NC State Cornerback Depth Chart for Troy Game

Junior Jack Tocho has started in 20 of the 25 games that he has played in over the past two years.  He led the team in pass breakups with 11 last season, and was awarded the Dewayne Washington Award for the teams top defensive back as well.  He had 40 tackles and 1 interception in 2014.  Tocho is the starting Left Cornerback.

RS Graduate Juston Burris has played in 38 career games at NC State, which ties him with Mike Rose and Hakim Jones for the most on the team.  What Burris has that they don’t have, is 30 starts in his belt, which is the most of any player on the team.  He had 29 tackles, 5 pass breakups and 1 interception last year.  Burris graduated with his undergraduate degree in December.  He is the starting Right Cornerback.

RS Junior Niles Clark earned more and more playing time as the 2014 season wore on.  He played in 216 snaps last season, and 160 of them came in the final 5 games (75%).  Clark had 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 3 pass breakups in 2014.  He is the backup Left Cornerback.

Sophomore Mike Stevens also saw his playing time escalate at the end of the season last year.  He played 65% of his snaps in the final four games of the season.  Stevens had two key pass breakups in the Wolfpack’s victory over Central Florida in the Bitcoin Bowl.  He finished the season with 7 tackles and 2 pass breakups in 2014.  Stevens is the backup Right Cornerback.