Durie played
CIS football for
York University in
Toronto. He started playing for the
York Lions in 2003 after he set a junior Ontario Varsity Football League record with 22
touchdowns in a season. In 2004, Durie had a record-breaking season starting eight games at running back and set an
Ontario University Athletics record for single game rushing yards with 349 and single-season York records for rushing yards (1,367), scoring (96 points), and rushing touchdowns (15), and a career York record for rushing touchdowns (23). Durie also tied a CIS single-game record with six touchdowns to lead York to a 55–33 win over Waterloo. In the second game of the 2005 season he suffered nerve damage in his knee after a botched juke on third
down and sat out the remainder of the 2005 and 2006 seasons. == Professional career ==