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Last night Dennis Smith Jr. announced that he will be wearing the #4 when he arrives at NC State next year.

Smith will be the 13th NC State player to ever wear the #4 for the Wolfpack.

Dereck Whittenburg (80-83)
Spud Webb (84-85)
Mark Davis (92-95)
Ivan Wagner (96)
Carl Lentz (99)
Michael Bell (01)
Dovonte Edwards (02)
Mike O’Donnell (04)
Will Roach (05)
Courtney Fells (06-09)
Enrico Kufuor (10-11)
Chris Brickhouse (14-15)

The two most notable names on this list are Dereck Whittenburg and Spud Webb.

Dereck Whittenburg scored 1,272 career points as a member of the Wolfpack and ranks 2nd in NC State history in career 3-point shooting percentage (47.6%).  He was named to the 2nd Team All-ACC team in 1982 and was also named to the All ACC-Tournament 2nd Team.  In 1983, when the Cardiac Pack won the NCAA championship, Whittenburg was named to the All-Regional and All-NCAA Finals teams.  Whittenburg’s honored jersey that hangs in the rafters is the #25, but he also wore the #4 prior to that.  He currently is the Director of Player Development for the NC State Men’s Basketball Team.

After playing his first two seasons at Midland College, Spud Webb transferred to play his final two seasons at NC State.  In two seasons with the Wolfpack, Webb averaged 10.4 points and 5.7 assists per game.  He was named to the All ACC-Tournament 2nd Team and the NCAA All-Regional Team in 1985.  Webb went on to be drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 4th round of the 1985 NBA Draft with the 87th overall pick.  He had a 12-year NBA career, tallying 8,072 points and 4,342 assists over his career.

 

Matthew is Publisher and Co-Owner of Pack Insider. He is also the Lead Pastor of The Point Church in Cary, NC.

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4-Star CG Kaden Magwood Includes NC State in his Final Three

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4-Star 2025 Combo Guard Kaden Magwood (6’3″/170) has released his Final Three, and NC State made the cut along with Ole Miss and Auburn.

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Magwood will be announcing his college decision on November 11th. He took an Official Visit to NC State at the end of August, and he has taken Official Visits to the other 2 finalists as well.

247Sports ranks Magwood as the #44 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, the #7 Combo Guard and the #1 player in the state of North Carolina.

Magwood plays for Combine Academy in Charlotte, and plays AAU ball with Team Loaded.

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On Sunday, NC State’s Women’s Basketball team picked up a verbal commitment from 2025 Guard Adelaide Jernigan.

Jernigan is ranked as the #64 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class by ESPN, and the #1 player in the state of North Carolina.

She chose NC State over a Final 3 that included Michigan and Kentucky.

Last season at Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville, NC), Jernigan averaged 19 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game, while shooting 46% from the field.

Jernigan is NC State’s first verbal commitment in their 2025 recruiting class.

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5-Star F/G JJ Andrews is on an Official Visit to NC State this Weekend

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5-Star 2026 Forward/Guard JJ Andrews (6’7″/220) took an Official Visit to NC State this weekend.

 

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Andrews took an Official Visit to Missouri last week, and he has one scheduled with Arkansas in the middle of October, one with LSU the second week of November and one with Marquette beginning on January 31st of next year.

NC State offered Andrews back on June 15th.

ESPN ranks Andrews as the #15 overall player nationally in the 2026 recruiting class, the #4 Small Forward and the #1 player in the state of Arkansas.

Andrews plays for Little Rock Christian Academy.

 

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NC State 4-Star PF Commit Zymicah Wilkins: VIDEO VAULT

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On Friday, NC State picked up a commitment from 4-Star Power Forward Zymicah Wilkins, bringing the Wolfpack’s 2025 recruiting class to a #15 national ranking.

Here’s a VIDEO VAULT of what Wilkins will be bringing to Raleigh in 2025.

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