On a night where the Brandywine football team scored with ease in a 62-6 win River Valley, quarterback Andrew Duckett gave fans arguably their biggest thrill with his touchdown.

Duckett faked out Mustang defenders with his two spin moves during a 60-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

“I just didn’t want to go down,” said Duckett about the memorable play.

“I’ve had touchdown runs where I’ve broken several tackles, but I’m pretty sure that I’ve never had a run like that.”

During four years as Brandywine’s starting quarterback, Duckett has been difficult to defend as a runner and a passer.

This season, the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder has completed 50-of-91 passes for 946 yards with 17 touchdowns. Duckett has rushed for 894 yards on 75 carries with 10 touchdowns.

“He’s the whole package,” said Brandywine coach Mike Nate.

Another part of that package is being the Bobcats’ starting safety and punter. Duckett has three interceptions with two of those being returned for touchdowns.

This year marked the lone time that Duckett played defense.

“I didn’t want to play defense as a freshman,” Duckett said. “I was too small going up against 18-year olds.

“We had a lot of seniors on defense last year. We needed some guys on defense this year and coach knew that I wanted to do it so he put me back there.”

Is there any accomplishment that Duckett is most proud of?

“I’m not a big numbers or stat guy,” he said. “If there was anything that I was happiest the most about it would be I guess the combined touchdowns because it helped us get wins.”

Brandywine finished 8-1 this season and scored 424 points behind an improved Duckett, who as a junior passed for 890 yards with 16 touchdowns and ran for 480 yards with eight touchdowns.

“He’s stronger and faster,” Nate said. “Track helped him. He’s a state champion in the (300) hurdles.”

“That helped me a lot,” Duckett said about the impact that track had on his senior year of football. “I was pretty fast last year, but I focused on running form and more skill stuff and the small things. I think that helped me get a lot faster.”

Duckett added 40 pounds this year to go with his improved running.

“I worked out a lot,” Duckett said. “I did a lot of weight lifting and benching. I did stuff to help me get in shape and gain full body strength.”

Duckett feels that the team is in its best position to make school history and win the program’s first playoff game.

Brandywine has made it to the playoffs for the third straight year.

“We’re just a lot more focused and more dedicated,” Duckett said. “We don’t have any guys with bad attitudes. We’re all focused on the same goal.”

When his high school football career ends, Duckett has a goal that he’d like to reach.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to play Division I football,” Duckett said. “Hopefully, that opportunity will come.”

Chances of that happening appear possible as Indiana University, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan have shown some interest in Duckett.

“Hopefully, the list will grow,” Duckett said.