Joshua Pickett

Joshua Pickett returns an interception against Virginia Tech on Senior Night.

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Joshua Pickett readies to make a move against a UNC receiver.

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Joshua Pickett runs down the field at Northwestern.

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Joshua Pickett nearly makes an interception against UConn.

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Joshua Pickett makes a tackle at Northwestern.

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Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
188
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Demorest, Ga.
High School:
Habersham Central

CAREER: Lettered four seasons (2021-22-23-24) at Duke … three-time Academic All-ACC selection (2022-23-24) ... two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree (2022-23) ... National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member in 2024 ... in 50 career games (23 starts), recorded 101 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, two INTs, one caused fumble and 16 PBUs ... posted 3+ tackles on 17 occasions, including a career-best nine against Northwestern in 2022 ... registered 1.0 TFL in four contests ... lone sack came against Kansas in 2022 … secured one INT in a contest with Lafayette in 2023 and another versus Virginia Tech in 2024 … logged a career-best three PBUs versus Northwestern in 2022 and Connecticut in 2024 ... played 1,969 career snaps.

2024: Academic All-ACC honoree … National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member in 2024 … saw action in all 13 games and started 12 … lone contest not started was at Miami … registered 38 tackles, 3.5 TFL, one INT, one caused fumble and seven PBUs … posted seven games with 3+ tackles, including a season-high six at NC State … tallied 1.0 TFL versus Elon, Northwestern and Georgia Tech while adding 0.5 at NC State … secured lone INT against Virginia Tech … registered first career caused fumble at Middle Tennessee … credited with 2+ PBUs against Northwestern (2) and Connecticut (3) … added one PBU each versus Florida State and Virginia Tech ... helped Duke rank among the NCAA leaders in tackles for loss per game (second/8.9), fumbles recovered (second/14), sacks per game (fourth/3.3), turnovers gained (seventh/27) and turnover margin (24th/+0.62) ... on the field for 759 snaps.

2023: Academic All-ACC and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honoree … saw action in all 13 games, making one start against Virginia … registered 17 tackles, one INT and two PBUs … posted two games with 3+ tackles, including a season-high six against Northwestern … secured lone INT against Lafayette … tallied one PBU against Connecticut and Troy ... on the field for 369 snaps.

2022: Academic All-ACC and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honoree ... recipient of the team’s Mike Suglia Award, which is presented annually to a second-year member of the Duke football program who best exemplifies the qualities of the late Mike Suglia … saw action in all 13 games, making nine starts ... recorded 41 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and a team-best seven PBUs ... posted seven games with 3+ tackles, including a season-high nine at Northwestern … accumulated 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack against Kansas … recorded a season-best three PBUs at Northwestern ... on the field for 721 snaps.

2021: Played in 11 games, missing action against Northwestern … registered five tackles … earned a season-high three tackles against North Carolina A&T … on the field for 120 snaps ... enrolled at Duke in January, 2021.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered four years at Habersham Central under coach Benji Harrison ... three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com ... charted as the No. 85 overall prospect in Georgia by ESPN.com ... named the region 8-AAAAAA two-way player of the year and class 6A defensive honorable mention by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution … also lettered in basketball and track.

PERSONAL: Majoring in public policy while pursuing a certificate in markets and management ... son of Harold and Angelia Pickett … cousin, Ryan Crawford, lettered four years (1997-98-99-2000) in football at Davidson College and is currently the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach at Harvard University … cousin, Daniel Pickett, lettered four seasons (2009-10-11-12) in football at the United States Air Force Academy.