CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — The last weekly awards for the 2024 football season were announced by the Mid-American Conference today, Dec. 2, with Eastern Michigan University linebacker James Djonkam (Springfield, Va./West Springfield/Arizona State) earning MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the third time.
For the second week in a row, the senior linebacker was all over the field as he recorded 17 tackles, including eight solo, with a career-high 3.0 TFLS (1.0 sacks) while forcing one fumble and breaking up one pass. Djonkam, who recorded 22 tackles one week prior, was back at it as his 17 tackles tie for 17th-highest total in a single game this season, making him one of only four players throughout the FBS that have finished two games with 17+ tackles this year.