Duke basketball updated its roster for the 2024-25 season on Tuesday, releasing the jersey numbers of the 15 players who will suit up for the Blue Devils this fall.
Coming off a 27-win season and Elite Eight appearance, Duke enters its third year under head coach Jon Scheyer. The Devils had nine players from last season’s team leave the program, including seven through the transfer portal.
These changes allowed Scheyer to bring in 10 players, including a top-tier recruiting class led by Cooper Flagg and four players through the portal.
Returning guards Tyrese Proctor (5) and Caleb Foster (1) will be wearing the same numbers as last season, but here’s a look at the jerseys the other 13 players will wear for the Blue Devils.
Duke’s Cooper Flagg will wear new Blue Devils jersey
Cooper Flagg, the highest-ranked freshman in the 2024 class and a projected top-three pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, will wear No. 2 at Duke. Flagg wore number 32 as a prep player, but that number was retired at Duke because of Christian Laettner. Nolan Smith, Quinn Cook, Luol Deng and Josh McRoberts are among the former Blue Devils to wear second.
Mason Gillis and Khaman Maluach among Duke players making history
For the first time in modern history, Duke will have players wearing jerseys Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 18. Due to an NCAA rule change ahead of the 2023-24 season, players can now wear jersey nos. 0-99 for the first time in decades. Syracuse transfer Maliq Brown will wear No. 6 and Purdue transfer Mason Gillis is expected to wear No. 18. Flagg’s freshman teammates Kon Knueppel (7), Darren Harris (8) and Khaman Maluach ( 9) will also make history with their shirt selections.
Numbers for Isaiah Evans, other Duke newcomers
Rounding out Duke’s six-player recruiting class, Isaiah Evans will wear number 3 and Patrick Ngongba will rock number 21. As for the Blue Devils’ other portal additions, Rice transfer Cameron Sheffield is set to take on the number 13 and Tulane transfer Sion James will wear number 14.
2024-25 Duke Basketball Roster
(Number, Name)
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1, Caleb Foster
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2, Cooper Flagg
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3, Isaiah Evans
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5, Tyrese Inspector
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6, Maliq Brown
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7, Kon Knueppel
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8, Darren Harris
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9, Khaman Maluach
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13, Cameron Sheffield
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14, Zion James
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18, Mason Gillis
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21, Patrick Ngongba
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20, Neal Begovich
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52, Stanley Borden
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55, Spencer Hubbard
Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or @RoddBaxley on X/Twitter.
This article originally appeared in The Fayetteville Observer: Duke basketball roster, jersey numbers for 2024-25 season
