Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Charleston Southern | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-22@ Clemson | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
#31
Chance Gamble
Senior defensive back on Georgia Southern's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 185 lb · Fitzgerald, GA · Fitzgerald
CFB Index 75 · #53 of 327 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Georgia Southern for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on Georgia Southern's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Kennesaw State to Georgia Southern in 2024.
Chance Gamble
Erases the deep middle of the field. Chance Gamble arrived at Georgia Southern from Kennesaw State. All-Sun Belt in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Clemson, Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
202410 games
- Entered the portal
- All-Sun Beltsecond
20254 games
The snaps went the other way.
- All-Sun Belt
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Georgia Southern
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Georgia Southern
Played his entire career under Clay Helton.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clay Helton — 16-12 over that span.
2024Georgia Southern8-5HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
2025Georgia Southern7-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
2026Georgia Southern1-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 1.5 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 48 | 34 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 51 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 11 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–0
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Dominant 31-point win at home against Charleston Southern.
With M. Johnson — 281 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.4 · A. Smith — 40 AVG · 42 LONG · 4 NO
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia Southern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Georgia Southern
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #78 · 2026 recruiting class #89
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kenan Johnson’s 2023 season.
Matches Kenan on
PD rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Canden Grogan's junior season at Texas State (2025).
Matches Canden on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Chance Gamble
Background
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team 2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Phil Steele) 2024-25 - Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll 2024 - College Sports Communicators Academic All-District 2025-26: Played in and started four games … Received a medical hardship waiver after havi...
The secondary · Georgia Southern
- #12Tracy Hill Jr.41 tackles · 2025
- #19Fabo Chaney27 tackles · 2025
- #29Devin Collier24 tackles · 2025
- #20Jaquari Brown16 tackles · 2025
- #31Chance Gamble16 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Georgia Southern team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology