Gavin Pringle
Gavin Pringle
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Two seasons at Georgia State, two different head coaches: Shawn Elliott and Dell McGee. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Sun Belt again in 2024. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against App State — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia State, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | 34 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 39 | 27 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 73 | 49 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 12 | 5 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 24–21
vs Chattanooga
1 SOLO · 3 TOT · 1 PD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Tyreek Chappell’s 2021 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jashon Prophete's senior season at Northern Illinois (2023).
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