Another former Duke football player has agreed to terms with an NFL organization to join as an undrafted free agent, while two others have been invited to rookie minicamp.
Cornerback Myles Jones has agreed to terms with the New York Jets, while offensive lineman Jake Hornibrook and safety Jeremiah Lewis have been invited to the Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants rookie minicamps.
Myles Jones
Throughout his five-year collegiate career, Jones played in 53 games with 22 starts between the Texas A&M University and Duke. He registered 131 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions, 31 pass breakups, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one quarterback pressure throughout his tenure. Jones tallied four-plus tackles on 14 occasions, including a career-high nine tackles against Wake Forest in 2017.
The Magnolia, Texas, native secured a career-best two interceptions against Texas State in 2019 and earned a career-high three pass breakups against New Mexico in 2017. He participated in five bowl games (2017 Belk, 2018 Taxslayer Gator, 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas, 2020 Capital One Orange, and 2023 Birmingham) and played 2,324 career snaps.
Jake Hornibrook
Hornibrook joined the Blue Devil program for one season after a successful four-year career at Stanford University. In 48 career games (35 starts), he registered 2,848 total snaps. He was an Academic All-ACC honoree (2023) and two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll recipient (2020 & 2021) during his collegiate career.
Last fall, Hornibrook started and played in 12 games at right tackle and right guard, missing the Birmingham Bowl against Troy due to injury. He helped the offense accumulate 2,174 rushing and 2,351 passing yards as well as 26 rushing touchdowns. He was part of an offensive line that ranked third in the ACC and tied for 24th nationally in sacks allowed per game (1.31) and second in the league and tied for 31st nationally in tackles for loss allowed per outing (4.77). Additionally, Hornibrook helped Duke only relinquish 171 rushing yards on the year, the fewest in the ACC.
Jeremiah Lewis
In his four seasons at Duke and one year at Northwestern, Lewis recorded 206 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions, 21 pass breakups, one quarterback hurry, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick. In 61 career games (29 starts), he registered three-plus tackles in 31 games and 10-plus tackles on three occasions, including a career-best 11 stops against Clemson in 2023.
Additionally, Lewis posted a career-high two pass breakups on six occasions in games against Virginia (2020), Virginia Tech (2020), N.C. State (2020), Charlotte (2020), Duke (2022) and Pittsburgh (2023) and tallied one interception in games versus Virginia Tech (2020), NC State (2020), Northwestern (2021), Georgia Tech (2021), Pittsburgh (2023) and Troy (2023). He also posted fumble recoveries against Penn State (2022) and Clemson (2023) and one blocked kick against Southern Illinois (2022).
