Long, disruptive Western Illinois DL with upside and growth room
Kongolo is a 6-foot-4, 230-pound defensive lineman for Western Illinois who arrived as a freshman redshirt and now sits in the program’s 2026 sophomore group; the raw tools are obvious, but the stat sheet has yet to catch up, with no recorded defensive stats in the available 2025 data. His calling card is frame and pedigree: he was a high-school playmaker with 85 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, and 10 sacks as a senior, suggesting the kind of motor and backfield disruption that coaches love to mold. If you want a developmental DL with length, edge-to-interior versatility, and a high-upside work ethic, he’s a legit watchlist name.
