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Daniel Jones, Leonard Johnson Who Were Teammates At Duke During 2018 Season Are Going To Be Teammates In NFL Because New York Giants Signed Leonard Johnson Recently

In 2018 Daniel Jones Team captain ... Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Offensive Player of the Game ... received the program’s Carmen Falcone Award as Duke’s Most Valuable Player, becoming the sixth two-time recipient of the honor, joining Leo Hart (1969-70), Keith Stoneback (1973-74), Scottie Montgomery (1998-99), Mike Hart (2000-01) and John Talley (2005-06) ... two-time ACC Quarterback of the Week honoree and Manning Award Star of the Week recipient following performances against Northwestern and North Carolina ... played in and started 11 games ... missed the Baylor and N.C. Central tilts due to injury ... suffered fractured left clavicle in the third quarter versus Northwestern and underwent surgery on September 9 ... completed 237-of-392 (.605) passes for 2,674 yards with 22 TDs and nine INTs while rushing 104 times for 319 yards (3.07) ... recorded a pass efficiency rating of 131.69 ... compiled 2,993 total offensive yards ... averaged 243.09 passing yards, 29.00 rushing yards and 272.09 total yards per game ... caught one pass for six yards (6.00) ... punted twice for 54 yards (27.00) with both kicks downed inside the opponent 20 yard line ... scored 18 points ... posted a point responsibility total of 150 ... had TD responsibility of 25 ... completed 20+ passes in six games including a season-high 31 versus North Carolina ... also reached the 30-completion plateau in the bowl win over Temple (30) ... posted completion percentage of .600 or better in six contests including a season-best .765 mark (13-of-17) against Army West Point ... also topped the .700 standard versus Northwestern (.727; 16-of-22) and Temple (.732; 30-of-41) ... threw for 200+ yards in six weeks ... had 300+ yards three times versus Pittsburgh (396), North Carolina (361) and Temple (423) ... tossed 3+ TD passes against Northwestern (3), Georgia Tech (3), Pittsburgh (4), North Carolina (3) and Temple (5) ... had 10 completions of 40+ yards including a season-long 85-yard pass to WR T.J. Rahming against Temple in the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl ... logged 17 rushing attempts of 10+ yards including a season-long 68-yard effort against North Carolina ... had 10+ rushing attempts in five weeks including a season-high 15 carries against Virginia, Pittsburgh and North Carolina ... rushed for 35+ yards in four weeks versus Army West Point (43), Virginia (37), Pittsburgh (38) and North Carolina (186) ... logged single-game rushing TDs versus Army West Point, North Carolina and Temple ... carded a season-high 547 total offensive yards against North Carolina while becoming the third player in ACC history to post multiple 300+ passing and 100+ rushing yard games, joining Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (5) and Clemson’s Tahj Boyd (2) ... the 547-yard performance ranked as the fifth-highest single-game outing in ACC history, trailing only Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (610 vs. Syracuse, 2016), Clemson’s Deshaun Watson (588 vs. Pittsburgh, 2016), Miami’s Stephen Morris (568 vs. N.C. State, 2012) and Wake Forest’s Rusty LaRue (554 vs. N.C. State, 1995) ... accounted for 3+ TDs in five weeks against Northwestern (3 pass), Georgia Tech (3 pass), Pittsburgh (4 pass), North Carolina (3 pass & 1 rush) and Temple (5 pass & 1 rush) ... in the ACC, ranked second in pass completions per game (21.55), third in passing yards per game, fourth in total offensive yards per game, fourth in total points responsible for per game (13.60), fifth in passing TDs, sixth in pass completion percentage, seventh in pass efficiency rating and eighth in total points responsible for ... nationally, ranked 19th in pass completions per game, 26th in total offensive yards per game, 29th in passing yards per game, 34th in total points responsible for per game, 38th in passing TDs and 50th in total points responsible for ... set Duke single-game records for total offensive yards (547 vs. North Carolina) and rushing yards by a QB (186 vs. North Carolina) ... equaled school single-game standards for most TD passes of 20+ yards (3 vs. Temple), TD passes of 50+ yards (2 