Owen Wafle holds the LDT · Starter spot in Duke Blue Devils’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Owen Wafle is a defensive tackle from Middletown, New Jersey, who attended The Hun School before playing college football at Michigan and Penn State. The 6'2", 285-pound transfer recorded four tackles across nine career games, including one stop each against Villanova, Iowa, Rutgers, and Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl. A four-star recruit in the 2024 class, Wafle earned two-time New Jersey Prep-A Defensive Player of the Year honors and recorded 10.0 tackles for loss during his senior season. He joins Duke as a redshirt sophomore for 2026, majoring in history.

Michigan2024

Penn State2025

Duke2026 — present