Charlie Thomas

Senior linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2022: 112 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 207 lb · Thomasville, GA

CFB Index 83 · #39 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceGeorgia Tech 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 667 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech

Statement game16 tackles · 1 TFL · 1 sackat Virginia Tech (FBS) · W 28-27

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

Of fucking course it’s Charlie Thomasr/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2022: 112 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 312 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20189 games

Signed with Georgia Tech3-star out of Thomasville

202212 games

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#667 national

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

2019–2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

era →

2022

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins, and Brent Key. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Georgia Tech7-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2019Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Georgia Tech3-7HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #39 of 548?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#5 / 2755 · 100th pct

Tackles#16 / 2755 · 99th pct

112

Tackles for loss#103 / 2755 · 96th pct

10.5

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Sacks#517 / 2755 · 78th pct

2.0

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.2	1.1	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #39 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #39 at the position.

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 26–21

at Pittsburgh

7 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With D. Shanahan — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG · J. Sims — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 81 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-41vs 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 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@ 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@ North Carolina	7	5	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-37@ Georgia	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		112	71	10.5	2.0	2	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Charlie Thomas

20189 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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