Duce Picks Up Another Freshman All-America Nod

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Darian Chestnut added another, and the most prestigious, award to his offseason haul on Monday, earning Football Writers of America Freshman All-America honors.

Duce, who was previously an All-ACC Third Team selection and earned Freshman All-America honors from ESPN, Pro Football Focus and 247 Sports, was also the runner-up in voting for ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year this season. He was also on the Shaun Alexander Award Watch List this season.

The FWAA Freshman All-America team has been awarded since 2001 and Chestnut is the eighth 'Cuse player to earn the honor. Chestnut's current teammates Stefon Thompson (2020) and Andre Szmyt (2018) were among those recently awarded it, with…