IK Enemkpali reflects on Geno Smith incident

Very few people could find employment just a mere 24 hours after breaking a co-worker's jaw.

For Buffalo Bills linebacker IK Enemkpali, however, this was exactly the case after he broke former Jets teammate Geno Smith's jaw in August.

On Wednesday, Enemkpali reflected on the incident that ended his career with the New York Jets, and landed him in Buffalo.

“It was a whirlwind, man, a whirlwind,” Enemkpali said, more than four months after his infamous locker-room altercation. “The attention was crazy. It felt like, 'he was a first-round draft pick,' but under different circumstances. Everybody was making this big deal about just everything, from the Jets to here, Rex … just a lot going on.”

A sixth-round draft pick out of Louisiana Tech, Enemkpali also commented on the Jets fan base.

“I mean, the Jets’ fans — I was up there for a year — they’re crazy. They say anything and they have no filter at all.”

Now with the Jets on the verge of making the postseason, Enemkpali will make his return to New York, as the Bills face off with the Jets. Enemkpali, however, is focused on his life in Buffalo.

“I’m thinking about here, now,” Enemkpali said. “If I spend time thinking about what I was, where I was, you can’t really improve like that. I’m living in the here and the now.” 

Enemkpali has 12 tackles in 10 games on the season.