2021 • SENIOR (+)
Awards: Preseason: Selected for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Preseason Big Board.
Season: Made 12 starts...One of 34 players to make their Penn State debut this season...One of 12 players to make their first start at Penn State this season.
Ball State (9/11): Had two tackles; Auburn (9/18): Tallied three tackles with his first career fumble recovery; Villanova (9/25): Recorded three tackles. Indiana (10/2): Assisted on a tackle. at Iowa (10/9): Posted two tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss. Illinois (10/23): Tallied three tackles with a sack and a forced fumble. at Ohio State (10/30): Recorded two tackles. at Maryland (11/6): Recorded four tackles and a sack. Michigan (11/13): Tallied four tackles and recovered a fumble. Rutgers (11/20): Had three tackles with a tackle for loss...Named Coaching Staff's Defensive Player of the Week. at Michigan State (11/27): Recorded two tackles.
2017-20 • DUKE
Played in 45 career games (27 starts) at Duke, posting 114 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two QB pressures and a pass breakup...Posted 20 career games with three or more tackles...Started at defensive tackle in all 11 games in 2020 and posted a team-best three forced fumbles...Recorded 40 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, one QB pressure, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup...Registered a career-best three tackles for loss against Syracuse (10/10)...In 2019, played in 10 games, making five starts...Registered 23 tackles, two tackles for loss and one QB hurry...Appeared in all 13 games, making 12 starts in 2018...Totaled 45 tackles, four tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ...Made a career-high 10 stops against N.C. Central (9/22)...Tallied 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble at Miami (11/3) to help the Blue Devils to their first victory in Miami since 1976...Played in 11 games during freshman campaign in 2017...Totaled two tackles for loss and a sack.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at The Bullis School for coach Pat Celinto...Three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com...Charted as the No. 63 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com and No. 75 defensive tackle in the country by ESPN.com...As a senior, posted 50 tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss and eight sacks to earn USA Today American Family Insurance All-USA Washington D.C. and first-team All-Interstate Athletic Conference honors...Helped squad to 7-3 record in final campaign...Selected to play in both the 2016 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl and Maryland Crab Bowl...As a junior, earned first-team all-conference honors after registering 39 tackles, 17 tackles for loss and six sacks...Helped Bullis to 21 wins and a pair of conference championships during three-year tenure...Also participated in basketball and track and field.
PERSONAL
Son of Angelo Kasa and Marie Luhnmbu ...Cousin, Prince Shembo, lettered four seasons (2010-13) as a linebacker at the University of Notre Dame and was selected in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons...Studying communications arts and sciences at Penn State.