Georgia Southern Recruiting Outlook

Georgia Southern:

• Max Magana, Feather River College (Plumas Ntl Forest, CA), OT, 6-6/285  
• Joshua Moon, Creekside (Fairburn, GA), S, 6-0/185  
• Alex Davis, Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, FL), WDE, 6-5/220  
• Jeremiah Theus, The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL), OG, 6-4.5/271  
• Montre Hartage, Crisp County (Cordele, GA), CB, 6-0/180  
• Hampton McConnell, West Forsyth (Cumming, GA), PRO QB, 6-3/197  
• Jay Bowdry, Thomasville (Thomasville, GA), S, 6-0/185  
• Jeremiah Culbreth, Langston Hughes (Fairburn, GA), DT, 6-3/270  
• Logan Hunt, Washington County (Sandersville, GA), WDE, 6-3/228  
• Tae Crowder, Harris County (Hamilton, GA), WR, 6-3/220  
• Eric Montgomery,  Hillgrove (Powder Springs, GA), RB, 5-11/191  
• Malik  Henry, Tift County (Tifton, GA), WR, 6-0/150  
• Wesley Fields, Americus Sumter County South (Americus, GA), RB, 5-10/194  
• D'Ondre Glenn, Douglas County (Douglasville, GA), WR, 6-5/205  
• J.L. Banks, North Oconee (Bogart, GA), OLB, 6-3.5/225  
• Curtis Rainey, Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville, FL), OG, 6-2/275  
• Kevin Ackerman, The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL), TE, 6-5/230  
• J.B. Kouassi, Norcross (Norcross, GA), WDE, 6-2/225  
• Lane Ecton, Dutch Fork (Irmo, SC), S, 5-11/181  

According to 247 sports, the Georgia Southern Eagles currently have the 89th ranked recruiting class in the nation and the 4th ranked class in the Sun Belt Conference. Due in large part to being in the football hotbed of Georgia, the Eagles have been able to only go out of state for 6 players, with four of those commits coming from nearby Florida. 13 of the overall commits are from the state of Georgia.

The Eagles, still in the transitional mode of FCS to FBS, were one of the most pleasant surprises in college football in 2014 in winning the Sun Belt Conference title in their very first attempt. The Eagles finished the season 9-3 with a one-point loss to NC State and a four point loss to Georgia Tech. Due to NCAA rules, the Eagles were ineligible for postseason activities and had to end their season at 12 games.

Key returning players:
Offense:
Matt Breida (12 GP, 1,485 rushing, 17 TD, 1st team All-Sun Belt, RB), Kevin Ellison (12 GP, 1,096 rushing, 12 TD, 1,001 passing, 5 TD, 2nd team All-Sun Belt, QB), Alfred Ramsby (12 GP, 691 yards, 12 TD, RB), BJ Johnson (10 GP, 23 catches, 312 yards, 3 TD, WR)

Defense:
Matt Dobson (12 GP, 62 tkl, 3.5 tfl, 2 INT, 2nd team All-Sun Belt, DB), Antonio Glover (11 GP, 61 tkl, 5 tfl, 1 INT, DB), Deshawntee Gallon (12 GP, 44 tkl, 6 tfl, 3 sacks, 1 INT, LB), Antwione Williams (12 GP, 66 tkl, 8 tfl, 3 sacks, 2 ff, LB), Jamal Johnson (9 GP, 25 tkl, 3.5 tfl, 3 sacks, DL)
Bernard Dawson (35 tkl, 6 tfl, 3 sacks, 2 pbu, DL), Jay Ellison (12 GP, 36 tkl, 4 tfl, 2 sacks, DL),