2023 Football Roster
Michel Dukes
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charleston, S.C.
- Prev School:
- Clemson
- High School:
- First Baptist HS
Transferred to USF in 2022ย after three seasons at Clemson in which he ran for 212 yards and two touchdowns on 42 carries and played in 19 games.
2023: Saw action in nine games...Finished the season with 63 carries for 350 yards (5.6 ypc) and two TD...Opened season withย 64 yards on eightย carries (8.0ย ypc) at WKU (9/2)...At Navy (9/30) ranย for his first rushing TD of season on an 11-yard fourth-quarter carry as part of threeย carriesย for 15 yards...At UAB (10/7), ran for a TD inย second consecutive game on 10 carries for 30 yards...Racked up 40 yards rushing on five carries (8.0 ypc) in back-to-back weeks, first at Memphis (11/4) and then again vs. Temple (11/11)...Recorded a career-high in both rushing yards (104), and carries (15) forย 6.9 ypc,ย to lead USF in rushing vs Charlotte (11/25).
2022:ย Played in 11 games in his first season at USF...carried the ball 54 times for 188 yards and five TDย (second on the team)...caught eight passes for 72 yards and returned four kickoffs for 106 yards...had a season-high 34 yards and two TD on three carries vs. Howard (9/10)...ran five times for 23 yards vs. BYU (9/3)...ran five times for 21 yards and a TD at Houston (10/29)...had six carries for 23 yards at Tulsa (11/18)...made a season-long 35-yard reception vs. Tulane (10/15)...returned three kickoffs for 75 yards vs. ECU (10/1).
2021 (CLEMSON):ย Rushed twice for seven yards and caught a three-yard pass vs. SC State in his only action of the seasonโฆentered the transfer portal in October.
2020 (CLEMSON):ย Rushed eight times for 55 yards in 19 snaps over eight gamesโฆmade season debut vs. The Citadel, gaining eight yards on two carries against a program from his hometownโฆrushed three times for 16 yards vs. No. 7 Miamiโฆgained 31 yards on three carries at Georgia Techโฆrecorded his first career kickoff return, a 20-yarder, vs. Pitt.
2019 (CLEMSON):ย Recorded 150 rushing yards and two TD on 32 carries in 69 snaps over 10 gamesโฆrushed seven times for 30 yards in collegiate debut vs. Georgia Techโฆgained three yards on his lone carry at Syracuseโฆscored his first career TD on a 24-yard run amidst a four-carry, 46-yard rushing performance vs. Charlotteโฆrushed three times vs. Florida Stateโฆgained five yards on two carries at Louisvilleโฆrushed three times for 19 yards vs. Boston Collegeโฆgained 10 yards on three carries vs. Woffordโฆrecorded three carries for 17 yards and a TD at NC Stateโฆgained 18 yards on three carries vs. Wake Forestโฆgained 10 yards on three carries vs. No. 22 Virginia in the ACC Championship Game.
FIRST BAPTIST HS:ย Ranked by 247Sports as one of the top 50 running backs in the nation and as the No. 13 player at any position in South Carolinaโฆratedย by Rivals.com as the No. 21 player in the stateโฆconsidered the No. 17 player in South Carolina by ESPN.comโฆPrepStar All-Atlantic Region selectionโฆconcluded prep career with 685 carries for 8,762 rushing yards and 117 rushing touchdowns as well as 34 receptions for 743 yards and nine receiving touchdownsโฆled his team to an 11-2 record and a state runner-up finish as a senior in 2018 in the schoolโs first season in AAAโฆrushed 188 times for 2,030 yards with 29 rushing touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 136 yards with two receiving touchdowns in 2018โฆwon Lonnie Robinson Memorial Award as SCISA Player of the Year and shared All-Low country Player of the Year honorsโฆnotched 335 rushing yards in his penultimate high school game, a win over Porter-Gaud in the SCISA AAA semifinalsโฆhelped team to SCISA AA titles in 2016 and 2017โฆplayed his high school football at First Baptist School for coach Johnny Waters.
PERSONAL:ย Born Nov. 4, 2000
DUKESโ CAREER HIGHS
Carries: 15, vs. Charlotte (11/25/23)
Rushing Yards: 104, vs. Charlotte (11/25/23)
Long Rush: 30, at Memphis (11/4/23)
Rushing TD: 2, vs. Howard (9/10/22)
Receptions: 3,ย at Memphis (11/4/23)
Receiving Yards: 39, vs.ย FAMUย (9/9/23)
Long Reception: 39, vs.ย FAMUย (9/9/23)
Dukes Game-By-Game
2023 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)ย
WKU (8-64-0); Florida A&M (13-40-0); Alabama (2-6-0); Navy (3-15-1); UAB (10-30-1); FAU (2-11-0);ย Memphis (5-40-0); Temple (5-40-0); Charlotte (15-104-0).
2023 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)ย
WKU (1-3-0); Florida A&M (1-39-0); Alabama (1-9-0); UAB (2-9-0);ย Memphis (3-17-0).ย
