2017 National Signing Day Class
Roster
Isaiah McDuffie
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bennett HS
McDUFFIE’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 13 (2x), last at Virginia Tech, 11/3/18
Sacks: 1.0 (2x) last vs. Louisville, 10/13/18
Tackles for loss: 1.0 (3x) last vs. Louisville, 10/13/18
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Breakout season in which he played in all 12 games with six starts at strongside linebacker ... second on the team with 85 tackles ... 5.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, two pass breakups and two QB hurries ... recorded three tackles and a half sack vs. UMass (9/1/18)... tallied four tackles, including one TFL, vs. Holy Cross (9/8/18)... contributed four tackles, including 0.5 TFL, at Wake Forest (9/13/18)... totaled five tackles and a sack at Purdue (9/22/18)... posted a career-high and team-leading 13 tackles at No. 23 NC State (10/6/18)... made a team-high eight tackles, including six solo, with a sack and a pass break-up vs. Louisville (10/13/18)... led the team with 12 tackles vs. Miami (10/26/18)... matched a career-high with 13 tackles at Virginia Tech (11/3/18)... recorded eight tackles and a sack vs. Clemson (11/10/18)... registered five tackles at Florida State (11/17/18)... made nine tackles, including seven solo stops, and one quarterback hurry vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 13 games on special teams … also earned playing time at linebacker … 11 tackles on the season … saw the most action at linebacker in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl versus Iowa (Dec. 27) … five tackles in the bowl game against the Hawkeyes.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-way performer at linebacker and running back for head coach Stephenson McDuffie at Bennett High School … finished senior season with 111 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, three sacks, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception … also rushed for 1,531 yards and 21 touchdowns on offense … two-time USA Today New York first team all-state selection … three-time All-Western New York performer … led team to the 2016 Section VI Class A championship … Buffalo News Class A MVP and Player of the Year in 2016 … USA Today New York Defensive Player of the Year as a junior … rated the No. 4 prospect in New York by Rivals.com … 2016 Connolly Cup Award recipient … 12th-ranked prospect in New York and the No. 88 linebacker prospect nationally by ESPN … rated as the No. 67 outside linebacker in the nation according to Scout.com … listed as the No. 2 outside linebacker prospect in New York and the ninth-best in the East by Scout.com … three-time captain in high school … owns school records for single-season tackles (161), single-game tackles (29), career touchdowns (70) and career rushing yards (5,529).
PERSONAL: Stevenson Isaiah McDuffie ... son of Stevenson and Melissa McDuffie ... enrolled in the Lynch School of Education as an applied psych and human development major ... the oldest of three children of the McDuffie family ... recipient of the Joseph Ramos, M.D. '77 Football Scholarship Fund.
