#59

Thomas Gore

Former defensive lineman at Georgia Tech. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

DL · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #59

6′0″ · 290 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 66 · #105 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceGeorgia Tech 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Georgia Tech. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2019.
Transferred from Miami to Georgia Tech in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3135 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Six seasons at Georgia Tech, 13 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of Brentwood Academy

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Belt

20235 games

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202410 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3135 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2022–2024

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

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

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2020Georgia State6-4HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #105 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (14th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Solo tackles#2281 / 2892 · 19th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles#2435 / 2892 · 14th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road5g	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.5	0.1	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 · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Georgia Tech	14	8	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Miami	8	5	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2022	Georgia State	37	19	7.5	4.5	--	--	--
2021	Georgia State	44	24	9.0	2.5	--	--	--
2020	Georgia State	9	5	4.5	3.5	1	--	--
2019	Georgia State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		113	62	29.0	13.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–23

vs Miami

0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With D. Shanahan — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · H. King — 32 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 93 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-12vs Georgia State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 28-31@ Syracuse	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 59-7vs VMI	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 19-31@ Louisville	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 13-31vs Notre Dame	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 9	L 6-21@ Virginia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 28-23vs Miami	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	W 30-29vs NC State	2	2	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 42-44@ Georgia	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 27-35@ Vanderbilt	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		14	8	4.0	0.5	—

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