Yvan Kemajou holds the LDE · Starter spot in Penn State Nittany Lions’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Yvan Kemajou is a 6'3", 252-pound left defensive end for Penn State from Burtonsville, Maryland. A four-star recruit in the 2025 class, he was ranked No. 188 overall and No. 21 defensive lineman by recruiting services. At Paint Branch High School, Kemajou served as a two-year team captain and recorded 40 tackles and 5 sacks as a senior, earning MCPS 4A All-Division honors. In his 2025 true freshman season, he appeared in 10 games, compiling 13 total tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and one pass breakup across contests against Villanova, Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State, Indiana, Nebraska, Rutgers, and Clemson.

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