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Duke football: Blue Devils get mixed bag of news on recruiting trail

You're going to get bad news every so often on the recruiting trail but the Duke Blue Devils have paired good news with bad news over the last couple of days.

Getting the bad news out of the way, Class of 2021 safety Jalen Stroman committed to Virginia Tech over Duke and Virginia and while the news was expected, the 6-foot-1, 190 pound could have been a great addition in Durham.

Stroman, a Nokesville, Virginia native, was ranked as the No. 644 recruit in the rising senior class as well as the No. 49 safety and No.