VALDOSTA, Ga.- The reigning Gulf South Conference champion Valdosta State football team will hold its annual spring game Thursday evening at 7 p.m., at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. The game is free and open to the public.

The game’s format will feature four, 12-minute quarters with a running clock. The clock will stop like normal in the final two minutes of each quarter. Other than kickoff returns, it will be conducted like a normal game.

On Monday evening, the Blazer football team held a “draft” for the Red and White teams. Defensive lineman Devon Reaves is the captain of the Red Team, while defensive lineman Aljujuan Sparks is the captain of the White Team. The Red team will be head coached by new VSU offensive coordinator Graham Craig while the White team will be headed up by third-year defensive coordinator Brandon Anderson.

For the full rosters for both the Red and White squads, click here.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how well we progressed throughout the spring as well as what we can improve on heading into camp at the end of the summer,” said head coach Tremaine Jackson.

The Blazers are coming off a 12-2 GSC Championship-bearing season in 2023. VSU went 7-1 in Gulf South Conference play and shared the league-title with Delta State. The Blazers paved their way through the post-season before falling to Lenoir-Rhyne in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

This upcoming season marks Jackson’s third campaign with Valdosta State as the 11th head coach in program history. Last season, Jackson was the only Black head coach to win their respective conference title in every division outside of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Click here for the full story on Jackson’s historic 2023 season.

Following the spring game, the Blazers will finish out the spring semester academically and then move into summer conditioning before August camp begins. VSU has five thrilling home games for next fall at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, beginning with Albany State on Aug. 31. Click on the link to the right of this story for the full 2024 schedule.