Charlie Thomas: LB · Georgia Tech · #1.
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Charlie Thomas
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Georgia Tech. The first career honor came in 2022: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 1 sack against Virginia Tech — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
112 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 10.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 112 | 71 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 70 | 35 | 10.0 | 3.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 18 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 65 | 42 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | 47 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 312 | 187 | 37.0 | 10.0 | 5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-41vs No. 4 Clemson | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-17vs Western Carolina | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-42vs No. 20 Ole Miss | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27@ UCF | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-21@ No. 24 Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20vs Duke | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-16vs Virginia | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Florida State | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-27@ Virginia Tech | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 14-35vs Miami | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-17@ No. 13 North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-37@ No. 1 Georgia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 112 | 71 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
112tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%10 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups112 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 9.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
47.6%
381 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #39 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 312 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2022)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2022)
ACC Linebacker Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins, and Brent Key. Multi-era developmental context.
