Keith Duncan
{{Short description|American football player (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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|currentposition=Placekicker
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1998|2|19}}
|birth_place=Arlington, Texas, U.S.
|heightft=5
|heightin=10
|weight_lb=180
|highlights=
- Consensus All-American (2019)
- Big Ten Kicker of the Year (2019)
- First-team All-Big Ten (2019)
- Third-team All-Big Ten (2020)
|highschool=Weddington
(Matthews, North Carolina)
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|pastschools=
- Iowa (2016–2021)
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Keith Duncan (born February 19, 1998) is an American former college football placekicker. He played for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was a consensus All-American.
Early life
Duncan grew up in Weddington, North Carolina and attended Weddington High School. He set state records for field goals in a season (22) and total field goals (51) and consecutive extra points made (104).{{cite web|url=https://www.triwnews.com/featured/former-weddington-star-keith-duncan-continues-to-make-waves-at-iowa/|title=Former Weddington Star Keith Duncan Continues to Make Waves at Iowa|first=D.M.|last=Wallace|website=TriWNews.com|date=November 27, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219220515/https://www.triwnews.com/featured/former-weddington-star-keith-duncan-continues-to-make-waves-at-iowa/|url-status=dead}}
College career
Duncan was named Iowa's kicker going into his freshman year, making nine field goals on 11 attempts and converting 38 of 39 extra point attempts. Duncan lost the starting kicker job going into the next season to Miguel Recinos and redshirted his sophomore season and also did not see any action the following year.{{cite web|url=https://dearoldgold.com/2019/09/06/iowa-football-keith-duncan-taking-unconventional-path-starting-kicking-job/|title=Iowa football: Keith Duncan taking unconventional path to kicking job|first=Andrew|last=Wade|website=DearOldGold.com|publisher=FanSided|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019}} He was named the Hawkeyes starting kicker again going into his redshirt junior year.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/09/24/iowa-pk-keith-duncan-perfect-in-19-after-2-years-on-bench/40198247/|title=Iowa PK Keith Duncan perfect in '19 after 2 years on bench|website=USA Today|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=December 18, 2019}} Duncan was named first team All-Big Ten Conference and the Conference Kicker of the Year after making a Big Ten record 29 of 34 field goal attempts.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/iowa/Article/Iowa-Hawkeyes-Football-Keith-Duncan-Lou-Groza-Award-Nebraska-Cornhuskers-Big-Ten-Conference--139760863/|title=Keith Duncan named Big Ten Kicker of the Year|first=Dave|last=Eckholt|website=247Sports.com|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019}} Duncan was also named a consensus first team All-American and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2019/12/19/iowa-hawkeyes-keith-duncan-becomes-consensus-all-american/2696603001/|title=Keith Duncan becomes Iowa football's 26th consensus all-American|first=Chad|last=Leistikow|work=Des Moines Register|date=December 18, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/iowa/Article/Iowa-Hawkeyes-Football-Lou-Groza-Award-Keith-Duncan-Nebraska-Huskers-Big-Ten-Conference--139212827/|title=Keith Duncan named Lou Groza finalist|first=David|last=Eckholt|website=247Sports.com|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019}} Duncan was named to the Big Ten Network's All-Decade team for the 2010s.{{cite web|url=https://dailyiowan.com/2020/07/03/iowa-kicker-keith-duncan-named-to-btn-all-decade-team/|title=Iowa kicker Keith Duncan named to BTN All-Decade Team|first=Robert|last=Read|work=The Daily Iowan|date=July 3, 2020|access-date=July 12, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/football/roster/season/2020-21/player/keith-duncan/ Iowa Hawkeyes bio]
{{2019 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
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Category:American football placekickers
Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Category:Players of American football from Arlington, Texas
Category:People from Weddington, North Carolina
Category:All-American college football players
Category:Players of American football from Union County, North Carolina