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  Georgia State, which has played in three straight bowl games and four in five seasons under coach Shawn Elliott, placed eight players on the 2022 preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team. Three-time all-conference selection Malik Sumter, who's also on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy presented annually to college football's best center, earned first-team honors along with Panthers defenders Blake Carroll (linebacker) and Antavious Lane (defensive back).

Five Georgia State players were named to the second team: running back Tucker Gregg, offensive linemen Travis Glover and Pat Bartlett, tight end Aubry Payne and defensive lineman Thomas Gore. Georgia State, which ended the 2021 season with a 51-20 win over Ball State in the Camellia Bowl, opens the 2022 season Sept. 3 at South Carolina. The Sept. 10 home opener against North Carolina will be the first game at Center Parc Stadium against a Power Five opponent. - Marietta Daily Journal


rSr/2023 C Malik SumterGeorgia State
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  2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Jamyest Williams (Sr.), Georgia State,...Running back Jamyest Williams, a super senior from Athens, Ga. (Grayson High School) had GSU's third-best season rushing total with 859 yards in 2021, good for fifth in the Sun Belt, along with nine touchdowns. The honorable mention All-Sun Belt selection averaged a school-record 6.71 yards per carry, the sixth-best mark in FBS. Since moving from cornerback to running back midway through the 2020 season, Williams has rushed for 1,112 yards (eighth in school history) and nine touchdowns in 21 games. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 RB Jamyest WilliamsGeorgia State
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  2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Malik Sumter, Georgia State,...Sumter, from Irmo, S.C., and Dutch Fork High School, is a four-year starter who returns for his super senior season. He has started 41 straight games, blocking for the top four rushing seasons in program history and helping Georgia State average 222 yards rushing per game since he moved into the starting lineup in 2018. In 2021, Sumter served as a team captain and earned second-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors while paving the way for the No. 8 rushing attack in FBS as the Panthers averaged 226.4 yards per game. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 C Malik SumterGeorgia State
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  2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Tucker Gregg (Sr.), Georgia State,... The third-team All-Sun Belt running back in 2021, Tucker Gregg (5-10, 220) is known for hard-nosed style ... No. 3 rusher in Georgia State history with 1,560 yards ... Tied for second with 16 career rushing touchdowns ... Joined the program as a walk-on in 2018 and was awarded a scholarship prior to the 2019 season. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 FB Tucker GreggGeorgia State
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  By the time Nov. 20 rolled around, it had been more than two years since Christian Veilleux played in a competitive football game. Veilleux, who last played in 2019 as a high school junior, could feel the gravity of the moment. "It was a little crazy," Veilleux said Wednesday. "I was nervous at first. Then once the nerves left, I remember being back there and being like, it's back to high school days. I'm just playing high school ball...It took about a drive to get the shock out. Then after that I felt like I was back. It really didn't feel like it was two years from when I (last played)." Soon enough, the nerves faded and Veilleux was back in his element.

He would go on to complete 15 of his 24 pass attempts for 235 yards and three touchdowns on his way to leading Penn State football to a 28-0 victory over Rutgers. That game, this spring and soon this fall could be the first glimpse into the Nittany Lions' offensive future - one led by Veilleux and a young crop of offensive weapons. The redshirt freshman quarterback has been a forgotten player of sorts since the season ended. In front of him on the depth chart is Sean Clifford - a redshirt senior who is entering his sixth year with the program and his fourth as a starter. Behind him is Drew Allar - a former five-star recruit who finished the cycle as the No. 1 quarterback in the country according to some rankings. Veilleux is stuck between them, a bridge between the present and the future that is often overlooked by some who would like to connect the end of the Clifford era to the beginning of the Allar era. - Centre Times


rJr/2026 QB Christian VeilleuxGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB: TyGee Leach, Lehigh, Jr.,...Leach started all 11 games for the Mountain Hawks in 2021 and tied for the team lead with 69 tackles. He added 4.5 tackles for loss, half a sack and a team-leading eight pass breakups. Leach's best performance was a nine-tackle, 1.5 tackle-for-loss, 0.5 sack effort against Holy Cross on Oct. 30. He had two tackles for loss, two quarterback pressures and two pass breakups a week later at Bucknell. - Lehigh Football

rSr/2024 SS TyGee LeachGeorgia State
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  Darren Grainger and Georgia State saved their best for the last game of the season - and especially for a thoroughly dominating third quarter. Grainger passed for 203 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 122 yards and a fourth TD to lead Georgia State to a 51-20 victory over Ball State in the Camellia Bowl on Saturday. The Panthers (8-5) finished with their seventh win in eight games, dominated the lone bowl played on Christmas Day and set a season record for wins. Coach Shawn Elliott called it "the best performance Georgia State football has had this year." "I think we finished Christmas Day with one of the best presents we could have ever asked for and that's a commanding, dominating win," Elliott said. It was the first time the program had won back-to-back bowl games.

