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Former Auburn player, analyst expected to be named head coach at Georgia State

Dell McGee played cornerback for Auburn from 1992-95, and later served as an analyst on Gus Malzahn’s first staff in 2013.

A former Auburn player and analyst is set to take on his first collegiate head coaching role.

Matt Zenitz of 247Sports is reporting that Georgia State is eyeing [autotag]Dell McGee[/autotag] to take over as head coach of the football program following the departure of Shawn Elliot.

Zenitz reports that Georgia State held Zoom interviews with candidates on Tuesday, and in-person interviews on Thursday. Former Auburn assistant [autotag]Trooper Taylor[/autotag] was also interviewed for the position.

McGee has been a part of Kirby Smart’s staff at Georgia since the 2016 season, serving in various roles including running backs coach and run game coordinator. McGee has coached in the college ranks since 2013, beginning as an analyst on [autotag]Gus Malzahn[/autotag]’s initial staff.

Following his departure from Auburn, he served as running backs coach at Georgia Southern for two seasons. He even led the Eagles to a bowl win as an interim head coach in 2015 after former Georgia Southern head coach Willie Fritz left to take the Tulane job.

Before his time at Auburn, he was a successful high school head coach at Carver High School in Columbus, Georgia, where he produced talented players such as running back Isaiah Crowell, linebacker Jarvis Jones, and former Auburn defensive lineman [autotag]Gabe Wright[/autotag].

McGee played cornerback for the Tigers from 1992-95. He went on to become a fifth-round selection by the Arizona Cardinals in the 1996 NFL draft.

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Four former Tigers win XFL Championship

Sal Canella, Javaris Davis, Mike Horton, and Davonte Lambert are all champions.

The Arlington Renegades won the XFL Championship 35-26 over the D.C. Defenders Saturday night and former Auburn Tigers [autotag]Sal Canella[/autotag], [autotag]Javaris Davis[/autotag], [autotag]Mike Horton[/autotag], and [autotag]Davonte Lambert[/autotag] helped them do so.

Canella, who played for Auburn from 2017-19, caught a 41-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring and give the Renegades an early lead over the Defenders. The tight end finished the game with four catches for 71 yards and the score.

Despite being one of their top receivers throughout the season that was his first touchdown of the season.

Horton started at left guard for the Renegades and helped hold the Defenders to just one sack in the game.

Lambert and Davis did not record any stats in the game.

It wasn’t all positive news as former Auburn defensive tackle [autotag]Gabe Wright[/autotag] was on the Defenders. While his team lost the game he had a solid performance, making three tackles.

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Jags sign 4 to practice squad, including former CB Quenton Meeks

The Jacksonville Jaguars added four new members to their practice squad, including a familiar face in former cornerback Quenton Meeks. Also joining the practice squad with him will be cornerback Trevor Williams, receiver Damion Willis and defensive …

The Jacksonville Jaguars added four new members to their practice squad, including a familiar face in former cornerback Quenton Meeks. Also joining the practice squad with him will be cornerback Trevor Williams, receiver Damion Willis and defensive tackle Gabe Wright.

As many fans can recall, Meeks joined the Jags during the 2018 season as an undrafted rookie from Stanford. As a rookie, he played in eight games with the Jags and started in one, accumulating eight total tackles and two pass deflections in the process. He’s also a familiar name to the city of Jacksonville due to being the son of longtime NFL coach Ron Meeks, who grew up in Jacksonville.

Williams entered the league as an undrafted player for the San Diego Chargers in 2016. He also spent time with the Arizona Cardinals (2019) and Philadelphia Eagles (2020) afterward. During his time with the Chargers, he registered 27 starts and will enter his tenure with the Jags with 113 total career tackles.

Willis is a second-year player who went undrafted to the Cincinnati Bengals last season. While there, he participated in 10 games and was able to garner nine catches for 82 yards.

Wright is a former fourth-round pick from the 2015 NFL Draft of the Detroit Lions. He’s made stops in Cleveland, Miami and Oakland from 2015-18 on the NFL level, but spent time with the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL in 2019. He’ll enter his Jags tenure with 12 total tackles in the NFL and career one start.

XFL day one review: How former Browns fared in the debut

Several former Browns took to the field on Saturday in the XFL’s debut

Day one of the inaugural season of the new and improved XFL is in the books and it appears to be a raging success. While everyone was focused on former NFL quarterbacks, Cardale Jones and P.J. Walker lighting up the stat sheet, a few fans were recognizing names from Cleveland past.

Elijah Campbell

Most fans won’t remember Campbell. He was mostly just a camp body as an undrafted free agent out of Northern Iowa, but he is still young, has solid size and runs in the 4.3s. Campbell was lock-down in his XFL debut for the DC Defenders and recorded one tackle with two pass deflections. He also blocked a punt.

Sammie Coates

This one hurts. The Browns traded for the speedster in 2017 and I like many were excited to see what he would do, but the answer was nothing. He was released before the 2018 season. Coates hurt me once again as I saw his name listed as the number one for the Houston Roughnecks and I immediately slapped him in every daily lineup I had. Coates saw the most targets on the team with nine, but his inconsistent hands-only allowed him to snag two of those for 26 yards.

Blake Jackson

Jackson was a former fan favorite for the Browns during the 2018 training camp as the former division-three quarterback is an exciting athlete that displays a tireless work ethic and he was etched in as a starting receiver for the Houston Roughnecks. Jackson has a realistic skillset to make it back in the NFL, but Saturday was a rough showing; he did not show up on the stat sheet at all and had a pretty upsetting drop in the end zone.

Pepper Johnson

Johnson was not only a former Ohio State Buckeye but was also a linebacker for the Browns from 1993-1995. Although he has coached in the NFL, the XFL’s Los Angeles Wildcats provided Johnson his first defensive coordinator opportunity. The season opener was not kind to Johnson’s defense as the Houston Roughnecks pounded the Wildcats, 37-17.

Rahim Moore

Moore never suited up in an actual meaningful game for Cleveland, but most will remember his signing in 2016 and his surprising release right before the start of the season. At 29 years old, it is unrealistic for Moore to receive another NFL shot, but it is pretty cool to see his rare athleticism on display as he notched the first interception in XFL history.

Gabe Wright

Like Moore, Wright is likely not going to receive another shot in the NFL, but the former Browns defender was able to tally a tackle and a pass deflection for the Houston Roughnecks in the season opener. Wright was in Cleveland during the 2016 and was released before the 2017 season.

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