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Duncan's Cal Career Game Highs
Receptions: 5 (three times, last vs. USC, 2019)
Receiving Yards: 63 (twice, last at Ole Miss, 2019)
Receiving TDs: 2 (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Long Reception: 48 (vs. Washington State, 2019)
All-Purpose Yards: 63 (twice, last at Ole Miss, 2019)
Points: 12 (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Cal Career (2016-19)
• Played in 42 games with 19 starts and registered 62 receptions for 782 yards receiving with eight touchdown catches
• Posted career highs of 25 receptions and 364 yards receiving in a career-best 11 starts as a 2019
• Had a career and team-high-tying four touchdown catches as a 2018 junior
• Played in a career-high all 12 games as a 2017 sophomore
Senior (2019)
• Played in 11 games with a career-high 11 starts and posted career highs of 25 receptions and 364 yards receiving along with two touchdown receptions
• Served as a game captain and tied career highs with five receptions and 63 yards receiving while he also had a touchdown grab at Ole Miss playing his first collegiate contest in his home state
• Registered a career-high-tying five receptions for 53 yards against USC
• Had three catches for 49 yards and a touchdown on a 33-yarder against Oregon State
• Had two receptions on five occasions vs. Washington State (47 yards), at Oregon (47 yards), at Stanford (29 yards), at Washington (22 yards) and at Utah (16 yards)
• His second reception at Washington was a key 19-yarder that was followed by drawing pass interference on back-to-back plays during Cal's game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter with those two plays moving the ball from the Cal 36-yard line to the Washington 30 to help set up a 17-yard Greg Thomas field goal with 0:08 remaining that accounted for the game-winning points
• Had a 27-yard reception on his lone catch against North Texas and one catch for 11 yards in the season-opener against UC Davis
• Played but did not have any statistics other the participation against Arizona State and did not play in the team's final two games at UCLA and vs. Illinois
• Missed all but the first practice of spring ball including the spring game due to injury
Junior (2018)
• Played in eight games including six starts and posted 20 receptions, 267 yards receiving and a team-high-tying and career-high four touchdown catches that also tied for second on the team with the same number of total touchdowns
• Started the first five games then missed five contests due to injury before returning for the final three including his sixth start of the campaign against TCU in Cheez-It Bowl
• Registered a career-high-tying and team-high-tying five receptions for 59 yards as well as Cal's only touchdown against Stanford
• Had four catches for a career-high-tying and team-high 63 yards while he also had a career-best two touchdown catches against Idaho State to earn Cal's Offensive Player of the Week honors with his two scoring grabs being the only time it was accomplished by a Cal player in 2018
• Registered three receptions at Arizona (40 yards) and against North Carolina (team-high 34 yards)
• Had two catches for 30 yards at BYU
• Served as a game captain against Oregon and picked up two catches for eight yards and one touchdown
• Had a single catch for a season-long 33 yards against TCU in the Cheez-It Bowl
• Had two receptions for 18 yards including the game's lone touchdown catch on a 16-yarder from Ross Bowers in the spring game
Sophomore (2017)
• Played in a career-high all 12 games including his first two career starts (vs. Ole Miss, at Oregon) and recorded 10 catches for 120 yards receiving with one scoring grab
• Had a season-high-tying three receptions for a season-high 37 yards receiving in the season finale at UCLA
• Posted the second touchdown catch of his career in the fourth quarter of the season-opener at North Carolina with the scoring grab putting Cal ahead for good
• Added two receptions for 18 yards against USC, as well as one each vs. Arizona (18 yards), at Washington (11 yards), vs. Oregon State (11 yards) and vs. Washington State (5 yards)
• Had a pair of touchdown catches of 12 and eight yards on scoring connections from Ross Bowers and Chase Forrest, respectively, among his four catches for 31 yards in the spring game
Freshman (2016)
• Played in 11 games all off the bench including each of the last 10, seeing action as a backup wide receiver with seven receptions for 31 yards and one touchdown, as well as on special teams
• Registered a season-high three catches for five yards and one touchdown reception against UCLA
• Recorded a season-high 12 yards receiving on a season-long 12-yard catch at Washington State
