac pressure they put on the quarterback all day,” head touchdown with five minutes left as Georgia State (Staton, C. kick), 6-80 2:34 coach Shawn Elliott said. “It was a really good win. fell 17-13 at Kidd Brewer Stadium, overshadowing 4th 12:29 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 32 yd field goal, 9-60 3:17 I’m very proud of all our players and coaches. an outstanding performance by the GSU defense. 4:55 APP - Peoples, C. 10 yd run (Staton, C. kick), 11-77 “Our defense stood strong and paved the way for The Georgia State (3-4, 2-4 Sun Belt) defense 4:33 us to get untracked offensively,” Elliott continued. kept the Mountaineers (6-1, 4-0 Sun Belt) bottled Attendance–2,100 “We were coming off an emotional game last week up for much of the day until Camerun Peoples’ and we started a little slow today. To have four 10-yard run gave App State its first lead with 4:55 TEAM STATISTICS GSU APP turnovers in the first half … but we had a good talk to play. App State managed a season-low 310 total FIRST DOWNS ...... 16 19 at halftime. We knew if we came out and played a yards, but 77 of them came on the winning drive. RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 38-148 47-131 clean second half we’d have great opportunity to “When you come up here and play a team like PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 152 179 win, and that’s exactly what we did.” Appalachian State, you have to execute in all three Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 33-11-0 26-19-1 The defense was outstanding despite playing phases,” head coach Shawn Elliott, who played and TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 71-300 73-310 without two key starters due to injury in noseguard coached at App State, said. Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 Dontae Wilson and safety Antavious Lane. “What a tremendous effort by our defense, and Punt Returns-Yards ...... 2-6 1-4 South Alabama got on the board quickly after for the most part our special teams were on point, Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 4-106 Brown was intercepted on the second play of the but we just couldn’t get untracked on offense. Our Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-0 0-0 game. Four plays later the Jaguars scored on a throw game was just not there. They did a great job Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 7-42.4 6-44.3 17-yard run by Carlos Davis. It was the first of two covering us, and we couldn’t find any matchups we Fumbles-Lost ...... 4-1 1-0 turnovers for the Panthers in the first quarter. could take advantage of. Penalties-Yards ...... 3-44 2-14 Late in the first quarter, the Panthers took over “But I’m very, very proud of our effort. Our team Possession Time ...... 25:25 34:35 on the South Alabama 4-yard line, and Brown led came up here with a great mind set and fought to Third-Down Conversions ...... 9 of 19 8 of 16 the Panthers down the field on a 96-yard drive the very end. It was two tough teams going at it.” Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 1 0 of 1 after the redshirt-freshman ran it into the end zone GSU held the Mountaineers, who were averaging Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-3 3-3 on a 1-yard run to tie the score 7-7 with 13:31 to 283 yards rushing, to 131 yards on the ground. Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 4-16 3-25 play in the opening half. But that would be all the “The defense played their tails off,” Elliott said. RUSHING scoring in the first half as Georgia State squandered “Our front guys did a great job, and so did our a chance to take the lead in the first minute of the linebackers. It was a tough, physical game.” GSU: Gregg, Tucker 10-85; Coates, Destin 13-45; Brown, C. second quarter when Brown was intercepted in the Georgia State scored a touchdown on its 11-12; Williams, J. 1-9; Marshall, M. 2-1; Dixon, Terrance end zone. opening possession, but after that, the Panthers 1-minus 4. After South Alabama went ahead 14-7 on a had to settle for a pair of Noel Ruiz field goals. APP: Peoples, C. 17-67; Thomas, Zac 11-36; Williams Jr., M 13- Jared Wilson rushing touchdown with 6:11 to play The Panthers took the opening kickoff and 22; Noel, Nate 5-8; TEAM 1-minus 2. in the third quarter, Georgia State immediately drove 75 yards on 13 plays for a touchdown. PASSING responded with a three-play, 75-yard drive capped to tie the game just 55 seconds later. On the second Redshirt freshman quarterback Cornelious GSU: Brown, C. 11-33-0-152. play of the drive, Brown connected with Pinckney Brown IV completed four passes for third-down APP: Thomas, Zac 16-22-1-146; Huesman, Jacob 3-4-0-33 conversions, including the 19-yard scoring pass to on a 65-yard completion, the Panthers’ longest play Sam Pinckney, which came on 3rd-and-10. RECEIVING of the year, as the GSU receiver caught a short pass After App State managed a field goal late in the GSU: Pinckney, Sam 4-74; McCoy, C. 3-29; Carter, Roger 2-15; over the middle and nearly reached the end zone first quarter, Ruiz gave the Panthers a 10-3 halftime Thrash, Jamari 1-21; Dixon, Terrance 1-13. but was knocked out of bounds at the 3. Gregg advantage with a 23-yard field goal with 11 seconds APP: Pearson, Henry 4-32; Williams, Malik 3-60; Gibbs, Miller punched it into the end zone on the next play to left in the second quarter. 3-30; Virgil, Jalen 3-9; Hennigan, T. 2-22; Wells, C. 2-18; knot the score at 14-all. App State evened the score at 10-10 late in third Peoples, C. 1-12; Williams Jr., M 1-minus 4. Following a quick three-and-out forced by the quarter on Zac Thomas’ touchdown pass to Henry GSU defense, the Panthers drove 80 yards, capped Pearson, set up by Thomas’ 55-yard completion to INTERCEPTIONS by Gregg’s 33-yard touchdown, run to take a 21-14 Malik Williams to the GSU 10. GSU: Lane, Antavious 1-0. APP: None. lead with two minutes to play in the third quarter. But the Panthers regained the lead on another Georgia State pushed its lead to double figures, Ruiz field goal, early in the fourth quarter. 24-14, when Michael Hayes, filling in for starting Brown completed just 11 of 33 passes for 152 GEORGIA STATE 31, SOUTH ALABAMA 14 kicker Noel Ruiz, kicked a 23-yard field with just yards and was sacked three times. Pinckney led Game 8: Nov. 21, 2020 • 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU) over 11 minutes to play. the receiving corps with four catches for 74 yards, • Mobile, Ala. Gregg added another one-yard touchdown run including his team-leading sixth touchdown catch with 5:33 to play to extend the GSU advantage to 31-14. of the season. Junior Tucker Gregg rushed for three scores and Jamyest Williams added 68 yards rushing on 10 Tucker Gregg paced the ground game with 85 redshirt-freshman quarterback Cornelious Brown carries, along with five receptions for 48 yards. yards on 10 carries, but Sun Belt rushing leader IV passed for a career-high 334 yards to back a “Jamyest Williams came in and gave us a spark, Destin Coates was held to 45 yards on 13 carries. strong defensive effort as Georgia State topped Tucker Gregg had the big touchdown run, and the The GSU defense had numerous standouts, South Alabama 31-14 at Hancock Whitney Stadium. offensive line came to play,” Elliott said. led by the inside linebacker tandem of Trajan Gregg rushed 18 times for 79 yards and scored Brown recovered from his slow start in the first Stephens-McQueen (10 tackles, 2.5 TFL) and Blake all three touchdowns in the second half, in which half to finish the game with 10 straight completions Carroll (10 tackles, 2 TFL). Safety Antavious Lane Georgia State outscored South Alabama 24-7. He for 207 yards. had nine tackles and his third interception of the tied the school record for rushing touchdowns in a season, the most ever by a GSU freshman. game. Jordan Strachan, Hardrick Willis and Jeffery Brown was 19-of-28 for 334 yards, hitting GEORGIA STATE...... 0 7 14 10 — 31 Clark recorded sacks. Strachan’s sack was his sixth redshirt-sophomore Sam Pinckney five times for a SOUTH ALABAMA...... 7 0 7 0 — 14 of the season to break the GSU season record set career-high 176 yards. The 176 receiving yards by by Christo Bilukidi in the inaugural season of 2010, Pinckney, who made several highlight-reel grabs in while Willis’ sack gave him 10 for his career, just one traffic, are the sixth-most in a single game in school half sack behind Mackendy Cheridor’s GSU career history and just 15 shy of Penny Hart’s school- record. record of 191 set in 2017. Georgia State outgained South Alabama, GEORGIA STATE...... 7 3 0 3 — 13 556-to-324 yards in total offense, and the Jaguars APP STATE...... 3 0 7 7 — 17 could only turn GSU’s four first-half turnovers into seven points. Defensively the Panthers tied a school record with seven sacks as Hardrick Willis recorded 1.5 sacks to set a new school career sacks record with

