When Prince Shembo entered the NFL last season, he was forced to play inside linebacker- a position he hasn’t played since freshman year of high school per atlantafalcons.com.

Shembo didn’t play poorly at the position, playing well when he was given the chance. He started a fair amount of games early in the season, but the team tended to favor Joplu Bartu, leaving fans frustrated with the usage of Shembo.

Either way, it was a surprising move to move him to ILB. At Notre Dame, Shembo was a fierce pass rush who ended up as seventh in sacks (19.5) in the school’s history.

Now, he may get the chance to get after the quarterback once again. Reid Ferrin of AtlantaFalcons.com asked Quinn about Shembo, and the new head coach revealed that he had plans to work Shembo “back outside.”

“Right now, I see him working back outside,” Quinn told Ferrin. “That’s also where I evaluated him coming out of college. I’m looking forward to working with him. There’s going to be lots of position flexibility (because we’re taking the approach of) ‘let’s keep trying, keep grinding, keep evaluating to find the very best guys to do it’.”

The Atlanta Falcons brought in Adrian Clayborn to aid the dreadful pass rush that was last season, and Shembo may be the other missing key to the puzzle.