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Home field · Center Parc Stadium
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2025 record: 1-11 · Sun Belt
North Carolina A&T’s Sept. 4 visit to Georgia State is an opening-week test of which unsettled offense finds its footing first. Both quarterback situations remain unresolved: A&T lists Kevin White, Jy Walls, Champ Long and Alston Hooker, while Georgia State lists Ayden Pereira, Cameran Brown, Gavin Nuckolls, Jadon Olafsson and TJ Stanley. Brown supplies the clearest reference point after producing 1,259 passing yards, 13 touchdown passes, 284 rushing yards and four rushing scores for the Panthers in 2025, but roster status and past production do not settle this year’s job.
The decisive matchup is Georgia State’s passing game against an A&T defense whose current roster includes Terien George and Kamari Blankumsee up front, Steven Davis II and Tyrek Brown at linebacker, and Dray Duncan and DeAndre Nance in the secondary. If Brown plays, his ability to create as a passer and runner would demand discipline at every level; if another quarterback starts, protection and early-down efficiency become even more important. Grant Hollier is back on the roster after catching 21 passes for 288 yards and four touchdowns last season. Georgia State’s roster also includes Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson, a 41-tackle defender in 2025, opposite A&T’s offensive front and still-undecided quarterback room.
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Georgia State’s cleanest route to control is to protect whichever quarterback starts, avoid giving A&T short fields and use its home setting at Center Parc Stadium to make the Aggies sustain drives. A&T’s path is the inverse: create negative plays, force third-and-long, prevent the Panthers’ receivers from generating explosives, and pressure whichever quarterback plays into turnovers or favorable field position. Offensively, the Aggies need their line and skill groups to keep the game on schedule regardless of who takes the first snap. If A&T can shorten the field and stay out of obvious passing downs, it can keep pressure on Georgia State deep into the opener.