Georgia Tech Reveals Its Depth Chart for Week Ten Matchup vs NC State

Georgia Tech's depth chart is out for this weekend's game vs NC State

Oct 25, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King (10) celebrates with teammates after a touchdown against the Syracuse Orange in the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images | Brett Davis-Imagn Images

No. 8 Georgia Tech is 8-0 heading into Saturday's matchup against NC State (4-4, 1-3) and the Yellow Jackets are going to look to continue their unbeaten season in Raleigh.

Ahead of Saturday's game, the Yellow Jackets have announced this week's depth chart.

Position	Starter	Backup
QB	Haynes King	Aaron Philo
RB	Jamal Haynes	Malachi Hosley or Trelain Maddox
WR	Eric Rivers	Zion Taylor Or Debron Gatling
WR	Malik Rutherford	Bailey Stockton or Jordan Allen
WR	Isiah Canion	Dean Patterson
TE	J.T. Byrne or Luke Harpring or Brett Seither or Josh Beetham
LT	Ethan Mackenny	Josh Petty or Peyton Joseph
LG	Joe Fusile	Kevin Peay Jr or Peyton Joseph
C	Harrison Moore or Tana Alo-Tupuola	Jameson Riggs
RG	Keylan Rutledge	Will Reed
RT	Malachi Carney	Jameson Riggs or Josh Petty

Position	Starter	Backup
End	AJ Hoffler	Ronald Triplette or Christian Garrett or Andre Fuller
Nose	Akelo Stone or Matthew Alexander	Landen Marshall
Tackle	Jordan Van Den Berg	Jason Moore or Shymeik Jones
Rush	Brayden Manley	Jordan Boyd or Amontrae Bradford
Linebacker	Kyle Efford	Cayman Spaulding
Linebacker	E.J. Lightsey	Melvin Jordan or Tah'j Butler
Nickel	Jy Gilmore or Kelvin Hill	Will Kiker
Strong Safety	Clayton Powell-Lee	Tae Harris or D.J. Moore
Free Safety	Omar Daniels or Savion Riley
Cornerback	Ahmari Harvey	Daiquan White or Jon Mitchell
Cornerback	Rodney Shelley	Zachary Tobe

Position	Starter	Backup
K	Aidan Birr	Landon Shaffer
P	Marshall Nichols	Joshua Taylor
Long Snapper	Ronnie Thomas	Joseph Stoever
Kick Returner	Daylon Gordon and Shane Marshall
Punt Returner	Eric Rivers or Bailey Stockton	Jamal Haynes

Reminder, just because a player is listed on the depth chart, does not mean that they are going to play this weekend. Last week, Georgia Tech was missing Malik Rutherford, Harrison Moore, Jy Gilmore, Ahmari Harvey, and Akelo Stone in the win over Syracuse. Brent Key updates the injury situation on Thursday's and that is when it will be more clear how healthy Georgia Tech is going to be in this game.

Perfect game?

Oct 25, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key celebrates after a victory over the Syracuse Orange at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images | Brett Davis-Imagn Images

On Saturday, you could argue that Georgia Tech played its most complete game, beating Syracuse 41-16 and that is something that Key talked about at his Tuesday press conference:

"It's kind of like the rankings and stuff, too. It's what we see inside, is what we do. A complete game. I mean, we have a couple of things we do at the end of each game, and there's a percentage of, it's, penalties accepted and turnovers, fumbles and interceptions. And defensively, it's pass breakups, interceptions, fumble recoveries, forced fumbles, TFL, sacks. And we have a certain percentage that we look at each week that we try to hit that is set.

And it's something that I've used for a long, long time, and that was back from when I was a player here to, you know, the whole time as coach at UCF and then into the time at Alabama. It's one of those things that really shows how clean a game you're playing. And, you know, I think, you know, I think when Coach Friedgen started that out, you know, 30 years ago with now, I'm sure they were doing it before, I think. Prior, I mean, it was about 12 % is what we looked at our margin of air to be. I think at Alabama in 2017, I think, or 18, whatever it was. I think we averaged around 7 % margin of error per game. UCF on our really good teams. We were in the, you know, anywhere from 7 to 9. So it's self -defeating errors.

That's what a complete game is. A complete game could be a three to nothing game, right? A complete game could be 10 to 7. It could be 54 to 49, right? It's how you play and are you limiting the things that beat you. That's what I look at. I don't look at necessarily, you know, completion percentage or rushing yards or, you know, red zone defense. I mean, it's all that combined, but when we look at playing a clean game and then an efficient game offensively, and we look to play a game on defense, we're making things happen not allowing him to happen. That's really what we look at."

NC State has talent, but they might be a reeling team, losing four of its last five games. Will the eighth ranked Yellow Jackets be able to reach 9-0?