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The Georgia Southern Eagles football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Georgia Southern Eagles football program in various categories, including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Eagles represent Georgia Southern University in the NCAA Division I FBS Sun Belt Conference.

Although Georgia Southern competed in intercollegiate football as early as 1924, the school dropped football after the 1940 season and did not reinstate the program until 1982, initially playing at club level until resuming varsity play in 1984. Because records from the 1924-1940 period are often incomplete and inconsistent, the school's record book only include players from 1982 on.

Recordkeeping notes:

• From 1984 through 2013, Georgia Southern played in the second level of Division I football, currently known as Division I FCS (known before the 2006 season as Division I-AA). Official NCAA season and career statistical totals do not include statistics recorded in I-AA/FCS playoff games before 2002, and most programs that played in FCS before 2002 follow this practice. Southern does not; its official single-season and career leaderboards incorporate statistics from all FCS playoff games. During their FCS tenure, the Eagles made the playoffs 19 times and played in 68 playoff games (with 43 of these games before 2002), giving many players in that era multiple extra games to amass statistics.
• The NCAA did not count bowl games toward official season statistics until 2002 (at that time, Southern was in what is now known as FCS). The Eagles have appeared in five bowl games since their first season of bowl eligibility in 2015, giving players in those seasons an extra game to amass statistics.
• The Sun Belt Conference has held a championship game since 2018; however, Southern has yet to appear in that game.
• Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player, giving everyone who played in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.

During much of their history, the Eagles have run an option offense, focused on running over passing. Therefore, the Eagles' passing records tend to be lower than at most other schools. Exceptions to this trend are the years 2006 through 2009, when the Eagles scrapped the option offense under head coaches Brian VanGorder and Chris Hatcher, and since 2022, when new head coach Clay Helton installed a pro-style pass-oriented offense. Notably, Kyle Vantrease took only six games in 2022 to set a new single-season passing yardage record, and more than doubled the previous record by the end of the regular season. Despite only playing at Southern for one season (he had played at Buffalo in five seasons, with one redshirt season and an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19), he is second on the team's career passing yardage list.

These lists are updated through the 2022 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Passing touchdowns

Rushing

Rushing yards

Rushing touchdowns

Receiving

Receptions

Receiving yards

Receiving touchdowns

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. Georgia Southern's record book lists only the single-game leader; however, the previous single-game record was broken during the 2022 season.

Total offense yards

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the official NCAA term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. Georgia Southern's record book includes career and single-season leaders, but not single-game leaders.

Defense

Interceptions

Tackles

Sacks

Kicking

Field goals made

Field goal percentage

Footnotes

References

1. "Record Book" (PDF). 2022 Georgia Southern Football Media Guide. July 30, 2022. pp. 90–128. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
2. ^ "2016 Georgia Southern Eagles Media Guide" (PDF). GSEagles.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016. Note: The 2016 Media Guide only covers statistics through 2015, so any entries on these lists from 2016 are found on the Georgia Southern website.
3. Cobb, David (August 21, 2020). "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
4. Waldrop, Melinda (December 1, 2010). "Monken brings option, wins back to Georgia Southern". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
5. "Game Preview: Eagles Return Home to Host Ranked Dukes" (Press release). Georgia Southern Eagles. October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
6. ^ "Kyle Vantrease". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
7. ^ "Davis Brin". ESPN.com.
8. ^ "Shai Werts". ESPN.com.
9. ^ "JC French". ESPN.com.
10. ^ "Box Score: James Madison Dukes vs. Georgia Southern Eagles". ESPN.com. October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
11. ^ "Georgia Southern vs. Nebraska Box Score". ESPN.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
12. ^ "Box Score: Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. Georgia Southern Eagles". ESPN.com. November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
13. "Georgia Southern vs. Wisconsin Box Score". ESPN.com. September 16, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
14. ^ "Morgan State vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
15. ^ "Box Score: Georgia Southern Eagles vs. Georgia State Panthers". ESPN.com. October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
16. "Box Score: Camellia Bowl". ESPN.com. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
17. "Georgia Southern vs. Ball State Box Score". ESPN.com. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
18. "Georgia Southern 41, Elon 14". ESPN.com. October 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017.
19. "UMass vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
20. ^ "Coastal Carolina vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. September 30, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
21. "Georgia State vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
22. "Marshall vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
23. ^ "Appalachian State vs. Georgia State Box Score". ESPN.com. November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
24. "James Madison vs. Georgia Southern Box Score". ESPN.com. October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
25. "Georgia Southern 24, Cent. Arkansas 16". ESPN.com. December 1, 2012.
26. "Georgia Southern 55, Old Dominion 48". ESPN.com. December 3, 2011.
27. "Jalen White". ESPN.com.
28. ^ "Khaleb Hood". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
29. ^ "Derwin Burgess Jr". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
30. ^ "Dalen Cobb". ESPN.com.
31. ^ "Jeremy Singleton". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
32. ^ "Josh Dallas". ESPN.com.
33. "Georgia Southern vs. James Madison Box Score". ESPN.com. October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
34. "Jennings, Louisiana-Lafayette beat Georgia Southern 33-26". ESPN.com. November 10, 2016.
35. "Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State Box Score". ESPN.com. September 28, 2024.
36. "Jjay Mcafee". ESPN.com.
37. "Amare Jones". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
38. "2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 9. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
39. "2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
40. "Kindle Vildor". ESPN.com.
41. "Derrick Canteen". ESPN.com.
42. "Georgia Southern runs to 43-17 win over Western Michigan". ESPN.com. September 12, 2015.
43. ^ "Marques Watson-Trent". ESPN.com.
44. "Raymond Johnson III". ESPN.com.
45. ^ "Tyler Bass". ESPN.com.
46. ^ "Alex Raynor". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
47. ^ "Michael Lantz". ESPN.com.
48. "Gavin Stewart". ESPN.com.

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