Football 6/23/2021 2:24:00 PM

Panthers Well-Represented on Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

ATLANTA -- With the college football season just over two months away, now is the time for fans to quench their appetite with preseason magazines.

Phil Steele's College Football Preview recently hit the streets featuring 14 Panthers on its Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference teams, led by four first-team selections: RB Destin Coates, WR Sam Pinckney, G Shamarious Gilmore and PK Noel Ruiz.

Six more Panthers made Phil Steele's Preseason All-Sun Belt second team: TE Roger Carter on the offensive side, as wells as NG Dontae Wilson, DE Hardrick Willis, ILB Blake Carroll, CB Quavian White and S Antavious Lane. That's five members of a Georgia State defense that ranked in the Top 10 in FBS in sacks and turnovers created while setting a school record for fewest rushing yards per carry allowed.

QB Cornelious Brown IV, WR Cornelius McCoy and T Travis Glover made the third team. With C Malik Sumter on the fourth team, eight of the Panthers' 11 offensive starters have earned preseason all-conference recognition after Georgia State scored a program-record 33.3 points per game last fall.

Georgia State opens the season on Sept. 4, when the Panthers host Army at Center Parc Stadium in a noon kickoff on ESPNU. That kicks off the most exciting and challenging schedule in program history, including non-conference games at North Carolina and Auburn and a home date with Charlotte. In Sun Belt Conference play, the Panthers host Appalachian State, Texas State, Arkansas State and Troy while traveling to ULM, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Coastal Carolina.

Season tickets for the 2021 season are on sale now by visiting GeorgiaStateSports.com/TIX or calling 404-413-4160.

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE PANTHERS
G Shamarious Gilmore (Phil Steele-1st; Athlon-1st)
PK Noel Ruiz (Phil Steele-1st; Athlon-1st)
WR Sam Pinckney (Phil Steele-1st; Athlon-2nd)
RB Destin Coates (Phil Steele-1st; Athlon-2nd)
TE Roger Carter (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-2nd)
NG Dontae Wilson (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-2nd)
DE Hardrick Willis (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-2nd)
CB Quavian White (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-2nd)
S Antavious Lane (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-2nd)
ILB Blake Carroll (Phil Steele-2nd; Athlon-3rd)
WR Cornelius McCoy (Phil Steele-3rd; Athlon-4th)
QB Cornelious Brown IV (Phil Steele-3rd; Athlon-4th)
T Travis Glover (Phil Steele-3rd)
C Malik Sumter (Phil Steele-4th; Athlon-4th)

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Players Mentioned

#42 Blake Carroll: ILB; 6' 1"; Senior

#5 Roger Carter: TE; 6' 2"; Senior

#75 Shamarious Gilmore: G; 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior

#73 Travis Glover: T; 6' 6"; Redshirt Junior

#34 Antavious Lane: S; 5' 9"; Redshirt Sophomore

#83 Cornelius McCoy: WR; 5' 11"; Senior

#15 Sam Pinckney: WR; 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior

#92 Noel Ruiz: PK; 5' 11"; Senior

#62 Malik Sumter: C; 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior

#20 Quavian White: CB; 5' 10"; Senior

#90 Hardrick Willis: DE; 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior

#52 Dontae Wilson: NG; 6' 0"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#42 Blake Carroll
: 6' 1"; Senior
: ILB

#5 Roger Carter
: 6' 2"; Senior
: TE

#75 Shamarious Gilmore
: 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior
: G

#73 Travis Glover
: 6' 6"; Redshirt Junior
: T

#34 Antavious Lane
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Sophomore
: S

#83 Cornelius McCoy
: 5' 11"; Senior
: WR

#15 Sam Pinckney
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Junior
: WR

#92 Noel Ruiz
: 5' 11"; Senior
: PK

#62 Malik Sumter
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior
: C

#20 Quavian White
: 5' 10"; Senior
: CB

#90 Hardrick Willis
: 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior
: DE

#52 Dontae Wilson
: 6' 0"; Senior
: NG