Rumours of him winning the award started after his superb World Cup performance. The Rovers winger tormented some of the best defences in world football during his trip to the Far-East recently.
Duff recently scooped Blackburn's Player of the Year award after his amazing performance helped the club to gain a 10th-placed Premiership finish and a Worthington Cup win last season...
Roy Keane has dominated the Irish Player of the Year awards in recent seasons but the Manchester United captain's expulsion from the World Cup squad will rule him out of the reckoning.
Duff, along with Leeds United's Robbie Keane, are the two favourites for the October award but the Rovers man is said to have a substantial edge.