CAREER: Lettered four seasons (2021-22-23-24) ... Academic All-ACC selection in 2023 and 2024 ... 2024 National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member ... recipient of the team’s K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award in 2024 ... in 46 career games (11 starts), compiled 100 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, one INT, three caused fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two PBUs and seven QB pressures ... had eight games with 7+ tackles, including a career-high 10 stops against Virginia Tech in 2024 ... recorded 2.0+ TFL on three occasions with a career-best 2.5 against Elon in 2024 ... booked 1.0 sack four times, all in 2024 ... ended career with a sack in final three games played ... hauled in career's lone INT against SMU in 2024 ... booked four QB pressures against North Carolina in 2024 to tie the Duke single-game record ... registered a fumble recovery at NC State in 2024 and caused fumbles versus SMU and Wake Forest in 2024 … ACC Linebacker of the Week on December 2, 2024, following nine tackles, 1.0 sack and a caused fumble in Duke's season-ending victory at Wake Forest ... played 1,242 career snaps.
2024: Academic All-ACC honoree … National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member … recipient of the team’s K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award ... played in all 13 games and started 10 … lone games not started were Elon, Northwestern and North Carolina … posted 83 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks, one INT, two caused fumbles, one fumble recovery, two PBUs and seven QB pressures ... carded 2+ tackles in 13 games ... had 5+ tackles in 10 weeks and a career-high 10 stops versus Virginia Tech ... registered 1.0+ TFL in six contests and 2.0+ in three with a year-best 2.5 versus Elon in the season opener … logged single-game quarterback sacks versus Middle Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and Ole Miss in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl ... booked four QB pressures against North Carolina to tie the Duke single-game record ... registered a fumble recovery at NC State and caused fumbles versus SMU and Wake Forest … tabbed the ACC Linebacker of the Week on December 2, following nine tackles, 1.0 sack and a caused fumble in Duke’s victory at Wake Forest … helped Duke rank among the NCAA leaders in tackles for loss per game (second/8.9), fumbles recovered (second/14), sacks per game (fourth/3.3), turnovers gained (seventh/27) and turnover margin (24th/+0.62) ... on the field for 714 snaps.
2023: Academic All-ACC honoree … played in all 13 games, making one start against Troy in the Birmingham Bowl … compiled 15 tackles … recorded 2+ tackles on three occasions, including a season-high seven against Troy … on the field for 313 snaps.
2022: Played in eight games, missing the Pittsburgh, Temple, UCF, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest games ... finished with one tackle against Miami ... tallied one caused fumble and one fumble recovery against the Hurricanes ... on the field for 102 snaps.
2021: Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams … recorded one tackle against Northwestern … on the field for 113 snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered three seasons at Westover under coach Olten Downs … rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com … listed as the No. 55 cornerback in the country by ESPN.com … totaled 47 tackles, while helping Westover to the state playoffs as a senior … finished prep career with two INTs, returning one for a TD … also a three-year letterwinner in track & field.
PERSONAL: Majoring in African & African American studies while double minoring in evolutionary anthropology and sociology ... son of Troy Bergeron and Sharee Downs … father played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys and in the Arena Football League for the Columbus Wardogs, Georgia Force and Cleveland Gladiators from 2004-11 … stepfather, Olten Downs, played football at Tennessee State University (2002-03-04-05) before coaching at the University of Georgia (2015-16) and Georgia Southern University (2017) and currently is the head coach at New Manchester High School.