The 2017 season's largest margin: Georgia State 28, Charlotte 0. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The 2017 Season
Georgia State's 2017 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Conner ManningQB3,146 passing yards
- Glenn SmithRB594 rushing yards
- Penny HartWR1,121 receiving yards
- Tamir JonesWR396 receiving yards
- Ari WertsTE275 receiving yards
- Trey PayneLB66 tackles
- Chase MiddletonLB64 tackles
- Bryan WilliamsS63 tackles
- Marterious AllenDE4 sacks
- Dontae WilsonG4 sacks
- Victor HeywardLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Georgia State 0, Penn State 56. A 56-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Georgia State beat Western Kentucky 27-17 in the postseason.
"Light It Up"
2017 is a middle chapter for Georgia State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.