Why Cosme Salas Isn’t Going To Be Duke’s Place Kicker For Remainder Of 2026 Season Why Gavin Strange Is

In 2026 season for Duke Cosme Salas who is a sophomore has made 80 % of field goals while scoring 28 points as place kicker!

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5218791/cosme-salas

Unfortunately Cosme Salas who is place kicker isn’t going to be Duke’s field goal for remainder of 2026 season Gavin Strange is because on Monday Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz said Cosme Salas suffered injury in practice. When talking about Cosme Salas suffering injury in practice Manny Diaz had said the injury was a freak accident "We have gotten the scans back, we won't have Cosme for the rest of the year,"I hate it for him. Like I said, it was a freak accident in practice, something that should have been avoidable and preventable."

Though,

Cosme Salas wasn’t the only kicker Manny Diaz talked about as he also talked about Gavin Strange who is his replacement by saying Watching Gavin play and compete on Saturday was really, really encouraging,"Even his first kick, it was right down the middle, high up in the net. And really, even the last kick that missed there's three humans that touch the football on a place kick. And just didn't feel our operation was clean at that moment, that where our timing and everything was just (not) the way that we wanted it to be.

"I thought he took all of his kicks with confidence. The team does believe in him. But we are also really heartbroken for Cosme, because Cosme had really come a long way."

According to Anna Snyder Fayetteville News & Observer article https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/duke-football-loses-cosme-salas-193311461.html

When?

Monday!

Gavin Strange is pressed into to place kicker duties field goal kicker duties for the remainder of the 2026 season. In the game at Georgia Tech in 28-25 loss Gavin Strange has made 50 % of his field goals this season. though missed field goal attempt that would have forced overtime.