The Duke Blue Devils maintained their lead over the Power Four conferences with seven more tackles for loss against Connecticut in Week 3, giving them 34 for the season.
East Carolina took the FBS lead after the Pirates reached 36 TFLs through three games, but no other team in the country has more than 30.
Linebacker Cameron Bergeron finished with two tackles for loss against the Huskies, his second straight home game with multiple TFLs. Alex Howard, a transfer linebacker from Youngstown State, leads the team with five tackles for loss on the season, and eight different Blue Devils already have multiple TFLs.
Even the defensive backs are getting in on the action in the backfield. Chandler Rivers, whose third-down tackle for loss in overtime against Northwestern helped the Blue Devils win the game, forced a fumble on a similar play on Saturday. He now has three tackles behind the line of scrimmage this season, and fellow cornerback Joshua Pickett already has two.
Duke looks to keep the momentum rolling against Middle Tennessee in Week 4 as they try to get head coach Manny Diaz off to a 4-0 start.