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Dan Ellington threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Georgia State beat Troy 52-33 on Saturday night. Ellington had 189 yards passing for the Panthers (6-2, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference), who are on a four-game win streak. Tra Barnett ran for a career-high 242 yards and had two touchdowns. Seth Paige added 109 yards rushing and a score. Ellington capped the first drive of the game with a 19-yard scramble into the end zone for a 7-0 lead.

Troy evened it up early in the second quarter and Ellington replied for the Panthers with a 40-yard scoring throw to Aubry Payne. The next Georgia State drive ended quickly when Paige broke for a 65-yard touchdown run on first down, extending the Panthers' lead to 21-7 with 8:14 left in the first half. They were up 28-14 at halftime. Georgia State made it 35-14 late in the third on Ellington's second TD run, but Troy scored three touchdowns in the fourth to close to 45-33 with 2:47 remaining. Kaleb Barker threw for 421 yards and two touchdowns for the Trojans (3-4, 1-2). - Georgia State/AP College Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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10/23/19 - Xavier Robinson, rSr/2025, Georgia State, 5-11, 208 (DS#118 OLB) + More +

OCT 14 GULF SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Xavier Robinson, Shorter,...Tackles: 9, Sacks: 1,...Notes: Robinson leads the Hawks with 45 tackles this season, including nine tackles against the Tigers on Saturday. He also leads the team in tackles for loss. - Gulf South Conference Football

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OLB Xavier Robinson, Georgia State
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10/21/19 - Trajan Stephens-McQueen, Sr/2021, Georgia State, 6-0, 224 (DS#30 ILB) + More +

OCT 21/WEEK 8 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Trajan Stephens-McQueen, Georgia State (Junior, Linebacker, Charlotte, N.C.),...Georgia State inside linebacker, Trajan Stephens-McQueen, recorded a school-record 20 tackles to lead a gutty performance by the Georgia State defense in the Panthers' 28-21 victory over Army. Playing against Army's tough triple-option that held the ball for more than 38 minutes, Stephens-McQueen played all 72 snaps on defense. The junior from Charlotte, N.C., made 10 solo stops, along with 10 assists. Stephens'-McQueen's play helped the defense overcome the loss of two starters who went down with injuries in the first half, including fellow inside linebacker and captain, Ed Curney. The victory over Army is the third straight win for Georgia State, which is off to its best start as an FBS program. - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Trajan Stephens-McQueen, Georgia State
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10/20/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Georgia State quarterback Dan Ellington isn't surprised his team is playing so well even if others can't believe it. "Before we even started the season, I think we were predicted to win like four games," he said. "We felt that was disrespect but we knew why we were picked to win four because of the season we had last year." Ellington passed for three touchdowns, Aubry Payne caught the go-ahead score midway through the fourth quarter and Georgia State's defense held on the final drive in a 28-21 victory over Army on Saturday night.

Quavian White picked off quarterback Kelvin Hopkins at the 3-yard line in the closing minute to end Army's last chance and give Georgia State (5-2) its third straight win. It's a big turnaround for a program that went 2-10 last year. The Black Knights (3-4) have dropped three in a row and are under .500 for the first time since the 2015 team went 2-10. Tra Barnett ran 17 times for 108 yards and a TD, and Ellington had 232 yards passing and 39 rushing for the Panthers. Sandon McCoy ran for two Army touchdowns, but Payne's 8-yard TD catch over the middle was the Panthers' second straight score and proved decisive. Roger Carter caught a conversion pass to put the Panthers up 28-21. - Georgia State/AP College Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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10/13/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Dan Ellington threw for 122 yards and a touchdown and added 128 yards rushing while two other Georgia State runners gained more than 100 as the Panthers beat Coastal Carolina 31-21 in a Sun Belt Conference battle Saturday night. Georgia State put up 472 yards of offense and 350 yards rushing while checking Coastal Carolina on 322, including just 105 on the ground. Last week the Panthers set a school record with 722 yards of total offense and 340 yards on the ground in a 52-38 win over Arkansas State.

Seth Paige ran 46 yards for a touchdown and Ellington threw three yards to Cornelius McCoy for a score to put Georgia State (4-2, 2-1) up, 17-6 at halftime. Tra Barnett had touchdowns runs of 26 and 2 yards in the third quarter for a 31-13 lead. Barnett finished with 110 yards on 20 carries and Paige added 104 on 13. Bryce Carpenter was 9-of-14 passing for 118 yards and two touchdowns for Coastal Carolina (3-3, 0-2). - AP College Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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10/07/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

OCT 7/WEEK 6 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Ellington, Georgia State (Senior, QB, Olive Branch, Miss.),...Georgia State senior quarterback Dan Ellington recorded career highs with 382 yards passing and 451 yards of total offense while directing the most prolific offensive day in GSU history and one of the top games in Sun Belt Conference annals in the Panthers' 52-38 victory over Arkansas State. Ellington completed 29 of 41 passes for 382 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown pass, while rushing for 69 yards with a 10-yard scoring run.

