Khordae Sydnor is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Vanderbilt.
Sydnor disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Alabama — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 30 | 11 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 8 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Purdue | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Purdue | 19 | 16 | 6.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| Career | 69 | 36 | 24.5 | 14.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ No. 11 South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ No. 10 Alabama | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ No. 20 Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ No. 18 Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 11 | 8.5 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%8 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
30%9 hurries30 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #71 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #6 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,439 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the SEC as a senior.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters and Clark Lea.
