2019: Team captain … Named PFL Defensive Player of the Year … Was a second team All-America selection by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) … Was a first team All-PFL selection … Was named Stetson University male Student-Athlete of the Year … Led Stetson, and finished third in the PFL, with 98 tackles … Was second in the PFL in tackles per game (8.9) … Named to the All-First Coast FCS Team … Named three times to the Times-Union All-FCS Team … Ranked first overall in tackles among linebackers in the PFL … Because of injuries to other players, spent time playing safety as well as linebacker during the season … Held Dayton’s All-America tight end, and NFL Draft pick, to season-low five reception, helping Stetson to its first win over the Flyers … Finished his career as the second leading tackler in program history with 279 (trailing only Donald Payne) … Recorded 24.5 tackles for loss in his career and had five interceptions with 13 other pass breakups … Was credited with five career forced fumbles, recovering three … Played in 43 of 44 games in his career at Stetson … Closed his career with his best game, getting credit for 20 tackles in the season finale at Morehead State (11/23) ... Had four double-figure tackle games … Was named team defensive player of the week three times and also earned the award for most physical play once.
2018: First team All-PFL selection … Started all 10 games at linebacker, playing both outside and middle linebacker … Was named PFL Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the victory over Drake … Was named team defensive player of the week for performances against Drake, Butler and Valparaiso … Was selected as the defensive scout team player of the week for the Drake game … Among his tackles against Drake were potential TD saving stops in the first quarter and third quarter (twice), a stop on fourth down in the fourth quarter at the Stetson 33 and a forced fumble later in the fourth quarter, turning the ball over at the Stetson 24 … In his first career start at middle linebacker, against Butler, he became the first Stetson player not named Donald Payne to ever record more than 15 tackles in a game … Also had his first interception of the season (fourth of his career) for good measure … Two of his 16 tackles were for losses and two came on third down, forcing Butler punts ... The 16 stops were more than 30% of the total tackles in the game … Finished the season with a team-high 88 total tackles … Had double figure tackle totals in five of the last six games, with nine stops in the sixth … Had 9.5 tackles for losses of 21 yards … Forced four fumbles … Had his lone fumble recovery in the opener against Point … Had his only interception of the year at Butler … Was credited with four pass breakups … Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Saw action in all 11 games at linebacker ... Amassed 77 tackles, including 46 solo and 31 assists ... Tallied 13 tackles, including three tackles for loss against Dartmouth (9/16) ... Had 11 tackles at Morehead State (10/21) ... Made 10 tackles and had an interception against Davidson (10/14) ... Had five tackles, one sack, a fumble recovery and an interception against Brown (10/7) ... Had nine tackles, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Butler (11/4) ... Had six tackles each at Sacred Heart (9/2) and Valparaiso (9/30) ... Had five tackles against Campbell (9/23), San Diego (10/28) and at Jacksonville (11/11) ... Earned the team's big hit award at Marist (9/9) and against Davidson (10/14) ... Was named the team's defensive Player of the Week against Brown (10/7) ... Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll.
2016: Saw action in all 11 games as a linebacker and special teams player ... Started the season-opener against Sacred Heart (9/3), posting a season-high six tackles in that game ... Posted three tackles, including one for loss, against Warner (9/10) with a fourth quarter interception to put the game away ... Finished the season with 16 tackles, including one for loss.
2015: Redshirted, did not see playing time.
High School: Was a four-year letter winner as a safety for coach Marty Lee at First Coast HS ... Also lettered as an outfielder on the baseball team for two years ... Helped the football squad to a record of 46-5 over four years ... Was an All-First Coast first team selection as a junior ... Posted 103 tackles with four interceptions as a senior ... Chose to attend Stetson over Troy University.
Personal: Full name is Colby Chase Duncan ... Was born on May 30, 1996, in Jacksonville ... Is the son of Thomas and Susan Higginbotham and Mark Duncan ... Has two sisters, Kayla Duncan and Lauren Higginbotham ... His uncle, John David Lloyd, was selected in the 8th round of the 1992 MLB Amateur Draft by the Angels ... Is a Sport Business major.