His team was up 20-13 at halftime but scored the next 31 points. Grainger completed 15 of 19 passes and carried 11 times, including a play fake midway through the third quarter when he scampered 34 yards untouched into the end zone. It was the first 100-yard rushing game of his career, and he was named the game MVP. Ball State (6-7) couldn't summon up many big plays after Drew Plitt's 56-yard touchdown bomb to Jayshon Jackson for an early lead. The Cardinals finished with a losing record a year after coach Mike Neu led his alma mater to its first Mid-American Conference championship since 1996. - Georgia State/AP College Football


rSr/2024 QB Darren GraingerGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DB - Quavian White, Georgia State (Sr., DB - Greer, S.C.),...Also recognized on the Georgia State defense are noseguards Dontae Wilson (third team) and Thomas Gore (honorable mention), linebackers Blake Carroll (third team) and Jordan Veneziale (honorable mention), and cornerback Quavian White (third team). - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 CB Quavian WhiteGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): TE - Aubry Payne (RS Sr., TE - Locust Grove, Ga.),...The GSU offense also features a pair of All-Sun Belt tight ends in Roger Carter (second team) and Aubry Payne honorable mention). That duo has combined for 23 career touchdowns and five All-Sun Belt awards. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 TE Aubry PayneGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): RB - Jamyest Williams (RS Sr., RB - Athens, Ga.),...Also recognized on the Georgia State defense are noseguards Dontae Wilson (third team) and Thomas Gore (honorable mention), linebackers Blake Carroll (third team) and Jordan Veneziale (honorable mention), and cornerback Quavian White (third team). - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 RB Jamyest WilliamsGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): LB - Blake Carroll, Georgia State (Sr., LB - Lawrenceville, Ga.),...Also recognized on the Georgia State defense are noseguards Dontae Wilson (third team) and Thomas Gore (honorable mention), linebackers Blake Carroll (third team) and Jordan Veneziale (honorable mention), and cornerback Quavian White (third team). - Georgia State Football

rSr/2024 ILB Blake CarrollGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DL - Dontae Wilson, Georgia State (Sr., DL - Jefferson, Ga.),...Also recognized on the Georgia State defense are noseguards Dontae Wilson (third team) and Thomas Gore (honorable mention), linebackers Blake Carroll (third team) and Jordan Veneziale (honorable mention), and cornerback Quavian White (third team). - Georgia State Football

rSr/2022 DT Dontae WilsonGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): OL - Pat Bartlett, Georgia State (RS Sr., OL - Newtown, Pa.),...Gilmore is one of three GSU offensive linemen honored, along with center Malik Sumter on the second team and right guard Pat Bartlett on the third team. The Panther front paves the way for an offense that ranks No. 11 in FBS with 224.5 rushing yards per game and blocks for All-Sun Belt running backs Tucker Gregg (third team) and Jamyest Williams (honorable mention), who have combined for 1,709 yards and 18 touchdowns. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 OG Pat BartlettGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL - Shamarious Gilmore, Georgia State (RS Sr., OL - Riverdale, Ga.),...Gilmore is a first-team all-conference selection for the second straight year to become one of the first two players in league history (along with Coastal Carolina offensive lineman Trey Carter) to earn All-Sun Belt honors five times. The Riverdale, Ga., native has played in a school-record 59 straight games, including 58 starts, while leading the Panthers to four bowl games in his five seasons. - Georgia State Football

rSr/2022 OG Shamarious GilmoreGeorgia State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): RB - Tucker Gregg, Georgia State (Sr., RB - Chatsworth, Ga.),...Also recognized on the Georgia State defense are noseguards Dontae Wilson (third team) and Thomas Gore (honorable mention), linebackers Blake Carroll (third team) and Jordan Veneziale (honorable mention), and cornerback Quavian White (third team). - Georgia State Football

rSr/2023 FB Tucker GreggGeorgia State
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