Game Day RAM-blings- Albany State vs. Valdosta State

ASU Football opens 2015 season against state rival Valdosta State

Albany State will kick off its 2015 season when it faces an old state rival. The Golden Rams will host the Valdosta State Blazers at Albany State University Coliseum at 7 p.m. This will be the 17 meeting between the two programs. The Blazers hold a 15-1 series edge. The Golden Rams lost to VSU 38-10 in the season opener of the 2014 season.

Albany State returns a bevy of veteran players on both offense and defense. The Gold Rush Offense will be led by junior running back, Jarvis Small, who had a breakout season during his sophomore campaign. Small rushed for 1.169 yards and 13 touchdowns, and garnered the 2014 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. All-conference offensive lineman Javoris Wilburn also returns, along with fellow starting lineman Tedrick Coffield and Kenneth Averhart. Junior Caleb Edmonds will take over the reigns at the quarterback position. Top wide receivers Devonta Osborne and Quadrey Simmons are also back. The Golden Rams also return their two kickers in Zachary Gayden-Holley and Stefan Whitehead.

On defense, All-SIAC linebacker Tavarius Washington will lead the perennially sound ASU defense. He led the team in total tackles with 93 and was also named to the Daktronics Super Region Two Defensive Team. Returning starters Grover Stewart and Ricky Blackmon will anchor the Golden Rams' defensive line. Defensive backs Nick Scott, Cedric Ashe and Ryan Selby return to the ASU secondary.

Valdosta State returns 14 starters from their 2014 team that tallied a 10-3 record and advanced to the third round of postseason play. The Blazer offense will be led by three-time All-Gulf South Conference running back Cedric O'Neal, who has rushed for 3,046 yards, the third-highest total in school history, over the course of the last three years.

Albany State Game Notes vs Valdosta State

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