The 2017 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Shawn Elliott. He was hired in December 2016 ahead of the 2017 season. The season marked the first in which they played in the newly acquired Georgia State Stadium, a renovated Turner Field with artificial turf and a 22,000 person capacity. The season was the Panthers' fifth in the Sun Belt Conference and eighth since starting football. The Panthers finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They received an invite to the Cure Bowl, where Georgia State defeated Western Kentucky for the Panthers' first bowl win in program history.
Offseason
2017 NFL draft
Panthers picked in the 2017 NFL Draft: Round Pick Player Position Team 6 209 Robert Davis WR Washington Redskins
Recruits As of December 21, 2016, the Panthers have a total of 20 recruits committed. Eight are three-star recruits.
Coaching and support staff
Name Position Consecutive season atGeorgia State in current position Shawn Elliott Head coach 1st Travis Trickett Offensive coordinator, quarterback 1st Nate Fuqua Defensive coordinator, outside linebackers 1st Chris Collins Assistant coach, safeties 1st Skylor Magee Assistant coach, defensive line 1st Trent McKnight Assistant coach, wide receivers 1st Sam Shade Assistant coach, cornerbacks 1st Josh Stepp Assistant coach, running backs, tight endss 1st Cedric Williams Assistant coach, offensive line 1st Rusty Wright Assistant coach, inside linebacker 1st Ben McLane Graduate assistant, offense 2nd Steve Wojcikowski Director of football operations 1st Scott Holsopple Head strength and conditioning coach 2nd Bob Murphy Associate AD, sports medicine and nutrition 2nd Tim Davis Equipment manager 2ndReference:2017 Georgia State Panthers Football Media Guide
Schedule Georgia State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Panthers hosted Sun Belt foes Troy, South Alabama, Appalachian State, and Idaho, and traveled to Coastal Carolina, ULM, Georgia Southern, and Texas State. Georgia State did not play two Sun Belt teams this season, Louisiana and New Mexico State. The team played three non–conference games, one home game against Tennessee State from the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and two road games against Penn State from the Big Ten and Charlotte from Conference USA.
The scheduled home game against Memphis was canceled when the AAC bought out the contract between the schools for $1.1 million to reschedule a conference game between Memphis and UCF that was canceled during the second week of the season due to Hurricane Irma.
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Game summaries
Tennessee State
First game at Georgia State Stadium.
At Penn State
At Charlotte
At Coastal Carolina
At Louisiana–Monroe
Troy
South Alabama
At Georgia Southern
At Texas State
Appalachian State
Idaho
This was the Vandals' final game as an FBS member for the foreseeable future. Idaho football will downgrade to FCS, joining the school's other sports in the Big Sky Conference for 2018 and beyond.
vs Western Kentucky–Cure Bowl
Roster 2017 Georgia State Panthers footballQuarterback 2 Jaquez Parks – junior (6'1, 205) 7 Conner Manning – senior (6'1, 205) 10 Ruggiero DeLuca – junior (6'3, 225) 11 Aaron Winchester – junior (6'2, 190) 16 Joshua Shim – freshman (6'0, 205)
