Alright, so I’ve been digging into the Duke football team’s setup for 2024, and let me tell you, it’s been a bit of a journey. I started this whole thing because I’m a big college football fan, and I like to know what’s going on with different teams.
First off, I went straight to the source—Duke University’s official website. I figured that’s where I’d find the most reliable info. I started looking around for anything related to the 2023 football depth chart because that’s the base of what I wanted to understand. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Their site has a lot of stuff, but not a clear-cut depth chart just sitting there.
So, I moved on to looking at player profiles. I saw names like Todd Pelino and Maalik Murphy popping up for 2024. I noted these down, thinking they must be important if they’re already listed for next year. These guys are probably going to be big players, so I made sure to remember their names.
Then, I started looking at what positions everyone played. The website had some details, but it wasn’t organized in a way that screamed “depth chart.” I saw some abbreviations like WR-X, WR-Z, and so on. Didn’t know what all of those meant at first, but I figured it out along the way. It’s just different positions, like wide receivers and linemen.
- WR-X: I guess this is one type of wide receiver. I saw Eli Pancol under this, with a “GR” next to his name.
- WR-Z: Another wide receiver position. Jordan Moore was listed here, also a “GR.”
- WR-Y: Sahmir Hagans is a “RS JR” under this. I think these letters have to do with their year or status.
- LT: This one’s for left tackle, and I saw someone named Fina at number 75.
I also read up a bit on the coaching staff changes. Seems like the new coach, Manny Diaz, is shaking things up, especially on defense. They’ve got these new positions called “vyper” and “star.” Sounds cool, but I’m not totally sure what those roles are all about yet.
Putting it all together was like a puzzle. I had to jump between different pages and articles, picking up bits and pieces. It wasn’t straightforward, but I managed to get a decent idea of who’s who on the team.
The official roster helped a bit, too. It lists all the players, and they put an asterisk () next to the starters. That was useful, but it still didn’t give me a full depth chart picture. It’s more like a list of names, and you have to figure out the rest yourself.
After all that digging, I started putting together my own version of the depth chart. It’s not official or anything, just my best guess based on what I could find. I lined up players by position, trying to figure out who the main guys are and who the backups might be.
It took some time, and I had to cross-reference a bunch of stuff, but I finally got something that made sense to me. I ended up with a list that shows the likely starters and their backups for each position, at least as far as I could tell from the info available.
So yeah, that’s how I tackled this little project. It wasn’t just a quick look-up; it was more like a mini-research assignment. But hey, I learned a lot about Duke’s football team, and now I’ve got my own homemade depth chart to show for it. It’s not perfect, but it’s something I put together with my own two hands, so to speak.
