Just before kicking off against the Cal Golden Bears, the Duke Blue Devils released their final availability report ahead of the ACC matchup.
Missing from the depth chart were three star linebackers, slimming down an LB room that was already relatively lacking to begin with. Then, the unthinkable happened less than nine minutes into the game.
Bradley Gompers, a freshman who started the year as a third-string linebacker, was ejected due to targeting, narrowing the depth at the position even more.
Gompers joined the bench, filled with fellow linebackers Nick Morris Jr. (senior and original LB1), Memorable Factor (another senior), and Kendall Johnson (sophomore).