2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL @GeorgiaStateFB | @CoachSElliott | @GSUPanthers | @CenterParcATL GEORGIA STATE (0-1, 0-1 SBC) vs. EAST CAROLINA (0-1, 0-1 AAC) Oct. 3, 2020 | 12 p.m. | ESPNU Center Parc Stadium | Atlanta, Ga. THE KICKOFF: Georgia State hosts East NEW NAME, SAME GREAT PLACE: Carolina in another nationally-televised game Georgia State’s home facility is now known as at Center Parc Stadium Saturday at noon on Center Parc Credit Union Stadium, or Center ESPNU. Parc Stadium. The 15-year, $21 million agree- ment between Center Parc Credit Union, > The Panthers opened the season with a a division of Atlanta Postal Credit Union 34-31 overtime loss to No. 19 Louisiana on (APCU), and Georgia State Athletics, was GAME 2 Sept. 19. Despite the loss, Georgia State announced Aug. 11, 2020. showed many positives in its season opener, GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS vs. including 150 yards rushing by Destin Coates. CAREER HIGH FOR COATES: Taking EAST CAROLINA PIRATES > Coates RANKS NO. 1 IN FBS with 150.0 over for GSU’s all-time leading rusher Tra rushing yards per game and No. 8 with 171.0 Barnett, junior Destin Coates responded with TV: ESPNU. Announcers are Mike Couzens all-purpose yards per game. a career-high 150 yards rushing vs. No. 19 Louisiana. and Dustin Fox. > East Carolina opened its season last RADIO: Georgia State Radio Network Saturday with a 51-28 loss to No. 13 UCF. The > That is the sixth-highest single-game coverage will air on WRAS 88.5 FM. Dave Pirates were 4-8 a year ago in head coach rushing total in GSU history. Cohen is in his 38th season as the play-by- Mike Houston’s first season. > Coates was a workhorse, carrying the ball play voice of Panther athletics. He is joined > Georgia State is facing East Carolina for the 34 times to tie the program record set by by Harper LeBel and Sam Crenshaw. first time. The return game at ECU is sched- Barnett last season vs. Troy uled for Sept. 27, 2027. 2020 RECORDS: > Also had four catches for 21 yards for a Georgia State: 0-1, 0-1 Sun Belt > While an assistant coach at South Caro- total of 171 all-purpose yards East Carolina: 0-1, 0-1 AAC lina, GSU head coach Shawn Elliott was 4-0 against East Carolina with wins in 2011, SERIES: First meeting. HONORS FOR QUA: Junior cornerback 2012, 2014 and 2016. In his final year on the Quavian White was tabbed to the weekly GSU HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT Appalachian State staff, the Mountaineers fell honor roll for the Paul Hornung Award, to ECU 29-24 in 2009. Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1996 which recognizes versatility, on Sept. 21. Record at GSU: 16-22 (4th year) > Georgia State will face a left-handed Against No. 19 Louisiana, White made Career Record: 17-27 (5th year) starting quarterback for the second straight seven solo tackles in the game, along with an game with ECU junior southpaw Holton interception and two pass breakups. He also ECU HEAD COACH MIKE HOUSTON Ahlers following Louisiana’s Levi Lewis. had one kickoff return (22 yds) and two punt Record at ECU: 4-9 (2nd year) returns for 17 yards. > GSU placekicker Noel Ruiz, the grad His interception came late in the first half Career Record: 84-34 (10th year) transfer from North Carolina A&T, ranks at the GSU 15-yard line and likely prevented seventh among active FBS kickers (eighth a score. among all players) in career scoring (257), 2020 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 14th in field goals (38) and fourth in PAT QUAD TAKES OVER UNDER CENTER: S. 3 MURRAY STATE ........................... CANCELED (143). ECU kicker Jake Veritas is No. 1 in active Redshirt freshman Cornelious Brown IV is career FG (60) and third in scoring (284). S. 12 at Alabama .................................... CANCELED Georgia State’s starting quarterback, taking S. 19 LOUISIANA 19/21 ....... (ESPN2) (ot) hL 31-34 > Playing just its 11th season of football and over for two-year starter Dan Ellington. Brown, known as Quad, made his first S. 26 at Charlotte ................................POSTPONED seventh at the FBS level, Georgia State looks to build on a successful 2019 season, when start against No. 19 Louisiana, and he O. 3 EAST CAROLINA ................. (ESPNU) 12 p.m. the Panthers earned their third bowl berth in was 22-for-39 for 196 yards and one TD O. 15 at Arkansas State ....(Thu.-ESPN) 7:30 p.m. five seasons and second in three years under while rushing 15 times for 64 yards and a O. 24 at Troy ..........................................................TBA head coach Shawn Elliott. GSU finished 7-6 touchdown. last season. He is the 10th different quarterback to O. 31 COASTAL CAROLINA ................................ TBA start a game for Georgia State, and he passed N. 7 ULM................................................................ TBA > In 23 seasons as a Division I coach, Shawn for more yards than any other GSU QB in his N. 14 at Appalachian State 24/23 ....................... TBA Elliott has been part of 21 winning seasons first start except career passing leading Nick N. 21 at South Alabama ..................................... TBA and 18 teams that reached a bowl game or Arbuckle (413 vs. Abilene Christian, 2014). Brown played in four games as a true N. 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN ..............................TBA the NCAA playoffs. freshman in 2019, preserving his redshirt. For All Times Eastern the season, he was 11-for-28 for 130 yards. GEORGIA STATE BY THE NUMBERS Career91 starts by GSU Career-high150 rushing yards Georgia253.3 State’s average offensive line, including 38 by Destin Coates vs. No. rushing yards per game by LG Shamarious Gilmore 19 Louisiana. He LEADS over last 10 games. FBS with 150.0 ypg. 2020 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES Game 2: GSU vs. East Carolina GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name Georgia State University Location Atlanta, 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 CENTER PARC STADIUM Offensive Line Thomas Austin Safeties/Recruiting Coord. Chris Collins All three quarterbacks on the GSU roster Offensive Assistant Dan Ellington CENTER PARC CREDIT UNION STADIUM are freshmen. Besides Brown, only Kierston is the home of Georgia State football. The Inside Linebackers Brian Landis Harvey played at all in 2019, taking a handful Panthers took over this iconic property, Receivers Trent McKnight of snaps in late-game situations. Backup formerly Centennial Olympic Stadium and Defensive Line Travian Robertson Mikele Colasurdo, the Gatorade Player of the then Turner Field, for the 2017 season. Year in South Carolina, is a true freshman. Cornerbacks Cory Peoples The facility was renamed Center Parc Tight Ends/Running Backs Josh Stepp ACADEMIC HONOR FOR “STEADY Credit Union Stadium as part of a 15-year, $21 million agreement between Center Parc Strength & Conditioning John Sisk FEDI”: Wide receiver and graduate student Credit Union, a division of Atlanta Postal Athletic Trainer Bob Murphy Jonathan Ifedi has been named a semifinalist for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy® Credit Union (APCU), and Georgia State Equipment Manager Nate Simon Presented by Mazda, college football’s Athletics, announced on Aug. 11, 2020. Video Coordinator Rickey Layman premier scholar-athlete award, announced Center Parc Stadium features 25,000 Asst AD-FB Operations Steve Wojcikowski by National Football Foundation & College seats for football, a FieldTurf playing surface Director of Player Personnel Ginny Thompson Hall of Fame (NFF). The Campbell Trophy® on “Pete” Petit Field and dramatic views of the Atlanta skyline. The conversion process Dir. of High School Relations Mark LeGree recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his incorporated the existing seating areas Graduate Assts Bryson Allen-Williams, Tyler combined academic success, football perfor- on the north, west and south sides of the Gilliam, Will Hunter, Jerry Prutos, Dan Sutton mance and exemplary leadership. stadium with a new grandstand constructed Ifedi is a Dean’s List student who is on the east side, formerly the outfield. FACILITY INFORMATION pursuing his master’s degree in information The Panthers are in their fourth season Home Field “Pete” Petit (puh-TEET) Field systems, with a concentration in cybersecu- in this impressive venue, which also houses at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium rity. The Charlotte, N.C., native (Vance High the Football Operations Suite, completed Capacity 25,000 School) earned his bachelor’s degree in 2019 in 2019. All of the program’s day-to-day Surface FieldTurf in computer information systems operations are at Center Parc Stadium, First Year as Home to GSU Football 2017 including practice, weight room, meetings 2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Georgia rooms, coaches’ offices, athletic training Originally Built 1996 State (7-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) tied its school record room and equipment room. with seven victories and earned its second Center Parc Stadium was originally PROGRAM INFORMATION bowl berth in three seasons under head constructed as the 85,000-seat Centennial First Season of Football 2010 coach Shawn Elliott, with a trip to the NOVA Olympic Stadium and used for the 1996 Joined Sun Belt Conference 2013 Home Loans Arizona Bowl. Centennial Olympic Games. Following the Full FBS Eligibility 2014 > The Panthers posted their best home Olympic Games, much of the north end All-Time Record 36-84 (11th) record at 5-1 while setting a program-record of the stadium was removed in order to convert it to the 49,000-seat baseball park Bowl Record (Last Bowl) 1-2 (2019) for home attendance.