Keith Duncan (born February 19, 1998) is an American former college football placekicker. He played for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was a consensus All-American.
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| Position | Placekicker |
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| Born: | February 19, 1998 Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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| High school | Weddington (Matthews, North Carolina) |
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Early life
editDuncan grew up in Weddington, North Carolina and attended Weddington High School. He set state records for field goals in a season (22) and total field goals (51) and consecutive extra points made (104).[1]
College career
editDuncan was named Iowa's kicker going into his freshman year, making nine field goals on 11 attempts and converting 38 of 39 extra point attempts. Duncan lost the starting kicker job going into the next season to Miguel Recinos and redshirted his sophomore season and also did not see any action the following year.[2] He was named the Hawkeyes starting kicker again going into his redshirt junior year.[3] Duncan was named first team All-Big Ten Conference and the Conference Kicker of the Year after making a Big Ten record 29 of 34 field goal attempts.[4] Duncan was also named a consensus first team All-American and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.[5][6] Duncan was named to the Big Ten Network's All-Decade team for the 2010s.[7]
References
edit- ^ Wallace, D.M. (November 27, 2019). "Former Weddington Star Keith Duncan Continues to Make Waves at Iowa". TriWNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Wade, Andrew (September 6, 2019). "Iowa football: Keith Duncan taking unconventional path to kicking job". DearOldGold.com. FanSided. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Iowa PK Keith Duncan perfect in '19 after 2 years on bench". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Eckholt, Dave (December 3, 2019). "Keith Duncan named Big Ten Kicker of the Year". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Leistikow, Chad (December 18, 2019). "Keith Duncan becomes Iowa football's 26th consensus all-American". Des Moines Register. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Eckholt, David (November 25, 2019). "Keith Duncan named Lou Groza finalist". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Read, Robert (July 3, 2020). "Iowa kicker Keith Duncan named to BTN All-Decade Team". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved July 12, 2020.