Cornerback for Duke. 2016: 2 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 23 tackles.
6′0″ · Statesville, NC
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1883 nationally · Signed with Duke
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His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 cornerback for Duke. 2016: 2 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 23 tackles.
Breon Borders
This is his third year in the same secondary at Duke. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 10, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Duke, 23 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Cutcliffe.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 21-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-6vs North Carolina Central | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-24vs Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-24@ Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35@ Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 20-34vs Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-38@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24vs Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 23 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 11 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.