There actually was quite a bit going on this weekend in the world of Wolfpack athletics. Let’s get you caught up…
1) Devonte Graham (the best PG still available for this coming season) just finished his visit with Kansas and will be starting his visit with the Wolfpack today.
Following an official visit to Kansas, 2014 Brewster Academy (NH) PG Devonte Graham begins an official visit to NC State today.
As we’ve stated earlier, Graham is a hometown kid who attended Broughton before prepping at Brewster. Right now the Wolfpack’s chances look real good. Graham and his family are very close with Gottfried and know that there is a lot of PT to be had if he chooses State. Others in the mix are Kansas and UVA. Kansas is likely very enticing, however they are stocked full of PGs. Virginia on the other hand does have some playing time to hand out, however I think State is in really good shape with this kid. We’ll keep you updated on how his visit went. 2) The 3 on 3 legends game happened this past weekend with Julius Hodge, Chris Corchiani and Rodney Monroe (coached by Vinny Del Negro) representing the Pack. They took on greats such as Christian Laettner, Chris Carrawell, George Lynch and more. Of course, the Wolfpack legends walked away with the trophy! (State also won the skills competitions and narrowly were defeated in the 3pt shootout) photo via WRAL (see more here)
4.) StateFansNation has a pretty good recap of NC State baseball this weekend. They just lost another series, this time to Boston College. With the season winding down this talented group better wake up or they’ll find themselves on the outside looking in come postseason time (which would be a travesty with the type of talent they’re running out there!)
4-Star 2025 Small Forward Jackson Keith (6’5″/175) was also in attendance.
Keith is a consensus 4-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the #53 overall player in the class. The Southern High (Durham, NC) standout is ranked as the #2 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 class by ESPN.
Keith holds offers from NC State, Wake Forest, Mississippi St., Illinois, SMU, Virginia Tech, LSU and others.
NC State (11-3) will host #7 UNC (11-3) tonight in PNC Arena, and they also will be hosting a couple of recruiting prospects.
4-Star 2025 Power Forward Sadiq White Jr. and 4-Star 2025 Point Guard Jordan Lowery both confirmed with me that they will be in attendance.
White, who plays for Myers Park (Charlotte) is the consensus #1 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class, and he’s 4 spots away from being a 5-star prospect according to ON3. Lowery plays for Winston-Salem Christian School, and is ranked as the #7 overall player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
White holds offers from NC State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, LSU, FSU, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgetown, Ohio State and others. Lowery holds offers from NC State, TCU, Virginia Tech, SMU, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. St. Louis and others.
2026 Point Guard Kobe Edwards also told me he will be in attendance.
4-Star 2025 Point Guard Kayden Mingo (6’1″/160) stated that NC State is one of the schools most frequently reaching out to him, along with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Cal and Old Dominion.
2025 4⭐️ Kayden Mingo continued his stockrising season tonight as #2 Long Island Lutheran (NY) took down #11 La Lumiere (IN).
Mingo finished with 20PTS, 7ASTS and 5REBS in the 82-65 win. He’s LuHi’s leading scorer on the season.
Despite the Wolfpack’s interest in Mingo, they haven’t offered him yet. Mingo currently holds offers from Cal, Penn State, Saint Louis, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Rivals and ESPN both rank Mingo as a 4-Star prospect, with Rivals ranking him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
Mingo plays for Long Island Lutheran in New York, which is one of the top teams in the country. He is currently the Nike EYBL Scholastic’s leading scorer (20ppg).
NC State 2024 signee Paul McNeil Jr. showcased his talent at the 2023 John Wall Holiday Invitational at the end of the year. Below are highlights from his first two games.
In Richmond’s 77-62 win over Jordan in their first game of the invitational, McNeil had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
In Game 2, McNeil had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 53-56 loss to Northwood.
In Game 3, McNeil had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 68-84 loss to Cannon. I couldn’t find any highlights from this particular game.
Through 11 games this season, McNeil is averaging 29.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 52% from the field and 35% from three.