ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- Fourth Team D3football.com All-American (2024)
- First Team D3football.com All-Region (2024)
- Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
- First Team All-Centennial Conferencxe
- Second Team All-Centennial Conference (2023)
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
- First Team CSC Academic All-American (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
- Academic All-Centennial Conference (2024)
- Centennial Conference Academic
Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Career Summary
- Played in 37 career games, including 25 of 27 in final two seasons.
- Finished career with 103 tackles, 26.0 TFLs and 18.0 sacks to his credit.
- Ranked ninth in school history in career sacks and tied for ninth in TFLs at end of career.
2024
- Started all 13 games he played in at defensive end (DNP at McDaniel).
- Counted 54 tackles, 13 TFLs, 8.5 sacks, six pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery to his credit.
- Was in on three tackles, including one sack, in a 51-7 win at Gettysburg.
- Posted a career-high eight tackles, a personal-best 2.5 TFLs, two sacks, one pass breakup and one forced fumble in a 13-6 win at F&M. Named Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his effort against the Diplomats.
- Earned repeat selection as CC Defensive Player of the Week after a seven-tackle, 3.5-sack performance in a 16-7 win at previously unbeaten Ursinus.
- Helped fuel a 30-0 win against Dickinson with six tackles in the victory.
- Was in on five tackles, including one for a loss and half a sack, and added a pass breakup in a 17-14 win over Grove City in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.
- Notched two tackles, including one sack, and one pass breakup in a 14-9 win at DePauw in the third round of the NCAAs.
- Tied for team-lead with seven tackles in a 17-10 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Next-to-last tackle of the game was the 100th of his career.
- Capped career with two tackles in a 45-37 loss at Mount Union in the NCAA Semifinals.
2023
- Played in 11 of 13 games with 10 starts to his credit.
- Totaled 38 tackles, including 10 tackles for losses and eight sacks on the year.
- Ranked eighth on the team in tackles, third in TFLs and second in sacks.
- Posted at least two tackles in all 11 games he played and had five games with four or more stops.
- Notched a season-high six tackles, including 1.5 sacks, in a 55-20 win at Rowan.
- Had five tackles, including a sack, in a 42-14 win over Ursinus.
- Added five tackles, including two sacks, in a 34-28 win at 16th-ranked Muhlenberg in a battle of 7-0 teams in late October.
- Registered four tackles, including a sack, in a 39-36 loss to Randolph-Macon in the NCAA Quarterfianls.
2022
- Played in seven games and had nine tackles, including three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, on the year.
- Posted a season-high five tackles, including one sack, in a 60-7 win over Gettysburg.
- Had a sack in a 35-13 win at Dickinson and half a sack in wins over Case Western and Juniata.
2021
- Appeared in five games in first season at Johns Hopkins.
- Posted two tackles on the year, both of which came in a 77-0 win at Juniata.
- Made first career appearance in a 54-14 win at Case Western in the season opener.
At St. Stephens Episcopal
- Member of football, basketball and track teams.
- Four-year member of varsity football team.
- Helped football team to a four-year record of 31-6 with one Sunshine State Independent State title and one runner-up finish.
- Team defensive MVP and Herald Tribune First Team All-Area as a senior, when he totaled 35 tackles, including 13 sacks, in COVID-shortened season (5 games).
- Rang up 52 tackles and a school-record 13.5 sacks as a junior, when he also set school record with six sacks in one game.
- Helped basketball team to a district title as a sophomore and averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds over junior and senior seasons combined.
Personal
- Matthew Konkol.
- The son of Susan and William Konkol.
- Has one younger brother, Michael.
- Majoring in mechanical engineering.