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07/25/22 - Jalen White, rSr/2025, Georgia Southern + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Jalen White (Jr.), Georgia Southern,...In 2021, running back Jalen White (6-0, 215) played in all 12 games … Played 201 total snaps (170 on offense, 31 on special teams) … Carried the ball 68 times for 383 yards and four touchdowns … Had a long run of 59 yards … Had four carries for 12 yards in the opener against Gardner-Webb … Carried the ball four times for 12 yards at Florida Atlantic …In 2020, White played in 12 games … Saw action on 114 total snaps (35 on offense, 79 on special teams) … Carried the ball 20 times for 86 yards … Had a tackle on special teams … Saw brief action on special teams against Campbell and Louisiana … Played five special teams plays at ULM - Georgia Southern Football

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RB Jalen White, Georgia Southern
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07/24/22 - Kyle Vantrease, rSr/2023, Georgia Southern + More +

Sun Belt Football Media Day is only a few days away and the conference has announced that Georgia Southern football student-athletes sixth-year athletes Kyle Vantrease and Dillon Springer will accompany head coach Clay Helton to the 2022 Sun Belt Media Day. The event is now held over two days in New Orleans with the Sun Belt East Division going on Tuesday. The 2022 Sun Belt Football Media Day will be held in person on Tuesday, July 25 and Wednesday, July 25 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. The event will be broadcast on ESPN+ with a morning session from 9 a.m. to noon CT and an afternoon session from 1:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. CT. Two student-athletes from each of the 14 programs will join their head coach for an open media session. - Georgia Southern Football

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QB Kyle Vantrease, Georgia Southern
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07/23/22 - Shemar Bartholomew, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB Shemar Bartholomew, Northwestern State, Sr., New Orleans, La.,...Bartholomew, a New Orleans native, earned second-team All-Southland Conference honors after intercepting two passes and breaking up six others. His nine career interceptions ranked him 27th among active FCS players at the conclusion of the 2021 season. Bartholomew enters his final season as a Demon two interceptions shy of the career top 10 in school history. - Northwestern State Football

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CB Shemar Bartholomew, Georgia Southern
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07/22/22 - J.D. King, rSr/2023, Georgia Southern + More +

Georgia Southern's J.D. King was making a run to an outstanding season in 2020 when it was cut short by a torn ACL in his left knee in the seventh game. A combination of a power and speed back with the ability to run inside and outside the tackles, King still earned All-Sun Belt Conference honorable mention honors. King had surgery and rehabilitated the knee, missing spring and fall practice sesssions. After sitting out the first three games of the 2021 slate, he made his return on Sept. 25 against Louisiana.

King saw only limited action, appearing in four games and was able to redshirt and plan a return for a sixth year this fall. That plan has changed, as King announced on his Twitter account Tuesday that he has retired from playing football. "It is with a humble heart that I would like to announce my retirement from the game I love," the post read. "My body and my mind tell me it is time to take my next step in life." He played in 12 games in 2019, starting six, and made All-Sun Belt honorable mention after tallying 804 yards and eight TDs on 185 carries. King started the first seven games in 2020 before the knee injury against Troy cost him the remainder of that contest and the next six. He finished with 116 carries for 625 yards and five TDs. - Savannah Morning News

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RB J.D. King, Georgia Southern
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06/03/22 - Davis Brin, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

With the Hurricane losing their top rusher and two of their top three receivers from last season, they'll be looking for quarterback Davis Brin to take a step forward in his fifth year with the program. Brin saw the first significant action of his career last season, passing for 3,254 yards and 18 touchdowns with a 59.3% completion rate. He also added 75 yards and a score on the ground. He'll need to improve from an efficiency standpoint, however. Brin's 16 interceptions were the most in the FBS last season, with his 132.6 passer rating being the third-worst among quarterbacks with at least 400 pass attempts. - Wyoming Tribune Eagle

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QB Davis Brin, Georgia Southern
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06/02/22 - Khaleb Hood, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

Clay Helton took stock of the team when he was hired to be Georgia Southern's new head football coach last November. Helton reviewed film and observed the Eagles for four games that finished a 3-9 campaign in 2021. He then took over the program and watched players grind through nine weeks of strength and conditioning, and five weeks of spring practice culminating with the spring intrasquad game April 23. Asked recently which players stood out most, Helton said without hesitation that on offense it was the wide receivers.

The same position group that was basically an afterthought in 2021 in the Eagles' run-heavy offense. All receivers on pass plays - including tight ends and running backs - totaled just 141 receptions for 1,765 yards and a mere five touchdowns (four by tight ends) last season. "People came up to me after the spring game and go, "Coach, we didn't know these guys. We looked at the roster and some of the guys had been there three years," Helton recalled with a chuckle. Khaleb Hood, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound rising senior, is perhaps the best known of the group with team-highs of 41 catches for 497 yards last season. He didn't score a touchdown. - Savannah Morning News

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WR Khaleb Hood, Georgia Southern
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05/19/22 - LV Bunkley-Shelton, rSr/2025, Georgia Southern + More +

Former Arizona State wide receiver LV Bunkley-Shelton wrote on Twitter on Wednesday morning that he has narrowed his choices for a new school to Kansas and Oklahoma. Bunkley-Shelton, who is 5-foot-11 and 195 pounds, took an official visit to Kansas last week, one week after he did the same at Oklahoma. A four-star recruit out of Los Angeles in the Class of 2020, he was ranked the No. 86 player in the country and the No. 16 player at his position, according to Rivals.com, and played in the US Army All-American Bowl.

