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NC State head coach Dave Doeren met with the media after practice today one final time before Saturday’s season opener against Troy.  Here’s the FULL VIDEO and the TRANSCRIPT is below.

“These guys take so many hits that are away from the ball at running back in pass protection.  You don’t want to be damaged goods when you’re done playing.  They all want the ball, but they also know they want to play for X amount of plays and make it through the season.  That’s the thing that Des (Kitchings) does a good job of”

“The idea would be able to share the ball and still have a 1,000 yard rusher.  We’d love for those two guys to have 1,000 yards at the end of the year.  They have to stay healthy to do that first of all.  If they do, we have to get them the amount of touches to make that happen.”

“Last year we didn’t have a backup (QB) to run the offense the way we wanted to run it if Jacoby went out.  We would have had to change dramatically if he couldn’t play.  We didn’t want to do that.  We didn’t run him as much because it’s what we had to do.  It’s what our offense had to do.  Towards the end of the season we had to do it to win.  We can run him a lot if we need to.  I’m not going to say that we are going to have 10 designed runs for him.  He’s going to run on his own some to.  He’s going to get hit because of the scrambling.  We just have to make sure that we are smart about when we do it and why we do it, and how much do we need to do it based on our tailbacks running ability.”

“Everything we talk about is process right now.  It’s going through the process of the game.  Going through the game plan.  Processing the call if you are a defense of player.  Processing the play if you are an offensive player.  What does that mean?  Where do my eyes go?  What are my keys?  It is all about envisioning the result.  We believe we control that result.  We don’t control a lot of things that happen through the course of a game as players and coaches, but we can control how we handle those things.  That’s what we do.”
“We have a tradition three minutes before the kickoff where we turn the red lights on and all the white lights out, and the guys have three minutes of pure focus.  There’s no music playing.  Guys have their headsets on, so that they can respect each others space.”

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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Congratulations to the 7 NC State Football Players that just graduated this Spring.

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2024 Football Spring Graduates

Linebacker Devon Betty (1 year of eligibility)

Defensive End Davin Vann (1 year of eligibility)

Cornerback Aydan White (1 year of eligibility)

Offensive Guard Anthony Carter Jr. (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Matt McCabe (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Tackle Patrick Matan (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Brendan Lawson (no longer on the roster)

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Proposed Bill in the NC House Would Require NC State & UNC To Play One Another, as well as ECU, UNCC and App St.

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A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.

Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:

Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.

For glossary of terms being referenced above:

For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.

2025 – East Carolina (H)

2025 – @ App St.

2026 – App St. (H)

2028 – @ East Carolina

2030 – Charlotte (H)

2031 – @ Charlotte

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For more details, check out this article at WRAL.

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. will Take an Official Visit at NC State Next Week

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After receiving an offer from NC State yesterday, it didn’t take him long to set up the visit.

Martin Jr. is familiar with NC State, because he was recruited by Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson before he left West Virginia to come to Raleigh. Even though he never coached him, a relationship was established.

Martin Jr.’s connections to NC State are deeper than that. Former NC State Cornerback Derrek Pitts, who is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is his cousin.

This past year, Martin Jr. recorded 45 tackles, 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups for Akron, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. His PFF Grade was 68.9.

In 2022, he had 53 tackles, 1 interception and 1 pass breakup, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. Martin Jr.’s PFF Grade was 60.9.

In 2019, as a Freshman for West Virginia, Martin Jr. earned PFF Freshman All-American honors, recording a grade of 70.6, with 50 tackles and 3 pass breakups.

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NC State Sits in the Top-20 in 247’s Post-Spring 2024 Preseason Poll

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247’s Brad Crawford released his Post-Spring 2024 Preseason College Football Top-25 recently, and NC State moved up 1 spot to #20.

ACC Teams in the Top-25

11. FSU

14. Miami

16. Clemson

20. NC State

24. Virginia Tech

25. Louisville

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