Rene Konga

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Background

LSU IDL from Yaoundé (Cameroon); four-year Tiger international development project.

College Production

2022-25 LSU: rotational interior (50 career tackles, 6 TFL).

Scouting Take

International project + length (6-3, 315). Technique still developing; tape limited.

Draft Projection

UDFA. International developmental DL project.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Rene Konga as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED Las Vegas Raiders: moved on from Bilal Nichols (3-tech-DT).
  Picks held: R1 #1; R2 #36

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 IDL prospects, his 6-3 / 315 lbs frame sits at the 61st percentile in height and 77th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Rene Konga is IDL #23 of 31 ranked IDLs in the 2026 class. Of those, 15 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
• School pipeline: LSU has 2 IDLs in the 2026 NFL Draft class (13 total prospects from the school).

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Rene Konga’s NFL Archetype: Chris Jones

Chris Jones (Kansas City Chiefs)

Closest IDL physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-3/315 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Interior D Prospects

Closest matches to Rene Konga (6-3 / 315 lbs, #23 IDL) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Skyler Gill-HowardSIZE MATCH Texas Tech · 6-3/310 lbs · #25 IDL · R7
• Zyaire HillTIER MATCH Michigan State · 6-3/300 lbs · #24 IDL · UDFA
• Brandon ClevelandSIZE MATCH NC State · 6-3/305 lbs · #21 IDL · UDFA
• Cole BrevardSIZE MATCH Texas · 6-3/310 lbs · #20 IDL · R7-UDFA
• Tyler OnyedimSIZE MATCH Texas A&M · 6-3/305 lbs · #26 IDL · R7

→ Full Interior DL rankings

LSU & The 2026 Class