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Hubbard Tabbed First Team Academic All-American
12/15/2021 12:35:00 PM | Football
DURHAM – Graduate student holder Jackson Hubbard was named to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America First Team.
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Hubbard is the 10th Blue Devil in program history to earn First Team Academic All-America honors and is the first since two-time honoree A.J. Wolf in 2016. He is the ACC's lone representative on the All-America list.
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Hubbard has appeared in 46 games as a Blue Devil. He has served as the program's holder on placement kicks for the last four seasons. The Dallas, Texas, native has been a key component of Duke's placement kicking unit that has gone 145-of-149 (.973) on PATs and 51-of-66 (.773) on field goals since 2018. Hubbard graduated from Duke in May 2021, with a computer science degree and a double minor in statistics and economics. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Duke.
Duke Academic All-America
1959      Butch Allie (—)
        Ed Lyon (—)
1960      Butch Allie (—)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Bill Jones (2nd)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Hayes (1st)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Bob Laskey (1st)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â John Cappellano (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Jim Dearth (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Curt Rawley (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Dave Trice (Honorable Mention)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Curt Rawley (1st)
1986Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1987Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1989Â Â Â Â Â Â Doug Kley (1st)
1993Â Â Â Â Â Â Travis Pearson (1st)
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Shawn Johnson (2nd)
2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Eli Nichols (2nd)
2006Â Â Â Â Â Â Eli Nichols (2nd)
2012       Perry Simmons (2nd)
2013       Perry Simmons (1st)
2014       David Helton (1st)
2015       A.J. Wolf (1st)
         DeVon Edwards (2nd)
         Ross Martin (2nd)
2016       A.J. Wolf (1st)
2021Â Â Â Â Â Jackson Hubbard (1st)
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Hubbard is the 10th Blue Devil in program history to earn First Team Academic All-America honors and is the first since two-time honoree A.J. Wolf in 2016. He is the ACC's lone representative on the All-America list.
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Hubbard has appeared in 46 games as a Blue Devil. He has served as the program's holder on placement kicks for the last four seasons. The Dallas, Texas, native has been a key component of Duke's placement kicking unit that has gone 145-of-149 (.973) on PATs and 51-of-66 (.773) on field goals since 2018. Hubbard graduated from Duke in May 2021, with a computer science degree and a double minor in statistics and economics. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Duke.
Duke Academic All-America
1959      Butch Allie (—)
        Ed Lyon (—)
1960      Butch Allie (—)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Bill Jones (2nd)
1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Hayes (1st)
1966Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Bob Laskey (1st)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â John Cappellano (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Jim Dearth (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Curt Rawley (Honorable Mention)
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Dave Trice (Honorable Mention)
1970Â Â Â Â Â Â Curt Rawley (1st)
1986Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1987Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Mike Diminick (1st)
1989Â Â Â Â Â Â Doug Kley (1st)
1993Â Â Â Â Â Â Travis Pearson (1st)
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Shawn Johnson (2nd)
2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Eli Nichols (2nd)
2006Â Â Â Â Â Â Eli Nichols (2nd)
2012       Perry Simmons (2nd)
2013       Perry Simmons (1st)
2014       David Helton (1st)
2015       A.J. Wolf (1st)
         DeVon Edwards (2nd)
         Ross Martin (2nd)
2016       A.J. Wolf (1st)
2021Â Â Â Â Â Jackson Hubbard (1st)
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