Yasir Abdullah: LB · Louisville · #22.
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Yasir Abdullah
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The five seasons at Louisville span two head coaches: Lorenzo Ward and Scott Satterfield. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-ACC again in 2022. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Florida State — Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 14.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 59 | 32 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 61 | 43 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 33 | 18 | 7.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 45 | 26 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | Louisville | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 206 | 122 | 43.0 | 23.5 | 8 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ UCF | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-35vs Florida State | 8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 41-3vs South Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-34@ Boston College | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-17@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-10vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-21vs No. 10 Wake Forest | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-10vs James Madison | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-31@ No. 12 Clemson | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-10vs NC State | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 13 | L 13-26@ Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 32 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%14 TFLSack rate
16%10 sacksPD rate
7%4 pass breakups59 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 9.5 sacks · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
41.8%
368 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #4 of 548 FBS linebackers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #4 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 206 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #136 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
ACC Linebacker Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 4th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 4th NFL season
