One of the most famous personalities to attend Georgia Southern University is multi-platinum country music superstar Luke Bryan, who was a student at the institution in the late 1990s before graduating and launching his legendary music career in Nashville. Another massive country music star, Cole Swindell, also attended the university, where he met Luke Bryan through campus fraternity life. Both artists frequently pay homage to their alma mater and maintain deep ties to the Statesboro community, celebrating their formative collegiate roots.