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Singleton Excelling in 2018

Teammates consider each other family. They live together, eat together, practice together and grow together. They come to learn everything about each other. But not many can say their brother on the field is also their brother at home.

It has been five years since Deondre Singleton came to Duke from Dacula, Ga., back in 2013 and began his career as a safety for the Blue Devils. He started nine of the 12 games played over his freshman year with his 63 tackles matching the ninth-highest single-season total for a Duke rookie. Over the next four years, Deondre would come to be one of Duke’s most impactful players, lettering all four years and making Duke history by becoming the only Blue Devil with multiple double-digit tackle performances in bowl contests (10 vs.