![]() ![]() What was lost: In addition to graduation and the NFL, Duquesne lost 1,847 snaps to the transfer portal, which ranks eighth among WVU opponents. He added one tackle for a loss, one intereption and one forced fumble. He started every game last season and was second on the team with 58 tackles. A product of Lakeland, Florida, the 5-11, 175-pound junior played in 19 games and started three times in 2021 and finished with 30 tackles, including 11 in a game against LIU. Safety CJ Barnes is one of the few returning starters - or regulars - on defense. This could have been even better, but Vincent Lumia, a 6-3, 290-pound redshirt senior with all-NEC honors in his past who also started the past 26 games, transferred to Louisville after spring practice. Michael Dorundo is a 6-2, 275-pound junior who has started all 26 games the past three seasons at center. Chris Oliver is a 6-4 junior who was at Bowling Greene in 2019-20 and started 10 of 11 games at left tackle. Who's here: The Dukes will be without Mischler, their two leading receivers and their leading rusher from last season, but they return their starting left tackle and center. He also led the Dukes with 11.5 sacks, 61 tackles and 43 solo tackles. ![]() ![]() 2 in the FCS and his sacks per game tied for No. The 5-foot-10, 240-pound Hill had a pair of second-team all-conference honors and led the conference in both sacks per game (1.05) and tackles for a loss per game (2.0). He entered the transfer portal and wound up at Pitt. Linebacker Todd Hill was also first-team all-NEC, but he had another season at his disposal. He was undrafted but invited to a rookie minicamp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Menders had five 100-yard games and a touchdown in five games and was a first-team all-conference pick. The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder from Miramar, Florida, led the team with 55 catches and was second in the NEC with 917 yards and 83.4 per game. played just one season at Duquesne after beginning his career at Marist and first emerging with 45 catches for 545 yards and three scores in 2021, but he made it count. Perrantes was 37-for-71 for 539 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions, and in his one start, he was 17-for-24 for 260 yards and two scores in a 30-6 win over Central Connecticut State. Mischler was healthy for the 2022 season but has moved on after starting 10 of the 11 games. He had five games with three or more touchdown passes and was twice named the NEC offensive player of the week. A Californian who was the LA Times All-Area player of the year and the Pasadena Now News player of the year in 2017-18, Perrantes actually began his career at Rhode Island, didn't play the 2020 season and completed 139 of 233 passes for 1,620 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions with the Dukes in 2021. Quarterback situation: Former Ohio quarterback Joe Mischler was the starter in 2020 but a knee injury ended his season in the 2021 opener. He joined the Dukes in the spring of 2022 after working there with Schmitt from 2010-13. 21 and was in the top 10 in total, rushing and scoring defense. He was previously the defensive coordinator at Division II California University of Pennsylvania, where he molded the Vulcans into one of the top defenses at that level just about every year. 26 in red zone offense by securing scores on 86.8 percent of their possessions.ĭefensive coordinator Mike Craig is in his second season. There were 123 FCS teams in 2022, and the Dukes were in the top half of just one of the five major offensive categories. He was the conference player of the year in 2005. Francis from 2003-06, he set the NEC record with 8,544 passing yards. Offensive coordinator Anthony Doria is in his 13th season with the program and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2016. ![]() T he Dukes have 47 NEC wins the past 10 seasons after posting a 4-11 mark in their first two years while integrating a scholarship model. A former head coach in Pennsylvania high schools, assistant at Duquesne and head coach at his alma mater, Westminster, as the program transitioned from Division III to Division II, he's Duquesne's leader in wins and has won five Northeast Conference championships and reached the FCS playoffs in 20, when he was a finalist for the FCS coach of the year award. The four other times he had a losing record at Duquesne, Schmitt recovered with winning records the following season three times. The Dukes had seven straight winning records before falling off in 2022. 2022 record: 4-7 overall, 3-4 Northeast ConferenceĬomposite strength of schedule rating: N/Aīefore WVU: The Dukes visit WVU after opening the season at home against Edinboro.Ĭoaching situation: Head coach Jerry Schmitt enters his 19th season. ![]()
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