2018 Football
Durden, David
Jersey Number 13
David Durden
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Midville, Ga.
- High School:
- Emanuel County Institute
Bio
Awards/Accolades
2019
High School
- 2019 First Team All-SoCon Return Specialist (Coaches & Media)
- 2019 Second Team All-SoCon Wide Receiver (Coaches)
- 2019 Phil Steele’s All-SoCon Second Team
- 2018 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American
- 2018 SoCon All-Freshman Offense Team
2019
- Started in eight of the nine games he appeared in as a sophomore
- Named First Team All-SoCon by the Coaches’ and Media as a return specialist and Second Team All-SoCon by the Coaches’ as a wide receiver
- Totaled 45 receptions for 647 yards and four touchdowns
- Returned 29 kickoffs for 750 yards (25.9 avg.)
- Ranked second in the SoCon in receiving yards per game (71.9) and all-purpose yards per game (155.2)
- Posted the fifth-most receptions per game (5.0) in SoCon
- Set career highs in receptions (9), receiving yards (129) and receiving touchdowns (2) against Austin Peay (Sept. 14)
- Earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors after emerging as a dynamic playmaker
- Named to the HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American Team as an honorable mention selection
- Started all 10 games played as a wide receiver & kick returner
- Totaled seven touchdowns on the season (five receiving, one passing, one kick return)
- Caught 18 passes for 407 receiving yards, both ranking third on the team
- Averaged a team-best 22.6 yards per catch
- Recorded over 400 all-purpose yards & five total touchdowns in the month of October
- Scored three touchdowns on five touches at Yale (Oct. 13), tossing an 11-yard touchdown pass on a trick play while adding two receiving touchdowns on three catches for 122 yards
- Set a school record with a 95-yard kick return for a touchdown vs. Western Carolina (Oct. 20)
- Finished the season with eight returns for 221 yards (27.6 yards per return)
- Caught a season-best five passes for 50 yards & one touchdown vs. The Citadel (Sept. 22)
- Tallied seven tackles (five solo, two assisted) on special teams
High School
- Helped ECI baseball to a 78-34 record over four years
- Led ECI baseball to a Final Four appearance in 2014, state title in 2015, Elite 8 in 2016 & Sweet 16 in 2017
- Led GHSA with eight home runs as a senior in 2017
- Named Region Player of the Year in baseball as a senior
- Full name is John David Durden II
- Born on Dec. 26, 1998
- Son on Jeana & John Durden
- Has two sisters, Zoey & Mary Katherine & one brother, Evan
- Father, John, played baseball at Air Force
- Originally a member of Mercer's 2017 signing class, but did not enroll in 2017 because of pursuit of professional baseball career
- Selected as an outfielder by Boston Red Sox in 20th round of 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft
- Batted .220 (20-for-91) with seven runs & nine RBI in 30 career games
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