2025 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2025 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Manny Diaz, coaching his second year as the Blue Devils head coach, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium located in Durham, North Carolina.
Despite finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record, Duke finished first in a five-way tie for second place in the ACC with a 6–2 conference record. This included a 3-0 record against their Tobacco Road rivals, thus winning the North Carolina state championship and The Battle for the Old State Trophy for the second year in a row. Their season earned them a spot in the ACC championship game, where they upset the Virginia Cavaliers in overtime and won their first ACC title since 1989 and their first outright ACC title since 1962. Furthermore, this was Duke's first victory in the ACC championship game since the game's inception. They then participated in the Sun Bowl, where they beat the Arizona State Sun Devils in a high-scoring shootout to finish 9-5 on the season.

Transfers

Outgoing

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	New School
Maalik Murphy	QB	6'5"	232 lbs	Inglewood, CA	Oregon State
Grayson Loftis	QB	6'2"	205 lbs	Gaffney, SC	Charlotte
Carter Wyatt	LB	6'1"	233 lbs	Wilmington, NC	Elon
Casey Donahue	LS	6'4"	210 lbs	Durham, NC	TBA
Montreze Smith	LB	5'11"	195 lbs	Carrollton, GA	Western Kentucky
Star Thomas	RB	6'0	210 lbs	Homer, LA	Tennessee
Rent Montie	QB	6'3	210 lbs	Palm Harbor, FL	TBA
Placide Djungu-Sungu	S	6'1	195 lbs	Arlington, TX	Baylor
Marquise Collins	RB	5'9"	210 lbs	College Station, TX	UAB
Zachary Franks	IOL	6'6"	310 lbs	Baltimore, MD	UMass
James Pogorelc	OT	6'8"	300 lbs	Chantilly, VA	James Madison
Al Wooten II	RB	6'0"	225 lbs	Memphis, TN	Towson
Spencer Jones	WR	6'4"	205 lbs	Olney, MD	Campbell
Quran Boyd	RB	5'10"	190 lbs	Virginia Beach, VA	TBA
Ryan Leavy	P	6'0"	170 lbs	Tampa, FL	East Carolina

Incoming

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Previous School
Darian Mensah	QB	6'3"	215 lbs	New Orleans, LA	Tulane
Anderson Castle	RB	6'0	220 lbs	Boone, NC	Appalachian State
Jaiden Francois	CB	5'10''	195 lbs	Homestead, FL	Utah State
Cooper Barkate	WR	6'1"	195 lbs	Santa Ana, CA	Harvard
Andrel Anthony	WR	6'2"	185 lbs	East Lansing, MI	Oklahoma
Josiah Green	DL	6'1"	280 lbs	Indianapolis, IN	Dartmouth
Caleb Weaver	S	5'9"	170 lbs	Charlotte, NC	Sam Houston State
Landen King	TE	6'5"	232 lbs	Humble, TX	Utah
Jordan Larsen	IOL	6'3"	310 lbs	Harrisburg, SD	South Dakota

Game summaries

Elon (FCS)

Statistics	ELON	DUKE
First downs	14	23
Plays–yards	62–275	59–548
Rushes–yards	44–163	25–159
Passing yards	112	389
Passing: comp–att–int	11/18/0	27/34/0
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	32:53	27:07

No. 11 Illinois

Statistics	ILL	DUKE
First downs	25	21
Plays–yards	73–419	63–438
Rushes–yards	42–123	24–82
Passing yards	296	356
Passing: ––	22–31–0	25–39–1
Turnovers	0	5
Time of possession	36:12	23:48

at Tulane

Statistics	DUKE	TUL
First downs	27	22
Plays–yards	75–452	63–426
Rushes–yards	24–139	38–156
Passing yards	313	270
Passing: comp–att–int	30–51–1	17–25–0
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	26:43	33:17

NC State

Statistics	NCSU	DUKE
First downs	26	22
Plays–yards	73–537	62–419
Rushes–yards	34–173	34–150
Passing yards	364	269
Passing: comp–att–int	29–39–3	19–28–0
Turnovers	4	0
Time of possession	32:29	27:31

at Syracuse

Statistics	DUKE	SYR
First downs	23	19
Plays–yards	59-503	51-314
Rushes–yards	37-235	27-85
Passing yards	268	229
Passing: comp–att–int	22-28-0	24-37-1
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	31:15	28:45

at California

Statistics	DUKE	CAL
First downs	24	20
Plays–yards	445	286
Rushes–yards	36-180	29-41
Passing yards	265	245
Passing: comp–att–int	22-30-0	20-32-4
Turnovers	0	4
Time of possession	31:03	28:57

No. 12 Georgia Tech

Statistics	GT	DUKE
First downs	21	26
Plays–yards	57-376	76-441
Rushes–yards	36-171	32-68
Passing yards	205	373
Passing: comp–att–int	14-21-0	32-44-0
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	26:31	33:29

at Clemson

Statistics	DUKE	CLEM
First downs	22	28
Plays–yards	64–439	72–560
Rushes–yards	22–78	36–175
Passing yards	361	385
Passing: comp–att–int	27–42–0	27–36–0
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	25:35	34:26

at UConn

Statistics	DUKE	UCONN
First downs	26	25
Plays–yards	65–390	70–467
Rushes–yards	34–168	30–156
Passing yards	222	311
Passing: comp–att–int	22–31–2	27–40–0
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	26:47	33:13

No. 19 Virginia

Statistics	UVA	DUKE
First downs	22	11
Plays–yards	77–540	58–255
Rushes–yards	42–224	23–42
Passing yards	316	213
Passing: comp–att–int	23–35–2	18–35–0
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	35:58	24:02

at North Carolina

Statistics	DUKE	UNC
First downs	24	18
Plays–yards	76–352	52–305
Rushes–yards	43–177	25–101
Passing yards	175	204
Passing: comp–att–int	20–33–0	21–27–0
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	36:00	24:00

Wake Forest

Statistics	WAKE	DUKE
First downs	27	24
Plays–yards	75–468	74–378
Rushes–yards	32–126	39–110
Passing yards	342	268
Passing: comp–att–int	27–43–1	24–35–0
Turnovers	4	0
Time of possession	25:21	34:39

vs. No. 17 Virginia (ACC Championship Game)

Statistics	DUKE	UVA
First downs	19	25
Plays–yards	69–333	69–344
Rushes–yards	44–137	29–128
Passing yards	196	216
Passing: comp–att–int	19–25–1	21–40–2
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	34:24	25:36

vs. Arizona State (Sun Bowl)

Statistics	ASU	DUKE
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession