NC State True Freshman Quarterback CJ Bailey earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors for his performance in the Wolfpack’s win at Cal in Week 8 this past Saturday.

ROOKIE – CJ Bailey, NC State, QB, Miami, Florida
Bailey led NC State to a one-point road victory over Cal, 24-23, as he completed 25-of-36 pass attempts 306 yards. The Wolfpack was down 13 points in the fourth quarter before Bailey led the offense on scoring drives of 75 and 70 yards to complete the largest fourth-quarter comeback by NC State since 2012. The freshman quarterback threw two touchdowns without an interception against Cal’s defense which ranks second in the country in interceptions. (ACC)

NC State defeated Cal 24-23 to improve to 4-4 on the season yesterday. Here’s a PFF Grade Report for the Wolfpack Defense in Week 8.

Redshirt Sophomore Nickel Isaiah Crowell – 81.3
Senior Safety Bishop Fitzgerald – 77.5
Redshirt Freshman Nickel Tamarcus Cooley – 74.4
Junior Cornerback Devon Marshall – 73.5
Senior Defensive End Davin Vann – 72.6
Redshirt Sophomore Defensive Back Jackson Vick – 69.7
Senior Safety DK Kaufman – 68.3
Senior Cornerback Aydan White – 67.4
Redshirt Senior Defensive End Noah Potter – 64.7
Junior Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland – 62.6
Redshirt Freshman Linebacker Kamal Bonner – 60.4
Senior Linebacker Devon Betty – 57.5
Redshirt Sophomore Nose Tackle DJ Jackson – 56.0
Redshirt Freshman Defensive End Isaiah Shirley – 54.0
Redshirt Junior Defensive End Travali Price – 51.9
Redshirt Junior Linebacker Sean Brown – 47.3

Notes

• Nickel Isaiah Crowell has made the most of the opportunity presented to him with the exodus of Ja’Had Carter, and targeting call on Tamarcus Cooley. He led the team with the highest grade, and this was obviously the highest grade of his career.
• Bishop Fitzgerald posted his highest grade of the season.
• Sean Brown posted his lowest grade of the season.
• Travali Price posted his lowest grade of the season.
• Isaiah Shirley posted his lowest grade of the season.
• As a team, NC State had the best coverage grade of the season (87.2).

Top 5 Highest Graded Defensive Players Through 8 Games (adding 1 extra, because Fordham is out for the year)

1. Nickel Tamarcus Cooley – 76.2
2. Cornerback Devon Marshall – 76.1
3. Defensive End Davin Vann – 73.0
4. Linebacker Caden Fordham – 72.8
5. Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland – 71.5
6. Nose Tackle DJ Jackson – 70.7

Bottom 5 Lowest Graded Defensive Players Through 8 Games (75+ snaps)

1. Linebacker Devon Betty – 58.5
2. Linebacker Sean Brown – 59.0
3. Defensive End Noah Potter – 59.5
4. Defensive End Travali Price – 60.3
5. Linebacker Kamal Bonner – 62.7

NC State defeated Cal 24-23 to improve to 4-4 on the season yesterday. Here’s a PFF Grade Report for the Wolfpack Offense in Week 8.

Redshirt Senior Center Zeke Correll – 82.1
Freshman Quarterback CJ Bailey – 81.9
Junior Tight End Justin Joly – 75.9
Sophomore Wide Receiver Kevin Concepcion – 73.9
Redshirt Sophomore Right Tackle Jacarrius Peak – 67.5
Redshirt Junior Left Guard Anthony Carter Jr. – 67.0
Redshirt Junior Wide Receiver Dacari Collins – 66.0
Redshirt Freshman Running Back Hollywood Smothers – 65.5
Redshirt Senior Left Tackle Anthony Belton – 65.4
Freshman Wide Receiver Terrell Anderson – 63.3
Sophomore Running Back Kendrick Raphael – 61.5
Junior Wide Receiver Wesley Grimes – 57.1
Redshirt Senior Right Guard Timothy McKay – 56.0
Freshman Wide Receiver Keenan Jackson – 52.9
Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers – 46.6
Junior Tight End Dante Daniels – 43.7

Notes

• Center Zeke Correll posted his 2nd highest grade of the season.
• Quarterback CJ Bailey had the best grade of his career.
• Tight End Justin Joly posted his best grade since the season opener.
• Wide Receiver Kevin Concepcion had the best grade of the season.
• Wide Receiver Noah Rogers posted the worst grade of his career.
• Wide Receiver Keenan Jackson and Tight End Dante Daniels both had the 2nd lowest grades of their career.
• As a team, this was the best Pass (88.6) and Pass Block grade (92.7) of the season.

Top 5 Highest Graded Offensive Players Through 8 Games

1. LT Jacarrius Peak – 76.4
2. C Zeke Correll – 75.6
3. RB Hollywood Smothers – 74.0
4. QB CJ Bailey – 73.0
5. TE Justin Joly – 71.2

Bottom 5 Lowest Graded Offensive Players Through 8 Games (50+ snaps)

1. TE Matt McCabe – 38.4
2. TE Dante Daniels – 53.8
3. WR Keenan Jackson – 57.9
4. WR Wesley Grimes – 59.4
5. WR Terrell Anderson – 62.9

NC State defeated Cal 24-23 to improve to 4-4 on the season yesterday. Here’s Snap Count Report for the Wolfpack Defense in Week 8.

Redshirt Junior Linebacker Sean Brown – 75
Senior Cornerback Aydan White – 75
Senior Safety Bishop Fitzgerald – 72
Senior Safety DK Kaufman – 72
Redshirt Freshman Linebacker Kamal Bonner – 69
Senior Linebacker Devon Betty – 69
Junior Cornerback Devon Marshall – 66
Redshirt Junior Defensive End Travali Price – 57
Senior Defensive End Davin Vann – 52
Junior Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland – 51
Redshirt Freshman Nickel Tamarcus Cooley – 42
Redshirt Sophomore Cornerback Isaiah Crowell – 31
Redshirt Senior Defensive End Noah Potter – 29
Redshirt Freshman Isaiah Shirley – 18
Redshirt Sophomore Defensive Tackle DJ Jackson – 18
Redshirt Sophomore Cornerback Jackson Vick – 15
Redshirt Freshman Linebacker Kelvon McBride – 6
Redshirt Senior Safety KJ Martin Jr. – 5
Redshirt Junior Safety Rente Hinton – 3

Notes

• Starting Cornerback Brandon Cisse is still out. He was supposedly supposed to play some in the 2nd half, but that didn’t happen. Junior Devon Marshall started again in his place.
• Even though Redshirt Freshman Tamarcus Cooley had to sit out the first half due a targeting call against Syracuse, he did play 42 snaps at Nickel in the 2nd half.
  • Redshirt Sophomore started at Nickel as a result, and played a career high 31 snaps.
• Redshirt Sophomore Defensive Back Jackson Vick played a career high 15 snaps.