Rene Konga

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Height:
6-4
Weight:
300
Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
High School:
Colonel the Secondary
Prev School:
Rutgers

PRONUNCIATION ruh-NAY KONG-uh

2025: Tallied a solo tackle and pass breakup in the win over Eastern Kentucky ... Recorded seven tackles with 1.5 for loss and a half-sack along with a pass breakup against James Madison.

2024: Finished with 20 tackles in 11 games ...started six contests ... tallied 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks ... Recorded two solo tackles in the season opener against Austin Peay... completed one solo tackle against Jacksonville State... recorded two solo, seven total tackles against Georgia Tech... completed one solo tackles on the road against Notre Dame... recorded two total tackles at home against SMU... completed one solo tackle on the road against Boston College winning 31-27... recorded one tackle and one sack on the road against Stanford ... totaled two tackles against Pitt and Washington.

Before Louisville: Appeared in 21 games in four seasons at Rutgers ... credited with 14 career tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... credited with a pair of career sacks .. played in 10 games in 2023 ... totaled eight tackles with a strip sack ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... added three stops at No. 2 Michigan (9/23) ... recorded two tackles-for-loss with a strip sack in the opening win over Northwestern (9/3). ... played in nine games in 2022 ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/9) for the second time ... totaled five tackles with a sack and two pass breakups ... batted down a pass versus No. 4 Michigan (11/5) ... had a stop in the win over Indiana (10/22) ... broke up a pass against Nebraska (10/7) ... recorded a sack versus Iowa (9/24) ... contributed two tackles in the home opener against Wagner (9/10) ... played in two games ... earned Academic All-Big Ten honors (12/14) ... saw action in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... made collegiate debut against No. 11 Ohio State (10/2) and recorded a tackle ... didn’t see game action in 2020.

High School: Played for coach Cameron Baird at Colonel By Secondary School in Ottawa … reclassified to a 2020 enrollee … lined up as a defensive end, running back and tight end … scored 16 touchdowns as a senior … earned league’s Defensive MVP … also named team’s MVP and won the school’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year … a member of the varsity basketball squad and claimed team’s MVP … a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals.