Gavin Pringle: CB · Georgia State · #3.
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Gavin Pringle
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. The two seasons at Georgia State span two head coaches: Shawn Elliott and Dell McGee. The first one came in 2023: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against App State — Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-35@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 24-21vs Chattanooga | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-32vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-21vs Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-35@ Marshall | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-33@ App State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-34@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-38@ James Madison | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-44@ Texas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-48vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 24-21
vs Chattanooga
1 interception · 3 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
34tackles this season34 tackles · 2 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
55.8%
449 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
67.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
470 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia State, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
