Duke landed a commitment from Top247 2017 defensive end Drew Jordan tonight. Jordan, rated by 247Sports as the #18 weakside defensive end in the country, chose the Blue Devils over 17 other offers including North Carolina, Michigan State, Arkansas and more.

A 6'2", 236-pound rush end out of North Gwinnett in Suwanee, GA, Jordan released his Top 6 schools on Monday and then wanted to do more investigating after narrowing things down. Arkansas, Georgia Tech, California, Indiana and Michigan State, the five others who made the cut, didn't receive a visit. But Duke did, on Thursday. Jordan snuck up to Durham and found what he was looking for in a college coaching staff.

"I visited this week on Thursday and just found that you won't find a coaching staff that cares as much as theirs," Jordan told BlueDevilLair.com after announcing his commitment. "Just all their coaches every time we went up made my family feel apart of theirs and I'm big on family."

Jordan is expected to play defensive end at Duke, and instantly gives a boost to new defensive line coach Ben Albert's unit moving forward. Jeff Faris, the area recruiter for Gwinnett, gets credit as primary recruiter for Jordan.

He will be the lone Blue Devils' commitment at The Opening Finals in Beaverton, OR over July 5th weekend, one of the top all-star events in the country for high school football players.