{"id":63253,"date":"2025-08-12T19:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63253\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:16:09","slug":"sbc-football-365-preview-south-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63253\/","title":{"rendered":"SBC Football 365 Preview – South Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW ORLEANS\u00a0\u2014 On the heels of a third-straight winning season and a second-straight bowl championship, South Alabama will open its 2025 campaign on Saturday, August 30, when it hosts Morgan State at 7:00 p.m. ET\/6:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+.\u00a0
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\nThe opener against the Bears will be the first-ever matchup between the two schools.\u00a0
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\nSouth Alabama\u2019s non-conference slate also features a home date with Tulane (Sept. 6) and road trips to in-state foe Auburn (Sept. 13) and North Texas (Sept. 27). Alongside annual dates with their West Division rivals, the Jaguars conference schedule includes a home matchup with Coastal Carolina (Sept. 20) and a road contest at Georgia State (Oct. 23) from the Sun Belt East Division.\u00a0
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\nThe Jaguars were picked fourth in the Sun Belt West Division, while earning 1-of-14 first-place votes in last month\u2019s\u00a02025 Sun Belt Conference Football Preseason Coaches Poll<\/a>.\u00a0
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\nSecond-year head coach Major Applewhite will lead a roster that brings back two All-Sun Belt honorees from 2024<\/a> and had five players named to the 2025 Preseason All-Sun Belt teams<\/a>\u2014tied for the fifth-most in the conference. Redshirt senior linebacker Blayne Myrick was selected as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.\u00a0
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\nSouth Alabama is coming off a 7-6 season in 2024, maintaining its winning ways in the first year of the Major Applewhite era. The Jaguars were part of the Sun Belt\u2019s eight-team Bowl Season contingent that paced the non-autonomy conferences for the third-straight year, earning their second-straight bowl victory with a 30-23 win over Western Michigan in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl.\u00a0
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\nSouth Alabama is coming off the best three-year stretch in program history, with three-straight winning seasons, three-straight bowl berths and back-to-back bowl titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To listen to head coach Major Applewhite, redshirt senior offensive lineman Jordan Davis and redshirt senior linebacker Darius McKenzie\u2019s comments from the 2025 Sun Belt Football Media Days, visit the Sun Belt Conference YouTube page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2025 SCHEDULE
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\n\t\t\tCoastal Carolina*
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\n2024 ALL-SUN BELT RETURNERS
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\nLB \u2013 Blayne Myrick, South Alabama (RS Jr., LB \u2013 Fairhope, Ala.)\u00a0
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\nOL \u2013 Jordan Davis, South Alabama (RS Sr., OL \u2013 Fairburn, Ga.)<\/p>\n

2025 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT SELECTIONS

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\nRB \u2013 Kentrel Bullock, South Alabama (Sr., RB \u2013 Columbia, Miss.)\u00a0

\nLB \u2013 Blayne Myrick, South Alabama (RS Jr., LB \u2013 Fairhope, Ala.)\u00a0

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\nSecond Team

\nOL \u2013 Jordan Davis, South Alabama (RS Sr., OL \u2013 Fairburn, Ga.)

\nDB \u2013 Wesley Miller, South Alabama (RS Jr., DB \u2013 Columbia, Miss.)

\nP \u2013 Aleksi Pulkkinen, South Alabama\u00a0(Jr., P \u2013 Helsinki, Finland)\u00a0
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