Yannick Nicolas Ngakoue is an American football defensive end who is a free agent.
17 Facts About Yannick Ngakoue
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Yannick Ngakoue played college football at Maryland and was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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Yannick Ngakoue has played one season each for the Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens, and Las Vegas Raiders.
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Yannick Ngakoue committed to the University of Maryland, College Park to play college football.
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Yannick Ngakoue finished his rookie year with 22 combined tackles, eight sacks, two pass deflections, an interception, and a forced fumble in 16 games and 15 starts.
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Yannick Ngakoue entered training camp competing to maintain his starting defensive end role against newly acquired free agent Calais Campbell and Dante Fowler.
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Yannick Ngakoue was named the starting left defensive end, opposite Calais Campbell, to start the 2017 season.
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Yannick Ngakoue's first forced fumble came in the second quarter and was on quarterback Tom Savage and was recovered by teammate Abry Jones, which set the Jaguars up for a touchdown scoring drive.
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Yannick Ngakoue was ranked 88th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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Yannick Ngakoue finished the season with 9.5 sacks, 28 total tackles, 33 quarterback hits, and a pass defended.
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Yannick Ngakoue finished the season with 8 sacks, 41 total tackles, 15 quarterback hits, four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, six passes defensed, and an interception returned for a touchdown.
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On March 2,2020, Yannick Ngakoue went on Twitter to state that he wished to be traded and would not play for the Jaguars in the future.
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On March 19,2021, Yannick Ngakoue signed a two-year, $26 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Yannick Ngakoue led the Raiders in sacks in 2021, and had his first double-digit sack season since 2017.
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On March 16,2022, Yannick Ngakoue was traded to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for cornerback Rock Ya-Sin after the Raiders signed Chandler Jones.
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Yannick Ngakoue started 15 games in 2022, recording 29 tackles, a forced fumble, and a team-leading 9.5 sacks.
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Yannick Ngakoue was placed on injured reserve on December 31,2022.