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2001: Played in two games as the backup to All-American center Luke Butkus ... Logged playing time in the season-opener at California and at Purdue.
2000: Redshirted the 2000 season.
High School: Prep Star All-West team Allowed only two sacks in two years First-team All-Palomar League in both 1998 and 99 Was first-team all-county and all-North county as voted by the North County Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune Cal-Hi Top 100 player Accepted invitations to the North/South San Diego all-star game and the Cal-Hi/Texas all-star game Named teams Most Valuable Player in 1999 Voted team lineman of the year for junior and senior seasons Earned four varsity letters for football and baseball.
Personal: Full given name is Raymond Newton Preston III Goes by Duke Born June 12, 1982 in San Diego, Calif. The son of Raymond and Susan Preston Father played for nine years with the San Diego Chargers and was a Kodak All-American for Syracuse University Majoring in speech communication Lists Muhammad Ali as favorite athlete because of his tremendous drive for greatness Four-year member of the Mt. Carmel All-Academic team Two-time member of the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic team Hobbies and activities include FCA, basketball, golf, surfing and billiards.
