Gottfried is already starting to zero in on his 2017 class and one of his prized pieces would be Miami, Fl 7-footer, Zach Brown. Brown is going to be a monster when he is a finished project and he still has two years to grow into his gigantic frame. He’s tall, long, shows good hands and decent instincts already. This is certainly a guy to keep an eye on for the Wolfpack. He is already a 5 star and will keep getting more and more attention around the nation. Here is a video from last year:
Nick Richards (2017, PF)
Stanford & NC State have offered 2017 PF Nick Richards of Expressions (MA). — Alex Kline (@TheRecruitScoop) June 16, 2015
Richards is a 6’10 4-star from New Jersey who is starting to turn heads and has moved into the top 25 nationally. He’s currently got offers from Kansas and Pitt to go along with his two new ones. Richards is long and wrangly with decent touch and a good motor. Think of him as a righty Kyle Washington at this stage of his development.
Sacha Killeya Jones (2016, F)
Jones was a Virginia commit until he opened his recruitment back up recently. When that happened, the big dogs came running. UNC offered a few days ago and now NC State is in the mix with an offer. Jones is 6’10 but can really stretch the defense with his jumper. He’s got a nice stroke but also is athletic and can make you pay if you close out too hard. Here is the major problem…Jones is from Chapel Hill, plays for Raymond Felton’s AAU team and is good friends with Raymond’s nephew who is on that team and heading to UNC himself. He looks UNC bound for now, but let’s see if that’s still the case when those sanctions come crashing down over the cheaters on the hill.
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.