Gavin Pringle

Former cornerback at Georgia State. 2024: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

CB · Georgia State · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 176 lb · Baltimore, MD

CFB Index 59 · #122 of 327 cornersLow confidenceGeorgia State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former cornerback at Georgia State. 2024: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Transferred from Bucknell to Georgia State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia State, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202313 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia State

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

2024

Dell McGee

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

2024Georgia State3-9HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #122 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#58 / 2892 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#937 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#1170 / 2892 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.0
Road6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.3	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #122 of 327 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Georgia State	34	22	2.0	0.0	8	1	--
2023	Georgia State	39	27	4.0	1.5	4	4	--
Career		73	49	6.0	1.5	12	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 24–21

vs Chattanooga

1 SOLO · 3 TOT · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Allen — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · C. Veilleux — 238 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.1 · -12 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 12-35@ Georgia Tech	5	3	0.5	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 24-21vs Chattanooga	3	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	W 36-32vs Vanderbilt	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 21-38vs Georgia Southern	2	2	1.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 14-21vs Old Dominion	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-35@ Marshall	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 26-33@ App State	5	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	L 27-34@ UConn	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-38@ James Madison	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 52-44@ Texas State	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 27-48vs Coastal Carolina	3	2	0.0	—	1
Total		34	22	2.0	1	8

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

Gavin Pringle

202313 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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