Head coach David Cutcliffe has announced the four players who will serve as captains for the Miami game with three seniors chosen.
Seniors Thaddeus Lewis, Ayanga Okpokowuruk and Vincent Rey will be joined by redshirt freshman Brian Moore as captains.
Lewis was recently named one of five finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, an award given annually to the nation’s top senior quarterback. Lewis has passes for 2,640 yards and 16 touchdowns in his senior season. He is completing a career-high 62.1 percent of his passes and has a quarterback rating of 134.22. He will be a captain for the seventh time in 11 games on Saturday.
Okpokowuruk will make his fourth appearance as captain while Rey will be one for the fifth time. Okpokowuruk leads the team with five sacks and ranks tied for sixth in the ACC. He has seven tackles for loss and two caused fumbles on the year. Rey is Duke’s top tackler, ranking fourth in the ACC with 8.2 tackles per game. He has 82 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and one fumble return for a touchdown this season.
Moore joins Jordon Byas as the only freshmen to serve as captains this year. Moore has started all 10 games at right guard, playing 723 total snaps. He is one of only five Blue Devils who have played over 700 snaps for the year.
Saturday’s game will be televised on ESPNU with kickoff scheduled for 12 noon.













