Upcoming Event: Football at Cal on October 4, 2025 at 10:30 p.m.
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Football
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2008 Football Roster
Jersey Number 81
Joe Surgan
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Weston, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Career: Graduated from Duke in May, 2008 ... four-year letterwinner ...played in 45 career games with 26 starts ... made 12 career field goals, including seven over 40 yards and two over 50 yards ... had a career-long 55-yard field as a senior to rank tied for third in Duke history ... also ranks tied for ninth with a 52-yard field goal ... went 28-of-34 on extra point attempts ...scored 64 career points.
2008: Returning placekicker with three years of experience ... will compete for the opportunity to handle the kickoff and placement duties.
2007: Played in all 12 games as the team’s kickoff specialist ... tallied 44 kickoffs with one touchback ... made a 21-yard field goal at Virginia ... was one-of-five on field goal attempts for the season ... converted four-of-six PAT attempts.
2006: Played in all 12 games ... finished tied for third on the team in scoring with 18 total points ... converted nine-of-12 PAT attempts and three-of-10 field goal tries ... scored a season-high seven points at Wake Forest.
2005: Saw action in nine games ... made 15-of-16 PAT attempts and six-of-eight field goals for 33 total points ... ranked second on the squad in scoring ... season-long field goal of 49 yards came at Clemson, and totaled a season-best eight points against the Tigers ... joined Doug Peterson (1986) and Randy Gardner (1989) as the only true freshmen to handle Duke’s placement kicks over the past 25 years.
Prior to Duke: Lettered in senior season at St. Thomas Aquinas High School under George Smith ... also lettered three years at American Heritage High School ... charted as the fourth-best kicker in the nation by Scout.com ... listed as the number one kicker in Florida by Scout.com ... in senior season, helped St. Thomas Aquinas to 12-2 record and berth in the state championship game by totalling 85 points ... booted 15 field goals in 18 attempts and made all 40 of his PATs en route to earning first team all-state from the Florida Sportswriters Association (5A) ... as a junior at American Heritage, was an all-state selection after making eight-of-10 field goals and 24-of-25 PATs ... finished prep career ranking sixth all-time in Florida in both career field goals (26) and career points (177).
Personal: Son of Clare and Ted Surgan ... born April 29, 1987.
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