vs. Pittsburgh) and TD responsibility (6 vs. Temple) ... in addition, posted the 11th- (423 vs. Temple), 17th- (396 vs. Pittsburgh) and 33rd-highest (361 vs. North Carolina) single-game passing yardage totals in school history as well as Duke’s 10th-highest single-game total for total offensive yards (434 vs. Pittsburgh) ... matched Duke’s second-highest single-game total for TD passes with five against Temple, one shy of the school standard of six set by Steve Slayden versus Georgia Tech in 1987 ... set Walk-On’s Independence Bowl records for passing yards, TD responsibility and TD passes ... guided the Blue Devil offense to Walk-On’s Independence Bowl records for total points (56), TDs (8), passing TDs (5), most points in a second half (35) and most points in a third quarter (21; tie) ... on Duke’s bowl game charts, Walk-On’s Independence Bowl totals rank first (180; 3rd) and fifth (128; 2nd) for passing yards in a quarter, first for pass completion percentage in a half (.809 [17-of-21]; 2nd), first for pass efficiency rating (190.32), first for average yards per pass attempt (10.32), first (3; 2nd) and tied for second (2; 1st) for TD passes in a half, first for TD passes (5), first for total TD responsibility (6), tied for first (2; 2nd & 2; 3rd) and tied for fifth (1; 4th) for TD passes in a quarter; second for passing yards, second (.867 [12-of-14]; 3rd) and fifth (.750 [9-of-12]; 2nd) for pass completion percentage in a quarter, second (12; 3rd) and tied for sixth (9; 2nd) for pass completions in a quarter, tied for second for pass completions in a half (17; 2nd), second for pass completions (30), second for pass completions of 20+ yards (7), second for total offensive yards (417), third (224; 2nd) and fourth (199; 1st) for passing yards in a half, third for pass completion percentage (.732 [30-of-41]), third for average yards per completion (14.10), fourth (14; 3rd) and tied for eighth (12; 2nd) for pass attempts in a quarter, fourth for pass attempts (41), sixth (21; 2nd) and tied for seventh (20; 1st) for pass attempts in a half and sixth for total offensive plays (47) ... also established school bowl standard for longest pass with 85-yard scoring toss to Rahming ... matched Blue Devil single-season standards for most games with 3+ TD passes (5), most games with 4+ TD passes (2), TD passes of 20+ yards (11) and TD passes of 50+ yards (5) ... on Duke’s single-season charts, yearly totals rank second for TD passes, tied for second for games with 40+ pass attempts without an INT (2), third for TD-to-INT ratio (2.44:1), tied for third for TD responsibility, sixth for passing efficiency, sixth for total offensive yards per game, tied for sixth for games with 1+ TD pass (9), tied for sixth for 100-yard rushing games by a QB (1), seventh for pass completion-to-INT ratio (26.22:1), seventh for pass attempt-to-INT ratio (43.55:1), tied for eighth for games with 2+ TD passes (5), tied for eighth for 300-yard passing games (3), ninth for total offensive yards and 13th for passing yards ... on the field for 731 snaps.

In 2018 Leonard Johnson who is a cornerback payed in all 13 games with nine starts ... received starting assignments in nine of the final 10 games of the season at Strike safety ... thrust into a prominent role due to season-ending injury to All-America CB Mark Gilbert in week two at Northwestern, which shifted Strike S Michael Carter II to cornerback, as well as a lingering injury to All-ACC S Jeremy McDuffie ... totaled 59 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, one INT, one caused fumble, three PBUs and two QB pressures ... led Duke with 29 tackles on passing plays ... returned lone INT 53 yards for a TD at Baylor in Duke’s 40-27 victory in Waco ... had 6+ tackles in six games, including a season-high nine stops at Pittsburgh ... recorded 1.0+ TFL in five contests with a career-best 2.0 versus Georgia Tech ... both sacks also came against the Yellow Jackets ... tallied a career-best two PBUs versus Virginia ... helped Duke rank among the ACC leaders in both passing defense (4th) and passing efficiency defense (5th) ... on the field for 826 snaps.

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Daniel Jones , Leonard Johnson who were teammates at Duke during 2018 season are going to be teammates in NFL because New York Giants signed Leonard Johnson recently.

When?

Monday!