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SCORING SUMMARY a tremendous job of keeping their heads up, and career and moved past Ellington and into fourth 1st 13:05 USA - Davis, Carlos 17 yd run (Guajardo, Diego kick), coaches did a marvelous job as well. place on the Georgia State career list. 4-34 1:33 “This game means something to all of us, I really 2nd 13:25 GSU - Brown, C. 1 yd run (Hayes, Michael kick), 15-96 could care less how they feel about it on the other GEORGIA SOUTHERN...... 0 14 3 7 — 24 6:28 side, and I certainly do appreciate them ‘letting GEORGIA STATE...... 3 10 0 17 — 30 3rd 6:11 USA - Wilson, Jared 7 yd run (Guajardo, Diego kick), us in this rivalry,’ so to speak,” Elliott said, referring 8-70 1:32 to comments by Georgia Southern coaches and 5:16 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 3 yd run (Hayes, Michael kick), players during the week. “I’m just so proud of our SCORING SUMMARY 3-75 0:55 team..” 1st 5:55 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 35 yd field goal, 5-36 2:26 2:05 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 33 yd run (Hayes, Michael kick), Sam Pinckney was Brown’s top target as the 2nd 14:56 GS - S. Werts 7 yd run (A. Raynor kick), 13-75 5:59 5-80 1:46 sophomore wideout finished with a career-high 10 12:00 GS - L. Wright 63 yd run (A. Raynor kick), 3-69 1:30 4th 11:03 GSU - Hayes, Michael 23 yd field goal, 12-73 4:40 catches for 126 yards. Cornelius McCoy joined him 5:35 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 29 yd field goal, 8-76 2:40 5:33 GSU - Gregg, Tucker 1 yd run (Hayes, Michael kick), in the 100-yard column with five receptions for 111 0:46 GSU - McCoy, C. 45 yd pass from Brown, C. (Ruiz, 5-55 3:06 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown catch in the Noel kick), 7-65 1:59 Attendance–5,224 second quarter, and Terrance Dixon added seven 3rd 12:08 GS - A. Raynor 29 yd field goal, 5-56 2:52 catches for a career-best 77 yards. TEAM STATISTICS GSU USA 4th 14:56 GS - L. Wright 5 yd run (A. Raynor kick), 3-37 1:01 The Panthers fell behind 14-3 in the first half and 12:13 GSU - Coates, Destin 4 yd run (Brown, C. pass failed), FIRST DOWNS ...... 19 19 trailed 24-13 in the fourth quarter when Brown, 8-75 2:43 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 44-222 37-113 the redshirt freshman, directed an 8-play, 75-yard 2:54 GSU - Brown, C. 1 yd run (Pinckney, Sam pass from PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 334 211 touchdown drive, capped by Destin Coates’ 4-yard Brown, C.), 10-69 4:48 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 28-19-3 43-25-0 run. After the try for two failed, Georgia State was 1:53 GSU - Ruiz, Noel 35 yd field goal, 4-4 0:18 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 72-556 80-324 within 24-19 with 12 minutes left. Attendance–4.523 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 0-0 The Eagles drove down the field, but Alex Raynor Punt Returns-Yards ...... 1-8 1-0 missed a 48-yard field goal, and Georgia State took TEAM STATISTICS GS GSU Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 2-12 over its 31-yard line with 7:42 left. FIRST DOWNS ...... 13 22 Interception Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 3-19 Brown hit Terrance Dixon for 31 yards to the RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 47-296 36-55 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 4-44.2 7-46.0 Georgia Southern 14-yard line and then connected PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 74 372 Fumbles-Lost ...... 1-1 2-1 again with Dixon for a 13-yard completion to the Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 10-6-1 39-28-1 Penalties-Yards ...... 5-70 3-30 7-yard line. An offsides penalty gave the Panthers a TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS ...... 57-370 75-427 Possession Time ...... 29:16 30:44 first-and goal at the 4, and three plays later, Brown Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-10 1-3 Third-Down Conversions ...... 9 of 14 8 of 19 snuck over from the 1. His 2-point conversion pass Punt Returns-Yards ...... 1-2 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 0 0 of 3 to Sam Pinckney put Georgia State up 27-24 with Kickoff Returns-Yards ...... 4-61 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 4-5 2-3 2:54 left. Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-25 1-(-4) Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 7-43 0-0 On Georgia Southern’s second play from Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 4-43.8 4-36.2 RUSHING scrimmage, backup quarterback Josh Tomlin was Fumbles-Lost ...... 2-1 1-1 sacked by Jordan Strachan, who stripped the ball, Penalties-Yards ...... 3-23 1-5 GSU: Gregg, Tucker 18-79; Williams, J. 10-68; Brown, C. 10-31; and Panther linebacker Blake Carroll recovered at Possession Time ...... 30:48 29:12 Coates, Destin 2-24; Dixon, Terrance 1-8; Marshall, M. 1-7; the Eagles’ 21-yard line. Third-Down Conversions ...... 3 of 12 5 of 15 Carroll, Marcus 2-5. The Eagles exhausted their three timeouts, and Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 1 of 1 2 of 2 USA: Wilson, Jared 7-49; Davis, Carlos 8-38; Avery, Terrion Georgia State’s Noel Ruiz booted a 35-yard field Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 3-3 5-5 4-19; Baker, Kawaan 2-11; Lacy, Caullin 1-minus 1; Trotter, goal, his third of the day, for a 30-24 lead with 1:53 Sacks By: Number-Yards ...... 2-6 1-4 Desmond 15-minus 3. still to play. RUSHING PASSING But Quavian White intercepted Tomlin at the Georgia State 24 to seal the game. GS: L. Wright 8-143; M. LaRoche 7-43; G. Green 11-43; S. Werts GSU: Brown, C. 19-28-3-334. 11-40; J. White 4-12; S. Kenerson 2-12; J. Tomlin 4-3. USA: Trotter, Desmond 25-43-0-211. Georgia State managed a field goal on its opening drive as Ruiz hit from 35 yards, but Georgia GSU: Coates, Destin 15-47; Gregg, Tucker 13-15; Brown, C. RECEIVING Southern jumped in front with back-to-back 6-minus 1; TEAM 2-minus 6. GSU: Pinckney, Sam 5-176; Carter, Roger 5-71; Williams, J. 5-48; touchdowns, including Logan Wright’s 63-yard PASSING McCoy, C. 2-27; Dixon, Terrance 1-12; Ifedi, Jonathan 1-0. scoring run that put the Eagles up 14-3 three minutes into the second quarter. GS: S. Werts 4-7-0-67; J. Tomlin 2-3-1-7. USA: Tolbert, Jalen 5-75; Baker, Kawaan 5-37; Wayne, Jalen GSU: Brown, C. 28-39-1-372. 4-28; Avery, Terrion 3-15; Tyre, Trent 2-16; Crum, Brandon After another Ruiz field goal, Brown directed a 2-7; Davis, Carlos 2-4; Sutherland,Cade 1-19; Lacy, Caullin 7-play, 65-yard drive in the final minutes of the half, RECEIVING capped by McCoy’s spectacular 45-yard catch at the 1-10. GS: M. Murray 3-17; K. Hood 1-44; N. Thompson 1-9; M. goal line to send the Panthers into the locker room LaRoche 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS trailing 14-13. GSU: Pinckney, Sam 10-126; Dixon, Terrance 7-77; McCoy, C. GSU: None. After Brown threw an interception on an 5-111; Payne, Aubry 2-32; Coates, Destin 2-7; Marshall, M. USA: Jennings, Shawn 1-15; Bell, Christian 1-4; Rockette, ill-advised pass, Georgia Southern capitalized with 1-13; Carter, Roger 1-6. Devin 1-0. another Wright scoring run to take a 24-19 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter before the INTERCEPTIONS Panthers started their comeback. GS: K. Duncan Jr. 1-25. GEORGIA STATE 30, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 24 The Georgia State defense turned in another GSU: White, Quavian 1-minus 4. strong performance to keep the Panthers in the Game 9: Nov. 28, 2020 • 12 p.m. (ESPN3) game despite two turnovers by the offense. Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, Ga. Carroll, whose late fumble recovery was one of the biggest plays of the game, finished with a Cornelious Brown IV passed for a career-high career-high 14 tackles. Strachan had two tackles 372 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown on for loss, including his GSU-record ninth sack of the a 1-yard plunge with 2:54 to play to send Georgia season, to give him 12.5 TFL and tie the Panthers’ State to a 30-24 victory over in-state rival Georgia season record. Southern Saturday at Center Parc Stadium. White’s interception is his third of the season Georgia State scored 17 fourth-quarter points to and sixth of his career. conclude its regular season with a winning record Brown, who bettered the 334 passing yards he (5-4, 4-4 Sun Belt) for the second straight year and had in last week’s win at South Alabama, completed take a 4-3 lead in the series with Georgia Southern. 28 of 39 passes. After completing his final 10 passes “What a way to cap off a regular season, with a last game, he hit his first three today for 13 straight win over our rival,” head coach Shawn Elliott said. “It completions, two short of Dan Ellington’s school was truly a team effort – offense, defense, special record of 15. teams all had to come together—and it was a Georgia Southern kept the Panthers’ running gratifying thing to see. We had to fight back in the game in check, but Destin Coates finished with 47 fourth quarter to make it happen. Our players did yards on 15 carries as the topped 1,300 yards for his

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MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS MOST INTERCEPTIONS MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS MOST FIELD GOALS 34, Destin Coates vs. Louisiana * 3, Cornelious Brown IV vs. South 45, Quavian White vs. ULM 3, Noel Ruiz vs. Troy, Georgia Alabama Southern MOST YARDS RUSHING LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN 150, Destin Coates vs. Louisiana LONGEST PASS COMPLETION 31, Terrance Dixon vs. Coastal MOST FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 65, Cornelious Brown IV to Sam Carolina 4, Noel Ruiz vs. Troy MOST RUSHING TDS Pinckney vs. South Alabama 3, Tucker Gregg vs. South Alabama* MOST PUNT RETURNS LONGEST FIELD GOAL MOST RECEPTIONS 2, Quavian White vs. Louisiana, 46, Noel Ruiz vs. Troy LONGEST RUN 10, Sam Pinckney vs. Georgia App State MOST PAT 56, Tucker Gregg vs. Arkansas State Southern MOST PUNT RETURN YARDS 7, Noel Ruiz vs. East Carolina, MOST PASS ATTEMPTS MOST YARDS RECEIVING 17, Quavian White vs. Louisiana Arkansas State, ULM * 39, Cornelious Brown IV vs. 176, Sam Pinckney vs. South LONGEST PUNT RETURN MOST TACKLES Louisiana, Georgia Southern Alabama 12, Quavian White vs. Louisiana 14, Blake Carroll vs. Georgia MOST PASS COMPLETIONS MOST RECEIVING TDS Southern MOST ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 28, Cornelious Brown IV vs. Georgia 3, Sam Pinckney vs. Arkansas State Southern 171, Destin Coates vs. Louisiana MOST INTERCEPTIONS MOST TOTAL OFFENSE 10, nine players MOST PUNTS BEST COMPLETION PCT. 397, Cornelious Brown IV vs. 9, Michael Hayes vs. Louisiana LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN .718 (28-39), Cornelious Brown IV Arkansas State (83 rush, 314 pass) vs. Georgia Southern 42, Antavious Lane vs. Troy MOST PUNTING YARDS MOST TDR 353, Michael Hayes vs. Louisiana MOST SACKS MOST YARDS PASSING 5, Cornelious Brown IV vs. Arkansas 372, Cornelious Brown IV vs. 2.5, Jordan Strachan vs. Troy State (2 rush, 3 pass) BEST PUNTING AVERAGE Georgia Southern 45.5, Michael Hayes vs. App State MOST TACKLES FOR LOSS MOST KICKOFF RETURNS MOST TD PASSES 3.0, Jordan Strachan vs. Troy, South 3, Terrance Dixon vs. Coastal LONGEST PUNT 3, 28, Cornelious Brown IV vs. East Alabama; Blake Carroll vs. App Carolina 58, Michael Hayes vs. East Carolina, Carolina, Arkansas State, ULM State South Alabama

