Football | 10/13/2016 11:31:00 AM

WEEK 7 NOTES
• Saturday's matchup will feature a pair of 2,000-yard rushing quarterbacks in Georgia Southern's Kevin Ellison (2,942) and Georgia Tech's Justin Thomas (2,014). Ellison is the FBS active leader in career rushing yards for a quarterback while Thomas is fourth.

• Since joining the FBS in 2014, GS has the second-best record in the state of Georgia:
Georgia: 24-8
Georgia Southern: 21-9 (one win vacated by NCAA)
Georgia Tech: 17-15
Georgia State: 8-22

MAKING PEACH STATE RUSHING HISTORY
• Senior Matt Breida is quickly moving up the all-time state of Georgia FBS/D-1A rushing leaders and has a chance to finish second all-time behind legendary Herschel Walker.

1.   5,259, Herschel Walker (Georgia), 1980-82
2.   4,066, Robert Lavette (Georgia Tech), 1981-84
3.   3,699, Jerry Mays (Georgia Tech), 1985-89
4.   3,517, Eddie Lee Ivory (Georgia Tech), 1975-78
5.   3,372, Matt Breida (Georgia Southern) 2014-
6.   3,365, Tashard Choice (Georgia Tech), 2005-07
7.   3,345, PJ Daniels (Georgia Tech), 2002-05
8.   3,285, Todd Gurley (Georgia), 2012-14
9.   3,232, Garrison Hearst (Georgia), 1990-92
10. 3,226, Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 2007-09

• Breida's numbers do not include his one 15-yard rush in 2013, which came while GS was still playing in the FCS.

GEORGIA TECH NOTES
• The Eagles' 25-point comeback in the 2014 game is the largest since joining the FBS. GS trailed 35-10 in the third quarter and took a 38-35 lead before falling 42-38. The biggest comeback in school history is 28 points against Western Carolina in 2008. The Eagles trailed 31-3 with 14:52 left in the fourth quarter and eventually won 38-31 in overtime.

• Georgia Tech defensive lineman Anree Saint-Amour is the younger brother of Manrey Saint-Amour, who started four years on offensive line at Georgia Southern. 

• In the 2014 meeting, the two teams combined for 1,064 yards of total offense. Georgia Tech put up 536 yards while the Eagles recorded 528 yards. All but two players who accounted for 18 of those yards from that game are slated to suit up Saturday.

• All three quarterbacks who played in that 2014 game will suit up Saturday: Kevin Ellison and Favian Upshaw for GS and Justin Thomas for GT.

THE DYNAMIC DUO
• When counting only his FBS yards, Kevin Ellison passed the 2,000-yard rushing mark against Western Michigan, joining Taysom Hill of BYU as the only active QBs to rush for that many yards. His freshman year he ran for 886 yards while the Eagles were still in the FCS.

• Ellison was joined in Week 1 by Favian Upshaw in the 1,000 yard club. They're the only active quarterback teammates to both rush for over 1,000 yards in their career.

• Ellison (2,942) and Upshaw (1,222) have combined to run for 4,164 yards in their career. This leads FBS QB duos.

RUNNING TOWARD SUCCESS
• Since joining the FBS in 2014, the Eagles are 21-4 when outrushing their opponents, 0-5 when being outrushed and 0-0 when the rushing total is even. 

• Since 2014, GS is 21-1 when rushing for 300 yards or more. The Eagles are 13-0 when rushing for 400 yards or more, 4-0 when rushing for 500 yards or more and 1-0 when rushing for 600 yards or more.

• The Eagles are 19-3 when rushing 50 times or more in a game under over the past two-plus seasons.

• Additionally, GS is 18-5 when holding the time of possession battle advantage in that span.

MOVIN' UP THE CHARTS
• Kevin Ellison is tied for fifth place at GS in career passing yards (2,709) and is 10th in rushing yards (2,942). He passed Chaz Williams for 10th place all-time at GS in the South Alabama game to join Tracy Ham, Greg Hill and Jayson Foster as the only players in the top 10 for both.

• Kevin Ellison is tied with Jaybo Shaw for fifth place in school history in career passing yards (2,709). He's 495 yards from Kenny Robinson passing for fourth place.

• Kevin Ellison has the sixth-most passing completions in GS history with 178.

• BJ Johnson III became the eighth member of the 1,000-yard receiving club at Georgia Southern with his performance at Arkansas State. He needs 84 yards to pass Teddy Craft (1,087) for seventh place.

• Matt Breida has 14 games with 100+ rush yards, which is the ninth most in Georgia Southern history. He's two games from Chaz Williams (eighth) and three from Jerick McKinnon (seventh).