2024 Football Roster

70 Thornton Gentry

  • Position Offensive Lineman
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 305
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Chapin, S.C.
  • High School Chapin
  • Prev School NC State

Biography

2024: Appeared in nine games and made four starts (in the first four games at right guard).

2023: Appeared in all 14 games and made nine starts on the offensive line … Started the last nine games at left tackle after spending time at offensive guard earlier in the season … Key figure for a balanced App State offense that led the Sun Belt during the regular season with only 15 sacks allowed and finished with the fourth-best rushing attack in the league.

Prior to App State: Member of NC State’s program for two seasons, having redshirted in 2021 and appeared in one game (against Charleston Southern) as an offensive guard in 2022 … Early enrollee in spring of 2021 at NC State.
 
High School: Played offensive tackle at Chapin High School for his father, Justin … Named to the 2020 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas after helping lead his team to a 6-2 record … Four-year starter finished prep career with 115 pancake blocks … Named to the SCFCA 5-A all-state team and was the Region 5-A Lineman of the Year … Also named the Chapin Lineman of the Year and won the Eddie Muldrow Leadership Award … Served as a team captain at Chapin … As a junior, named to the SCFCA 5-A all-state team and the Region 5-A all-region team … Named to the National Honors Society in both 2019 and 2020 … Ranked as the No. 9 center nationally and the No. 8 player in the state of South Carolina (highest among offensive linemen) by 247Sports.com.

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Historical Player Information

  • 70

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 305 lbs
    70
  • 70

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 305 lbs
    70