Kendy Charles

Kendy Charles rushes Miami quarterback Cam Ward.

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Kendy Charles celebrates a fumble recovery at Middle Tennessee.

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Kendy Charles makes a tackle at Northwestern.

Kendy Charles waits for the snap at Georgia Tech.

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Kendy Charles stands and smiles between plays at Georgia Tech.

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Kendy Charles rushes toward the quarterback against UNC.

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Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-0
Weight:
280
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Orange Park, Fla.
High School:
Orange Park
Prev School:
Liberty

CAREER: Lettered one season (2024) at Duke after earning four (2020-21-22-23) at Liberty ... Second Team All-ACC in 2024 ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District, National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member and Academic All-ACC in 2024 ... recipient of Duke’s Ace Parker Award in 2024 ... in 50 career games (34 starts) at Liberty and Duke, compiled 158 tackles, 29.5 TFL, 15.5 sacks, one caused fumble, two fumble recoveries, two PBUs and seven QB pressures ... registered 3+ tackles on 26 occasions and 5+ tackles 14 times ... posted a career-high 11 tackles against SMU in 2024 and tallied 10 against Virginia Tech in 2024 ... booked a career-best 3.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks against Old Dominion in 2021 ... added 2.5 TFL versus the Hokies in 2024 ... tallied a career-high two QB pressures against Akron in 2022 … registered one fumble recovery and one caused fumble against FIU in 2023 and UAB in 2022, respectively ... added another fumble recovery versus Middle Tennessee in 2024 ... played 1,955 career snaps.

2024: Second Team All-ACC ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District, National Football Foundation Hampshire Society member and Academic All-ACC ... recipient of Duke’s Ace Parker Award … started all 13 games ... ended the campaign with 50 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, one fumble recovery, one PBU and one QB pressure ... booked 2+ tackles in 10 contests, 5+ in four and a season-high 11 versus SMU … registered 1.0+ TFL four times with a year-high 2.5 against Virginia Tech … also added 10 tackles and 1.5 sacks against the Hokies … tallied 0.5 sacks versus Elon in the season opener … recorded a QB pressure and a pass breakup versus Florida State … recovered lone fumble at Middle Tennessee … 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 577 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year letterwinner (2020-21-22-23) at Liberty ... team captain in 2023 … in 37 games (21 starts) as a Flame, compiled 108 tackles, 22.5 TFL, 13.5 sacks, six QB pressures, one PBU, one fumble recovery and one caused fumble ... posted eight tackles against BYU in 2022 … registered 3.0 TFL and 3.0 sacks against Old Dominion in 2021, marking his high as a Flame ... tallied two QB pressures against Akron in 2022 and registered one fumble recovery and one caused fumble against FIU in 2023 and UAB in 2022, respectively … helped Liberty to a 39-12 overall record and a 2023 Conference USA Championship … participated in four bowl games at Liberty (2020 Cure, 2021 LendingTree, 2022 RoofClaim.com Boca Raton, and 2023 VRBO Fiesta) … attended Orange Park and played for coach Tom MacPherson … was charted as a three-star prospect by ESPN.com … recorded 216 tackles, 30.0 sacks, 24 QB hurries and four forced fumbles … named a three-time first team all-county and two-time first team all-conference and all-district recipient … 5A Co-Player of the Year and 5A Second Team All-State honors as a senior … scored a pair of TDs, five two-point conversions and connected on 15-of-17 field goal attempts.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Liberty in December 2023, with a degree in sports management ... son of Jean and Marie Charles.