Makius Scott: DL · Georgia Tech · #8.
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Makius Scott
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Georgia Tech. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 sacks against North Carolina — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 30 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 22 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 23 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs No. 10 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-31@ No. 19 Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-34@ North Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 13-31vs No. 12 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-21@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23vs No. 4 Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-29vs NC State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-44@ No. 6 Georgia | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 27-35vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksHurry rate
7%1 hurry14 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
45.6%
408 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
68.8
13 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
415 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Tech, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, Geoff Collins and Brent Key.