TEAM SEASON SUPERLATIVES TEAM OFFENSE...... HIGH LOW Points, Game...... 52 Arkansas State, ULM 0 Coastal Carolina First Downs...... 26 Louisiana 5 Coastal Carolina Rushing Attempts...... 56 Troy 28 Coasdtal Carolina Yards Rushing...... 269 Arkansas State 55 Georgia Southern TD Rushing...... 4 ULM, South Alabama 0 Coastal Carolina Pass Attempts...... 39 Louisiana, Georgia Southern 12 Coastal Carolina Pass Completions...... 28 Georgia Southern 6 Coastal Carolina Completion Pct...... 718 Georgia Southern (28-39) .333 App State (11-33) Passing Yards...... 372 Georgia Southern 30 Coastal Carolina TD Passes...... 3 Arkansas State, East Carolina, ULM 0 Coastal Carolina, South Alabama Total Offense...... 583 Arkansas State 106 Coastal Carolina Offensive Plays...... 91 Louisiana 40 Coastal Carolina Interceptions Thrown...... 3 South Alabama 0 3 Games Fumbles Lost...... 2 Troy 1 8 Games Turnover Committed...... 4 South Alabama 1 3 Games Penalties...... 10 Arkansas State 1 Georgia Southern Penalty Yards...... 96 Arkansas State 5 Georgia Southern Sacks Allowed...... 3 Coastal Carolina, App State 0 4 Games Time of Possession...... 37:42 Troy 18:56 Coastal Carolina

TEAM DEFENSE...... LOW HIGH Points Allowed...... 14 South Alabama 59 Arkansas State First Downs...... 13 Georgia Southern 34 Arkansas State Rushing Attempts...... 19 Troy 47 Coastal Carolina, App State, Georgia Southern Rushing Yards...... 40 Troy 296 Georgia Southern Pass Attempts...... 10 Georgia Southern 57 Arkansas State Pass Completions...... 6 Georgia Southern 40 Arkansas State Passing Yards...... 74 Georgia Southern 551 Arkansas State Total Offense...... 310 App State 609 Arkansas State Offensive Plays...... 57 Georgia Southern 96 Appalachian State Interceptions...... 0 3 Games 3 East Carolina Turnovers Forced...... 0 App State 4 Troy Sacks...... 0 Coastal Carolina 7 ULM

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Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend * Sep 19, 2020 #19 LOUISIANA L o 31-34 0-1 0-1 3:43 4126 Oct 03, 2020 EAST CAROLINA W 49-29 1-1 0-1 3:28 3823 * Oct 15, 2020 at Arkansas State L 52-59 1-2 0-2 4:12 5496 * Oct 24, 2020 at Troy W 36-34 2-2 1-2 3:40 12000 * Oct 31, 2020 #20 COASTAL CAROLINA L 0-51 2-3 1-3 2:53 3642 * Nov 07, 2020 ULM W 52-34 3-3 2-3 3:20 2921 * Nov 14, 2020 at App State L 13-17 3-4 2-4 3:08 2100 * Nov 21, 2020 at South Alabama W 31-14 4-4 3-4 3:25 5224 * Nov 28, 2020 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 30-24 5-4 4-4 2:55 4523 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

