Duke quarterback Riley Leonard is out, maybe for the rest of the season. Back-up quarterback Henry Belin IV will miss Saturday night’s game in Chapel Hill with an upper-body injury. So the Blue Devils are down to their third-string quarterback, Grayson Loftis.
Loftis made his college football debut two weekends ago in Duke’s ugly 23-0 loss at Louisville. Riley Leonard started the game, but was ineffective and eventually replaced by the freshman Loftis. The Blue Devils not only failed to score at Louisville, but didn’t make it past the Cardinals’ 43-yard line until their very last drive.