Jacob Kongaika is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona State.
Kongaika disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jedd Fisch and Kenny Dillingham. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Utah — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arizona State | 23 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 10 | 5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona | 15 | 9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 26 | 11.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-19vs Northern Arizona | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-24@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-15vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-42@ Utah | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 26-22vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-24vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-23vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-17@ Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-23vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 39-42vs Duke | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
22%5 hurries23 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #25 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,482 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big 12 as a senior.
A stat line in 31 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jedd Fisch and Kenny Dillingham.
