For the first five years of his career, running back Jordan Waters[/autotag] played for the Duke Blue Devils. However, ahead of his final year of eligibility, he entered the transfer portal and headed to in-state conference rival NC State.
Duke travels to Raleigh for a game against Waters and his new team in Week 11, so here’s a quick brief on how the former Blue Devil has done ahead of Saturday’s showdown.
Through the first nine games of his only season with the Wolfpack, Waters is finding some success. Across his 71 rushing attempts, he’s amassed 375 yards and four touchdowns and gained 98 more yards and another touchdown on nine receptions.
He’s also caught nine passes for 98 yards and one touchdown, but his most notable play of the season came against Stanford last week when he took a carry 94 yards to the house, the second-longest rush in program history.
However, a large portion of that production has come in two games. He picked up 124 yards against Western Carolina in Week 1 and 115 yards against Stanford last week, scoring two touchdowns in each game.
Across his other six appearances, Waters has just 136 yards on 46 attempts, including -4 yards on seven carries against the Tennessee Volunteers.
The best season of Waters’ career came with the Blue Devils in 2023 when he finished with 819 yards and 12 touchdowns on 153 attempts. He added nine passes for 139 yards, giving him 73.7 yards from scrimmage per game. He is currently averaging 59.1 per game this season, the second most of his career.
Now, Waters will face his former team this weekend as the Wolfpack hosts Duke. With six wins already, Duke is bowl-eligible. However, NC State still needs at least one more win to reach that mark for themselves.