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2021 Duke Blue Devils football
2021 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
Record	3–9 (0–8 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (14th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Re'quan Boyette (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jeff Faris (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Albert (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Guerrieri (4th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Captain	Jake Bobo, DeWayne Carter, Gunnar Holmberg, Leonard Johnson, Jack Wohlabaugh
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 15 Wake Forest xy	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 20 NC State	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 14 Clemson	6	–	2	10	–	3
Louisville	4	–	4	6	–	7
Florida State	4	–	4	5	–	7
Syracuse	2	–	6	5	–	7
Boston College	2	–	6	6	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 13 Pittsburgh xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Miami (FL)	5	–	3	7	–	5
Virginia	4	–	4	6	–	6
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	6	–	7
North Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	7
Georgia Tech	2	–	6	3	–	9
Duke	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Pittsburgh 45, Wake Forest 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 3–9, 0–8 in ACC play to finish in last place in the Coastal division.

On November 28, 2021, the school announced that long-time coach David Cutcliffe would not return as head coach of the Blue Devils.^[1] On December 10, the school named Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko the team's new head coach.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at Charlotte*	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	CBSSN	L 28–31	14,125
September 10	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 45–17	18,091
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 30–23	12,323
September 25	4:00 p.m.	Kansas*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 52–33	19,128
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	L 7–38	45,812
October 9	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	L 27–31	11,849
October 16	12:30 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	L 0–48	38,489
October 30	4:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Wake Forest	Truist Field at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	L 7–45	31,613
November 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Pittsburgh	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 29–54	20,693
November 13	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 17–48	56,730
November 18	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN	L 22–62	8,493
November 27	12:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	L 10–47	17,391
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP and CFP Rankings after November 2 All times are in Eastern time

Source:^[3]

Roster

2021 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`0`	Joe Hardison	Sr
WR	`1`	Jontavis Robertson	So
QB	`2`	Luca Diamont	Fr
WR	`3`	Darrell Harding Jr.	Jr
WR	`4`	Nick Lampert	Fr
WR	`5`	Jalon Calhoun	Jr
WR	`6`	Eli Pancol	Jr
RB	`7`	Jordan Waters	So
QB	`8`	Jordan Moore	Fr
QB	`10`	Riley Leonard	Fr
QB	`12`	Gunnar Holmberg	GS
QB	`13`	Jack Colyar	Jr
RB	`15`	Nakeie Montgomery	GS
QB	`16`	Gavin Spurrier	Jr
WR	`18`	Malik Bowen-Sims	So
WR	`19`	Jake Bobo	Sr
RB	`20`	Jaquez Moore	Fr
RB	`21`	Mataeo Durant	Sr
RB	`22`	Jaylen Coleman	So
WR	`23`	Edwin Barnes III	So
WR	`24`	Jarett Garner	Jr
RB	`25`	Trent Davis	Fr
WR	`26`	William Robertson	So
RB	`27`	Nate Kyei-Donkor	GS
RB	`41`	Grissim Anderson	So
TE	`46`	Mason Russell	So
WR	`47`	Calvin Kim	Fr
C	`50`	Jack Wohlabaugh	Sr
C	`52`	Addison Penn	Fr
C	`55`	Will Taylor	Sr
G	`61`	Zach Thomson	Sr
OT	`62`	Graham Barton	So
G	`63`	Jacob Monk	Jr
G	`64`	Brian Foley	GS
C	`66`	Andrew Jones	Fr
C	`68`	Elijah Wroten	So
G	`69`	Kade Parmelly	GS
OT	`70`	John Gelotte	So
G	`71`	Maurice McIntyre	Jr
OT	`73`	Anthony Hinton	Jr
OT	`75`	Calib Perez	Fr
OT	`76`	Peace Addo	Jr
OT	`77`	Justin Pickett	Fr
G	`78`	Casey Holman	Jr
OT	`79`	Carson Van Lynn	GS
TE	`80`	Matt Smith	So
TE	`81`	Nicky Dalmolin	Jr
TE	`82`	Cole Finney	Fr
WR	`83`	Brandon Hersh	So
WR	`84`	Trevor Horton	Jr
WR	`85`	Sahmir Hagans	Fr
TE	`86`	Brendan Pernicky	So
TE	`87`	Patrick Leitten	GS
TE	`88`	Jake Marwede	Sr
WR	`89`	Scott Boylan	GS

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`4`	Cameron Bergeron	Fr
S	`9`	J'Marick Woods	GS
S	`10`	James Hopson II	So
CB	`11`	Isaiah Fisher-Smith	So
CB	`13`	Tony Davis	So
S	`14`	Trent Broadnax	Fr
S	`15`	Placide Djungu-Sungu	Fr
S	`16`	Jaylen Stinson	So
S	`17`	Da'Quan Johnson	So
CB	`21`	Khilan Walker	So
S	`23`	Lummie Young IV	Sr
S	`24`	Cole Carteaux	Sr
CB	`26`	Joshua Pickett	Fr
CB	`28`	Dylan Merrell	Fr
S	`29`	Nate Thompson	Jr
S	`30`	Brandon Johnson	Fr
CB	`31`	Josh Blackwell	GS
S	`32`	Jalen Alexander	Jr
CB	`33`	Leonard Johnson	Sr
LB	`34`	Sayyid Stevens	So
LB	`35`	Dorian Mausi	So
LB	`36`	Nick Morris Jr.	Fr
CB	`37`	Ken Torain	Jr
CB	`38`	Dominique Long	GS
CB	`39`	Jeremiah Lewis	Jr
LB	`40`	Ryan Smith	So
LB	`42`	Shaka Heyward	Jr
LB	`43`	Adam Fakih	GS
LB	`45`	Colby Campbell	GS
S	`47`	Steve Mann	GS
LB	`48`	Tre Freeman	Fr
DT	`51`	Mandela Tobin	Fr
LB	`54`	Jason Hoffman	Fr
DT	`55`	Ja'Mion Franklin	Jr
DT	`58`	Gary Smith III	So
DE	`59`	Michael Reese	So
DT	`74`	Michael Larbie	Jr
DE	`83`	Zamari Ellis	Jr
DE	`86`	Ron Carr	So
DT	`90`	DeWayne Carter	So
DE	`91`	Ahmad Craig	So
DT	`92`	Aeneas Peebles	So
DE	`93`	Ben Frye	GS
DE	`94`	R.J. Oben	So
DE	`95`	Trey Brown III	Fr
DE	`96`	Aaron Hall	Fr
DE	`97`	Caleb Oppan	So
DT	`99`	Christian Rorie	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`37`	Jackson Hubbard	Jr
K	`44`	Charlie Ham	So
K	`49`	Matt Alswanger	GS
K	`49`	Connor Wood	Fr
LS	`56`	Casey Donahue
LS	`57`	John Taylor	GS
LS	`65`	Colin Ross	So
LS	`72`	Jack Griffin	Jr
LS	`73`	Curtis Cooper	Fr
P	`98`	Porter Wilson	So