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Name: Shaka Heyward
College: Duke
Number: 42
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 235
Position: Pos2: OLB
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023
40 Low: 4.48 40 Time: 4.53 40 High: 4.58
> Projected Round: Stock: 
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Data Scout Notes: X-7HPFA/Shot at 5-7/94TT-2INT in 22...+20 LBs for 2022/98TT-11.5TFL-3SK in 2021 2022: HMC...PBednarik/PLott...2021: 3rdC...PLott...2020: NAC
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6027
Weight: 235
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.53
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.56
20 Yard (ET): 2.63
20 Yard (HH): 2.52
10 Yard (ET): 1.54
10 Yard (HH): 1.47
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 22
Vertical Jump: 31
Broad Jump: 09'08"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.40
3-Cone Drill: 7.32
Projected 4.74/-.19
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Dates: 03/27/23
Hand: 09 1/2 Arm: 34
Wingspan: 80 7/8
Height: 6027
Weight: 235
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Shaka Heyward, Duke, Player News
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2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: LB - Shaka Heyward, Duke, 34 votes,...Heyward, a 6-3, 240-pound redshirt senior from Dacula, Ga., leads the team in tackles with 93 and is tied for second on the team in pass breakups (six) and tied for the team l ead in interceptions (two). He along with Joiner and Jaylen Stinson, make Duke one of three schools in the ACC with at least three players with 69-plus tackles on the year. He helps anchor a defense that ranks fourth in the ACC in rushing defense, allowi ng just 121.08 yards per outing. He has tallied double digit tackles four times this season, and 12 times in his Blue Devil career. - Duke Football
(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2023  ILB Shaka Heyward, Duke
News Source: Duke Football
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2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Shaka Heyward, Duke, Senior LB,...In 39 career games, the Dacula, Ga., native has compiled 246 tackles, 26.5 tackle for loss, 9.5 sacks, two interceptions, three fumble recoveries, one pass breakup and 11 q uarterback pressures. Heyward heads into the 2022 season with four-plus tackles in 28 straight contests and is one of two returners with 2,400-plus career snaps (Jacob Monk: 2,411). The 2021 Third Team All-ACC selection and recipient of the team's Vincen t Rey Award, an honor presented to the team's top linebacker, tallied a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss against Pittsburgh just a year ago. He also recorded an interception against Notre Dame in 2019 and Kansas in 2021. - Duke Football
(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Shaka Heyward, Duke
News Source: Duke Football
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2022 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: SHAKA HEYWARD, LB, Duke, Sr., 6-4, 220, Dacula, Georgia: On Watch List last year; 148 career tackles; majoring in evolutionary anthropology. - Lott IMPACT Trophy/The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation
(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Shaka Heyward, Duke
News Source: Lott IMPACT Trophy
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2021 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): LB - Shaka Heyward, Duke, 45 votes,...Heyward, a 6-4, 220-pound redshirt junior from Dacula, Ga., led the team and ranked fifth in the ACC with 98 tackles. He chipped in a team-high 11.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one interception, one pass breakup and five quarterback pressures. On the year, he garnered three double-digit tackle performances and led or finished second on the team in tackles in 10 of 12 games. He has 246 tackles in his Blue Devil tenur e as well as 26.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, two interceptions, one pass breakup, three fumble recoveries and 11 quarterback pressures to his name. - Duke Football
(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Shaka Heyward, Duke
News Source: Duke Football
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As Duke's defensive coaches work to build a strong unit after seeing three players from last season taken in the NFL Draft, they at least can look to linebacker for a solid, experienced player. After bursting on the scene in 2019 with six starts as a fre shman, Shaka Heyward led Duke in tackles (80) last season while starting all 11 games. Now a junior, he has plenty of experience to go with his talent. That makes him a player Duke co-defensive coordinator Matt Guerrieri can build around. "Shaka is every thing you want from a height, weight, speed, physicality standpoint in a linebacker," Guerrieri said."He's turned the corner from a younger player, who got the feel for our defense, to now a veteran guy. So there's leadership role that comes with that so that's really been a big challenge for him." As Guerrieri said, it all starts with Heyward in the middle. "You have to run the show in the middle of our defense and he's taken that challenge in this offseason and he's performed really well in cam p," Guerrieri said. "The biggest change I would say in his game that you'll see is a more physical run presence and our staff has challenged him from that standpoint." - Herald Sun
(DS#12 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Shaka Heyward, Duke
News Source: Herald Sun
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