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Backdoor Cut: Atlanta Hawks Trae Young Training Camp presser (10.11.19) #sportsinquirer #atlhawks #truetoatlanta #nba #nbatrainingcamp — October 11, 2019

Backdoor Cut: Atlanta Hawks Trae Young Training Camp presser (10.11.19) #sportsinquirer #atlhawks #truetoatlanta #nba #nbatrainingcamp

Atlanta Hawks player Trae Young

The Sports Inquirer attended the presser of Atlanta Hawks player Trae Young following the team’s Training Camp practice on Oct. 11.

Backdoor Cut: Atlanta Hawks De’Andre Hunter Training Camp presser (10.11.19) #sportsinquirer #atlhawks #truetoatlanta #nba #nbatrainingcamp —

Backdoor Cut: Atlanta Hawks De’Andre Hunter Training Camp presser (10.11.19) #sportsinquirer #atlhawks #truetoatlanta #nba #nbatrainingcamp

The Sports Inquirer attended the presser of Atlanta Hawks player De’Andre Hunter following the team’s Training Camp practice on Oct. 11. Topics included Hunter’s acclimation to the Hawks, preparing for the season and finding the approval of the coaching staff.

Fighting Peaches: Georgia State football Shawn Elliott pre-Coastal Carolina interview (10.9.19) #sportsinquirer #gsupanthers #georgiastatefb #sunbelt #sunbeltfb —

Fighting Peaches: Georgia State football Shawn Elliott pre-Coastal Carolina interview (10.9.19) #sportsinquirer #gsupanthers #georgiastatefb #sunbelt #sunbeltfb

Georgia State football head coach Shawn Elliott
Photo credit: Georgia State Athletics

The Sports Inquirer spoke with Georgia State football head coach Shawn Elliott following the team’s practice on Oct. 9. In the Panthers’ 52-38 Sun Belt Conference home win over Arkansas State on Oct. 5, the team rushed for a school-record 340 yards along with a school-record six rushing touchdowns, while combining for 722 total yards, which is also a school record. The Panthers tied the Sun Belt Conference record with 39 first downs.

Topics included the victory, Georgia State’s offense under coordinator Brad Glenn, the maturation of the team’s receivers and preparing to visit conference foe Coastal Carolina on Oct. 12.

Fighting Peaches: Georgia State football Dan Ellington pre-Coastal Carolina interview (10.9.19) #sportsinquirer #gsupanthers #georgiastatefb #sunbelt #sunbeltfb —

Fighting Peaches: Georgia State football Dan Ellington pre-Coastal Carolina interview (10.9.19) #sportsinquirer #gsupanthers #georgiastatefb #sunbelt #sunbeltfb

Georgia State football player Dan Ellington
Photo credit: JASON GETZ/ Georgia State Athletics

The Sports Inquirer spoke with Georgia State football player Dan Ellington following the team’s practice on Oct. 9. The senior quarterback finished with a career-high 382 yards passing on 29-of-41 attempts in the Panthers’ 52-38 Sun Belt Conference home win over Arkansas State on Oct. 5. He added 69 yards on 19 rushing attempts for the Panthers, who scored the most points in program history against an FBS opponent. Ellington had one TD pass and one rushing score. Georgia State rushed for a school-record 340 yards along with a school-record six rushing touchdowns, while combining for 722 total yards, which is also a school record.

Topics included the victory, Georgia State’s offense under coordinator Brad Glenn, the evolution of the team’s young receivers and the Panthers preparing to visit conference foe Coastal Carolina on Oct. 12.