2023: Started all 13 contests, opening seven games at C and six at RG, and went on to earn second-team All-ACC recognition…Was a team captain for the second straight season and was the recipient of the team's K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award…Anchored an offensive line that helped the Blue Devils rank tied for No. 24 in the nation in sacks allowed per game (1.31, 17 sacks in 13 games)…Part of a line that helped the offense rank No. 2 in the ACC in tackles for a loss allowed per game (4.77)…Vs. Clemson (Sept. 4): Part of a line that did not allow a sack in the 28-7 season-opening win over the No. 9-ranked Tigers, with the 21-point victory marking Duke's largest over a top-10 foe since 1952…Vs. Lafayette (Sept. 9): Helped the Blue Devils rack up a season-high 515 yards of total offense as the line did not allow a sack for the second consecutive game…Vs. Northwestern (Sept. 16): Helped clear the way for Duke's season-high 268 rushing yards and five rushing TDs on 40 carries (6.7 avg.) as the Blue Devils featured three players with 60-plus rushing yards…At UConn (Sept. 23): Part of an offense that scored 38-plus points for the third straight game in the 41-7 win as the line did not allow a sack for the third time in the first four games…Vs. N.C. State (Oct. 14): Was named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week after grading out at 93 percent and posting seven knockdown blocks in the 24-3 win.
2022: Saw action in 11 games with 10 starts, opening five contests at RG and five at C…Earned All-ACC honorable mention and helped clear the way for Duke to register a school-record 31 rushing TDs as the Blue Devils also ranked No. 1 in the ACC in sacks allowed (17)…Helped clear holes for four different players to finish with 400-plus rushing yards on the season, a first for the program…Part of an offense that registered 30-plus points in nine of 13 games on the season as Duke ranked No. 5 in the conference and No. 31 in the country in scoring (32.8 ppg)…Vs. Virginia (Oct. 1): Was selected as the ACC co-Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in the 38-7 win as the Blue Devils posted 26 first downs and 377 total yards with no turnovers and just one sack allowed…Vs. North Carolina (Oct. 15): Helped the offense rack up a season-high 542 total yards and a season-best 297 rushing yards and four TDs on 42 carries (7.1 avg.) as the line allowed only one sack…Vs. Wake Forest (Nov. 26): Part of a line that helped the Blue Devils record 507 total yards as QB Riley Leonard was sacked just once and threw for a career-high 391 yards and four TDs.
2021: Started all 12 games at RG and earned All-ACC honorable mention…Helped clear the way for Durant to rush for a single-season school-record 1,241 yards and nine TDs on 255 carries (4.9 avg.) as he ranked No. 18 in the nation in rushing yards per game (103.4 ypg)…At Charlotte (Sept. 3): Part of an offense that racked up 581 total yards, highlighted by a season-high 353 rushing yards on 44 carries (8.0 avg.) with Durant leading the way with a school-record 255 yards and three TDs on 29 attempts (8.8 avg.)…Vs. Northwestern (Sept. 18): Part of a line that allowed just one sack as the Blue Devils posted 558 total yards…Vs. Kansas (Sept. 25): Helped the offense register a season-high 607 total yards and a season-high 52 points as the line did not allow a sack of QB Gunnar Holmberg, who finished with a season-high 328 yards and a TD on 22-of-29 passing (75.9 pct.).
2020: Started all 11 games at RG as the Blue Devils featured a 100-yard rusher six times on the season (Durant, four; RB Deon Jackson, two)…At Syracuse (Oct. 10): Helped the offense record a season-high 645 total yards, highlighted by the Blue Devils' season-high 363 rushing yards as Jackson (169) and Durant (163) became the first Duke duo in school history to both rush for 150-plus yards in the same game…Vs. Charlotte (Oct. 31): Part of a line that allowed only one sack as the Blue Devils featured a trio of 75-yard rushers in Durant (104), Jackson (101) and RB Jordan Waters (78)…At Florida State (Dec. 12): Part of a line that did not allow a sack and cleared the way for the Blue Devils' 245 rushing yards on 51 carries (4.8 avg.).
2019: Started all 12 games at RT as a true freshman, helping the Blue Devils rank tied for No. 12 in the country in tackles for a loss allowed (59.0)…Vs. Alabama (Aug. 31): Became the first true freshman to start on the offensive line for Duke in a season opener since Morgan in 2007…Vs. North Carolina A&T (Sept. 7): Part of a line that did not allow a sack as the Blue Devils racked up a season-high 574 total yards, including a career-high 345 passing yards from QB Quentin Harris.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year team captain and a three-time all-conference selection at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell, N.C. …Recorded 88 pancake blocks as a senior in 2018 and was rated as the No. 6 center in the country by ESPN.com…Was selected to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas…Was invited to play in the Pro Football Hall of Fame World All-Star Bowl…Was named to the USA Today American Family Insurance All-USA North Carolina Team as a junior and as a senior…As a junior, posted 25 pancake blocks and added 15 tackles for a loss and seven sacks as a defensive lineman…Also lettered three years in track and field in the shot put and discus.
PERSONAL: Given name Jacob Elijah Monk…Born in Raleigh, N.C. …His father, Stanley, was a four-year letterwinner at running back at Duke (1984-87) and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent…His late uncle, Quincy Monk, was selected in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of the University of North Carolina by the N.Y. Giants and went on to play linebacker for the Giants (2002-03) and Houston Texans (2004)…Visited elementary schools in Raleigh when he was in college.
