TODAY’S GAME
GEORGIA STATE vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN
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t’s #StateNotSouthern week as Georgia State hosts rival Georgia Southern in the Panthers’ regular-season finale at Center Parc Stadium. Thirteen GSU seniors will be recognized pregame. >> Cornelious Brown IV passed for a career-high 334 yards and Tucker Gregg scored three touchdowns to back a strong performance by the defense as Georgia State won 34-14 South Alabama. >> Brown overcame a slow start to direct four straight scoring drives for 24 straight points in the second half. He completed his last 10 passes for 207 yards. >> Brown is averaging 242.0 yards of total offense per game (209.2 passing/32.8 rushing) while accounting for 19 touchdowns. (13 pass/6 rush). He is third in the Sun Belt in
total offense and second in points responsible for. >> Top receiver Sam Pinckney had five catches for 176 yards vs. South Alabama, the sixth-highest single-game total in program history. His 65-yard reception that set up the tying touchdown in the third quarter is the Panthers’ longest pass play since 2017. >> Pinckney leads GSU with 34 catches for 637 yards and six touchdowns. Over a two-game span vs. East Carolina and Arkansas State, he totaled 13 receptions, 280 yards and five TD. >> The Panthers average 33.0 points per game (No. 2 in the Sun Belt) and have scored 52 points, the program high against an FBS opponent, twice this season and four times in the last two years. >> The Panthers have
collected 17 sacks over the last three games, including a school-record tying seven vs. South Alabama. >> Georgia State leads the Sun Belt with 31 sacks, shattering the GSU season record of 24, set in 2017. >> Junior outside linebacker Jordan Strachan is enjoying one of the top seasons in the Sun Belt. He leads the league with 8.0 sacks, a new GSU season record, and is third with 10.5 tackles for loss. He also has two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. >> With four sacks in the last three games, including 1.5 at South Alabama, defensive end Hardrick Willis has become Georgia State’s career leader in sacks. Willis now has 11.5 career sacks, surpassing Mackendy Cheridor (10.5, 2013-17).
