2016 Georgia State Panthers football team

The 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by fourth-year head coach Trent Miles for the first 10 games of the year until he was fired on November 12, 2016 after a 2–8 record.[1] They were led by interim head coach Tim Lappano for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at the Georgia Dome. The 2016 season was the Panthers' fourth in the Sun Belt Conference and seventh since starting football. This was also the Panthers final season in the Georgia Dome, as the stadium was demolished on November 20, 2017 following the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 26 of the same year.

2016 Georgia State Panthers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2016 record3–9 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLuke Huard (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJesse Minter (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumGeorgia Dome
(Capacity: 28,155)
2016 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Appalachian State +  7 –1     10 –3  
Arkansas State +  7 –1     8 –5  
Troy  6 –2     10 –3  
Idaho  6 –2     9 –4  
Louisiana–Lafayette  5 –3     6 –7  
Georgia Southern  4 –4     5 –7  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 –5     4 –8  
South Alabama  2 –6     6 –7  
Georgia State  2 –6     3 –9  
New Mexico State  2 –6     3 –9  
Texas State  0 –8     2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

Coaching and support staff
Name Position Consecutive season at
Georgia State in current position
Trent MilesHead coach4th
Harold EtheridgeAssociate head coach, offensive line4th
Luke HuardOffensive coordinator, quarterback1st
Jesse MinterDefensive coordinator4th
Jeff JagodzinskiAssistant coach4th
Larry KnightAssistant coach, outside linebackers2nd
Tim LappanoAssistant Coach, wide receivers3rd
Eric LewisAssistant coach, secondary, special teams coordinator2nd
Rick MinterAssistant coach, defensive line1st
P.J. VolkerAssistant coach, linebackers / recruiting coordinator4th
Ben McLaneGraduate assistant, offense1st
Chris O'LearyGraduate assistant, defense1st
Reid SandersGraduate assistant, offense1st
John McDonellSenior offensive analyst1st
Dusty BennettDirector of football operations2nd
Scott HolsoppleHead strength and conditioning coach1st
Bob MurphyAssociate AD, sports medicine and nutrition1st
Liam SmithDirector of player personnel1st
Nicholas VogtEquipment manager4th
Reference:[2]

Schedule

Georgia State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and will travel to Appalachian State, Idaho, South Alabama, and Troy. Georgia State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Louisiana–Lafayette and New Mexico State.[3]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee–Martin (UT–Martin) from the Ohio Valley Conference, and two road games against Air Force from the Mountain West Conference and Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.Ball State*
ASNL 21–3112,233
September 102:00 p.m.at Air Force*
MWNL 14–4824,173
September 1712:00 p.m.at No. 9 Wisconsin*
BTNL 17–2379,883
October 112:00 p.m.at Appalachian State
ASNL 3–1724,782
October 83:30 p.m.Texas State
  • Georgia Dome
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPN3W 41–2113,179
October 153:30 p.m.at Troy
ESPN3L 21–3123,913
October 223:30 p.m.Tennessee–Martin*
  • Georgia Dome
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPN3W 31–615,223
October 295:00 p.m.at South Alabama
ESPN3L 10–1311,565
November 37:30 p.m.Arkansas State
  • Georgia Dome
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPNUL 16–3113,363
November 122:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
  • Georgia Dome
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPN3L 23–3713,106
November 192:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
ESPN3W 30–2423,513
December 35:00 p.m.at Idaho
ESPN3L 12–3711,242
  • All ASN games are also broadcast on ESPN3
Schedule source:[4]

Game summaries

Ball State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 7 3 14 31
Panthers 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team

at Air Force
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 7 0 0 14
Falcons 10 17 14 7 48
See also: 2016 Air Force Falcons football team

at Wisconsin
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 10 7 17
No. 9 Badgers 6 0 7 10 23
See also: 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team

at Appalachian State
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 3 3
Mountaineers 0 0 7 10 17
See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Texas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 14 0 7 0 21
Panthers 0 24 17 0 41
See also: 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team

at Troy
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 14 7 21
Trojans 3 3 11 14 31
See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team

UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 3 0 3 6
Panthers 7 3 14 7 31
See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

at South Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 0 7 0 10
Jaguars 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Arkansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 0 10 7 14 31
Panthers 0 3 7 6 16
See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Louisiana–Monroe
1 2 3 4 Total
Warhawks 2 7 21 7 37
Panthers 0 7 13 3 23
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Georgia Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 10 0 7 24
Panthers 20 0 10 0 30
See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

at Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 6 6 0 0 12
Vandals 14 10 10 3 37
See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team

Personnel

Roster
2016 Georgia State Panthers Football

Quarterback

  • 7 Conner Manning – Junior (6'1, 205)
  • 10 Ruggiero DeLuca – Sophomore (6'3, 218)
  • 11 Aaron Winchester – Freshman (6'2, 175)
  • 12 Emiere Scaife – Sophomore (6'2, 218)
  • 16 Joshua Shim – Freshman (6'0, 205)

Running Back

  • 1 Kendrick Dorn – Junior (6'0, 205)
  • 5 Tra Barnett – Freshman (5'10, 170)
  • 8 Taz Bateman – Junior (5'8, 185)
  • 17 Glenn Smith – Junior (6'1, 185)
  • 23 Darius Stubbs – Freshman (5'10, 188)
  • 24 Anthony Valverde – Sophomore (5'10, 210)
  • 25 Kyler Neal – Junior (5'11, 218)
  • 28 Demarcus Kirk – Freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 36 Khai Anderson – Sophomore (5'10, 185)
  • 43 Deandre Bowman – Freshman (5'10, 175)
  • 48 Maurice Lauchner – Junior (5'9, 195)

Wide Receiver

  • 4 Jawan Nobles – Freshman (6'3, 180)
  • 6 Jonathan Ifedi – Freshman (6'0, 195)
  • 14 Devin Gentry – Freshman (5'10, 180)
  • 15 Todd Boyd – Junior (5'11, 180)
  • 18 Penny Hart – Sophomore (5'8, 185)
  • 19 Robert Davis – Senior (6'3, 220)
  • 80 Matlin Marshall – Freshman (5'9, 188)
  • 81 Marquan Greene – Sophomore (5'10, 180)
  • 82 Brett Sheehan – Junior (6'2, 180)
  • 83 Mattavius Scott – Senior (6'2, 206)
  • 85 Eric Elder – Freshman (6'0, 177)
  • 86 Bryson Duckworth – Freshman (6'4, 212)

Tight End

  • 45 Keith Rucker – Senior (6'3, 235)
  • 46 Jacob Nesmith – Junior (6'2, 270)
  • 84 Bill Teknipp – Junior (6'4, 235)
  • 88 Ari Werts – Sophomore (6'4, 225)

Placekicker

  • 94 Barry Brown – Freshman (6'4, 175)
  • 96 Shavi Bash – Junior (6'3, 185)
  

Offensive Lineman

  • 51 Malik Besseck – OL – Freshman (6'4, 275)
  • 56 Alex Stoehr – OL – Junior (6'2, 300)
  • 57 Zeke Pernell – OL – Freshman (6'5, 265)
  • 61 Mitch Word – OL – Senior (6'4, 300)
  • 63 Davis Moore – OL – Junior (6'4, 300)
  • 64 Akil Hawkins – OL – Senior (6'2, 282)
  • 65 Shamarious Gilmore – OL – Freshman (6'3, 275)
  • 69 Lucas Johnson – OL – Sophomore (6'4, 285)
  • 72 Gabe Mobley – OL – Sophomore (6'2, 275)
  • 73 Nick Meyer – OL – Freshman (6'5, 270)
  • 74 Sebastian Willer – OT – Junior (6'5, 279)
  • 75 Michael Ivory – OT – Senior (6'5, 340)
  • 76 Hunter Atkinson – OT – Freshman (6'5, 250)
  • 77 Tyler Simonsen – OL – Senior (6'3, 305)
  • 78 Madison Bell – OL – Junior (6'3, 280)
  • 78 Dom Roldan – OL – Senior (6'6, 350)

