Congratulations to Mataeo Durant: Duke All Time Single Season Rushing Leader!

[Acymetric]

This achievement deserves its own thread. Congratulations to Mataeo on a hard-earned accomplishment! This is a great thread for celebrating Mataeo and reminiscing about running backs of days gone by. This is a terrible thread for discussion about the general state of the program, please keep that elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/DukeFOOTBALL/sta...93186777911298

[OldPhiKap]

This achievement deserves its own thread. Congratulations to Mateo on a hard-earned accomplishment! This is a great thread for celebrating Mateo and reminiscing about running backs of days gone by. This is a terrible thread for discussion about the general state of the program, please keep that elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/DukeFOOTBALL/sta...93186777911298

Congrats, Mataeo. A great accomplishment in any year; particularly impressive this year.

[Acymetric]

In case anyone was wondering, here was the top 10 pre-Mateo: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_B...#Rushing_yards)

Rk	Player	Yards	Year
1	Steve Jones	1,236	1972
2	Robert Baldwin	1,187	1994
3	Chris Douglas	1,138	2003
4	Randy Cuthbert	1,031	1992
5	Randy Cuthbert	1,023	1989
6	Alex Wade	979	2002
7	Ace Parker	884	1935
8	Steve Jones	861	1971
9	Steve Jones	854	1970
10	Deon Jackson	847[10]	2018

Edit: Someone get in there and edit that Wikipedia page!

[CrazyNotCrazie]

In case anyone was wondering, here was the top 10 pre-Mateo: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_B...#Rushing_yards)

Rk	Player	Yards	Year
1	Steve Jones	1,236	1972
2	Robert Baldwin	1,187	1994
3	Chris Douglas	1,138	2003
4	Randy Cuthbert	1,031	1992
5	Randy Cuthbert	1,023	1989
6	Alex Wade	979	2002
7	Ace Parker	884	1935
8	Steve Jones	861	1971
9	Steve Jones	854	1970
10	Deon Jackson	847[10]	2018

Edit: Someone get in there and edit that Wikipedia page!

Baldwin was the magical 1994 season when I was at Duke. Whatever happened to him?

Congrats to Mataeo. A bright spot in a disappointing season.

[DukieInKansas]

Congratulations, Mateo!

[brevity]

M-A-T-A-E-O. 7 misspellings so far on this thread.

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[OldPhiKap]

M-A-T-A-E-O. 7 misspellings so far on this thread.

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Thanks, fixed on mine.

[Acymetric]

M-A-T-A-E-O. 7 misspellings so far on this thread.

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Crap, I missed one and the edit window is closed. If a mod could fix the opening post that would be great.

[Acymetric]

It is a small disappointment that it is Deon Jackson that gets bumped from the top 10.

[paris95]

Well done Mataeo! That guy played so hard on every single play and really deserved this record. Will miss watching him each week as he seemed like he could go the distance almost any time he touched the ball. Best of luck young man!

[chrishoke]

Congrats Mataeo! You surpassed some damn good players on that list.

[peteandpete]

Congrats Mataeo! You surpassed some damn good players on that list.

Steve did it in 11 games.

[rsvman]

How many yards did he have? Really surprised not to see the actual new record in this thread or on twitter.

[wavedukefan70s]

Duke needs to dip into south carolina more.
Lot of talent .

[OldPhiKap]

Duke needs to dip into south carolina more.
Lot of talent .

Plum Branch, SC (Mataeo’s hometown) is about 15 minutes from where I am. It is not even a wide spot in the road — pretty sure there is not a single red light.

Right on the lake, some really nice spots.

[johnb]

Baldwin was the magical 1994 season when I was at Duke. Whatever happened to him?

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I went looking, but unfortunately his name is shared by thousands of folks, so all I found was a newspaper reference that had been deleted but seemed to imply he coached high school for period of time after Duke.

[Phredd3]

How many yards did he have? Really surprised not to see the actual new record in this thread or on twitter.

The Chronicle reports his season-ending total as 1,241.

[CameronDuke]

A Duke legend that will be remembered a long time. He is an absolute beast.

He’s gonna make an NFL GM look very smart for drafting him in a few years.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

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I went looking, but unfortunately his name is shared by thousands of folks, so all I found was a newspaper reference that had been deleted but seemed to imply he coached high school for period of time after Duke.

Thanks for looking - I also did a Google search and got nowhere. Duke named an auditorium after the guy - it was quite the season

[84Duke]

This achievement deserves its own thread. Congratulations to Mataeo on a hard-earned accomplishment! This is a great thread for celebrating Mataeo and reminiscing about running backs of days gone by. This is a terrible thread for discussion about the general state of the program, please keep that elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/DukeFOOTBALL/sta...93186777911298

Figured #1 was Baldwin. I always forget Steve Jones, who was before my time. And my time included 3 Duke rushers having 100:yard games in the same game. Yes, that is a thing that happened.