• Made his Cal debut and had his first career reception in the season-opener against Hawai'i on a three-yard grab, while he also had single catches vs Stanford (9 yards) and at USC (2 yards)
• One of nine players who were mid-year enrollees in January and participated with the team during its spring practices along with fellow freshmen Greyson Bankhead, Derrick Clark, Jake Curhan, Max Gilliam and Melquise Stovall, as well as junior college transfers Rusty Becker, Jordan Veasy and Dwayne Wallace
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Had three catches for 31 yards in the spring game including a 16-yard touchdown reception from Ross Bowers
Oak Grove HS (Class of 2016)
• A four-year varsity starter who racked up career totals of 225 receptions for 3,455 yards receiving and 38 touchdown catches with 13 100-yard games while adding 95 yards and one touchdown throw in the air on 3-of-4 passing as well as three rushes for 33 yards to total 3,488 all-purpose yards on offense, while adding four interceptions on defense
• Played for four teams that combined for a 43-11-1 overall record and 22-7 mark in 6A Region 3 games on the way to two co-Region titles as a 2015 senior and 2013 sophomore as well as three appearances in the 6A Mississippi state playoffs including a state title as a sophomore when his squad ended up ranked as the No. 1 team in the state of Mississippi by MaxPreps and made a runner-up showing as a 2014 junior
• Earned second-team All-State honors from American Family Insurance as a senior when he contributed a career-high 73 receptions for 1,101 yards receiving with four 100-yard receiving contests and a career-high 12 touchdown catches for a team that was 10-3 overall, 6-1 in 6A Region 3 games to share a Regional title and reached the quarterfinals of the 6A Mississippi state playoffs while finishing the season as Mississippi’s No. 13 ranked team according to MaxPreps
• Played in the 2015 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Football Classic following his senior season
• Led his junior squad to a 12-3-1 overall record, a 6-1 Region 3A mark and a spot in the 6A state finals while finishing the season as Mississippi’s No. 3 ranked team according to MaxPreps, earning first-team All-State honors and finishing with 71 receptions for a career-high 1,207 yards receiving with a career-high 14 touchdown catches and six games of 100 yards or more receiving including streaks of four straight 100-yard receiving games and eight consecutive contests with at least one touchdown catch
• Contributed 65 receptions for 926 yards receiving and 10 touchdown grabs as a sophomore for a team that was 14-1 overall, 6-1 in 6A Region 3 games to share a title and won its first state championship while finishing the season as Mississippi’s top-ranked team and No. 25 nationally according to MaxPreps, with his performances including the first two 100-yard receiving games of his career, while he also added two interceptions on defense
• Made 14 catches for 221 yards receiving as a 2011 freshman while adding two interceptions, 11 tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss on defense for a team that finished 7-4 overall
• Single-game career highs included 217 yards receiving and all-purpose yards in his final prep game as a senior against Meridian and three touchdown receptions on nine catches in a 36-35 win over Brandon in the 6A state playoff semifinals as a junior, while his 13 receptions for 190 yards during a regular-season game against Brandon earlier in his junior year and as a senior against Peral for 188 yards tied a single-game career high
• Played two seasons of basketball on the junior varsity team as a freshman in 2012-13 and both the junior varsity and varsity squads as a 2013-14 sophomore
• Wore No. 11 in football and No. 22 in basketball
• Coached by Brett Favre in his first two seasons when the former NFL quarterback served as his offensive coordinator during his freshman and sophomore campaigns
Recruiting Rankings and Notes (Class of 2016)
Stars: ESPN (4), Rivals (4), Tom Lemming (4), 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), Scout (3)
National Overall Player Ratings: Rivals (201), 247Sports Composite (427), 247Sports (606)
National Athlete Ratings: Rivals (11)
National Wide Receiver Ratings: ESPN (74), 247Sports Composite (70), 247Sports (93), Scout (125)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (195)
South Wide Receiver Ratings: Scout (50)
Mississippi Overall Player Ratings: Rivals (8), 247Sports Composite (12), ESPN (15), 247Sports (21)
Mississippi Wide Receiver Ratings: Scout (5)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.8776), 247Sports (87), ESPN (80), Rivals (5.8)
Other
• Born June 30, 1997
• Son of Mary Williams
• Graduated from Cal in December of 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in American studies
Last Updated
July 3, 2020