The senior from Olive Branch, Miss., led Georgia State to a school-record 722 yards of total offense, which ranks among the top 10 single games in Sun Belt history. Ellington's running helped the Panthers pile up a school-record 34- yards rushing. With Ellington at the helm, the Panthers tied the Sun Belt record with 39 first downs and controlled the clock for 39:19, another Georgia State record. The GSU quarterback engineered seven touchdown drives of 75 yards or longer, including an 89-yard drive and a 90-yard march. Ellington leads the Sun Belt with 308.2 yards of total offense per game while ranking second in passing yards and touchdown passes. - Sun Belt Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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10/05/19 - Darren Grainger, rSr/2024, Georgia State, 6-3, 209 (DS#34 QB) + More +

Darren Grainger threw four TD passes, Devin Wynn had 278 yards from scrimmage and three scores, and Furman beat Samford 58-14 on Saturday. Furman ran 60 times for 460 yards and finished with 647 yards of total offense. Wynn's 217 yards rushing ranked ninth in program history. Grainger was 6 of 9 for 183 yards and no interceptions. Furman (4-2, 3-0 Southern Conference) scored on its first nine possessions - seven straight touchdowns followed by a field goal and a touchdown that capped the scoring early in the fourth quarter. Samford (3-3, 2-1) scored on the opening possession of the game. But Wynn went 75 yards on Furman's first play from scrimmage, tying it at 7-all and sparking a 35-point run. The Paladins led 28-7 at the end of the first quarter and 42-14 at halftime. Jay Stanton ran eight times for 77 yards for the Bulldogs. - AP College Football

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QB Darren Grainger, Georgia State
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10/01/19 - TyGee Leach, rSr/2024, Georgia State, 5-10, 198 (DS#80 SS) + More +

SEPT 30/WEEK 5 PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: TyGee Leach, Lehigh, Fr., DB, Norristown, Pa./Malvern Prep,...Leach's blocked punt in the third quarter gave Lehigh the ball at the Merrimack 16-yard line, setting up the game-tying field goal...His blocked punt was the first for a Mountain Hawk since 2017...The freshman defensive back also added one tackle. - Patriot League Football

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SS TyGee Leach, Georgia State
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09/19/19 - Noel Ruiz, rSr/2022, Georgia State, 5-11, 177 (DS#29 K) + More +

SEPT 16/WEEK 3 MEAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Carolina A&T State's Noel Ruiz (K, 5-11, 187, Jr., Wilson, N.C.) connected on field goals of 27, 31, 43 and 46 yards for the Aggies in their 27-21 win over Charleston Southern. He was 4-for-4 on field goals and 1-for-1 on extra points, and he has connected on his last seven field goal attempts dating back to the game winner against Elon in the season opener. - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football

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K Noel Ruiz, Georgia State
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09/19/19 - Noel Ruiz, rSr/2022, Georgia State, 5-11, 177 (DS#29 K) + More +

SEPT 2/WEEK 1 MEAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Carolina A&T State's Noel Ruiz (PK, 5-11, 187, Jr., Wilson, N.C.) kicked a school-record 52-yard field goal as time expired in the game to give the Aggies a 24-21 win over No. 21 Elon. Ruiz's game winner for the first game winning field goal in 15 years for North Carolina A&T State. - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football

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K Noel Ruiz, Georgia State
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09/19/19 - Darren Grainger, rSr/2024, Georgia State, 6-3, 209 (DS#34 QB) + More +

SEPT 9/WEEK 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Darren Grainger, Furman, R-Fr., QB, Conway, S.C.,...Furman quarterback Darren Grainger, making just his third career start, accounted for five touchdowns, going 16-for-24 for 323 yards and four touchdowns through the air and running nine times for 53 yards and another score as the Paladins fell 48-42 at FBS Georgia State on Saturday. The redshirt freshman from Conway, South Carolina, accounted for 376 yards of total offense, the fourth-highest total in school history. With TD passes of 18, 32, 11 and 30 yards and a scoring run of 12 yards, Grainger helped the Paladins match the school record for points against an FBS opponent since reclassifying to NCAA I-AA (now FCS) in 1982. Other nominees: Jacob Saylors (ETSU), Tucker Cannon (Mercer), Ailym Ford (Chattanooga) and Alex Ramsey (VMI). - SoCon Football

