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Football
vs NC State
Notes: FSU 41, Duke 16
10/15/2011 6:46:00 PM | Football
Team Notes
Kelby Brown
Matt Daniels
Austin Gamble
Cooper Helfet
Alex King
Sean Renfree
Desmond Scott
Juwan Thompson
Donovan Varner
Conner Vernon
- Registered two sacks for a season-high 19 yards.
- Went 2-for-3 on onside kicks for the day.
- Converted a season-best three fourth downs on five attempts.
- Penalized just twice for 19 yards, the fewest yards all season and the second game with just two penalties.
Kelby Brown
- Recorded his first sack of the season and pushes his career sack total to 2.5.
- Registered 10 tackles for his second double-digit performance of the year and fourth of his career.
- Matched his career-high with six solo tackles and tied his season-high with 1.5 tackles for loss.
Matt Daniels
- Registered a career-high 14 total and a career-best nine solo tackles.
- Had double-digit tackles for the second time this season and for the sixth time in his career.
Austin Gamble
- Recorded his third career sack and second of the season.
Cooper Helfet
- Had six catches for 60 yards and a touchdown for his third game this season with 50-plus yards receiving.
- Caught his fourth career touchdown and second consecutive of the season. Touchdown marks the first time in his career he has posted a touchdown in consecutive games.
Alex King
- Had a season-long punt of 60 yards for his third career punt for 60-plus yards.
- Averaged a career-best 53.2 yards per punt. Finished with 266 yards on five punts.
Sean Renfree
- Completed 26-of-43 passes to move to sixth on Duke's career list for pass completions (477).
- Threw his 24th career touchdown and sixth of the season to move into a tie for seventh on Duke's career passing touchdowns list.
- Became the sixth Duke quarterback all-time to pass for over 5,000 yards in his career and has 5,048 overall.
Desmond Scott
- Registered his longest run of the year with a 34-yard scamper to set up Duke's first-quarter field goal.
- Made his 41st career field goal and the 12th from 30-plus yards.
- Remained perfect in extra points, making the 69th of his career.
- Finished the game with four points and needs just one more to tie Doug Peterson for fifth all-time in Duke scoring history at 193.
Juwan Thompson
- Ran for his fifth career touchdown with all five coming in the past three games.
Donovan Varner
- Caught one pass for six yards to move up to fifth on the Duke career receiving yards list with 2,300 yards.
- Combined with Conner Vernon for six catches to move to fourth all-time in ACC history for receptions by two teammates with seasons common to both players.
Conner Vernon
- Combined with Donovan Varner for six catches to move to fourth all-time in ACC history for receptions by two teammates with seasons common to both players.
- Caught six passes to move into a tie for fourth on Duke's all-time career receptions list with 168.
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