2017: Made 11 starts at tight end while appearing in all 13 games … Caught six passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns, with a 57-yard touchdown against Savannah State and a diving, 20-yard touchdown against Wake Forest … Had three catches for 31 yards against the Demon Deacons … Started every game but UMass (App State used an H-back) and Georgia State (App State started four receivers).
2016: Appeared in 12 games and made three starts at tight end in two-tight-end sets … lone reception was a 36-yard touchdown at Akron ... Key blocker in helping App State average 250.9 yards per game on the ground, the second-highest average in league history. ... Earned scholarship before season.
2015: Appeared in 12 games while starting in four contests as part of two-tight-end packages in his first healthy season at Appalachian State … finished the season with seven receptions for 52 yards and a touchdown … his first career catch went for nine yards and his first-ever touchdown at Georgia State … caught a personal-high three passes for 25 yards at South Alabama … recorded a reception in three of the last four games of the season … averaged 7.4 yards per catch.
2014: Did not see game action due to a combination of injury and illness.
2013: Initially earned a spot on the travel roster as a walk-on true freshman but was ultimately redshirted.
High School: Four-time all-Western North Carolina Athletic Conference selection ... averaged a team-best 8.5 tackles per game as a senior ... coached by Donnie Kiefer and Brandon Allen ... three-sport letterwinner (football, basketball, baseball) ... was a four-time all-conference honoree and helped lead Tuscola to four conference championships in baseball ... attended same high school as former Appalachian State teammate Graham Fisher.
Personal: Full name is Levi Hunter Duffield ... born June 7, 1995 (22 years old) ... son of Jennifer and Arnold Duffield ... majoring in construction management ... member of Dean’s List and Appalachian State’s athletics’ academic honor roll ... was also a member of Southern Conference academic honor roll ... outdoors enthusiast enjoys fishing, hunting, white-water rafting and rock climbing.