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QB Darren Grainger, Georgia State
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09/11/19 - Darren Grainger, rSr/2024, Georgia State, 6-3, 209 (DS#34 QB) + More +

WEEK 2 STATS FCS NATIONAL FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Darren Grainger, Furman, QB, R-Fr., 6-4, 195, Conway, South Carolina,...Grainger led the way as Furman tied its program record for points against an FBS opponent in a 48-42 loss to Georgia State (which beat Tennessee in Week 1). He accounted for 376 yards of total offense (the fourth-most in a Paladins' game) and five touchdowns. Grainger completed 16 of 25 passes for 323 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions and rushed for 53 yards and a TD on nine carries. Honorable Mention: Ailym Ford, RB, Chattanooga; Tyler Hudson, WR, Central Arkansas; Trey Lance, QB, North Dakota State; Keegan Shoemaker, QB, Lafayette; Hajj-Malik Williams, QB, Campbell; Javon Williams Jr., RB, Southern Illinois. - STATS FCS Football

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QB Darren Grainger, Georgia State
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09/07/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Dan Ellington threw five touchdown passes and Georgia State rallied from a 17-point second-quarter deficit to defeat FCS-member Furman 48-42 on Saturday. Ellington completed 29 of 37 passes for 362 yards and no interceptions. His passer rating was 205.2. Furman's Darren Grainger completed 16 of 25 for 323 yards with four TDs and no interceptions. His passer rating was 225.3. Both teams rushed for more than 200 yards and passed for more than 300 as they combined for 1,104 yards of offense. Grainger threw his first two TD passes and Devin Wynn scored on the ground as the Paladins, ranked No. 11 in the FCS coaches' poll, took a 20-3 lead with 12:55 remaining in the second quarter.

Tra Barnett had an 18-yard TD run and Ellington threw his first TD pass of the game as Georgia State (2-0) closed to within 20-17 at halftime. Ellington threw three more TD passes in the third quarter and the Panthers led 38-28 heading to the fourth. Ellington connected with Cornelius McCoy on a 44-yard TD throw and Georgia State added Brandon Wright's 38-yard field goal for a 48-35 lead with 7:35 remaining. Grainger scored on a 12-yard run with 3:26 remaining, but Furman (1-1) went three-and-out on its only subsequent possession. - AP College Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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09/02/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

WEEK 1 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Ellington, Georgia State (Sr., QB, Olive Branch, Miss.),...Georgia State senior quarterback Dan Ellington threw two touchdown passes and ran for the game-clinching score in the fourth quarter to lead the Panthers to a monumental 38-30 victory at Tennessee, the program's first-ever win over a Power Five conference opponent. The senior signal caller passed for 139 yards on 11 completions and rushed for 61 yards.

After completing just one of his first nine attempts, Ellington recovered to go 10-for-13 the rest of the way, including touchdown strikes of 17 yards to wide receiver Cornelius McCoy in the second quarter and six yards to tight end Aubry Payne in the third quarter. Ellington led the Panthers on two 75-yard touchdown drives in the second half to give GSU a 28-23 lead with nine minutes left, and then he scampered for a spectacular 22-yard touchdown run with 4:45 left that essentially clinched the win. He faked a handoff and then eluded several defenders before running into the left corner of the end zone. - Sun Belt Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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08/31/19 - Dan Ellington, rSr/2020, Georgia State, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Dan Ellington threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score as 26-point underdog Georgia State upset Tennessee 38-30 on Saturday in one of the first stunners of the college football season. Georgia State (1-0) beat a Power Five opponent for the first time since this Sun Belt Conference school launched its program in 2010. The Panthers' closest call before this had come in 2016, when they lost 23-17 to Wisconsin after leading in the fourth quarter. Tennessee (0-1) suffered one of the more embarrassing setbacks in its history, the latest blow for a storied program attempting to bounce back from two straight losing seasons.

Georgia State was coming off a 2-10 season in which it had lost its last seven games. Only one of those seven losses was decided by less than two touchdowns. But the Panthers outplayed and outworked Tennessee on Saturday. The hard times for Tennessee were evident from a look at the Neyland Stadium stands. Although the announced attendance was 85,503, thousands of fans apparently left at halftime and many others headed for shaded areas, leaving plenty of sections of the 102,455-seat facility virtually empty as Tennessee attempted its comeback. Tra Barnett put Georgia State ahead for good 28-23 when he raced untouched around the right side with 8:56 remaining. Barnett ended up rushing for 95 yards on 21 carries. - AP College Football

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QB Dan Ellington, Georgia State
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