Mukendi Wa-Kalonji
Mukendi Wa-Kalonji
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Colorado State. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against UTSA, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jay Norvell.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 35 | 16 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 68 | 29 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Northern Colorado
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Colorado State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Colorado State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -7 net (31 in / 38 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Colorado State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #92 · 2026 recruiting class #73
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Carter Evans’s 2024 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Carter Evans's junior season at Eastern Michigan (2024).
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Background
at Colorado State Redshirt Junior, 2025 (3/3): • Participated in three games during the season • Recorded a total of six tackles, including four solo and two assisted • Achieved a season-high of three tackles against UTSA on September 20, 202 • Contributed two solo tackles in the game against Was...