Dave Doeren Talks After Final Day of NC State’s 2018 Fall Camp: 8/21/18

Today was the final day of NC State’s 2018 Fall Camp, and Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren spoke with the media. Here’s what he had to say in BULLETED form.

(Wasn’t able to make it out today. The video below is from PackPride’s YouTube Channel)

• Have some guys that are banged up. Getting back a lot of the guys now. Few guys missed significant time. Helped other guys get reps. Most of it wasn’t serious, but we didn’t want it to become anything long term.
• Freshman RB Ricky Person is now back at practice. He’s healthier. