Four-star 2025 edge rusher Bryce Davis officially flipped from the Clemson Tigers to the Duke Blue Devils on Sunday, according to multiple reports.
“I love the culture,” Davis told On3’s Hayes Fawcett. “I love the people, & I love what they are building at Duke. It’s time to be different. Bleed Blue.”
The news comes after three different national analysts (247Sports’ Tom Loy on Friday and On3’s Chad Simmons and Steve Wiltfong on Saturday) filed official predictions for first-year Duke coach Manny Diaz to secure the flip.
Davis initially chose Clemson over Duke in July, but an article from On3’s Collin Ginnan on Saturday said that the Greensboro native debated between the Tigers and Blue Devils until the morning of his announcement.
Davis is the No. 59 player in the entire class according to 247Sports Composite rankings, and the Grimsley High School product logged 15 sacks and 30 tackles for loss in just 16 games over the past two seasons. He’s one of the 10 highest-rated defensive linemen in the Class of 2025.
BREAKING: Four-Star EDGE Bryce Davis has Flipped his Commitment from Clemson to Duke, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’4 255 EDGE from Greensboro, NC had been Committed to the Tigers since July
“I love the culture, I love the people, & I love what they are building at Duke.… pic.twitter.com/P9MHI9znHc
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) August 25, 2024
Davis now becomes the highest-ranked player in Duke’s 2025 recruiting class, the first four-star prospect among more than two dozen commitments. Three-star running back Nate Sheppard from Louisiana, the most recent Duke commitment, announced his decision on Friday.