Linebacker, Louisville, 2018–⁠22

Yasir Abdullah

Number: No. 22
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 242 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Miramar, FL
Born: Apr 12, 2000

Yasir Abdullah played linebacker at Louisville (2018–⁠22). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Abdullah in round 5, No. 136 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 61; Tackles, 2021 (Louisville, 6–⁠7)
Drafted: No. 136; Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

10tackles, career highat Virginia, 2020 2.5sacks, career highvs. NC State, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

2–⁠108–⁠54–⁠76–⁠78–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	Louisville	8	3	0	0	0	1	1
2019	Louisville	45	26	4	1	1	0	0
2020	Louisville	33	18	7	3	0	0	1
2021	Louisville	61	43	17.5	10	0	3	2
2022	Louisville	59	32	14.5	9.5	2	4	7
Career		206	122	43	23.5	3	8	11

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Louisville	22	LB	Yr 1
2019	Louisville	22	LB	Yr 2
2020	Louisville	22	LB	Yr 3
2021	Louisville	22	LB	Yr 4
2022	Louisville	22	LB	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′1″	242

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Louisville 13 games, 59 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	atSyracuse	L 7–⁠31	2	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 9	atUCF	W 20–⁠14	4	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Florida State	L 31–⁠35	8	3	2	0.5	1	1
Sep 24	vs.South Florida	W 41–⁠3	5	2	1	1	0	1
Oct 1	atBoston College	L 33–⁠34	2	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 8	atVirginia	W 34–⁠17	1	1	1	1	0	0
Oct 22	vs.Pittsburgh	W 24–⁠10	7	4	2	1	1	2
Oct 29	vs.Wake Forest	W 48–⁠21	7	6	1	1	0	0
Nov 5	vs.James Madison	W 34–⁠10	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 12	atClemson	L 16–⁠31	6	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 19	vs.NC State	W 25–⁠10	7	3	3	2.5	0	0
Nov 26	atKentucky	L 13–⁠26	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 17 ✦	vs.Cincinnati	W 24–⁠7	2	1	1.5	1.5	0	0

2021 Louisville 13 games, 61 tackles, 10 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 6	vs.Ole Miss	L 24–⁠43	4	2	1	1	1
Sep 11	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 30–⁠3	4	1	0.5	0	0
Sep 17	vs.UCF	W 42–⁠35	2	1	1	1	0
Sep 25	atFlorida State	W 31–⁠23	8	6	3.5	2	0
Oct 2	atWake Forest	L 34–⁠37	5	3	0	0	1
Oct 9	vs.Virginia	L 33–⁠34	4	4	2	1	0
Oct 23	vs.Boston College	W 28–⁠14	3	3	1	1	0
Oct 30	atNC State	L 13–⁠28	4	2	1	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Clemson	L 24–⁠30	5	3	1	1	0
Nov 13	vs.Syracuse	W 41–⁠3	9	7	2.5	2	0
Nov 18	atDuke	W 62–⁠22	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 27	vs.Kentucky	L 21–⁠52	4	3	1	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Air Force	L 28–⁠31	9	8	3	1	0

2020 Louisville 8 games, 33 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 12	vs.Western Kentucky	W 35–⁠21	3	0	0	0
Sep 26	atPittsburgh	L 20–⁠23	5	4	3	1
Oct 24	vs.Florida State	W 48–⁠16	3	3	1	1
Oct 31	vs.Virginia Tech	L 35–⁠42	7	4	0	0
Nov 14	atVirginia	L 17–⁠31	10	4	2	0
Nov 20	vs.Syracuse	W 30–⁠0	2	2	1	1
Nov 28	atBoston College	L 27–⁠34	1	0	0	0
Dec 12	vs.Wake Forest	W 45–⁠21	2	1	0	0

2019 Louisville 12 games, 45 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int
Sep 2	vs.Notre Dame	L 17–⁠35	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 42–⁠0	3	2	1	1	0
Sep 14	vs.Western Kentucky	W 38–⁠21	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 21	atFlorida State	L 24–⁠35	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Boston College	W 41–⁠39	5	3	2	0	0
Oct 12	atWake Forest	W 62–⁠59	6	4	1	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Clemson	L 10–⁠45	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 9	atMiami	L 27–⁠52	6	3	0	0	0
Nov 16	atNC State	W 34–⁠20	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Syracuse	W 56–⁠34	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 30	atKentucky	L 13–⁠45	4	4	0	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Mississippi State	W 38–⁠28	2	1	0	0	0

2018 Louisville 6 games, 8 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 8	vs.Indiana State	W 31–⁠7	1	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Western Kentucky	W 20–⁠17	1	0	0
Sep 22	atVirginia	L 3–⁠27	2	2	0
Sep 29	vs.Florida State	L 24–⁠28	0	0	1
Oct 13	atBoston College	L 20–⁠38	2	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Wake Forest	L 35–⁠56	2	1	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2023	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	6′0⅝″
Weight	237 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	9¼″
Wingspan		79⅛″^W
40-yard dash	4.47 s
10-yard split		1.56 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	10′9″
Bench press		23 reps^W
3-cone drill		7.00 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.33 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 20 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2023	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	1
2024	Jacksonville Jaguars	10	16
2025	Jacksonville Jaguars	6	9
2026 (so far)	Atlanta Falcons	2	2
NFL career		20	28

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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