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NC State Boasts Four of the Highest Graded Returning ACC Players in 2018
247Sports and ProFootballFocus combined their forces together yesterday to reveal the Top-20 highest graded ACC players returning in 2018, and NC State boasts 4 of them. PFF is the best in the business at grading football players, scoring them on every single play, giving them a grade on a 1-100 scale.
2) QB Ryan Finley – 89.5
The Wolfpack return the 112th most production in the country, according to SB Nation, but they should be just fine on offense thanks to Finley’s presence. Overshadowed a bit in the ACC by the likes of Jackson, Finley had an outstanding junior season throwing for 3,200 yards, 16 touchdowns against six interceptions and completing 65 percent of his passes. At one point, Finley went 339 attempts without throwing an INT. Finley doesn’t have a huge arm, nor is he hulking at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds. But the former Boise State transfer is simply gets things done for the Wolfpack.
11) OG Terronne Prescod – 85.3
One of the top returning offensive linemen in the country, Prescod ranked No. 14 nationally among offensive guards a year ago per PFF College. Prescod did not allow a sack and surrendered just nine quarterback pressures during the 2017 campaign as a member of one of the best o-lines in the country, . The 6-foot-5, 338-pound senior ranked as the No. 946 overall player coming out of high school in the 2014 class.
19) WR Jakobi Meyers – 83.7
A former quarterback, Meyers has transformed into one of the ACC’s top receivers. At 6-foot-2, 203 pounds Meyers was a consistent target for Finley throughout the 2017 season. PFF College’s stats show that Meyers caught 72 percent of the passes thrown his way last season. Meyers finished the year second on the Wolfpack with 63 catches for 727 yards and a team-high five reception touchdowns.
19) WR Kelvin Harmon – 83.7
NC State’s leading receiver a year ago, Harmon finished 2017 with 69 catches for 1,017 yards and four touchdowns. He became the first Wolfpack wide receiver since 2003 to clear the 1,000-yard mark, a total boosted by six 100-yard receiving games. Harmon, a junior, is already in the top 20 of numerous N.C. State career records lists. (247)