Khordae Sydnor - Football - Vanderbilt University Athletics

#96 Khordae Sydnor Season 2025-26

DL

Class Graduate
Height 6-4
Weight 266
Hometown Harlem, N.Y.
High School Iona Prep

NIL on Opendorse

As a Senior (2024)
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 11 games played
• Finished with 14 tackles, 6.5 for loss and four sacks, as well as a pair of pass break-ups and two hurries
• Capped the year with at a sack in four of the last six games
• Dropped the Georgia Tech quarterback once for a sack in the Birmingham Bowl win
• Notched a sack in the regular-season finale at Tennessee
• Made a sack in the win at Auburn with a season-best three total tackles
• Took down Texas’ quarterback in the fourth quarter for his third sack of the season
• Registered his second sack of the season Week 4 at No. 7 Missouri, just the second sack the Tigers had given up to that point
• Had a sack in the season-0pening win against Virginia Tech

Prior to Vandy
• Spent three seasons at Purdue (2021-23)
• Played in 10 games with one start as a junior in 2023
• Made five tackles with 2.5 for loss and two quarterback hurries
• Played in all 14 games as a sophmore in 2022, totaling 22 tackles and 6.5 for loss
• Had first multi-sack game against Maryland
• Named to College Football News Freshman All-America Team
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Played in two games as a true freshman in 2021

The Sydnor File
• Three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals
• Rated the No. 5 prospect from New York in the class by both 247Sports and Rivals
• Son of Tracey Sydnor and Rolanda Carter
• Majored in financial consulting and planning at Purdue