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. 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.

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.

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.

All ASN games werealso broadcast on ESPN3.

Coaching and support staff Name Position Consecutive season atGeorgia State in current position Trent Miles Head coach 4th Harold Etheridge Associate head coach, offensive line 4th Luke Huard Offensive coordinator, quarterback 1st Jesse Minter Defensive coordinator 4th Jeff Jagodzinski Assistant coach 4th Larry Knight Assistant coach, outside linebackers 2nd Tim Lappano Assistant coach, wide receivers 3rd Eric Lewis Assistant coach, secondary, special teams coordinator 2nd Rick Minter Assistant coach, defensive line 1st P.J. Volker Assistant coach, linebackers / recruiting coordinator 4th Ben McLane Graduate assistant, offense 1st Chris O'Leary Graduate assistant, defense 1st Reid Sanders Graduate assistant, offense 1st John McDonell Senior offensive analyst 1st Dusty Bennett Director of football operations 2nd Scott Holsopple Head strength and conditioning coach 1st Bob Murphy Associate AD, sports medicine and nutrition 1st Liam Smith Director of player personnel 1st Nicholas Vogt Equipment manager 4thReference:2016 Georgia State Panthers Football Media Guide

Roster 2016 Georgia State Panthers FootballQuarterback 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)

Game summaries

Ball State

At Air Force

At Wisconsin

At Appalachian State

Texas State

At Troy

UT Martin

At South Alabama

Arkansas State

Louisiana–Monroe

Georgia Southern

At Idaho

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