2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team will represent the Georgia Institute of Technology as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets expect to be led by Brent Key in his first year as Georgia Tech's head coach. They play their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBuster Faulkner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndrew Thacker (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorKevin Sherrer (1st season)
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(c. 55,000)
Uniform
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Boston College  0 –0   0 –0  
Clemson  0 –0   0 –0  
Duke  0 –0   0 –0  
Florida State  0 –0   0 –0  
Georgia Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
Louisville  0 –0   0 –0  
Miami (FL)  0 –0   0 –0  
NC State  0 –0   0 –0  
North Carolina  0 –0   0 –0  
Pittsburgh  0 –0   0 –0  
Syracuse  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
Wake Forest  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 2023
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of May 17, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

Georgia Tech is coming off of what was an up and down 2022 season. After starting the year 1-3, Head Coach Geoff Collins and his boss AD Todd Stansbury were fired. Former player and OL Coach Brent Key was named interim. Tech went 4-4 under Key to end the season 5-7 overall. The four wins included two road victories over nationally ranked opponents – a 26-21 win at No. 24 Pitt in his first game at the helm on October 1 and a 21-17 triumph at No. 13 North Carolina on November 19. Tech was also 4-4 in ACC play. The overall and conference win totals were Tech’s highest since 2018, as was its fourth-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division standings. Key’s Jackets also defeated the three teams that finished ahead of them in the coastal division. (North Carolina, Pitt and Duke). On Tuesday November 29, 2022 the interim tag was stripped and Key was named Georgia Tech’s 21st head football coach.

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 2023 NFL Draft

One Yellow Jacket was selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Player Position Team Round Pick
Keion White DE New England Patriots 2 46

Outgoing
Player Position Destination
Demetrius Knight LB Unknown
Jude Kelley K Chattanooga
Ryan King WR East Carolina
RJ Adams OL Lackawanna College
Taisun Phommachanh QB UMass
Derrik Allen S North Carolina
Paula Vaipulu OL North Texas
Nate McCollum WR North Carolina
Dylan McDuffie RB Unknown
Jeff Sims QB Nebraska
Kalani Norris WR Middle Tennessee
Zamari Walton CB Ole Miss
Jeremiah Smith S Unknown
Kenny Bennett CB Unknown
Jalen Huff CB Unknown
Grey Carroll DE Liberty
Ben Postma TE Unknown
Antonio Martin RB Unknown
Khatavian Franks LB Unknown
K.J. Miles DE Unknown
Akelo Stone DL Ole Miss
Dylan McDuffie RB Kansas

Incoming
Player Position Previous School
Christian Leary WR Alabama
Jordan Brown OL Charlotte
Etinosa Reuben DL Clemson
Abdul Janneh WR Duquesne
Brett Seither TE Georgia
Dominick Blaylock WR Georgia
Omar Daniels S Kansas State
Trevion Cooley RB Louisville
Braelen Oliver LB Minnesota
Austin Dean LB Rutgers
Andre White Jr. LB Texas A&M
Chase Lane WR Texas A&M
Haynes King QB Texas A&M
Jackson Long TE South Florida
Eddie Kelly DL South Florida

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Schedule

Georgia Tech and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023.[3][4] The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Georgia Tech with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in an (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Yellow Jackets three set conference opponents for the next four years is; Clemson, Louisville, and Wake Forest.[5][6]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 1vs. Louisville
September 9South Carolina State*
September 16at Ole Miss*
September 23at Wake Forest
September 30Bowling Green*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
October 7at Miami (FL)
October 21Boston College
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
October 28North Carolina
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
November 4at Virginia
November 11at Clemson
November 18Syracuse
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
November 25Georgia*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
  • *Non-conference game

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    References
    1. "2023 Georgia Tech Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
    2. "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2023 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
    3. Sugiura, Ken (January 30, 2023). "Georgia Tech 2023 football schedule released". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
    4. "GEORGIA TECH'S 2023 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FINALIZED". Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Athletics. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
    5. "ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. June 28, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
    6. Hale, David M. (June 28, 2022). "ACC to drop divisions for format with permanent rivalries in 2023". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
    7. "2023 Georgia Tech Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
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