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Duke Trio Named Finalists for NFL Honor

Official Release

DURHAM, N.C. – Former Duke football lettermen Clark Bulleit, Kevin Gehsmann, and Tim Skapek have been selected one of four finalists for the NFL 1st and Future innovations competition.

The trio founded the company Protect3d, which revolutionizes athletic protection using 3D technology. The original concept started out as an engineering project for their then teammate and now New York Giants starting quarterback Daniel Jones when he went down with a fractured left clavicle. They used a 3D scan of Jones to obtain a digital model and created nine prototypes of the pad, optimizing his range of motion with the Duke athletic medicine staff.