The Jaguars (5-1, 2-0 Sun Belt Conference) host the Trojans (5-2, 3-1) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hancock Whitney, in a game to be televised by ESPNU. Both teams played just this past Saturday, with USA beating Louisiana-Monroe and Troy edging Texas State.
“This is an exciting week for our fans,” South Alabama coach Kane Wommack said. “It’s exciting for the conference to have two teams that have positioned themselves to compete at the highest level of our league halfway through the season on a Thursday night in a rivalry game.
South Alabama is off to the best start in program history, one victory away from bowl-eligibility and in first place in the West Division at the midway point. The Jaguars are 3-0 at home this season, with their lone loss 32-31 on the road against a UCLA team that remains undefeated. South Alabama is banged up at running back, as top rusher La’Damian Webb played just two plays before suffering a hip or rib injury. Braylon McReynolds, the Jaguars’ No. 2 running back much of the season, missed the ULM game after getting hurt Oct. 1 at Louisiana.
The 5-foot-8, 210-pound Martial has 63 tackles this season despite missing one game and half of another with a hamstring injury. He has 505 tackles in his five-year career, putting him on pace to break the all-time FBS record of 545 stops held by former Northwestern linebacker Tim McGarigle.
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