CARDS: Leaf Draft 2014, Topps Chrome 2014, Sage 2014
ACQUIRED: In Person, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• See Also Kony Ealy
• Kony joined the Cowboys during the 2018 preseason, but was cut.
• He’d then sign with the Raiders, but again would be cut before the end of the year.
• The next year Kony was selected by and signed with the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL20.
• With the season cancelled due to COVID after 5 games, Kony finished with 9 tackles, 2 TFL, and half a sack.
• He spent a season then in the CFL with the Argos from 2021 to the end of camp in 2022.
• With that it was off for a month with the Vegas Knight Hawks of the IFL.
• And then finally another 3 months with the Edmonton Elks before the end of the 2022 season.

NOTES:

Well I had reloaded on Kony after meeting him in person at the Houston Roughnecks team meet and greet for season ticket holders and I was hopeful the league would pick back up in 2021 but unfortunately COVID finished off the XFL20. So I held onto this post and eventually forgot about it.

A few things about Kony. I think if he had found a spot on a team primarily as a situational starter or designated pass rusher, he might’ve stuck around longer at his different stops. It takes a genius of a DC to unlock potential and Kony had plenty of that- as evidenced in his Super Bowl 50 performance when he logged 3 sacks, forced a fumble and made an interception.

I really also relate to the big guy as he has struggled with depression after the loss of his father and sister, and while he was with the Roughnecks, he opened up about it and his battle with it.