Team Statistics GSU OPP SCORING 294 296 Points Per Game 32.7 32.9 Points Off Turnovers 66 71 FIRST DOWNS 180 203 R u s h in g7865 P a s s in g 88 118 P e n a lt y1420 RUSHING YARDAGE 1713 1263 Yards gained rushing 1890 1522 Yards lost rushing 177 259 Rushing Attempts 388 328 Average Per Rush 4.4 3.9 Average Per Game 190.3 140.3 TDs Rushing 21 15 PASSING YARDAGE 2046 2556 C o m p - A t t - I n t 162-276-9 219-344-10 Average Per Pass 7.4 7.4 Average Per Catch 12.6 11.7 Average Per Game 227.3 284.0 TDs Passing 14 21 TOTAL OFFENSE 3759 3819 Total Plays 664 672 Average Per Play 5.7 5.7 Average Per Game 417.7 424.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-159 32-587 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-28 17-93 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-112 9-107 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.7 18.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 4.7 5.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.2 11.9 FUMBLES-LOST 22-10 15-8 PENALTIES-Yards 49-530 40-393 Average Per Game 58.9 43.7 PUNTS-Yards 49-1925 42-1815 Average Per Punt 39.3 43.2 Net punt average 37.0 40.2 KICKOFFS-Yards 57-3153 53-2735 Average Per Kick 55.3 51.6 Net kick average 40.6 42.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 1 1 3 1 : 4 9 3RD-DOWN Conversions 62/144 47/128 3rd-Down Pct 43% 37% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/13 12/23 4th-Down Pct 62% 52% SACKS BY-Yards 32-195 11-70 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 37 40 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-15 7-11 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (36-38) 95% (31-37) 84% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (25-38) 66% (26-37) 70% PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-35) 97% (35-38) 92% ATTENDANCE 19035 24820 Games/Avg Per Game 5/3807 4/6205 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Georgia State 73 89 58 71 3 294 Opponents 52 89 71 78 6 296 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Coates, Destin 8 143 672 20 652 4.6 6 35 81.5 White, Quavian 5 31 6.2 0 12 Gregg, Tucker 9 82 456 15 441 5.4 6 56 49.0 Dixon, Terrance 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Brown, C. 9 88 350 89 261 3.0 7 35 29.0 Total 6 28 4.7 0 12 Williams, J. 7 37 212 4 208 5.6 0 42 29.7 Opponents 17 93 5.5 1 29 Dixon, Terrance 9 9 97 9 88 9.8 0 43 9.8 Carroll, Marcus 8 16 46 0 46 2.9 2 6 5.8 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Moore, Chris 9 1 32 0 32 32.0 0 32 3.6 Lane, Antavious 3 76 25.3 1 42 Paige, Seth 1 5 15 2 13 2.6 0 6 13.0 White, Quavian 3 9 3.0 0 14 Marshall, M. 9 3 10 2 8 2.7 0 7 0.9 Sims, Cameron 1 17 17.0 0 17 TEAM 5 4 0 36 -36 -9.0 0 0 -7.2 Heyward, Victor 1 8 8.0 0 8 Total 9 388 1890 177 1713 4.4 21 56 190.3 StephensMcQueen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 9 328 1522 259 1263 3.9 15 63 140.3 Brown, Bryquice 1 2 2.0 0 2 Total 10 112 11.2 1 42 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 9 107 11.9 2 35 Brown, C. 9 132.14 162-274-9 59.1 2046 14 65 227.3 Colasurdo, M. 3 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 9 131.18 162-276-9 58.7 2046 14 65 227.3 White, Quavian 5 111 22.2 0 26 Opponents 9 140.41 219-344-10 63.7 2556 21 55 284.0 Dixon, Terrance 3 31 10.3 0 31 Williams, J. 1 17 17.0 0 17 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Total 9 159 17.7 0 31 Pinckney, Sam 9 44 753 17.1 6 65 83.7 Opponents 32 587 18.3 0 42 McCoy, C. 6 26 359 13.8 3 57 59.8 Carter, Roger 9 21 256 12.2 4 36 28.4 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Dixon, Terrance 9 19 215 11.3 0 32 23.9 Carroll, Blake 2 77 38.5 1 74 Coates, Destin 8 12 65 5.4 0 11 8.1 Strachan, J. 1 63 63.0 0 63 Payne, Aubry 8 9 64 7.1 0 19 8.0 Total 3 140 46.7 1 74 Ifedi, Jonathan 9 8 37 4.6 0 14 4.1 Opponents 4 46 11.5 1 21 Thrash, Jamari 8 7 137 19.6 1 57 17.1 Williams, J. 7 7 66 9.4 0 23 9.4 Marshall, M. 9 3 39 13.0 0 18 4.3 Thompson, C. 9 3 37 12.3 0 19 4.1 Gregg, Tucker 9 2 10 5.0 0 7 1.1 Paige, Seth 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 8.0 Total 9 162 2046 12.6 14 65 227.3 Opponents 9 219 2556 11.7 21 55 284.0 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Ruiz, Noel - 11-14 30-31 - - - - - 63 Brown, C. 9 362 261 2046 2307 256.3 Brown, C. 7 - - - - 1-2 - - 42 Coates, Destin 8 143 652 0 652 81.5 Pinckney, Sam 6 - - - 1 - - - 38 Gregg, Tucker 9 82 441 0 441 49.0 Coates, Destin 6 ------36 Williams, J. 7 37 208 0 208 29.7 Gregg, Tucker 6 ------36 Dixon, Terrance 9 9 88 0 88 9.8 Carter, Roger 4 ------24 Carroll, Marcus 8 16 46 0 46 5.8 McCoy, C. 3 ------18 Moore, Chris 9 1 32 0 32 3.6 Carroll, Marcus 2 ------12 Paige, Seth 1 5 13 0 13 13.0 Hayes, Michael - 1-1 4-4 - - - - - 7 Marshall, M. 9 3 8 0 8 0.9 Carroll, Blake 1 ------6 TEAM 5 4 -36 0 -36 -7.2 Lane, Antavious 1 ------6 Total 9 664 1713 2046 3759 417.7 Thrash, Jamari 1 ------6 Opponents 9 672 1263 2556 3819 424.3 Total 37 12-15 34-35 - 1 1-2 - - 294 Opponents 40 7-11 35-38 - - 0-1 - - 296