A commitment from Bunkley-Shelton would be a significant addition for the Jayhawks, who lost Kwamie Lassiter II, their leading receiver last season as a sixth-year senior. Bunkley-Shelton caught 33 passes for 418 yards and two touchdowns while starting seven games as a redshirt freshman for the Sun Devils last season. He had four catches for a season-high 76 yards in the win over Colorado and matched a season high with four catches in the Las Vegas Bowl loss to Wisconsin. - Lawrence Journal World

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WR LV Bunkley-Shelton, Georgia Southern
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05/05/22 - Keaton Upshaw, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

If not for an injury that cost him the entire 2021 season, Upshaw might have left for the draft this spring. Instead, he will look to prove he is fully healthy in an offense that should make heavy use of the tight end. Kentucky's tight end room is deep, but the 6-foot-6, 246-pound Upshaw has the most well-rounded skillset of the group. No Kentucky tight end has been drafted since Jacob Tamme in 2008. - Courier Journal

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TE Keaton Upshaw, Georgia Southern
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05/04/22 - LV Bunkley-Shelton, rSr/2025, Georgia Southern + More +

Arizona State wide receiver LV Bunkley-Shelton announced on Thursday that he is entering the transfer portal after two years with the program. Bunkley-Shelton appeared in four games as a freshman, hauling in 11 passes for 100 yards before he was eventually redshirted. In his second season with the Sun Devils, Bunkley-Shelton caught 33 balls for 418 yards over 12 games. His yards per reception jumped 3.6 yards from 9.1 his first season to 12.7 in the second. Bunkley-Shelton finished third on the team in receiving yards in 2021 behind Ricky Pearsall and Rachaad White, who both will not be with the team next season. - ArizonaSports.com

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WR LV Bunkley-Shelton, Georgia Southern
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05/04/22 - Kyle Vantrease, rSr/2023, Georgia Southern + More +

The Georgia Southern football team wrapped up their 2022 spring football season with the annual Blue/White game Saturday afternoon at Paulson Stadium. First year head coach Clay Helton got his first opportunity to hit the field with the Eagles with a good crowd on hand as around 4,000 fans came out and saw the Eagle offense put up over 700 yards of offense and 51 points as the White team beat the Blue team 51-28. Leading the offense was Buffalo transfer quarterback Kyle Vantrease who was 16-25 for 217 yards and one touchdown.

Vantrease feels the team has taken huge steps in the right direction and is excited about wrapping up spring and getting to know his teammates better. "This being my sixth year I know what we need next and that is bonding," said Vantrease. "Over the summer and into summer workouts that is the most important thing. A team that is connected is going to be a dangerous team. On the filed we just need more reps, but off the field is what is important right now." On the field Vantrease spread the ball around nicely with Houston transfer Jeremy Singleton getting the most targets (10) and receptions (6). Derwin Burgess led the way in yardage with three catches for 80 yards, while Khaleb Hood had three receptions and Sam Kennerson had the lone touchdown pass from Vantrease. - Savannah Morning News

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QB Kyle Vantrease, Georgia Southern
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02/28/22 - Shemar Bartholomew, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

2021 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Shemar Bartholomew, Northwestern State, Jr., New Orleans, La.,...Bartholomew added the second all-conference award of his career after recovering from a knee injury that cost him all but one game of NSU's six-game spring slate. The New Orleans native picked off two passes, including an end-zone interception against Nicholls for the second time this calendar year, and added six pass breakups. A junior cornerback from Cypress Ranch (Texas) High School, Bartholomew added 29 tackles, including one for loss, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble. For his Demon career - which included a 2019 All-Southland third-team season - Bartholomew has nine interceptions in 28 games. - Northwestern State Football

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CB Shemar Bartholomew, Georgia Southern
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02/28/22 - Justin Ellis, rSr/2023, Georgia Southern + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DL - Justin Ellis (RS Sr., DL - Roswell, Ga.),...Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt accolades from the conference...Started all 12 games...Played 608 total snaps (567 on defense, 41 on special teams)...Led the defensive line with 37 total tackles...Included in that total were 7.5 tackles for loss and five sacks...Also had four quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. - Georgia Southern Football

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OLB Justin Ellis, Georgia Southern
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02/28/22 - Khaleb Hood, rSr/2024, Georgia Southern + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR - Khaleb Hood (Jr., WR - McDonough, Ga.),...Started all 12 games...Played 772 total snaps (657 on offense, 115 on special teams)...Led the Eagles with 41 catches for 497 yards for an average of 12.6 yards per catch...Also had 13 rushes for 77 yards and a touchdown...Was the primary kickoff return and punt return man. - Georgia Southern Football

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WR Khaleb Hood, Georgia Southern
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02/28/22 - Aaron Dowdell, rSr/2022, Georgia Southern + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL - Aaron Dowdell (Super Sr., OL - Fairburn, Ga.),...Played in and started all 12 games at left guard...Played a team-high 848 total snaps (792 on offense, 56 on special teams). - Georgia Southern Football

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OG Aaron Dowdell, Georgia Southern
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02/28/22 - Logan Wright, rSr/2022, Georgia Southern + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): RB - Logan Wright (RS Sr., RB - Jacksonville, Fla.),...Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt accolades from the conference...Played in all 12 games, starting seven...Played 547 total snaps (490 on offense, 57 on special teams)...Rushed 150 times for 793 yards and eight touchdowns...Also had 17 catches for 180 yards, averaging 10.6 yards per catch. - Georgia Southern Football

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