Duke will be without two of its most important players coming in to the season with the loss of DeVon Edwards to a career-ending injury last week against Notre Dame and running back Jela Duncan out due to an ankle injury suffered on the team's last offensive drive. Duncan was able to come back in to finish the last play after hurting his right ankle but will miss this weekend's Virginia game, at least. Reserve linebacker Tinashe Bere will also miss the rest of the season, according to a tweet from the program's official twitter account this morning.

Injury update:

RB Jela Duncan & DE Dominic McDonald will not play vs. UVA;

LB Tinashe Bere will miss the remainder of 2016 season. — Duke Football (@Duke_FB) September 29, 2016

Defensive Dominic McDonald will miss his second consecutive game with an upper body injury. Stay tuned for more on the full injury report for Saturday's game.

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