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Ruiz, Noel 11-14 78.6 0-0 5-5 5-5 1-3 0-1 46 0 Hayes, Michael 47 1901 40.4 58 1 11 9 7 1 Hayes, Michael 1-1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 23 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown, C. 1 24 24.0 24 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Georgia State Opponents Total 49 1925 39.3 58 1 11 9 7 1 Louisiana (25) 47 Opponents 42 1815 43.2 66 5 15 10 10 0 East Carolina 44 (34),(40),(48) Arkansas State (29) (39) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Troy (46),53,(31),(37) 29 Ruiz, Noel 45 2609 58.0 9 3 Coastal Carolina 47 (24) Hayes, Michael 12 544 45.3 1 0 ULM (21) - Total 57 3153 55.3 10 3 18.3 40.6 24 App State (23),(32) (21) Opponents 53 2735 51.6 14 1 17.7 42.0 23 South Alabama (23) - Georgia Southern (35),(29),(35) 52,(29),48

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Pinckney, Sam 9 0 753 0 0 0 753 83.7 Coates, Destin 8 652 65 0 0 0 717 89.6 Gregg, Tucker 9 441 10 0 0 0 451 50.1 McCoy, C. 6 0 359 0 0 0 359 59.8 Dixon, Terrance 9 88 215 -3 31 0 331 36.8 Williams, J. 7 208 66 0 17 0 291 41.6 Brown, C. 9 261 0 0 0 0 261 29.0 Carter, Roger 9 0 256 0 0 0 256 28.4 White, Quavian 8 0 0 31 111 9 151 18.9 Thrash, Jamari 8 0 137 0 0 0 137 17.1 Lane, Antavious 7 0 0 0 0 76 76 10.9 Payne, Aubry 8 0 64 0 0 0 64 8.0 Marshall, M. 9 8 39 0 0 0 47 5.2 Carroll, Marcus 8 46 0 0 0 0 46 5.8 Ifedi, Jonathan 9 0 37 0 0 0 37 4.1 Thompson, C. 9 0 37 0 0 0 37 4.1 Moore, Chris 9 32 0 0 0 0 32 3.6 Paige, Seth 1 13 8 0 0 0 21 21.0 Sims, Cameron 5 0 0 0 0 17 17 3.4 Heyward, Victor 8 0 0 0 0 8 8 1.0 Brown, Bryquice 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 TEAM 5 -36 0 0 0 0 -36 -7.2 Total 9 1713 2046 28 159 112 4058 450.9 Opponents 9 1263 2556 93 587 107 4606 511.8 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2020) 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 42 Carroll, Blake 9 51 21 72 5.5-16 1.0-3 . 4 3 2-77 1 . . 6D StephensMcQueen 8 35 23 58 8.0-18 1.5-10 1-0 1 . . . . . 34 Lane, Antavious 7 38 12 50 2.0-3 . 3-76 6 . . 1 . . 20 White, Quavian 8 35 11 46 2.0-9 1.5-7 3-9 8 . . . . . 7D Strachan, J. 9 22 15 37 12.5-56 9.0-51 . . 1 2-63 3 . . 27 Jones, Jaylon 9 28 8 36 2.5-9 0.5-5 . 10 . 1-0 . . . 37 Heyward, Victor 8 22 11 33 4.0-9 1.0-4 1-8 . 1 . . . . 2D Moore, Chris 9 17 12 29 1.0-1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 Hunter, Jontrey 7 16 11 27 1.0-3 1.0-3 . . . . 2 . . 3 Bacon, Chris 9 22 5 27 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . . 52 Wilson, Dontae 7 15 11 26 3.5-4 . . . 1 1-0 . . . 91 Clark, Jeffery 9 12 13 25 5.0-27 3.5-25 . . 1 . . . . 90 Willis, H. 8 15 7 22 6.5-38 5.5-36 . . 1 . 1 . . 97 Smith, Akeem 9 12 9 21 3.0-7 0.5-2 . . 1 . . . . 3D Carter, Keon 9 14 6 20 ...... 1 . . 40 Veneziale, J. 9 11 7 18 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 5 Brown, Bryquice 9 5 7 12 . . 1-2 5 . . . . . 10 Crawford, J. 7 8 4 12 2.5-12 1.0-6 . 3 . . . . . 98 Denis, Javon 8 6 4 10 3.0-8 ...... 59 Gore, Thomas 9 5 4 9 4.5-29 3.5-28 ...... 47 Taylor, J. 9 6 2 8 3.0-12 2.0-11 . . 2 . . . . 18 Sims, Cameron 5 4 1 5 . . 1-17 1 . . . . . 21 Williams, J. 7 4 . 4 ...... 1 . . 9D Muhammad, Jamil 8 3 1 4 ...... 12 Gore, Tyler 9 1 2 3 ...... 38 Wright, Kyle 3 2 . 2 ...... 2B Gordon, Terrell 8 1 1 2 ...... 11 Thompson, C. 9 1 1 2 ...... 66 Glausier, Seth 9 . 2 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 4 Brown, C. 9 2 . 2 ...... 64 Bartlett, Pat 9 1 . 1 ...... 92 Ruiz, Noel 8 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 5 1 . 1 ...... 57 Anderson, M. 5 . 1 1 0.5-4 0.5-4 ...... 0 Dixon, Terrance 9 1 . 1 ...... 48 Abraham, Justin 4 1 . 1 ...... Total 9 418 212 630 71-268 32-195 10-112 40 11 8-140 11 . . Opponents 9 413 186 599 50-140 11-70 9-107 36 14 10-46 15 2 . 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 19 LOUISIANA 52 223 3 23 22 196 1 28 22-39-1 196 1 28 1 22 0 22 3 14 0 12 419 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 44 247 3 43 18 238 3 42 18-28-2 238 3 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 485 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 41 269 3 56 18 314 3 57 18-35-0 314 3 57 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 583 Oct 24 at Troy 56 210 2 27 20 169 2 36 20-30-1 169 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 379 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 28 76 0 14 6 30 0 11 6-12-1 30 0 11 5 74 0 31 0 0 0 0 106 Nov 07 ULM 49 263 4 35 20 241 3 57 20-32-0 241 3 57 2 45 0 25 0 0 0 0 504 Nov 14 at App State 38 148 0 48 11 152 1 40 11-33-0 152 1 40 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 6 300 Nov 21 at South Alabama 44 222 4 42 19 334 0 65 19-28-3 334 0 65 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 8 556 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 36 55 2 13 28 372 1 45 28-39-1 372 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 427 Georgia State 388 1713 21 56 162 2046 14 65 162-276-9 2046 14 65 9 159 0 31 6 28 0 12 3759 Opponents 328 1263 15 63 219 2556 21 55 219-344-10 2556 21 55 32 587 0 42 17 93 1 29 3819

