Seth Emerson has an interesting article up this morning on Bulldog fullback Brendan Douglas’s close family connection to the Georgia Southern football program and Coach Erk Russell in particular. Seth’s article hints at it, but Brendan’s father Pat is among the most important figures in the history of Georgia Southern football. Douglas was the first scholarship football player on Russell’s newly reformed squad, and a captain of that first team. He was also the lone senior in Russell’s first senior class in 1982. Douglas played one year in Statesboro as a defensive back and tallied an impressive team-leading 6 interceptions.
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