#54

Kyle Cerge-Henderson

Senior defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2018: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #54

6′1″ · 298 lb · Tampa, FL

Georgia Tech 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2018: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

Played his entire career under Paul Johnson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 21-16 over that span.

2016Georgia Tech9-4HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Georgia Tech5-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Tech7-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles#1504 / 2662 · 42nd pct

Solo tackles#2056 / 2662 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia Tech	27	9	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Georgia Tech	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Georgia Tech	26	14	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		58	26	5.0	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 27–21

vs Miami

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With P. Harvin III — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG · T. Marshall — 73 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 92 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week