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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Duke
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  09/06/21 - Mataeo Durant, Sr/2022, Duke, 5-11, 196 (DS#34 RB) + More +

  SEPT 6 ACC SEPT 6 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: Mataeo Durant, Duke, Sr., RB, Plum Branch, S.C.,...Rushed 29 times for a Duke single-game record 255 yards and three touchdowns versus Charlotte ... Caught two passes for 37 yards ... Touchdown runs covered 5, 59 and 53 yards ... Matched the Duke single-game record for TD runs of 50+ yards (two) ... Single-game rushing yardage total ranks 25th in ACC history ... Averaged 8.79 yards per rushing attempt, marking the 10th-highest single-game average in Duke history ... Rushing yardage total eclipsed the previous school record of 245 yards set by Shaun Wilson in 2014 versus Kansas ... All-purpose yardage total (292 yards) marks the fifth-highest single-game total in Duke history. - ACC Football

(DS#34 RB) Sr/2022 RB Mataeo Durant, Duke
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  08/30/21 - Jack Wohlabaugh, rSr/2022, Duke, 6-3, 307 (DS#12 C) + More +

  As Duke prepares an offense built around a rushing attack featuring preseason all-ACC running back Mataeo Durant and new starting quarterback Gunnar Holmberg, the return of a big man in the middle of the line is equally important. Considered one of the ACC's top centers entering last season, Jack Wohlabaugh suffered a torn knee ligament in practice before a game had been played. That was the first of many unfortunate occurrences as the Blue Devils slumped to a 2-9 record in the pandemic-altered season. With a new season beginning on Friday at Charlotte, Duke has Wohlabaugh back, healthy and ready to anchor an offensive front that's of major importance.

"Jack Wohlabaugh is critical," Duke co-offensive coordinator Jeff Faris said. "He's obviously a great player and he's an even better leader. He's been really good at bringing those young offensive linemen along. He's done a really, really good job with his rehab and strength work." Wohlabaugh had reconstructive right knee surgery last Sept. 15 to repair a torn ACL. So Duke will play two games next month before he hits one year post-operation. Still, as he prepares to open the season in the starting lineup, Wohlabaugh is feeling strong and comfortable about his repaired knee. "I'm really focused on just getting my knee to feel better and stronger and get back to my old self where I've almost forgotten about having to trust it," Wohlabaugh said. - Herald Sun

(DS#12 C) rSr/2022 C Jack Wohlabaugh, Duke
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  08/30/21 - Jaylen Coleman, rSr/2024, Duke, 6-1, 200 (DS#78 RB) + More +

  Taking away carries from Durant will be tough, but Coleman has certainly impressed throughout the preseason. The redshirt sophomore totaled 80 yards on nine rushes in Duke's first intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 14, earning the praise of Cutcliffe afterward. He rushed for only 42 yards on 15 attempts in 2019 and played only two games in 2020, but he will likely see more involvement in the offense this year and could be the future of the Blue Devils' running game after Durant leaves. Fellow redshirt sophomore Jordan Waters, who broke out for 78 yards on five carries against Charlotte last year, is also someone to keep your eye on. - Duke Chronicle

(DS#78 RB) rSr/2024 RB Jaylen Coleman, Duke
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  08/29/21 - Mataeo Durant, Sr/2022, Duke, 5-11, 196 (DS#34 RB) + More +

  Mataeo Durant enters his senior season as the unquestioned leader, not only in Duke's running backs room, but on the offense as a whole. A preseason all-ACC selection, Durant will be a key focus for Duke's co-offensive coordinators, Jeff Faris and Re'quan Boyette, as they look to build a strong offensive team on the foundation set by the running game Durant can help provide. Last season, Durant led Duke with 817 rushing yards while sharing time with Deon Jackson, who is now in the NFL. Durant's 6.8 yards per carry as a junior show he's consistently able to produce. "Mataeo is our best player on our football team so we have to get him the football," Faris said. "He's going to be involved in a lot of what we do."

That said, depth at running back has always been important to Duke's coaching staff. Having a back who can take every third series or so raises the odds of Durant being available for more carries during the season because he'll be healthier. On that point, Duke has sophomores Jaylen Coleman and Jordan Waters behind Durant with a pair of freshmen backs, Jaquez Moore and Trent Davis, with big futures who are adjusting to the college game. "We're talented there," Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. "I feel good about where we are at running back." - Herald Sun

(DS#34 RB) Sr/2022 RB Mataeo Durant, Duke
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  08/27/21 - Shaka Heyward, rSr/2023, Duke, 6-3, 235 (DS#12 ILB) + More +

  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 freshman, 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 everything 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 camp," 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
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  08/22/21 - Andrel Anthony, rSr/2026, Duke, 6-1, 187 (DS#93 WR) + More +

  Michigan's football team is seven practices into fall camp, and there is a freshman receiver who continues to capture the attention of head coach Jim Harbaugh. "Andrel Anthony continues to make a play a practice," Harbaugh told reporters outside Schembechler Hall on Friday. "He's on a streak. It's like a Lou Gehrig hitting streak. He would do it in spring ball where, 'wait for it; it's going to happen,' and he makes it. It is just a play a practice that's a big chunk variety. He continues to be really good." The Wolverines haven't been shy about playing freshmen receivers since offensive coordinator Josh Gattis took over before the 2019 season. Mike Sainristil, Giles Jackson and Cornelius Johnson combined for 21 catches and 348 receiving yards in 2019, while Roman Wilson and A.J. Henning combined for 15 receptions for 181 yards in six games last season.

Michigan should be deeper at the position in 2021 with Ronnie Bell, Johnson, Sainristil, Wilson, Henning and graduate transfer Daylen Baldwin entering the mix, but Anthony could find himself climbing the depth chart with a strong fall camp. The three-star prospect out of East Lansing High was an important recruit for the Wolverines last cycle. Albeit ranked as the No. 527 player nationally in the 247Sports Composite, he brings size (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and speed to Michigan's receiver room. On Wednesday, senior safety Brad Hawkins said Anthony was one of the three fastest receivers on the team, along with Henning and Wilson. "Those guys right there are really fast," Hawkins said. - Ann Arbor News

(DS#93 WR) rSr/2026 WR Andrel Anthony, Duke
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  08/05/21 - Jack Wohlabaugh, rSr/2022, Duke, 6-3, 307 (DS#12 C) + More +

  John Gelotte, a 6-7, 295-pound redshirt sophomore, has played 27 snaps as a college player. He transitioned from tight end back to offensive tackle in spring practice and will compete for the starting right tackle job in August. The good news on the offensive line is center Jack Wohlabaugh is ready to go full speed after missing all of last season with a torn knee ligament. He's a big key to any success the Blue Devils could have. - Herald Sun

(DS#12 C) rSr/2022 C Jack Wohlabaugh, Duke
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  07/29/21 - Mataeo Durant, Sr/2022, Duke, 5-11, 196 (DS#34 RB) + More +

  Duke running back Mataeo Durant earned the nod for preseason All-ACC on Tuesday, the lone Duke player to receive a selection on the team. Standing at 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, Durant enters his senior season off the heels of a career year. In 11 games, he posted 817 rushing yards to go along with eight scores from the backfield in 2020. He also displayed his versatility in the passing game, adding 12 catches for 107 yards and one touchdown. Through three seasons at Duke, Durant sits at 1,545 all-purpose yards. The senior out of McCormick, S.C., is poised for a breakout season in 2021. Having led the Blue Devils in yards and touchdowns at running back last year, he closes out his college tenure as the team's feature backfield player. - Herald Sun

(DS#34 RB) Sr/2022 RB Mataeo Durant, Duke
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  07/15/21 - Mataeo Durant, Sr/2022, Duke, 5-11, 196 (DS#34 RB) + More +

  As Mataeo Durant starred as a running back and safety at Class 1A McCormick High School, many around South Carolina wondered if he would transfer somewhere larger to boost his resume for college recruiters. Durant, though, was already in a larger place. "My small town that I come from? 80 people," Durant said. Tiny Plum Branch, South Carolina, with its 87 residents, is located six miles south of McCormick, the biggest town in McCormick County with a whopping 2,992 residents.

