Gavin Ransaw is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas State.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Tim Beck and Butch Jones. One game to point at: 3 tackles against App State — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 26 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 41 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 21-28@ Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-28@ UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-14@ South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 30-34vs Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-29@ App State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 30-29
at App State
3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out App State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries15 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
53.7%
506 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #327 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #15 of 15 Sun Belt DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tim Beck and Butch Jones.
