#59

Tre Hornbuckle

Senior defensive end for Duke. 2019: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DE · Duke · Sr. · #59

6′4″ · 255 lb · Murray, KY

Duke 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1649 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Duke. 2019: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Duke, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20168 games

Signed with Duke3-star out of Murray

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1649 national

CFB

College

Duke

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

David Cutcliffe

Duke

Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 24-26 over that span.

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

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

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#210 / 2688 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles#1247 / 2688 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1606 / 2688 · 39th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.2	0.9	0.8	0.0
Road6g	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.0

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 · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Duke	33	14	5.5	4.0	--	--	--
2018	Duke	29	13	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Duke	50	19	9.5	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Duke	14	4	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		126	50	21.0	6.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 27–17

vs Miami

1 QB HUR · 5 TOT · 2 SOLO

With A. Parker — 50 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 71 LONG · Q. Harris — 156 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 49 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week