Durant's rural home is a couple miles from the Savannah River, which forms the South Carolina-Georgia border in that part of the state. But finding a bridge to cross it means driving 12 miles to the north and west on U.S. 378, or 15 miles south on U.S. 221 toward Augusta. Still, those college recruiters found him back in 2016 and 2017. They discovered a player who'd dreamed of playing college football since he'd made the 80-mile trip to Clemson with an uncle to watch the Tigers play as a young boy. - Herald Sun

(DS#34 RB) Sr/2022 RB Mataeo Durant, Duke
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  04/28/21 - Carson Van Lynn, rSr/2022, Duke, 6-5, 295 (DS#999 OT) + More +

  The conclusion of spring camp often leads to roster attrition. Players realize where they stand after 15 practices, and some make the decision to move on. Pitt had its first post-spring exit two days after its Blue-Gold spring game. Carson Van Lynn, a reserve offensive tackle, has entered the transfer portal, he confirmed Monday afternoon on Twitter. Van Lynn was with the Panthers for four seasons and started three games in 2020. Van Lynn came to Pitt in the 2017 recruiting class. A three-star prospect out of Worthington, Ohio, the offensive lineman held offers from Boston College, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky and West Virginia, among other Division I-A programs. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

(DS#999 OT) rSr/2022 OT Carson Van Lynn, Duke
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  03/18/21 - Mataeo Durant, Sr/2022, Duke, 5-11, 196 (DS#34 RB) + More +

  After two weeks away from the practice field due to a COVID-19 cluster, Duke football is ready to safely resume spring practice. With enough players having cleared their quarantines following positive tests and contact tracing, the Blue Devils plan to hold their fourth spring practice session Wednesday, athletics department spokesman Art Chase said. Duke started spring practice Feb.26 and last practiced on March 3. The postponed practices scheduled for March 5 and March 6 and announced the program was officially on pause March 9. In total, five practice sessions were postponed during the pause. The team plans to make them up, allowing Duke to use the full 15 spring practice sessions allowed under NCAA rules. Duke has practices scheduled for Wednesday, Friday and Saturday this week. - Herald Sun

(DS#34 RB) Sr/2022 RB Mataeo Durant, Duke
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  01/28/21 - Dominique Long, rSr/2022, Duke, 6-1, 200 (DS#73 FS) + More +

  Dominique Long became the latest Michigan State football player to enter the transfer portal Wednesday. After the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to fall sports athletes, the senior special teams standout has signaled he will try to use it at another school. Long is the 16th member of the 2020 team to leave the program since mid-November as the Spartans continue a roster overhaul with head coach Mel Tucker approaching the one-year anniversary of his hiring. During his career in East Lansing, Long appeared in 44 games and produced 51 tackles. - Lansing State Journal

(DS#73 FS) rSr/2022 FS Dominique Long, Duke
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  12/31/20 - Victor Dimukeje, Sr/2021, Duke, 6-2, 262 (DS#16 DE) + More +

  2020 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES/MEDIA): DE - Victor Dimukeje, Duke, 43,...Dimukeje, a 6-3, 265-pound senior from Baltimore, Md., concluded his final season with 44 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, two caused fumbles, one fumble recovery and five quarterback pressures. He finished fourth in the ACC in sacks and ninth in tackles for loss. He posted two multi-sack games this season vs. Boston College and Syracuse, while registering four games with 1.5-plus tackles for loss.

In Duke's game against Boston College, Dimukeje tallied 3.5 sacks to match teammate Rumph II for the second-most in program history for a single game. His 7.5 season sacks also place him eighth for a single season. Finally, he will graduate second all-time at Duke in career sacks with 21.5 and tied for eighth with 36.0 career tackles for loss. - Duke Football

(DS#16 DE) Sr/2021 DE Victor Dimukeje, Duke
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  12/31/20 - Michael Carter II, Sr/2021, Duke, 5-10, 184 (DS#11 FS) + More +

  2020 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): S - Michael Carter II, Duke, 45,...Carter II, a 5-11, 190-pound senior from Douglasville, Ga., garnered 41 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions and eight pass breakups this past season. He finished tied for ninth in the ACC in passes defended with 10. Carter II also earned a season best eight tackles against Charlotte and accumulated three-plus tackles six times on the year. For his career, he recorded 24 pass breakups, which places him tied with Quinton McCracken (1988-91) for 10th all-time in program history. - Duke Football

(DS#11 FS) Sr/2021 FS Michael Carter II, Duke
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  12/31/20 - *Chris Rumph II, rJr/2021, Duke, 6-3, 237 (DS#12 OLB) + More +

  2020 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): DE - Chris Rumph II, Duke, 95,...Rumph II, a 6-4, 235-pound redshirt junior from Gainesville, Fla., ranked second in the ACC in sacks and seventh in tackles for loss. He finished the year with 53 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, five quarterback hurries, one caused fumble, and one fumble recovery. His 8.0 sacks place him tied with Chris Combs (1996) for sixth all-time on Duke's single season chart. - Duke Football

(DS#12 OLB) rJr/2021 OLB *Chris Rumph II, Duke
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