The 2022 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

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during the

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. The Yellow Jackets played their home games at

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, and competed as members of the

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. They were led by Geoff Collins until his firing early in the season and then were subsequently led by interim coach Brent Key.

Offseason

Georgia Tech had a tumultuous offseason. After an embarrassing 3–9 record in 2021, Geoff Collins made changes to his staff on both sides of the ball. Brought in were Chip Long as offensive coordinator, Del Alexander as wide receivers coach, Mike Daniels as running backs coach,

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as quarterbacks coach, David Turner as defensive run game coordinator, and Travares Tillman as defensive backs coach.

New uniforms

On July 18 the Yellow Jackets revealed a refreshed uniform set. The uniforms were made in partnership with

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who has provided Tech with uniforms and apparel since 2018. The uniforms are more traditional than the previous set, with design elements taken from previous Yellow Jacket football uniforms. There are three jerseys, white, navy, and a gold alternate. The white tops feature gold numbers with a thin navy outline, which is reminiscent of uniforms worn in the late 90s and early 00s. The navy tops have white numerals with a gold outline, which is different from the previous set that featured gold numbers with no outline. The navy uniforms appear to be a call back to the uniforms Tech wore from 1987 to 1995 which are remembered for winning the 1990 National Championship. The third jersey Tech introduced is gold with navy blue numbers. Tech has worn gold tops from time to time since the late 60's. It is unapparent if they will be paired with a white helmet or Tech's traditional gold helmet. The jerseys will feature numbers on the shoulders for the first time since 2017. The uniforms have three pant options in the same colors. The bottoms feature a stripe design that Tech used on its pants from 1987 to 2007. Tech revealed the uniforms with videos featuring voiceovers from past legends Joe Hamilton and Darren Waller.

Death of Demaryius Thomas

Georgia Tech faithful mourned the loss of former star wide receiver

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who died on December 9, 2021, at age 33. Thomas played at Tech from 2006 through 2009 and was First-team All- ACC his redshirt junior year. After college Thomas had a lengthy NFL career. His most notable time in the league was with the

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where he was a 4x Pro Bowler and made Second-team All-Pro twice. Thomas also won

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with Denver. Thomas was affectionately nicknamed “Bay Bay”. He was given the nickname by his uncle in reference to the bad kids from the movie

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. Thomas's celebration of life was held at

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on December 20. Friends, former teammates, and fans attended the event. On April 27, 2022, Georgia Tech and the PeyBack Foundation, which is run by Thomas's former teammate

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announced the Demaryius A. Thomas Scholarship Endowment. The Demaryius A. Thomas Scholarship Endowment endows academic scholarships to attend Georgia Tech for incoming freshmen students from Laurens County, Georgia, Thomas's hometown. In addition to this, Georgia Tech announced that August 8 would be annually recognized as “Demaryius Thomas Day”.

Coaching change

On September 26, 2022, following the team's 3rd loss of the season in 4 games, Coach Geoff Collins and Athletics Director Todd Stansbury were relieved of their duties. Former Georgia Tech football alum Brent Key was named as interim coach.

Schedule

Georgia Tech announced its 2022 football schedule on February 1, 2022. The 2022 schedule consisted of five home games, six away games and a neutral-site game in the regular season. The Yellow Jackets hosted ACC foes

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, and

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and traveled to Pitt,

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and

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. They played Clemson in a neutral-site game at the

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. The Yellow Jackets hosted two of their non-conference opponents, Western Carolina from the

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and

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from the SEC. They visited UCF from the

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and

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from the SEC. ''

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'' ranked Georgia Tech's schedule the 18th most difficult for the 2022 NCAA college football season.

Game summaries

vs No. 4 Clemson

Western Carolina

#20 Ole Miss

At UCF

At #24 Pitt

Duke

Virginia

At Florida State

At Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

At No. 13 North Carolina

At No. 1 Georgia

Coaching staff

Rankings

References

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