#13

Paul Moala

Senior linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2023: 57 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #13

6′0″ · 229 lb · Mishawaka, IN

CFB Index 69 · #131 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceGeorgia Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 925 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2023: 57 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 77 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Penn

2022

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#925 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2023

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #131 of 577?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#134 / 2842 · 95th pct

9.5

QB hurries#230 / 2842 · 89th pct

Sacks#309 / 2842 · 87th pct

3.0

Tackles#408 / 2842 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#439 / 2842 · 84th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
Road6g	3.7	0.9	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	0.4	0.0	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 · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #131 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Tech	57	32	9.5	3.0	2	--	--
2020	Notre Dame	6	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Notre Dame	14	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		77	43	10.5	3.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 23–20

at Miami

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With D. Shanahan — 45 AVG · 58 LONG · 6 NO · H. King — 151 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 59.4 · 46 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 34-39vs Louisville	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-13vs South Carolina State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 23-48@ Ole Miss	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 30-16@ Wake Forest	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-38vs Bowling Green	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 23-20@ Miami	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-38vs Boston College	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 46-42vs North Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-17@ Virginia	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-42@ Clemson	7	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-22vs Syracuse	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 13	L 23-31vs Georgia	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 30-17@ UCF	5	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Total		57	32	9.5	3.0	—	2

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