Defensive Lineman

  • 5 Mackendy Cheridor – DE – Junior (6'5, 250)
  • 30 Javonte Lain – DE – Freshman (6'2, 220)
  • 50 Jamal Paxton – DL – Junior (6'0, 270)
  • 52 Tevin Jones – DE – Senior (6'4, 270)
  • 53 Terry Thomas – DL – Freshman (6'3, 255)
  • 55 Carnell Hopson – DE – Senior (6'2, 268)
  • 58 Juan Orozco – DL – Junior (6'0, 290)
  • 62 Will Cunningham – DL – Junior (6'1, 280)
  • 90 Nich Long – DL – Sophomore (6'5, 294)
  • 91 Julien Laurent – DL – Junior (6'4, 325)
  • 92 DeQueszman Kelley – DL – Junior (6'0, 285)
  • 95 Marterious Allen – DE – Sophomore (6'2, 240)
  • 97 Jalen Lawrence – NG – Senior (6'1, 285)
  • 99 Clifford Amazan – DL – Freshman (6'2, 315)

Punter

  • 93 Brandon Wright – Freshman (5'10, 160)
  • 98 Jeff Hollingsworth – Freshman (5'7, 170)
  

Linebacker

  • 3 Ed Curney – Sophomore (5'11, 220)
  • 4 Alonzo McGee – Senior (6'1, 220)
  • 11 Kaleb Ringer – Senior (6'0, 235)
  • 13 Charlie Patrick – Freshman (6'0, 220)
  • 27 Andrew Everett – Senior (6'5, 240)
  • 32 Malik Ricks – Junior (6'1, 230)
  • 33 James Traylor – Junior (6'3, 220)
  • 34 Niemus Bryant – Sophomore (6'0, 220)
  • 38 Jameel Spencer – Senior (6'1, 230)
  • 39 Chase Middleton – Sophomore (6'2, 225)
  • 42 Trey Payne – Junior (6'0, 230)
  • 44 Michael Shaw – Sophomore (6'4, 222)
  • 47 Payton Moore – Freshman (6'2, 225)
  • 57 Justin Otiwu – Junior (6'1, 225)
  • 69 Deshaun Faltz – Junior (6'1, 212)

Defensive Back

  • 2 Bobby Baker – S – Senior (6'2, 200)
  • 7 Robert Dowling – CB – Senior (5'10, 185)
  • 9 Cedric Stone – CB – Freshman (5'10, 175)
  • 10 Chandon Sullivan – CB – Junior (5'11, 185)
  • 12 Deion Wilkins – DB – Senior (5'9, 164)
  • 14 Cloves Campbell – DB – Senior (6'1, 205)
  • 16 Jerome Smith – CB – Sophomore (5'10, 165)
  • 20 Bryan Williams – S – Senior (6'3, 200)
  • 21 Antreal Allen – CB – Junior (5'11, 180)
  • 22 Trey Chapman – DB – Freshman (5'11, 180)
  • 24 Kwon Williams – S – Freshman (6'0, 202)
  • 26 Anthony Davis – CB – Sophomore (5'10, 175)
  • 26 Kendrec Grady – S – Freshman (6'2, 209)
  • 28 David West – DB – Freshman (6'1, 175)
  • 29 B.J. Clay – CB – Junior (6'0, 180)
  • 30 Kyndall Phillips – DB – Freshman (6'0, 185)
  • 31 Ronald Peterkin – S – Sophomore (6'0, 170)
  • 35 Leander Howard – DB – Freshman (5'10, 180)
  • 37 Trent Hill – S – Senior (5'10, 185)
  • 40 Remy Lazarus – DB – Freshman (6'0, 185)

Long Snappers

  • 54 Daniel Zeigler – Junior (6'5, 240)
  • 66 Seth-Patrick Holman – Sophomore (5'11, 185)

[5]

References
  1. http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/report-georgia-state-fires-coach-trent-miles-after-2-8-start/
  2. 2016 Georgia State Panthers Football Media Guide
  3. "Complete 2016 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Georgia State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. "2016 Georgia State Panthers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  5. "2016 Roster". GeorgiaStateSports.com. Georgia State University. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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