Player Dossier

2022-2025

Arizona State

Jacob Rich Kongaika

DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Rich Kongaika shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona • Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Jacob Rich Kongaika built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 98, spending time with Arizona and Arizona State. The clearest part of Jacob Rich Kongaika's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8417

Mater Dei · Santa Ana, CA

Committed To
Arizona
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Jacob Rich Kongaika, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona State. Jacob Rich Kongaika shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
56
TFL
11.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jacob Rich Kongaika quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · DL
Career Tackles
56
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Arizona State
Top game
Mississippi State
Recruit profile
3-star · Mater Dei · Arizona
High school pipeline
Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DL 300th (top 28%) · Big 12 211th (top 29%) · National 1,844th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonArizona480.501-030
2023 PostseasonArizona81-0--022.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona81422--022.5
2024 PostseasonArizona State81-0--053
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State89531-053
2025 PostseasonArizona State113-02-055.5
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State11204131055.5

Related Context

Jacob Rich Kongaika played DL for Arizona and Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jacob Rich Kongaika recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Arizona State paired 11 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona, Arizona State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Arizona State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

5

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 2. Northern Arizona: 1.5. Mississippi State: 1.5. Texas State: 2.5. Baylor: 1. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 1. Houston: 0. West Virginia: 0.5. Colorado: 0. Arizona: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 3 by 32.5. Northern Arizona: 3 by 27.5. Mississippi State: 1 by 19.2. Texas State: 3 by 37.5. Baylor: 0 by 10. Utah: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 1 by 14.2. Houston: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 1 by 9.2. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs Texas State

Result
Wed 12/31@ DukeSplash gameL 39-4231000
Sat 11/29vs ArizonaL 7-2321100
Sun 11/23@ ColoradoW 42-1733000
Sat 11/15vs West VirginiaW 25-23100.5000
Sun 10/26vs HoustonL 16-2422000
Sat 10/18vs Texas TechW 26-2210000
Sun 10/12@ UtahL 10-4240000
Sat 9/20@ BaylorW 27-2400000
Sun 9/14vs Texas StateSplash gameW 34-15311.5010
Sat 9/6@ Mississippi StateL 20-24100.5000
Sun 8/31vs Northern ArizonaW 38-19310.5001

Player Story

Jacob Rich Kongaika story

Jacob Rich Kongaika built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 98, spending time with Arizona and Arizona State. The clearest part of Jacob Rich Kongaika's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Jacob Rich Kongaika's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonArizona1.512.16.7
2023 PostseasonArizona412.83.92.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona412.83.90
2024 PostseasonArizona State916.58.65
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State916.58.60
2025 PostseasonArizona State1118.752
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State1118.750

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Mississippi State

Week 2 · W 30-23

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington State

Week 7 · W 44-6 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs USC

Week 9 · L 37-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 65 Texas State

Week 3 · W 34-15

2.5

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Cincinnati

Week 8 · L 14-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Arizona State

11 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 5 usage

55.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Arizona State

55.5

11 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Arizona State

53

9 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games