The entire state of North Carolina slows to a halt when the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels face off, even on the football field, and one member of Saturday’s crowd will be of utmost importance to the Duke coaching staff.
Noah Clark, a four-star defensive lineman from the Class of 2026, announced on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday that he’d visit the Blue Devils for their rivalry battle this weekend.
Clark, a local kid from Durham, plays for Charles E. Jordan High School. According to his 247Sports recruiting profile, he’s 6-foot-3 and 318 pounds, and he’s within the top 200 players in his class on the site’s rankings.
The Falcons have won three of their first four games in Clark’s junior season, and according to MaxPreps, he’s already made 25 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss this season. He compiled 63 tackles and 2.5 sacks with the varsity team as a freshman back in 2022.
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Clark should appreciate Duke head coach [autotag]Manny Diaz[/autotag] and defensive coordinator Jonathan Patke’s commitment to a defensive rotation. True freshman Preston Watson recorded his first collegiate sack last week against Middle Tennessee, and 20 different Blue Devils have a tackle for loss through Week 4.