Preseason recognition keeps piling up for Duke tight end Jeremiah Hasley, and the latest honor came Wednesday afternoon when the ACC office named him to its preseason All-ACC team.
Hasley already entered the fall with plenty of outside respect. Phil Steele pegged him as a 2026 preseason First Team All-ACC selection, while Athlon placed him on its second team. Pro Football Focus also listed the Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, native as the No. 6 returning tight end in the country, and Pro Football & Sports Network gave him the second-highest tight end impact score among returning players nationally at 82.5.
The honors make sense when you look at what Hasley has already put on tape. Duke’s returning starting tight end has 48 catches for 517 yards and eight touchdowns in 32 career games, including 21 starts.
He has posted at least two receptions in 11 games, four or more grabs in five, and his best receiving day came at North Carolina in 2025, when he hauled in seven passes for 85 yards. He also had a career-high two touchdown catches against Virginia in the 2025 ACC Championship Game.
Hasley’s 2025 season was his breakout stretch. He was Duke’s most valuable offensive player and finished with 40 receptions for 454 yards and six touchdowns.
In ACC play, he ranked third on the team in receiving yards with 299 and tied for fourth in catches with 23. Across the league, he tied for sixth in touchdown receptions and finished second among tight ends, behind only NC State’s Justin Joly, who had seven.
Nationally, he tied for fifth among tight ends in receiving touchdowns.
The late-season surge was even more striking. Over Duke’s final seven games, Hasley caught 30 passes for 372 yards and six scores.
Five of those touchdowns either broke a tie or put the Blue Devils in front. He also helped Duke earn its first win at Clemson since 1980 with a 56-yard catch and finished that game with three receptions for 83 yards.
In Duke’s ACC Championship Game win and its Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl victory, he combined for nine catches, 69 yards and three touchdowns.
Hasley’s résumé extends beyond the field. He is a two-time Academic All-ACC selection, earning that distinction in 2023-25, and he was also a 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree.
He enters 2026 with eight career touchdown catches, four away from the Duke record for a tight end.
Duke opens the 2026 season on Saturday, September 5, against Tulane at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on ACC Network.
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