#34

Ben Humphreys

Senior linebacker for Duke. 2018: 67 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Duke · Sr. · #34

6′2″ · 225 lb · Santa Ana, CA

Duke 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 162 nationally · Signed with Duke

Statement game16 tackles · 1.5 TFLvs Virginia Tech (FBS) · L 21-24

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Duke. 2018: 67 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Duke in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Duke, 233 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Duke4-star out of Mater Dei

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#162 national

CFB

College

Duke

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

David Cutcliffe

Duke

Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 19-19 over that span.

2016Duke4-8HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#319 / 2662 · 88th pct

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#821 / 2662 · 68th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.8	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road5g	7.6	0.6	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.8	0.9	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Duke	67	25	6.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Duke	70	33	9.0	2.5	3	1	--
2016	Duke	96	47	8.5	4.5	1	1	--
Career		233	105	24.0	8.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 20–12

at Miami

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

With A. Parker — 39 AVG · 7 IN 20 · 53 LONG · D. Jackson — 12 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 113 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week