Games: 9 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 12.6 • Pass effic: 131.18 • KR avg: 17.7 • PR avg: 4.7 • All purpose avg/game: 450.9 • Total offense avg/gm: 417.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 19 LOUISIANA 54 12 66 8.0-27 2.0-18 1 0-0 2-22 1 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 54 10 64 9.0-38 4.0-25 0 0-0 3-33 5 8 0 7-7 0 0 0 14 49 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 58 20 78 8.0-34 5.0-28 2 1-74 0-0 0 2 0 7-7 0 0 0 7 52 Oct 24 at Troy 42 18 60 5.0-28 3.0-23 2 2-63 2-59 1 6 0 3-4 0 0 0 14 36 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 46 26 72 5.0-5 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 07 ULM 39 16 55 9.0-44 6.0-38 2 2-0 1-2 0 4 0 7-7 0 0 0 21 52 Nov 14 at App State 39 52 91 10.0-30 4.0-16 0 0-0 1-0 2 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 13 Nov 21 at South Alabama 48 30 78 12.0-52 7.0-43 2 1-0 0-0 2 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 31 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 38 28 66 5.0-10 1.0-4 1 1-3 1--4 0 1 0 1-1 0 1 0 3 30 Georgia State 418 212 630 71.0-268 32.0-195 11 8-140 10-112 11 40 0 34-35 0 1 0 66 294 Opponents 413 186 599 50.0-140 11.0-70 15 10-46 9-107 14 36 2 35-38 0 0 0 71 296

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 19 LOUISIANA 9 353 39.2 48 00101 1-1250531763.4 1 0 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 6 214 35.7 58 11320 0-100845957.4 1 1 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 5 168 33.6 57 00110 1-1290940845.3 0 0 Oct 24 at Troy 4 148 37.0 45 00103 3-4460850663.2 1 0 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 6 257 42.8 56 00110 0-10016161.0 0 1 Nov 07 ULM 4 166 41.5 45 00001 1-1210953259.1 5 1 Nov 14 at App State 7 297 42.4 54 00221 2-2320424461.0 0 0 Nov 21 at South Alabama 4 177 44.2 58 00112 1-1230626844.7 1 0 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4 145 36.2 38 00101 3-3350735851.1 1 0 Georgia State 49 1925 39.3 58 1 1 11 7 9 12-15 46 0 57 3153 55.3 10 3 Opponents 42 1815 43.2 66 0 5 15 10 10 7-11 48 0 53 2735 51.6 14 1 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 19 LOUISIANA 39 240 3 59 21 279 2 36 21-37-2 279 2 36 4 83 0 42 6 9 0 16 519 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 26 50 1 31 29 236 0 31 29-52-3 236 0 31 6 99 0 23 2 55 1 29 286 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 39 58 0 14 40 551 8 49 40-57-0 551 8 49 4 69 0 28 1 9 0 9 609 Oct 24 at Troy 19 40 0 12 32 407 3 48 32-48-2 407 3 48 7 142 0 27 1 5 0 5 447 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 47 250 3 34 21 280 4 35 21-29-0 280 4 35 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 6 530 Nov 07 ULM 27 85 2 22 26 339 3 50 26-42-1 339 3 50 1 15 0 15 2 -1 0 0 424 Nov 14 at App State 47 131 1 16 19 179 1 55 19-26-1 179 1 55 4 106 0 41 1 4 0 4 310 Nov 21 at South Alabama 37 113 2 17 25 211 0 30 25-43-0 211 0 30 2 12 0 11 1 0 0 0 324 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 47 296 3 63 6 74 0 44 6-10-1 74 0 44 4 61 0 25 1 2 0 2 370 Opponents 328 1263 15 63 219 2556 21 55 219-344-10 2556 21 55 32 587 0 42 17 93 1 29 3819 Georgia State 388 1713 21 56 162 2046 14 65 162-276-9 2046 14 65 9 159 0 31 6 28 0 12 3759

Games: 9 • Avg/rush: 3.9 • Avg/catch: 11.7 • Pass effic: 140.41 • KR avg: 18.3 • PR avg: 5.5 • All purpose avg/game: 511.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 424.3

