Jaelyn Duncan

HISTORY — from college bio

Career Honors

• 2022 Athlon & Lindy's Sports and Pick Six Previews' Second Team Preseason All-Big Ten
• 2022 Pro Football Focus Third Team Preseason All-Big Ten
• 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000
• 3x Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2020, 2021 & 2022)
• 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big Ten

2022 (sr): Started all 12 games he appeared in ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection ... Ends career with 39 starts in a Terrapin uniform ... Blocked for a Maryland passing offense that ranked third in the Big Ten in 2022 by averaging 259.8 yards per game in the air ... Participated in the Reese's Senior Bowl ... Chosen to participate in the NFL Combine ... Earned his degree in Family Science. 

2021 (jr): Appeared in all 13 games with 11 starts at left tackle ...  Part of Pro Football Focus Offensive Line of the Week for efforts vs. Kent State (9/25) ... Blocked for the record-setting pass offense, which set a program record for most passing yards in a season with 3,960 ... Protected QB Taulia Tagovailoa, who broke program records in passing yards (3,860), passing touchdowns (26), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2%) and 300-yard passing games (seven) ... 

2020 (soph): Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Started all five games at left tackle, one of only six Terps to play in all five contests ... Started all five games on offensive line, four at left tackle and one at center ... One of only six Terps to start in all five games ... Helped block for Big Ten's second-highest ranked passing offense, averaging 264 yards per game ... Parted way for Jake Funk, who averaged 8.60 yards per carry, the second-highest average in the FBS ... Protected for Taulia Tagovailoa, who threw for 1,011 yards in just four games, including the 10th highest passing total in a single game in program history with 394 in win over Minnesota (10/30)

2019 (redshirt fr): Appeared in all 12 games, starting in the final 11 at left tackles ... Blocked for a running back tandem in Javon Leake and Anthony McFarland Jr., who were one of only two duos on power five teams in the country to both have seven rushing touchdowns ... Parted way for Javon Leake, who averaged 7.2 yards per carry, the fourth-highest total of the country ... Contributed to an offense that had three games scoring over 45 points ... Protected Josh Jackson, who had the most touchdown passes by a Maryland quarterback in a first half of a game since 1977 ... Blocked for the second-most points in Maryland history with 79 vs Howard (8/31).

2018 (fr): Did not see game action. 

High school: A 4-star recruit according to ESPN … ranked third overall in the state of Maryland by ESPN … rated the No. 45 overall prospect in the ESPN300 … a 2017 Under Armour All-American … helped lead St. Frances to the MIAA A Conference Championship with a 44-7 win over Gilman … also received offers from Florida, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Tennessee … coached by Biff Poggi and Henry Russell.

PERSONAL

From Owings, Md. … Did not start playing football until he was 14 ... Letters & Sciences major.