Duquesne University Athletics

NCAA CAREER STATS

CAREER SUMMARY
HONORS: Second Team All-Northeast Conference (2024), 1x NEC Offensive Player of the Week
IN THE DUQ RECORD BOOK: Tied second-most TD receptions in a game (3 vs. RMU)
CAREER SUMMARY: Played one season at Duquesne as a graduate transfer after six years and four playing seasons at Rhode Island ... Totaled 1,242 career receiving yards on 85 catches with 11 touchdowns in 48 games … Averaged 14.6 yards per catch ... Posted career-best numbers at Duquesne in 2024 with 668 yards, 47 catches, and eight touchdowns (all ranked in the NEC’s top five) ... Recorded three multi-touchdown games in 2024 … Only NEC receiver with a three-touchdown game last season ... Had two 100-yard receiving games ... Earned ESPN’s No. 3 play on Top Plays for a one-handed touchdown catch vs. Wagner in 2024 ... Named NEC Offensive Player of the Week in 2024 ... Ranked third in the NEC and 32nd in FCS in punt returns in 2024 ... Duquesne Team Captain.

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)

• Second Team All-Conference
• Team Captain
• Tied for the Duquesne lead with 47 catches (5^th most in the NEC) and totaled 668 receiving yards with eight touchdowns … All eight touchdowns came in NEC play (second most) … Posted a career-high seven catches three times and had at least six on five occasions … Earned NEC Offensive Player of the Week after a career-high 126 yards and three touchdowns in the Robert Morris win … Two-time NEC Prime Performer … Also went over the century mark with 125 yards and two scores in the Stonehill win … Recorded three multi-score games - only NEC receiver to have a three-touchdown game in 2024 … Was featured as No. 3 play on ESPN Top Plays after a one-handed touchdown grab versus Wagner.

BEFORE DUQUESNE

• Spent six seasons at Rhode Island … Missed the 2020-21 and 2021 seasons with injury
• Played in 37 games and made 38 receptions with three touchdowns
• Scored all three TDs and made 26 of 38 career grabs in 2023
• Had a career-high 98 receiving yards with a TD in a win over Bryant last fall
• Deans list for 11 semesters at URI, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in business 
• Member of Minority Student Athlete Crew and Onyx Honors Society at URI
• Totaled over 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards with 38 touchdowns at Chester HS
• Also competed in soccer, golf and track in high school

PERSONAL

• Born on January 25, 2000 in Chester, South Carolina
• Son of Ellen and John L. Erby
• Has one older brother, Dustin Grofsick