Former Texas quarterback Maalik Murphy — the fourth-ranked quarterback in the transfer portal according to 247 Sports — verbally committed to Duke Friday, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Murphy was a four-star recruit in the class of 2022 and retains three years of eligibility.
Wednesday’s National Signing Day marked the true beginning of the Elko era as the leader of Duke football.
With his prolific talent at such a young age, the young Manning has already picked up numerous offers, including Alabama, Boston College, Georgia, LSU, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas.
David Cutcliffe could be looking to add another piece to his quarterback room.
Although the start of the regular season is months away, a series of commitments from three-star recruits have the Blue Devils' 2017 recruiting class ranked 25th in the nation, according to 247sports.com.
Despite missing out on offensive lineman Clark Yarborough and Michael Menet, the Blue Devils have four 2016 commits ranked in the ESPN300 and one of the top classes in the nation.
Duke received commitments from offensive linemen Robert Kraeling and Liam Smith to push David Cutcliffe's 2016 class to 11th nationally according to 247Sports.com.
Duke's loaded 2016 class got a bit bigger in the last few weeks.
