Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 38-3@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#6
Leon Griffin III
Junior safety on Duke's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Virginia Beach, VA · Bayside
Returning to Duke for 2026
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1463 nationally · Signed with Duke
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Duke's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2023.
Leon Griffin III
Three seasons at Duke, two different head coaches: Trooper Taylor and Manny Diaz. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Syracuse — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Duke3-star out of Bayside
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Duke
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Trooper Taylor
Duke
Coaching transition mid-career: Trooper Taylor → Manny Diaz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
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.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Duke
Returning around him
- 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71
Background
2026: Returning safety … in 28 career games, has posted 10 tackles and one caused fumble … collected 2+ tackles in two games with a career-high four at Middle Tennessee in 2024 … caused a fumble against Wake Forest in 2024 … has played 298 career snaps. 2025: Played in all 14 games, primarily as...
The secondary · Duke
- #8DaShawn Stone86 tackles · 2025
- #2Patrick Smith-Young70 tackles · 2025
- #3Landan Callahan42 tackles · 2025
- #5Kimari Robinson34 tackles · 2025
- #6Leon Griffin III1 tackle · 2025
12 more on the roster · Duke team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology