Receiver, Duke, 2008–11
Donovan Varner
- Number
- No. 26
- Height
- 5′9″
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
Donovan Varner played receiver at Duke (2008–11).
Career highs
12catches, career highat Boston College, 2011174receiving yards, career highvs. Wake Forest, 20092receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Wake Forest, 2009Receiving
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008* | Duke | 5 | 25 | 0 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2011 Duke 12 games, 61 catches, 713 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Richmond | L 21–23 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Stanford | L 14–44 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 17 | at Boston College | W 20–19 | 12 | 78 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. Tulane | W 48–27 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| Oct 1 | at Florida International | W 31–27 | 7 | 111 | 0 | 54 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. Florida State | L 16–41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Oct 22 | vs. Wake Forest | L 23–24 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 10–14 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 5 | at Miami | L 14–49 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| Nov 12 | at Virginia | L 21–31 | 7 | 132 | 1 | 64 | 3 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 31–38 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 42 |
| Nov 26 | at North Carolina | L 21–37 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 11 | – |
2010 Duke 12 games, 60 catches, 736 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Elon | W 41–27 | 7 | 123 | 1 | 35 | – |
| Sep 11 | atWake Forest | L 48–54 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. Alabama | L 13–62 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 19 | −5 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Army | L 21–35 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 2 | at Maryland | L 16–21 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 35 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs.Miami | L 13–28 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Oct 23 | atVirginia Tech | L 7–44 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 30 | at Navy | W 34–31 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Nov 6 | vs.Virginia | W 55–48 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 32 | 14 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Boston College | L 16–21 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 11 | −1 |
| Nov 20 | atGeorgia Tech | L 20–30 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 16 | −6 |
| Nov 27 | vs.North Carolina | L 19–24 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 39 | – |
2009 Duke 12 games, 65 catches, 1,047 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs.Richmond | L 16–24 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Sep 12 | atArmy | W 35–19 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Sep 19 | at Kansas | L 16–44 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. North Carolina Central | W 49–14 | 6 | 76 | 2 | 18 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 26–34 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 55 | – |
| Oct 10 | at NC State | W 49–28 | 7 | 154 | 0 | 48 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs.Maryland | W 17–13 | 8 | 120 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Oct 31 | atVirginia | W 28–17 | 7 | 113 | 0 | 40 | – |
| Nov 7 | atNorth Carolina | L 6–19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs.Georgia Tech | L 10–49 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Nov 21 | atMiami | L 16–34 | 8 | 165 | 1 | 64 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs.Wake Forest | L 34–45 | 11 | 174 | 2 | 56 | – |
2008 Duke 8 games, 21 catches, 164 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs.Navy | W 41–31 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | – |
| Oct 4 | atGeorgia Tech | L 0–27 | 1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | – |
| Oct 18 | vs.Miami | L 31–49 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 25 | at Vanderbilt | W 10–7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 1 | atWake Forest | L 30–33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −8 |
| Nov 8 | vs.NC State | L 17–27 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 15 | at Clemson | L 7–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs.North Carolina | L 20–28 | 10 | 73 | 0 | 22 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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