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Joiner Tabbed Second Team Academic All-American
12/20/2022 12:00:00 PM | Football
DURHAM – Graduate student safety Darius Joiner was named to the College Sports Communicators 2022 Academic All-America® Second Team.
Joiner is the 22nd Blue Devil in program history to earn Academic All-America honors and the first since current teammate Jackson Hubbard earned the honor in 2021. He joins Clemson's Will Shipley as the ACC's lone representatives on the All-America list.
Joiner, a 6-2, 200-pound Roanoke, Ala., native ranks second on the team in tackles with 90 and has 7.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two interceptions, four pass breakups, four quarterback pressures and one forced fumble. In addition, the third team All-ACC selection has tallied three double digit tackle games this season, including a 14-tackle performance at Northwestern. He holds a Pro Football Focus grade of 83.5 this season, which ranks 10th nationally among safeties.
Joiner graduated from Jacksonville State in May 2021, with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. He is currently pursuing a master's in management studies from Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Duke Academic All-America
1959 Butch Allie (—)
Ed Lyon (—)
1960 Butch Allie (—)
1965 Bill Jones (2nd)
1965 Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1966 Roger Hayes (1st)
1966 Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1967 Bob Laskey (1st)
1969 John Cappellano (Honorable Mention)
1969 Jim Dearth (Honorable Mention)
1969 Curt Rawley (Honorable Mention)
1969 Dave Trice (Honorable Mention)
1970 Curt Rawley (1st)
1986 Mike Diminick (1st)
1987 Mike Diminick (1st)
1988 Mike Diminick (1st)
1989 Doug Kley (1st)
1993 Travis Pearson (1st)
2002 Shawn Johnson (2nd)
2005 Eli Nichols (2nd)
2006 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)
2021 Jackson Hubbard (1st)
2022 Darius Joiner (2nd)
#GoDuke
Joiner is the 22nd Blue Devil in program history to earn Academic All-America honors and the first since current teammate Jackson Hubbard earned the honor in 2021. He joins Clemson's Will Shipley as the ACC's lone representatives on the All-America list.
Joiner, a 6-2, 200-pound Roanoke, Ala., native ranks second on the team in tackles with 90 and has 7.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two interceptions, four pass breakups, four quarterback pressures and one forced fumble. In addition, the third team All-ACC selection has tallied three double digit tackle games this season, including a 14-tackle performance at Northwestern. He holds a Pro Football Focus grade of 83.5 this season, which ranks 10th nationally among safeties.
Joiner graduated from Jacksonville State in May 2021, with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. He is currently pursuing a master's in management studies from Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Duke Academic All-America
1959 Butch Allie (—)
Ed Lyon (—)
1960 Butch Allie (—)
1965 Bill Jones (2nd)
1965 Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1966 Roger Hayes (1st)
1966 Mike Shasby (Honorable Mention)
1967 Bob Laskey (1st)
1969 John Cappellano (Honorable Mention)
1969 Jim Dearth (Honorable Mention)
1969 Curt Rawley (Honorable Mention)
1969 Dave Trice (Honorable Mention)
1970 Curt Rawley (1st)
1986 Mike Diminick (1st)
1987 Mike Diminick (1st)
1988 Mike Diminick (1st)
1989 Doug Kley (1st)
1993 Travis Pearson (1st)
2002 Shawn Johnson (2nd)
2005 Eli Nichols (2nd)
2006 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)
2021 Jackson Hubbard (1st)
2022 Darius Joiner (2nd)
#GoDuke
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