2023 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 90
Rene Konga
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Junior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 290
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Colonel By Secondary School
- Major:
- Finance
| PRONUNCIATION |
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2023 (Junior): Played in 10 games ... 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).
2022 (Sophomore): Played in nine games ... 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).
2021 (Freshman): 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.
2020 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: 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.
Personal: Joins Canadians Wesley Bailey, Dariel Djabome and Djibril Abdou Rahman on the roster.
Major: Finance
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2023 (Junior): Played in 10 games ... 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).
2022 (Sophomore): Played in nine games ... 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).
2021 (Freshman): 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.
2020 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: 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.
Personal: Joins Canadians Wesley Bailey, Dariel Djabome and Djibril Abdou Rahman on the roster.
Major: Finance
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