He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Gotsis was born in Melbourne, Australia, to parents of Greek heritage, he was raised in the suburb of Abbotsford.

At the age of 13, while attending Kew High School, his interest in Australian rules football had waned and his mother discovered a local junior American football club via a Google search, the Monash Warriors, that Gotsis and his older brother would later join.

He progressed through the local ranks and eventually represented the Australian national American football team at the IFAF World Championship in December 2011.

[3] A month later, Gotsis signed to play college football for Georgia Tech and arrived in Atlanta in July 2012.

Gotsis appeared in 48 games (37 starts) at Georgia Tech, totaling 110 tackles (69 solo), 12.5 sacks, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and four blocked kicks.

In 2017, Gotsis started 13-of-16 games played, totaling 41 tackles (28 solo), two sacks, four passes defensed and one fumble recovery.

[22] On 15 August 2018, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not pursue charges against Gotsis.