Since Virginia Tech inducted new defensive coordinator Sam Siefkes there has been a lot of chatter over what a fully-fledged Siefkes defense looks like. Siefkes has most recently coached the Arizona Cardinals linebacker corps. Before that Siefkes spent time with the Minnesota Vikings as an assistant linebacker coach and before that time as a Vikings Defense Quality Control Coach.
One of the players that has seen a shift in his early play is rusher James Djonkame. Djonkam was brought in even before Siefkes was hires in late January but Siefkes made an immediate impact to Djonkam.
“I started off at outside linebacker, and then they moved me to defensive end, and I was probably the best change that without a doubt I made since playing college football, like playing defensive end is so freeing I get it just hit, don’t gotta think, just go…