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 19 LOUISIANA 65 20 85 6.0-24 2.0-17 1 1-0 1-0 0 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 34 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 47 18 65 4.0-7 0.0-0 2 1--3 2-28 0 2 1 2-3 0 0 0 7 29 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 43 8 51 2.0-3 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 7 0 8-8 0 0 0 7 59 Oct 24 at Troy 43 56 99 8.0-24 1.0-8 2 2-39 1-35 5 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 20 34 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 31 8 39 5.0-19 3.0-14 3 1-0 1-0 3 0 0 6-7 0 0 0 13 51 Nov 07 ULM 51 22 73 4.0-6 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 2 3 0 4-5 0 0 0 0 34 Nov 14 at App State 30 30 60 9.0-36 3.0-25 3 1-0 0-0 4 9 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17 Nov 21 at South Alabama 51 16 67 4.0-7 0.0-0 1 1-0 3-19 0 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 52 8 60 8.0-14 2.0-6 1 1-10 1-25 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24 Opponents 413 186 599 50.0-140 11.0-70 15 10-46 9-107 14 36 2 35-38 0 0 0 71 296 Georgia State 418 212 630 71.0-268 32.0-195 11 8-140 10-112 11 40 0 34-35 0 1 0 66 294

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 19 LOUISIANA 7 315 45.0 53 01223 0-100522444.8 0 0 Oct 03 EAST CAROLINA 6 238 39.7 43 00301 3-3480631552.5 3 0 Oct 15 at Arkansas State 4 168 42.0 54 00012 1-13901049549.5 3 0 Oct 24 at Troy 4 163 40.8 50 00211 0-100527555.0 3 0 Oct 31 COASTAL CAROLINA 1 15 15.0 15 00000 1-1240949154.6 1 1 Nov 07 ULM 3 153 51.0 63 01010 0-000628647.7 0 0 Nov 14 at App State 6 266 44.3 56 01310 1-1210425463.5 1 0 Nov 21 at South Alabama 7 322 46.0 66 01321 0-000319565.0 3 0 Nov 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4 175 43.8 60 01222 1-3290520040.0 0 0 Opponents 42 1815 43.2 66 0 5 15 10 10 7-11 48 0 53 2735 51.6 14 1 Georgia State 49 1925 39.3 58 1 1 11 7 9 12-15 46 0 57 3153 55.3 10 3 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Passing Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

#4 Brown, C. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Louisiana 22 39 1 56.4 196 1 28 2-17 101.96 East Carolina 18 28 2 64.3 238 3 42 0-0 156.76 Arkansas State 18 35 0 51.4 314 3 57 0-0 155.07 Troy 20 30 1 66.7 169 2 36 1-8 129.32 Coastal Carolina 6 10 1 60.0 30 0 11 3-14 65.20 ULM 20 32 0 62.5 241 3 57 0-0 156.70 App State 11 33 0 33.3 152 1 40 3-25 82.02 South Alabama 19 28 3 67.9 334 0 65 0-0 146.63 Georgia Southern 28 39 1 71.8 372 1 45 2-6 155.25 TOTALS 162 274 9 59.1 2046 14 65 11-70 132.14

#1Q Colasurdo, M. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Coastal Carolina 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL Georgia State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2020) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD LA ECU ASU TROY CCU ULM APP USA GS Coates, Destin 143-652/6 34-150/1 23-113/2 DNP 25-115/0 11-56/0 20-102/2 13-45/0 2-24/0 15-47/1 Gregg, Tucker 82-441/6 1-5/0 4-5/1 14-142/1 10-67/1 5-8/0 7-35/0 10-85/0 18-79/3 13-15/0 Brown, C. 88-261/7 15-64/1 6-26/0 13-83/2 10-13/1 8-3/0 9-30/1 11-12/0 10-31/1 6--1/1 Williams, J. 37-208/0 DNP - 6-44/0 8-26/0 3-6/0 9-55/0 1-9/0 10-68/0 DNP Dixon, Terrance 9-88/0 - 3-78/0 2-11/0 2--5/0 - - 1--4/0 1-8/0 - Carroll, Marcus 16-46/2 2-4/1 8-25/0 - - 1-3/0 3-9/1 - 2-5/0 DNP Moore, Chris 1-32/0 -----1-32/0 - - - Paige, Seth 5-13/0 DNP DNP 5-13/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Marshall, M. 3-8/0 ------2-1/0 1-7/0 - TEAM 4--36/0 DNP - 1--24/0 1--6/0 DNP DNP DNP - 2--6/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD LA ECU ASU TROY CCU ULM APP USA GS Pinckney, Sam 44-753/6 4-21/0 7-134/2 6-146/3 5-53/0 2-15/0 1-8/0 4-74/1 5-176/0 10-126/0 McCoy, C. 26-359/3 2-15/0 7-59/0 DNP DNP DNP 7-118/2 3-29/0 2-27/0 5-111/1 Carter, Roger 21-256/4 2-53/1 - 2-35/0 7-72/2 - 2-4/1 2-15/0 5-71/0 1-6/0 Dixon, Terrance 19-215/0 4-34/0 2-16/0 1-15/0 1-8/0 1-8/0 1-32/0 1-13/0 1-12/0 7-77/0 Thrash, Jamari 7-137/1 2-10/0 1-22/1 1-57/0 - - 2-27/0 1-21/0 - DNP Williams, J. 7-66/0 DNP ----2-18/0 - 5-48/0 DNP Coates, Destin 12-65/0 4-21/0 - DNP 4-26/0 2-11/0 - - - 2-7/0 Payne, Aubry 9-64/0 2-5/0 1-7/0 2-11/0 DNP - 2-9/0 - - 2-32/0 Marshall, M. 3-39/0 1-18/0 ----1-8/0 - - 1-13/0 Ifedi, Jonathan 8-37/0 - - 1-14/0 3-10/0 1--4/0 2-17/0 - 1-0/0 - Thompson, C. 3-37/0 1-19/0 - 2-18/0 ------Gregg, Tucker 2-10/0 - - 2-10/0 ------Paige, Seth 1-8/0 DNP DNP 1-8/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP