ASU #18 
Dominique McDuffie
Defensive Back - DB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200
Sophomore
Previous Affiliations
Red Bank
Previous Experience
Chattanooga, Tenn.
One of ASU’s most naturally gifted defenders, McDuffie is poised for a big season after missing what amounted to nearly 17 games due to a severe knee injury suffered as a true freshman in 2008 ... McDuffie returned from the injury in time for the beginning last season but minor setbacks and the demands of learning a new position after being moved from cornerback to “nickel” safety kept him from seeing extensive action until the seventh game of 2009 ... flourished after his return to the starting lineup and was one of the Mountaineers’ top defenders come the postseason ... coaches expect him to excel in the free safety role in ‘10.
2009: Appeared in eight games, including starts at nickel safety in seven of the final eight contests of the season ... saw action just once over the first six games of the year, making one tackle in rout over North Carolina Central ... limited playing time in the first half of the season was the result of lingering effects from a season-ending knee injury suffered the year before and learning a new position (nickel) after playing cornerback the year before ... made a triumphant return to the starting lineup versus Georgia Southern, making five tackles and forcing a fumble in a 52-16 win ... registered his first-career interception (which he returned 40 yards) and notched three solo tackles in less than one half the following week at Furman ... unfortunately, the injury bug bit again, as he suffered a finger injury in the first half at FU that required surgery and kept him out of action the next week versus Chattanooga ... returned to the starting lineup less than two weeks after surgery to record a tackle and break up a pass in de facto SoCon championship game at Elon ... tallied four stops in regular-season finale versus Western Carolina ... played his best football of the season during the NCAA Division I Football Championship, recording 22 tackles in three playoff games ... made one of the biggest plays of the postseason when he scooped up an errant snap on a field-goal attempt and returned the fumble 50 yards for the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter of 20-13 opening-round victory over South Carolina State ... also had eight tackles versus S.C. State ... notched a career-high nine tackles, including six solo stops and a tackle for loss, in national quarterfinals at Richmond ... had five stops in national semifinals at Montana.
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