STATESBORO - Georgia Southern football fans will be busy on Sundays this fall trying to keep up with all of the Eagles in the NFL as a program-best-tying six former players made initial 53-man rosters of NFL squads. Squads had to make final cuts from 80 to 53 by Tuesday.
Georgia Southern also had six players make initial rosters in 2017.
Rookie Raymond Johnson III made the New York Giants squad as an undrafted free agent and is slotted as the No. 2 defensive tackle for the team. It's the third time in the past five years an undrafted rookie free agent from Georgia Southern made an initial roster.