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NEW ORLEANS\u00a0\u2014 Just a year removed from back-to-back Sun Belt football championships, Troy will look to return to its winning ways when it opens the 2025 season on Saturday, August 30, against Nicholls at 7:00 p.m. ET\/6:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+.\u00a0
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\nTroy has won four-straight matchups with the Colonels dating back to 1998, though the squads have not squared off since a 26-0 Troy victory in its first FBS season in 2001.\u00a0
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\nTroy\u2019s non-conference slate also features trips to Clemson (Sept. 6) and Buffalo (Sept. 20), bookending a highly-anticipated home date with Memphis (Sept. 13). Alongside annual clashes with their West Division rivals, the Trojans will visit Old Dominion (Nov. 13) and host Georgia State (Nov. 22) from the Sun Belt East Division.\u00a0
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\nThe Trojans were picked sixth in the Sun Belt West Division in last month\u2019s 2025 Sun Belt Conference Football Preseason Coaches Poll<\/a>.\u00a0
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\nSecond-year head coach Gerad Parker will lead a club that returns four All-Sun Belt honorees from 2024<\/a> and had four players named to the 2025 Preseason All-Sun Belt ledgers<\/a>.\u00a0
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\nTroy is coming off a 4-8 season in 2024. Following its last 4-8 finish\u2014in 2015 under then-head coach Neal Brown\u2014the Trojans rattled off the best three-year stretch in the program\u2019s FBS history, posting three-straight seasons with 10-or-more wins and three-straight bowl titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To listen to head coach Gerad Parker, redshirt junior quarterback Goose Crowder and senior defensive back Devin Lafayette\u2019s comments from the 2025 Sun Belt Football Media Days, visit the Sun Belt Conference YouTube page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\n2024 ALL-SUN BELT RETURNERS
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\nOL \u2013 Eli Russ, Troy (Sr., OL \u2013 Ardmore, Okla.)\u00a0
\nDL \u2013 Luis Medina, Troy (Sr., DL \u2013 Summerville, Ga.)\u00a0
\nLB \u2013 Jordan Stringer, Troy (Sr., LB \u2013 Augusta, Ga.)\u00a0
\nDB \u2013 Devin Lafayette, Troy (Sr., DB \u2013 Brunswick, Ga.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

2025 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT SELECTIONS

\nSecond Team

\nOL \u2013 Eli Russ, Troy (Sr., OL \u2013 Ardmore, Okla.)\u00a0

\nDL \u2013 Luis Medina, Troy (Sr., DL \u2013 Summerville, Ga.)\u00a0

\nDB \u2013 Devin Lafayette, Troy (Sr., DB \u2013 Brunswick, Ga.)\u00a0

\nK \u2013 Scott Taylor Renfroe, Troy\u00a0(Sr., K \u2013 Troy, Ala.)\u00a0
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