GEORGIA STATE (6-5, 3-4) at OLD DOMINION (5-6, 4-3)
Saturday, Nov. 25 | 2 p.m. | SB Ballard Stadium

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THE KICKOFF: Georgia State finishes the regular season Saturday at Old Dominion in a 2 p.m. game at SB Ballard Stadium.

> Playing just its 14th season of football and 10th at the FBS level, Georgia State (6-4, 3-4 Sun Belt) is eligible for its sixth bowl game and fifth in seven seasons under head coach Shawn Elliott. The Panthers earned their sixth win at Louisiana on Oct. 21, the earliest they have ever achieved bowl eligibility.

> Named to the Midseason All-America team by College Football Network (CFN), Marcus Carroll is No. 4 in FBS in rushing with 1,293 yards (117.5 ypg). He is No. 6 in all-purpose with 138.6 ypg, and his 13 touchdowns make him No. 11 in rushing touchdowns.

> Just the second 1,000-yard rusher in program history, Carroll is 160 yards behind the GSU season record of 1,453 (Tra Barnett, 2019).

> Carroll topped the 2,000-yard milestone for career yards vs. LSU. He now has 2,079 yards to rank third in GSU history.

> Carroll rushed for a career-high 208 yards vs. Georgia Southern, the second-best single-game total in school history.

> QB Darren Grainger has passed for 2,161 yards and 15 touchdowns while rushing for 601 yards and seven scores. He is completing 66 percent of his passes.

> Grainger was named to the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2023, one of 35 quarterbacks in the nation selected.

> Grainger's top targets are Robert Lewis, who leads the Panthers with 61 receptions for 786 yards and seven touchdowns, and Tailique Williams with 42 catches for 561 yards and five scores.

> Lewis broke the GSU single-game record with 12 receptions vs. Georgia Southern. Earlier this season he set the single-game yardage record with 220 yards vs. Charlotte. His seven TD receptions are fourth in the Sun Belt and one behind the GSU season record.

> GSU's top offensive lineman is super senior left tackle Travis Glover, a Preseason First-Team All-Sun Belt selection who has 56 career starts.

> Linebacker Jontrey Hunter is the Panthers' leading tackler with 86 stops, 5.5 TFL, three forced fumbles and three pass breakups. CB Gavin Pringle leads GSU with three interceptions, and OLB Kevin Swint tops the team with four sacks and seven TFL.

> After causing a fumble at LSU, Hunter now has seven forced fumbles in his career, a new Georgia State record. 

> Senior ILB Jordan Veneziale has moved into second place in GSU history with 275 career tackles. The GSU record is 381 by Joseph Peterson (2012-15). Veneziale is also tied for third with 58 career games played.

> Georgia State has played on national television six times this season, including once on ESPN, four times on ESPN2 and once on ESPNU. 

> After starting 4-0 for the first time, Georgia State achieved another milestone on Sept. 24 by receiving a vote in the US LBM Coaches' Poll, the Panthers' first-ever in either national poll.

GRAINGER RECORD WATCH: Quarterback Darren Grainger threw his 52nd touchdown pass for the Panthers, breaking the GSU record as he passed Nick Arbuckle (51, 2014-15).

> Grainger is also Georgia State's career leader in total offense with 8,314 yards and TD responsibility with 68 (52 passing/16 rushing), passing Arbuckle (7,566 yards, 59 TDR) in both categories).

> Grainger's 6,319 passing yards rank second to Arbuckle's total of 7,651 yards.

> The Georgia State signal caller is also approaching a rushing milestone. Grainger needs just five yards rushing to reach the 2,000-yard milestone for his GSU career, joining Marcus Carroll (2,079) in that club. Carroll and Grainger ranked third and fourth on the Georgia State career rushing list; the record is 2,265 by Tucker Gregg (2018-22).

> Counting his two seasons at Furman, Grainger has amassed 10,070 yards of total offense, including 7,722 yards passing and 2,348 yards rushing with 89 TDs (67 passing, 21 rushing).

MORE ON MARCUS: Marcus Carroll has five of the Top 10 single-game performances in program history, all in his last 15 games (208 vs. Georgia Southern/2023; 184 vs. URI/2023; 164 vs. USM/2022; 159 vs. Marshall/2023; 150 vs. CCU/2023).

> His career-high 208 yards vs. Georgia Southern is the second-best single-game in GSU history, while his 184 yards vs. Rhode Island now ranks fifth.

> Over his last 15 games, Carroll has rushed for 1,622 yards and 18 touchdowns.

> With 1,293 yards in 2023, Carroll has the second-best season in school history (record is 1,453 yards by Tra Barnett in 2019). His 13 touchdowns are the GSU record, while his seven 100-yard games are tied for the season mark. He also holds the season record for carries with 259.

> Carroll is now the No. 3 rusher in GSU history with 2,079 career yards, trailing only Tucker Gregg (2,265) and Tra Barnett (2,156).  His 22 career rushing touchdowns rank second.

PRINGLE'S BIG PLAYS: In his first season at GSU, cornerback Gavin Pringle has made two pivotal plays to help win games.

> Pringle made the play of the season thus far with his game-saving interception in the end zone to preserve the Panthers' 20-17 win at Louisiana. With Georgia State holding a three-point lead, Louisiana faced 3rd-and-4 at the GSU 7-yard line with 30 seconds left when Pringle grabbed the interception in the end zone to seal the win.

> In his Georgia State debut, Pringle delivered a 21-yard interception return for a touchdown in the season-opening win over Rhode Island. GSU had just tied the game at 28-all late in the third quarter, and Pringle's big play gave the Panthers a 35-28 lead they would not relinquish.

> Pringle, who also had an interception at the 3-yard line at Charlotte, leads Georgia State with three picks.

> The Baltimore, Md., native joined the GSU program in June as a graduate transfer from Bucknell, where he was a three-time all-conference selection in the Patriot League.

GSU VS. ODU: Georgia State won last year's game 31-17 in Atlanta behind a strong performance by the GSU defense. Georgia State limited the Monarchs to 26 yards rushing--the third lowest total in program history--and 283 total yards. The Panthers forced two turnovers, collected six sacks and allowed just 11 first downs. Darren Grainger passed for 195 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 104 yards and another score.

> Georgia State and Old Dominion are both relative newcomers to the sport of football as ODU started its program one year before the Panthers launched in 2010. Both schools were members of the Colonial Athletic Association in other sports at that time.

> Georgia State faced Old Dominion in each of its first three seasons, but the Monarchs won all three contests, including a 34-20 win in 2010 in the only previous meeting in Norfolk. ODU leads the series 3-1.