Bruno Fina

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Bruno Fina prepares to block a UConn defender.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Bruno Fina prepares for a snap at Georgia Tech.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-5
Weight:
300
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.
High School:
Salpointe Catholic
Prev School:
UCLA

2025: Returning starting left tackle entering second season as a Blue Devil after arriving as a graduate transfer from UCLA in 2023 ... has seen action in 31 career games (25 starts) at tackle ... named to the 2023 and 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team and earned 2024 CSC Second Team Academic All-America accolades ... National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society member in 2024 ... a two-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022 and 2023) member.

2024: Academic All-ACC, CSC Aca-demic All-District, CSC Second Team Academic All-America and NFF Hampshire Honor Society honoree … started 12 of 13 games at left tackle, missing the Middle Tennessee contest … part of an offensive line that ranked second in the ACC, and tied for ninth nationally, in fewest sacks allowed per game (0.92) ... helped Duke not yield a sack in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl to an Ole Miss team that entered the contest averaging 4.33 sacks per game ... part of a unit that allowed 72.0 tackles for loss, with just 234 yards lost, the fourth-lowest total in the ACC … on the field for 835 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year member (2020-21-22-23) and two-year letterwinner (2022-23) of the football program at UCLA … saw action in 19 career games (13 starts) at tackle … named to the 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team and was a two-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022 and 2023) member … helped the Bruins lead the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (197.9) in 2023 ... created holes for the Bruins’ offense to register six 200+ yard rushing games and six with 150+ rushing yards in 2023 … earned first career start against Coastal Carolina in 2023 … participated in three bowl games (2021 Holiday, 2022 Sun and 2023 Starco Brands LA) … attended Salpointe Catholic and played for coach Dennis Bene … three-star prospect by 247Sports.com, ESPN.com and Rivals.com ... ranked by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com as a top-70 offensive guard … charted as the No. 21, No. 24 and No. 26 prospect from the state of Arizona by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … helped the Lancers reach the semifinal round of the 2019 AIA Open Division playoffs.

PERSONAL: Graduated from UCLA in June 2024 with a degree in business economics ... added a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... currently pursuing a master’s in business administration from Fuqua ... son of John and Melissa Fina … brother, Roman, is a freshman on the Duke football team ... father lettered three seasons in football at the University of Arizona (1989-90-91) playing on both sides of the ball, earning Second Team All-Pac-10 honors and team captain recognition in 1991 while being tabbed a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic Team honoree (1989-90-91); was a first round draft choice of the Buffalo Bills (27th pick overall) in the 1992 NFL Draft and spent 11 seasons in the NFL with the Bills (1992-2001) and Arizona Cardinals (2002) as an offensive lineman, starting 131 of the 155 games played and participating in two Super Bowls (Super Bowl XXVII [27] and Super Bowl XXVIII [28]) before induction into the University of Arizona Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.