You don’t win big at the power-five level without producing next-level talent. Duke’s 2013 Coastal Division champions sent to the NFL Jamison Crowder, Laken Tomlinson, Ross Cockrell, Breon Borders and Lucas Patrick, all of whom are still playing, along with guys like Jeremy Cash, Juwan Thompson and Kenny Anunike, whose NFL careers were shorter.
Still, they had one.
Recent years haven’t seen Duke replenish the NFL page in the media guide. Daniel Jones was a great success but an obvious outlier. He’s Duke’s only draft pick since Tomlinson and Crowder went in 2015.
Which brings us to March 29, Duke’s Pro Day.