Last confirmed: East Carolina, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Little River, SC
Colby Gore: DB · East Carolina · #26.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Colby Gore
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Colby Gore has played for two head coaches in four seasons at East Carolina. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against SMU — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | East Carolina | 52 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 39 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 37 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 43 | 29 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 171 | 122 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 10-42@ Navy | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 19-7vs William & Mary | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-27vs Temple | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-41@ UCF | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-45vs South Florida | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 43-46vs No. 17 Cincinnati | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 51-59@ No. 23 SMU | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24@ UConn | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-49vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 52 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL52 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
50.4%
451 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
74.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at East Carolina, 171 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
