Player Dossier

2022-2025

Virginia Tech

James Djonkam

DL • 6'2" • 258 lbs • Springfield, VA, USA

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James Djonkam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arizona State • Eastern Michigan • Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

James Djonkam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Springfield, VA wearing No. 66, spending time with Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of...

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James Djonkam, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. James Djonkam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
138
TFL
14
Sacks
3
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

James Djonkam quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · DL
Career Tackles
138
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Western Michigan
Latest roster
No. 66 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
7 tackles · DL 710th (top 66%) · ACC 416th (top 53%) · National 3,303rd (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State813201-016.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State9200.502-012.6
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan109811.5343079.3
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech37-0--041.8

Related Context

James Djonkam played DL for Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, and Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Djonkam recorded 138 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 21.5 primary output with 55.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, Virginia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

9.7

Usage

1.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Old Dominion: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs South Carolina

Result
Sat 9/13vs Old DominionL 26-4510000
Sat 9/6vs VanderbiltL 20-4420000
Sun 8/31@ South CarolinaL 11-2440000

Player Story

James Djonkam story

James Djonkam built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Springfield, VA wearing No. 66, spending time with Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of James Djonkam's career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives James Djonkam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Virginia Tech

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State310.53.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State2.5122.3-0.5
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan21.555.716.319
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech09.71.9-21.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Michigan

Week 14 · L 18-26 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Buffalo

Week 13 · L 20-37 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#3

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 40-3

1

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Massachusetts

Week 1 · W 28-14

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#5

vs Toledo

Week 10 · L 28-29 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

21.5 primary output · 55.7 efficiency · 16.3 usage

79.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

41.8

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Arizona State

16.5

3 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

6

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games