Running back 1 Kendrick Dorn – senior (6'0, 205) 5 Tra Barnett – sophomore (5'10, 180) 8 Taz Bateman – junior (5'8, 190) 17 Glenn Smith – senior (6'1, 200) 23 Darius Stubbs – sophomore (5'10, 200) * 24 Anthony Valverde – junior (5'10, 205) 25 Kyler Neal – senior (5'11, 215) 28 Demarcus Kirk – junior (6'0, 206) 43 Deandre Bowman – freshman (5'10, 180) 48 Maurice Lauchner – junior (5'9, 205)
Wide receiver 4 Jawan Nobles – sophomore (6'3, 180) 6 Jonathan Ifedi – freshman (6'0, 195) 14 Devin Gentry – sophomore (5'10, 190) 15 Todd Boyd – senior (5'11, 185) 18 Penny Hart – sophomore (5'8, 180) 80 Matlin Marshall – freshman (5'9, 190) 82 Chancellor Triplett – senior (6'0, 180) 85 Eric Elder – freshman (6'0, 185) 86 Bryson Duckworth – freshman (6'4, 215) Bryan Hypolite – junior (5'11, 180)
Tight end 46 Jacob Nesmith – senior (6'3, 270) 49 Brandon Hamilton – senior (6'2, 230) 84 Bill Teknipp – senior (6'4, 245) 88 Ari Werts – junior (6'4, 225) 89 Michael Kouassi – freshman . (6'4, 220)
Placekicker 93 Brandon Wright – sophomore (5'10, 180) 98 Jeff Hollingsworth – freshman (5'7, 175) Offensive Lineman 56 Alex Stoehr – G – senior (6'2, 299) 60 Jaylen Fareed – OL – senior (6'1, 310) 63 Davis Moore – OL – senior (6'4, 299) 65 Shamarious Gilmore – OL – freshman (6'3, 285) 69 Lucas Johnson – OL – junior (6'4, 285) 70 Chris Sibilia – OL – freshman (6'7, 292) 72 Gabe Mobley – OL – junior (6'2, 280) 73 Nick Meyer – OL – freshman (6'5, 260) 74 Sebastian Willer – OT – senior (6'5, 285) 76 Hunter Atkinson – OT – sophomore (6'5, 285)
Defensive Lineman 5 Mackendy Cheridor – DE – senior (6'5, 275) 30 Javonte Lain – DE – sophomore (6'2, 230) 50 Jamal Paxton – DL – junior (6'0, 280) 53 Terry Thomas – DL – sophomore (6'3, 265) 62 Will Cunningham – DL – senior (6'2, 270) 68 Mitchell Shea – DL – junior (5'10, 225) 91 Julien Laurent – DL – senior (6'4, 310) 92 DeQueszman Kelley – DL – senior (6'0, 295) 95 Marterious Allen – DE – junior (6'2, 270) 99 Clifford Amazan – DL – sophomore (6'2, 320)
Punter 48 Oliver Holdenson – sophomore (6'1, 210) Linebacker 3 Ed Curney – sophomore (5'11, 225) 13 Charlie Patrick – sophomore (6'0, 225) 32 Malik Ricks – senior (6'1, 235) 33 James Traylor – senior (6'3, 230) 34 Niemus Bryant – junior (6'0, 220) 39 Chase Middleton – junior (6'2, 235) 42 Trey Payne – senior (6'0, 225) 44 Michael Shaw – junior (6'4, 230) 59 Deshaun Faltz – senior (6'1, 215) T.J. Arnold – freshman (6'0, 210) Warren McWilliams – senior (6'0, 210)
Defensive back 9 Cedric Stone – CB – sophomore (5'10, 185) 10 Chandon Sullivan – CB – senior (5'11, 195) 16 Jerome Smith – CB – junior (5'10, 180) 20 Bryan Williams – S – senior (6'3, 212) 21 Antreal Allen – CB – senior (5'11, 190) 22 Trey Chapman – DB – freshman (5'11, 190) 26 Kendrec Grady – S – freshman (6'2, 215) 28 David West – DB – sophomore (6'1, 185) 29 B.J. Clay – CB – senior (6'0, 190) 30 Kyndall Phillips – DB – sophomore (6'0, 190) 31 Ronald Peterkin – S – junior (6'0, 185) 35 Leander Howard – DB – freshman (5'10, 180) 36 Khai Anderson – CB – sophomore (5'10, 185) 40 Remy Lazarus – DB – freshman (6'0, 190) 41 Blane Cannon – DB – freshman (5'9, 170)
Long snappers 54 Daniel Zeigler – senior (6'5, 240) 66 Seth-Patrick Holman – junior (5'11, 200)
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