#90

Rene Konga

Senior defensive lineman for Louisville. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Louisville · Sr. · #90

6′4″ · 300 lb · Ottawa, ON

CFB Index 50 · #210 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Louisville for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

5 TFL · 29 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles, vs James Madison

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Louisville. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ottawa in 2020.
Transferred from Rutgers to Louisville in 2024.

His career, year by year

Rene Konga

DL · Louisville · Sr · #90

Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Greg Schiano and Jeff Brohm. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-ACC. The receipt: 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL against James Madison — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #210 of 420?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1415 / 2975 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.6
Road4g	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #210 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #34 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisville	29	13	5.0	1.5	5	--	--
2024	Louisville	20	12	3.0	2.5	--	--	--
2023	Rutgers	8	5	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	6	2	1.0	1.0	2	--	--
2021	Rutgers	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		64	33	11.0	6.0	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

at Miami

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Moss — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · -9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · D. Chapeau — 3 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 28-14vs James Madison	7	2	1.5	0.5	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 40-17vs Bowling Green	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Virginia	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21@ Miami	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 38-24vs Boston College	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-16@ Virginia Tech	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 26-29vs California	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 19-20vs Clemson	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-38@ SMU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		29	13	5.0	1.5	—	5

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

29Tackles

13Solo

5TFL

1.5Sacks

5Pass def.

0INT

29 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 20.5 sacks · 1 PD
Week 41 PD
Week 51 sack · 1 PD
Week 111 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Louisville

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Louisville

Returning around him

1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -7 net (33 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to John Tate IV’s 2021 season.

John Tate IV

88%match

Memphis · 2021

All-AAC

Nathan Pickering

Mississippi State · 2022

87%

DeShawn Lynch

Washington · 2025

87%

Shemar Turner

Texas A&M · 2024

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 30

86%

Cameron Horsley

Boston College · 2022

86%

Matches John on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Onyedim's graduate season at Texas A&M (2025).

Tyler Onyedim

86%match

Texas A&M · 2025

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2

Darius Alexander

Toledo · 2024

All-MACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 1

81%

Treven Ma'ae

Baylor · 2024

80%

Edward Vesterinen

West Virginia · 2025

79%

Cameron Horsley

Boston College · 2024

78%

Matches Tyler on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Rene Konga

Kyonte Hamilton

Rutgers · 2024

93%

DeShawn Lynch

Washington · 2025

87%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Rene Konga

2020

202410 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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