LORMAN, Miss. – After Felix Harper was recently featured in the latest Hero Sports article, Niko Duffey can add his name to the list as well after being tabbed to the FCS Spring 2021 Best Returning Running Backs in Each Conference on Monday.
Duffery represented the Southwestern Athletic Conference after being selected by Hero Sports as the best returning RB in the conference entering the spring season. Duffey put together a true freshman season to remember in 2019 as the 5-foot-11, 175-pound back was named to the Hero Sports All-America Freshman Team after making his way into being the main back for the Braves and played in 12 total games. He ended up leading Alcorn in rushing at 838 yards and six touchdowns. Duffey rushed for at least 100 yards in four different games against Mississippi College, Alabama State, Grambling State and Alabama A&M. He tallied a season-high 138 yards to go along with two touchdowns against Mississippi College. Duffey had a season-high 67-yard touchdown run at Alabama State and also caught touchdown passes versus Mississippi College and McNeese State. He was a two-time SWAC Newcomer of the Week winner throughout the season.
The three-star recruit out of Jefferson High School in Tampa, Fla., finished fourth in the SWAC in rushing yards per game (69.8), fifth in total rushing yards (838), which was 54th nationally, seventh in all-purpose yards per game (92.50), seventh in rushing touchdowns (6), and eighth in rush yards per carry (5.17), which ranked 58th nationally. Duffey was part of a rushing attack that averaged 155.3 yards per game to finish 56th nationally.
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