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#32 Sylvain Yondjouen

Sylvain Yondjouen - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year R-Senior
Height 6-4
Weight 248
Hometown Ruisbroek, Belgium
Last School Don Bosco School
Year Freshman
Sylvain Yondjouen - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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2023 (Senior): Suffered a season-ending injury in the season-opener against Louisville (Sept. 1).

2022 (Junior): Saw action in all 12 games as a reserve defensive end … Was a disruptive force in the backfield off the bench, finishing the season with 32 tackles, including 2.5 sacks (fourth on team) and five tackles for loss (fifth on team) … Recorded at least one tackle in 11-of-12 games and had multiple stops in 8-of-12 contests … Opened the season with a TFL vs. No. 4 Clemson (Sept. 5) … Had a career-high four tackles and registered his first sack of the season at UCF (Sept. 24) … Also notched a sack in win at No. 24 Pitt (Oct. 1) … Recorded a half-sack (his third-straight game with a sack) and batted down a pass in overtime win over Duke (Oct. 8) … Had a career-best 1.5 sacks and finished with three total tackles to help lead Jackets to impressive win at No. 13 North Carolina (Nov. 19) … Closed the campaign with three stops against No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 26).

2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 12 games as a reserve defensive end and on special teams … Recorded 12 tackles in 12 games, including a tackle for loss and a sack … Added a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry … Notched a season-high two tackles in four different games — vs. No. 20 North Carolina (Sept. 25), at Virginia (Oct. 23), at No. 6 Notre Dame (Nov. 20) and at No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 27) … Stuffed the stat sheet with a sack, tackle for loss and forced fumble at Notre Dame.

2020 (Sophomore – “Covid Year” – year of eligibility retained): Appeared in first three games of the season and made two starts before sustaining a season-ending injury at Syracuse (Sept. 26) … Was in on a tackle for loss in all three games — 0.5 at Florida State (Sept. 12), 1.0 vs. UCF (Sept. 19) and 1.0 at Syracuse … Finished with five total tackles and a quarterback hurry in three games.

2019 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games, making two starts at defensive end – Nov. 9 at Virginia and Nov. 30 vs. then-No. 4 Georgia … Finished with 14 tackles (six solo) and 1.0 tackles-for-loss for 1 yard … Made his collegiate debut against South Florida (Sept. 7) … Recorded three tackles (one solo) at Temple (Sept. 28) … Tallied a season-best four tackles (two solo) at Duke (Oct. 12) … Registered tackles in four-straight games – one vs. Pitt (Nov. 2), three at Virginia (Nov. 9), two vs. Virginia Tech (Nov. 16) and one vs. NC State (Nov. 21) … Also turned in his first-career tackle-for-loss against Virginia Tech.

Prior to Georgia Tech: Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals … Played four years of football in his native Belgium … Helped lead his team to Belgian junior championships in 2015 and 2016 … Was selected to play for the Belgian national team and was named MVP in an international game versus Spain in 2016.

Personal: 24 years old … Is one of four siblings … Spent much of his youth playing soccer in his native Belgium but was taken to an American football practice by a friend when he was 16 and “just loved it” … Earned bachelor’s degree in business administration from Georgia Tech in December 2022.

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