Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Vanderbilt
Khordae Sydnor
DL • 6'4" • 266 lbs • New York, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Khordae Sydnor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Khordae Sydnor built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from New York, NY wearing No. 96, spending time with Purdue and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Khordae Sydnor's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Khordae Sydnor, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Khordae Sydnor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 24.5
- Sacks
- 14
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Khordae Sydnor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · DL
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Iona Preparatory School · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Iona Preparatory School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DL 160th (top 15%) · SEC 169th (top 23%) · National 1,395th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 9 | 19 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 12 | 5.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 13 | 29 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 63.9 |
Related Context
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Khordae Sydnor played DL for Purdue and Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Khordae Sydnor recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Vanderbilt paired 24 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
28.1
Usage
7.3
Consistency
67.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 1. Charleston Southern: 3. Virginia Tech: 2.5. South Carolina: 1. Georgia State: 3.5. Utah State: 2.5. Alabama: 2. LSU: 2.5. Missouri: 2. Texas: 0. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 3. Tennessee: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 1 by 14.2. Charleston Southern: 0 by 30. Virginia Tech: 2 by 33.3. South Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Georgia State: 4 by 51.7. Utah State: 3 by 37.5. Alabama: 5 by 40.8. LSU: 2 by 33.3. Missouri: 4 by 36.7. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 2 by 38.3. Tennessee: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.1 · Games = 10 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Iowa | L 27-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Tennessee | W 45-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs KentuckySplash game | W 45-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Auburn | W 45-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Texas | L 31-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs MissouriSplash game | W 17-10 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs LSUSplash game | W 31-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ AlabamaSplash game | L 14-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Utah StateSplash game | W 55-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Georgia StateSplash game | W 70-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ South Carolina | W 31-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Virginia TechSplash game | W 44-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Charleston SouthernSplash game | W 45-3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Khordae Sydnor story
Khordae Sydnor built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from New York, NY wearing No. 96, spending time with Purdue and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Khordae Sydnor's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Khordae Sydnor's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue and Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Khordae Sydnor moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Purdue
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 13 | 23.2 | 9.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 7 | 22.5 | 9.4 | -6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 14.5 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 14.5 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 24 | 28.1 | 7.3 | 9.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 24 | 28.1 | 7.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 12 · L 15-23 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Maryland
Week 6 · W 31-29 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Auburn
Week 10 · W 17-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 133 Georgia State
Week 4 · W 70-21
3.5
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia Tech
Week 1 · W 35-27 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
24 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage
63.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
63.9
24 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt
55
14.5 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 8.9 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
18
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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