Thomas Gore: DL · Georgia Tech · #59.
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Thomas Gore
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 3 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 | 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 |
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 35-12vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs VMI | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-31@ No. 19 Louisville | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-31vs No. 12 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 6-21@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23vs No. 4 Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-29vs NC State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-44@ No. 6 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-35vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 8 | 4.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2024
W 30-29
vs NC State
2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%4 TFLSack rate
4%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries14 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 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
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
Six seasons, at Georgia State, Miami and Georgia Tech, 13 sacks — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Shawn Elliott, Mario Cristobal and Brent Key.
