Duke redshirt senior defensive tackle Edgar Cerenord underwent surgery on Monday afternoon to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon suffered in the Blue Devils’ win over Georgia Tech.

Cerenord, who in four games this season recorded 14 tackles as the lone senior in Duke’s defensive line unit, will miss the remainder of the 2018 campaign. In 41 career games with the Blue Devils, the Miami, Fla., native amassed 59 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, one caused fumble and four quarterback pressures.

The surgical procedure was performed by Dr. Annunziato Amendola.

The upperclassman joins a number of his teammates to have suffered injuries this season, starting with preseason All-American cornerback Mark Gilbert and progressing through the lineup to see Cerenord be the fifth Blue Devil this season to undergo surgery. Quarterback Daniel Jones missed two games with a fractured collarbone that required surgery, running back Marvin Hubbard had surgery for an Achilles heel injury, linebacker Koby Quansah had surgery to address a fractured fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot and a number of other players have missed time due to injuries that did not require surgery including a litany of starters. Center Zach Harmon missed a month of game time, Defensive End Drew Jordan missed one full game and parts of others, wide receiver Aaron Young missed five games due to a hamstring injury, cornerback Michael Carter II missed time with a leg injury, Jeremy McDuffie has missed games as he recovers from an ACL injury suffered last year, running back Brittain Brown missed he Georgia Tech game and has been limited in others and Defensive End Terrell Lucas missed at least one game due to an ankle injury.

It's one of the more injury stricken teams in recent memory, and the program has shown its depth over the first seven weeks of the season in order to maintain a the 5-1 record they currently hold. Cerenord had just returned from injury against Georgia Tech before he ultimately was lost for the season, and potentially his career, to the ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered on Saturday.

David Cutcliffe talked about the loss of Cerenord in his press conference on Tuesday afternoon, lamenting the loss of not just one of the most talented football players on the team but reportedly one of the best people as well.

"Very saddened by Edgar Cerenord," Cutcliffe said. "Not just his play, but his leadership will be missed. But, the prognosis was really good there, the outcome good and we'll see what happens for him. Edgar's a great young man. He's done some internships and as you might have guessed he's been really impressive. So he probably has opportunities there. If he wants to pursue (a sixth year at Duke due to a medical hardship) we're going to pursue it with all of our might."