THE FLATS – Fifth-year linebacker Kyle Efford (Dacula, Ga./Dacula H.S.) represents Georgia Tech on the official watch list for the 2026 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award.
Efford is one of 80 players on the watch list for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award, which honors players that have demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship, on and off the field.
Efford has been one of Georgia Tech’s most prominent team leaders over the last four seasons. He has served on the team’s leadership council each of the last four years (2023-26) and is in his second season as a team captain (he was also voted a team captain in 2024).
A four-year starter, Efford has racked up 236 tackles in 41 games as a Yellow Jacket, including a career-high-tying 13 in last week’s season opener against Colorado. He’s led Georgia Tech in tackles each of the last three seasons, becoming the first Jacket to lead the team in stops for three seasons in a row since Ricardo Wimbush from 1999-2001. Efford is looking to become the first Tech player to ever lead the team in tackles for four-straight seasons.
He graduated from Georgia Tech in December 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
The Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year selection committee will select 20 award semifinalists in October and three finalists in December. The winner of the 10th Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award will be announced at a ceremony in Spring 2027.
Efford and Georgia Tech renew their century-old rivalry with Tennessee on Saturday, when the Yellow Jackets and Volunteers square off for only the second time in 39 years. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Tickets for Saturday’s game are sold out, which is Georgia Tech’s fourth-straight sellout at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The four-game sellout streak is Tech’s longest since 1999. Tickets for the sold-out game can be purchased at SeatGeek, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
2026 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL TICKETS
2026 Georgia Tech football mini-plan and single-game tickets remain on sale. In addition to the Saturday’s massive non-conference tilt against Tennessee, the remaining slate also features ACC battles against defending conference champion Duke (Oct. 10) and 2025 bowl winners Louisville (Nov. 7) and Wake Forest (Nov. 21).
Mini-Plan
The ACC Pick-3 Mini Plan offers a 15% savings over purchasing tickets on a single-game basis, allowing fans to choose three of the Yellow Jackets’ four ACC home games this season – versus Duke (Saturday, Oct. 10), Boston College (Saturday, Oct. 24), Louisville (Saturday, Nov. 7) and Wake Forest (Saturday, Nov. 21) – starting at just $96.
Single-Game Tickets
Single-game tickets start as low as $30. Tickets for the all-new Wreck Deck premium experience in the Fanning Center, available for purchase on a single-game basis only, start at $150.
For more information and to purchase 2026 Georgia Tech football tickets today, click HERE.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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