How did Duke lose so few key players to the transfer portal from last year's 9-win season?. Click and read about it: .

“I’m very committed to this place. Everybody knows I’m very happy at this place. We’re doing a lot of special things at this place. My family is very happy here. We love Duke.”. Word from Mike Elko on his involvement with rumors of his departure:. 🔗

Rece Davis (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Holly Rowe (sidelines) will call Notre Dame-Duke on ABC. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Gunnar Holmberg became the 5th QB in the last 15 years with 300-plus yards passing and 4 rushing TDs against a P-5 team. Others were:. Tim Tebow.Collin Klein (Kansas State).Lamar Jackson.Nick Fitzgerald (Miss. State).

The first roughly 99 seconds of Coach K's speech.

Duke's fourth-year DT DeWayne Carter, also a captain, is not one of the 32 players going through the Senior Day ceremony on Saturday. Said he hasn't made up his mind completely on returning for the Blue Devils next season.

"I'm very committed to this place. We love Duke." - Elko on job openings and chatter. "When you're doing your job well, everybody thinks you're leaving. When you're doing it poorly, everybody thinks you're leaving.".

A PFF nugget:. DeWayne Carter leads ACC players with 31 QB pressures - 4 sacks, 2 hits, 25 hurries. His (questionable) roughing-the-passer penalty last night was his penalty of the season. He doesn't get same recognition as other DTs in the ACC but he's very much on their level.

If you're looking for evidence of why Duke is confident in Brian Parker II, look no further.

Players make plays, brought to you by DeWayne Carter.

Duke's depth chart for its opener against Clemson:

2-commit day for Duke with DE Tony Boggs coming aboard. This is the 25th commit of the class -- and a reminder that in years past, you could only sign 25 in a class, but that rule has been suspended for the '23 and '24 classes.

2-fer Monday -- In-state DE Semaj Turner commits to Duke.

Observations:. - Jordan Moore didn't stay in regular jersey; switched to red and played QB about halfway through.- Fairly balanced scrimmage (which is good).- Darius Joiner keeps making plays.- Duke has lots of depth at RB.- Eli Pancol had best catch.

Big one for Duke, which keeps adding recruits at a faster pace than the kids in the neighborhood set off fireworks last night.

Brandon Johnson earns a national honor. Yesterday against Miami:. 9 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble and the icing-on-the-cake pick-6 in Duke's 45-21 win at Miami. First Duke player since Jeremy Cash in 2015 to earn Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors.

Welcome back, Nicky Dalmolin.

Live from Duke's 11th fall camp practice, which will be the first scrimmage. As noted by @DukeFBTalk, Jordan Moore is not in a red jersey (like other QBs) today. Imagine he still takes fair amount of QB snaps.

Duke's second scrimmage of fall camp saw improvement in the passing game -- 5 TDs, 0 INTs -- with a game-week feel of 1s going against 2s: .

Mike Elko wants to be selective in using the transfer portal to restock Duke's roster: .

Duke goes 2-for-2 in targets to round out Mike Elko's first signing class; the focus has already mostly turned to the '23 and '24 classes: .

Duke goes from a battle for first place in the ACC to a battle for second place in the ACC. Previewing tomorrow's Duke-Louisville game: . 🔗

Breaking down how Mike Elko saw Sunday's scrimmage, plus news and notes from today's practice as Duke churns into the final week of fall camp:.

True freshmen playing: . Vincent Anthony Jr. and Chandler Rivers are going to play. Terry Moore on the verge of being in that group of "not redshirting.". The middle group is basically "could play more than 4 if needed." Elko mentioned Henry Belin IV and Mehki Wall in that group.

Duke basketball recruiting in the past 54 days:. 7/29 - Kyle Filipowski commits.8/1 - Dariq Whitehead.9/2 - Jaden Schutt.9/16 - Caleb Foster (2023).9/20 - Dereck Lively II

Duke's depth chart for this weekend against Northwestern. One minor note, mentioned by Mike Elko today: Note that Jake Taylor moved from TE to WR. Pretty large WR at 6-5, 235, but the search continues for large bodies on the perimeter.

It's been clear from Day One of fall camp that Darius Joiner is a good fit at Duke. More on Duke's new safety who was known as "Duke" growing up:.

Breaking down Duke's first full class under Mike Elko, with comments on all 26 of today's signees. Among the highlights are what QB Grayson Loftis means to Elko and a moral that you should never play ping-pong against a boarding school kid:.

Terry Moore times this blitz so well.

Notebook on a few topics:. - Process of getting Henry Belin IV settled in. - Highlighting Terry Moore's big night and how far he's come in the last 10 months. - Mike Elko says we don't talk enough about Tre Freeman . so let's talk about Tre Freeman. 🔗

Duke opened spring football practice yesterday. As the Blue Devils turn the page into a new season, here are the 5 storylines to track in the next few weeks before the April 22 spring game: .

Duke had 39 points off of turnovers alone. Don't know that I've ever seen a team score more points off of turnovers than the other scores total.

Live from Blue Devil Tower for Mike Elko's weekly presser. 🧵to follow with updates as they come.

Ryan Smith's look-what-I-found interception.

Duke's offense, as Nicky Dalmolin put it, has gone from learning the "what" to learning the "how and why" because of the continuity in returning players: .

Duke's highest-graded defensive player with more than 100 snaps this season, per PFF.

Our @JamieShaw5 caught up with @dereckl41 to discuss his development this season, a couple of his future Duke teammates and more in this exclusive: .

Observations (1/2):. - Much better day for receivers. Maybe even great. - When Henry Belin IV wants to put velocity on a throw, it's zipped. Just needs work on short/intermediate throws and touch. - Lots of 1st off v 2nd def and vice versa; game-week feel to things.