Sahmir Hagans
Sahmir Hagans
Moves the chains on third down. Sahmir Hagans has played for four head coaches in five seasons at Duke. 2025 brought the first one: All-ACC. One game to point at: 69 rec yds, 5 receptions against Georgia Tech — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 27–20
at Virginia
2 rec · 31 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Duke
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #58 · 2026 recruiting class #71
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Winston Wright’s 2024 season.
Matches Winston on
Differs from Winston on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Karim Page’s path through East Tennessee State.
Karim Page
Treyvhon Saunders
Tony Poljan
Tray Eafford
Matches Karim on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Williams's graduate season at Indiana (2024).
Matches Justin on
Differs from Justin on
Player DNA
Players who play like Sahmir Hagans
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2025+10140%
Up 10140% from first season to most-recent.