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09/15/26 - RB Nate Sheppard, So/2029, Duke, (DS#3 RB)

09/14 WEEK 2 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: Nate Sheppard, So., RB, Duke (Mandeville, Louisiana),...Rushed for 147 yards at Illinois to lift his season total to 374 yards, an average of 187.0 rushing yards per game, which leads all of FBS...Scored on a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, giving him five consecutive games with at least one rushing touchdown...Added a team-high five receptions for 41 yards and two touchdowns...Recorded his first career game with multiple touchdown receptions, scoring through the air in both the second and third quarters...Became the first Blue Devil with a rushing and receiving score in the same game since Peyton Jones did so at Miami in 2024...With five touchdowns across two games, Sheppard has been responsible for 30 of the Blue Devils' 48 points this season, accounting for 62.5% of the team's scoring...Ranks second nationally in total rushing yards (374), first in rushing yards per game (187.0), fourth in total touchdowns scored (five) and first in total all-purpose yards (434) this season...The only FBS player over the last 30 seasons to record at least 350 rushing yards and multiple receiving touchdowns over his team's first two games of a season...The first ACC player to have 374 rushing yards or more and five touchdowns from scrimmage since Dalvin Cook in 2015 (422 rushing yards and five touchdowns)...This is his second ACC Running Back of the Week honor this season. - ACC Football

(DS#3 RB) So/2029