NEW ORLEANS -- If Ryan Aplin never set foot in Jonesboro again, he'd have made his mark on Arkansas State University as it is.
Yet it was fitting that the two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year returned to the Red Wolves to help launch the Butch Jones era last season as ASU's running backs coach.
Now, Aplin will try to help revive yet another Sun Belt program with a first-year head coach in Clay Helton at Georgia Southern.
Aplin is entering his first season as an assistant coach for the Eagles, working with tight ends and inside receivers while also serving as the team's pass game coordinator.