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GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (2-4, 1-1) at ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES (3-3, 0-2)
Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. ET,
Centennial Bank Stadium
TV: ESPNU. Announcers are Mike Corey and Rene Igoglia. Georgia State is 2-4 on ESPNU.
RADIO: The new home for Georgia State football is Atlanta's 92.9 THE GAME (WZGC-FM). Dave Cohen is in his 36th season as the play-by-play voice of Panther athletics. Harper LeBel joins him from the booth with Sam Crenshaw on the sideline. Football games also air on Georgia State station WRAS-FM 88.5.
Free audio stream on GeorgiaStateSports.com and GSU mobile app.
SERIES: Arkansas State leads 4-0
LAST MEETING: Arkansas State 31, GSU 16, 2016 at the Georgia Dome.
GSU HEAD COACH SHAWN ELLIOTT
Record at GSU: 9-9 (2nd year) / Career: 10-14 (3rd year)
NOTING THE PANTHERS
> Georgia State returns to action this week with another Thursday game at Arkansas State on ESPNU.
> The Panthers are playing back-to-back Thursday night games, both on the road, with an open week in between.
> Quarterback Dan Ellington is fourth in the Sun Belt in total offense, averaging 249.0 yards per game while accounting for nine touchdowns. He is completing 63 percent with 1,224 yards passing and 270 net rushing yards, leading the team in both categories.
> Junior Penny Hart is GSU's leading receiver with 30 receptions for 395 yards and one touchdown, along with 105.3 all-purpose yards per game. He is coming off his 10th career 100-yard game with six receptions for 118 yards vs. Troy.
> Among all active FBS receivers, Hart ranks first in career receiving yards per game (81.7), second in career receiving yards (2,696), third in receptions per game (5.55), sixth in receptions (183) and 10th in touchdown receptions (18), all in just 33 games.
> With 2,676 receiving yards, Hart already ranks sixth in Sun Belt history; fifth place Johnny Quinn of North Texas has 2,718 yards.
> Brandon Wright is second in the nation with an average of 51.0 yards per punt, which helps Georgia State stand third nationally in net punting at 43.54.
> Wright's career punting average of 43.3 ranks seventh among active FBS punters.
> The Panthers second-leading rusher (Seth Paige, 227 yards, 3 TD, 7.1 ypc) and second-leading receiver (Cornelius McCoy, 17 receptions, 188 yards, 11.1 ypc) are both true freshmen, as are two of the four starters in the secondary (CB Quavian White, S Jacorey Crawford).
