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Dave Doeren’s Press Conference Before Wake Forest: Bulleted

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NC State head coach Dave Doeren met with the media today for his weekly press conference. If you feel like watching thr whole thing, you can do so here, but for those of you that would prefer the cliff notes, here it is in bulleted for.

Boston College

  • Proud of the guys for getting a win at BC. They were averaging 35 points a game. Held them to 14. Wasn’t pretty…but
    • 4 4th down stops
    • 2 takeaways (one in red zone)
    • Blocked a punt that led to 3 points
  • Offense struggles to finish drives. Did well on third down against a team who is good at 3rd down D. Best we’ve done on third in awhile.
  • Played against a challenging offense. Unique system. Basically played goal line defense for 50 plays.
  • Jaylen Samuels and Nyheim Hines both had explosive plays that put us over top.
  • Came our fairly healthy. Know more tomorrow. Trainer Justin Smith felt good about everyone on Sunday.
  • Thought PK Kyle Bambard would have confidence in 2nd half, but didn’t. Can’t go find someone else. Hope he can put it through. Have to get more TD’s in the red zone, and not put him out there unless we have to.
  • Don’t know if the cold impacted Finley more than he’ll ever admit. He was off. Just have to get back in a rhythm and let him play. Don’t think he’s distracted by Mock Drafts. Give the kid a break. He’s human.
  • Happy for Chubb. Gonna have to get a patch with his name and put it in someone’s jersey. To watch him earn the respect of teammates & country. Awesome. Wasn’t a 5-Star Guy, but made himself into one.
  • Gave up a long run play. Linebackers lined up wrong. Huxtable and I were angry.

Wake Forest

  • Averaging 35 points per game. 3 straight weeks over that average. 2nd in ACC in scoring and best in red zone offense. 625 yards against Louisville. 587 against Notre Dame. 734 against Syracuse.
  • QB John Wolford playing really well. Competitive. 20 TD’s & 3 interceptions. Leads ACC in passing efficiency. Runs the ball well. Been injured in past. Healthy now.
  • WR Scotty Washington is averaging 17 yards per catch. Slot Reciver Tabari Hines has her State in the past. Doing the same things.
  • TE Cam Serigne has played all 4 years. Has 8 red zone TD’s.
  • Like us. Played a lot of players that were young that now are veterans.
  • Do a lot systematically that creates one-on-one situations tackling and in coverage.
  • Offense has a lot of tricks. Strong challenge.
  • Defense takes ball away. +5 in Turnover Margin.
  • Duke Ejefor is disruptive. 2nd in ACC in TFL’s behind Chubb.
  • Last ACC Road game for Seniors.
  • Have played well against them the past 2 years. Have had explosive plays. Gotten off to good Starts. Executed well. Prevented them from having explosive plays for scores.
  • We haven’t played well there historically. Want to erase way things used to be.
  • Best Wake team Doeren has faced.

General

  • Excited ro olay Back-to-Back in-State Games.
  • Weve lost three games. Two to top 5 teams and one to a good SEC team. Teams ahead of us have losses to unranked teams. Don’t think they look at that with us for whatever reason. Our strength of schedule is real. We deserve some credit if we win out, and we will see where that puts us. Have to win out first.

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Auburn Transfer Linebacker Cam Riley Decommits from NC State

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April 26, 2024

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Auburn Transfer Linebacker Cam Riley (6’5″/242) announced tonight that he is decommitting from NC State.

Back on February 26th, Riley verbally committed to NC State. Players out of the Transfer Portal don’t sign a National Letter of Intent like players out of high school, making it easier for them to change their mind.

247Sports and ESPN both ranked Riley as a Top-300 4-Star prospect in the 2020 recruiting class. 247Sports ranked him as the #229 overall player nationally in the 2020 class, the #14 Outside Linebacker, and the #10 player in the state of Alabama.

In 2020 and 2021, Riley played in 22 total games (2 starts), playing in 160 snaps, tallying 23 tackles. In 2022, Riley broke out, starting in 7 of the 11 games, ranking 2nd on the team in tackles, with 65.

This past season, Riley played in 13 games, but only started in 1. He had 32 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. His PFF grade of 66.7 was the highest of his career.

Over 4 seasons, Riley played in 46 games (10 starts) for Auburn, tallying 948 snaps.

In my mind, there was a good chance that Riley was going to earn the starting role at the SAM Linebacker position at NC State, with Sean Brown at the WILL and Caden Fordham at the MIKE.

Unless NC State grabs a Linebacker out of the Portal now, I would expect Redshirt Freshman Kelvon McBride to be at the starting SAM position at the beginning of Fall Camp.

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ON3: NC State’s Dave Doeren is 1 of the Top-25 Best Coaches in College Football

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ON3’s Jesse Simonton ranked the Top-25 College Football Coaches heading into the 2024 season, and NC State’s Dave Doeren ranks 23rd.

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Here’s what Simonton had to say about Doeren:

23. Dave Doeren, NC State

Doeren became the Wolfpack’s all-time winningest head coach last season, overcoming all manors of offensive ineptitude to win eight games for the fourth straight season. He still hasn’t busted through the glass ceiling and taken NC State to an ACC Championship, but the Wolfpack have legitimate conference title hopes in 2024 with the offseason work Doeren has done via the portal (quarterback Grayson McCall, tailbacks Jordan Waters and Hollywood Smothers and receivers Noah Rogers and Wesley Grimes). 

In 11 seasons in Raleigh, Doeren’s program has been steadily consistent and has become a model for development (17 NFL Draft picks since 2018) and strength and conditioning. (ON3)

ACC Coaches in the Top-25

6. Dabo Swinney (Clemson)

7. Mike Norvell (FSU)

20. Jeff Brohm (Louisville)

23. Dave Doeren (NC State)

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NC State has Produced 19 1st Round NFL Draft Picks

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April 25, 2024

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The 1st round of the 2024 NFL Draft will begin this evening at 8pm on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. NC State has had 19 players drafted in the 1st round.

NC State ranks 8th in ACC history in 1st Round Picks.

Three of the Wolfpack’s 1st Round Picks have come under Dave Doeren’s watch, which ranks 2nd all-time in school history. Chuck Amato had 5 players drafted in the 1st round, which is the most ever under a coach at NC State.

Chuck Amato – 5
Dave Doeren – 3
Mike O’Cain – 2
Dick Sheridan – 2
Bo Rein – 2
Earle Edwards – 2

While most projections don’t have Wolfpack Linebacker Payton Wilson going in the 1st round tonight, a few do. Wilson was invited to attend the NFL Draft, but he will be tuning in from his home in Hillsborough. We’ll have to tune in tonight to see if Wilson hears his name called on the 1st night of the 2024 NFL Draft.

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WATCH QB Grayson McCall’s Tape from the 2024 NC State Spring Game

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April 24, 2024

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NC State will have a new Quarterback in 2024 in Coastal Carolina Transfer Grayson McCall. A few weeks back, McCall looked sharp in the 2024 Spring Game, completing 16 of his 20 pass attempts for 205 yards and a touchdown. McCall was accuracy and composure were evident in his first time playing in Carter-Finley Stadium.

Check out McCall’s tape from the Spring Game.

 

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