Duke CB Mark Gilbert Official Sophomore Season Highlights !

First team All-ACC selection ... leading vote-getting among CBs in the All-ACC balloting ... recipient of the program’s Willis Aldridge Award as Duke’s top defensive back ... started all 13 games ... recorded 35 tackles, 3.0 TFL, six INTs and 15 PBUs ... in the ACC, ranked first in total passes defended (21), first in total passes defended per game (1.62), second in INTs, second in INTs per game (0.46) and second in PBUs ... nationally, ranked tied for third in INTs, tied for third in total passes defended per game, tied for third in total passes defended, tied for seventh in INTs per game and tied for eighth in PBUs ... set Duke single-season record for total passes defended ... matched school single-season standard for PBUs previously set by Erwin Sampson in 1989 ... logged 2+ tackles in nine contests with a season-high eight stops at Virginia ... posted two INTs against both Northwestern and Wake Forest ... sealed the 31-23 win over the Demon Deacons with an INT at the 1:32 mark of the fourth period ... both INTs at Wake Forest came on passes from Demon Deacon QB John Wolford, who led the ACC in pass efficiency rating and was intercepted just six times on the season ... had single-game INTs versus Virginia and Florida State ... registered 2+ PBUs in five games including a season-high three against both Baylor and Virginia Tech ... posted four tackles, 1.0 TFL and two PBUs in the Quick Lane Bowl win over Northern Illinois ... coupled with teammates Jeremy McDuffie (9), Bryon Fields Jr. (7) and Jordan Hayes (7) to give Duke the lone foursome in the ACC with 7+ PBUs each ... helped Duke rank among the ACC leaders in both scoring defense (3rd) and total defense (4th) ... on the field for 914 snaps.