Sylvain Yondjouen: EDGE · Georgia Tech · #32.
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Sylvain Yondjouen
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. The five seasons at Georgia Tech span two head coaches: Geoff Collins and Brent Key. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Notre Dame — Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 24 | 14 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 23 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 76 | 40 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs No. 10 Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 35-12vs Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs VMI | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-31@ No. 19 Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-14vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-34@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-31vs No. 12 Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 6-21@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23vs No. 4 Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-29vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-44@ No. 6 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 27-35vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 14 | 6.0 | 2.5 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%2 sacksTFL rate
25%6 TFLHurry rate
29%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
26%2 of 10 pressures24 tackles · 6 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
45.6%
408 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
68.8
13 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
415 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Ruisbroek, Belgium.
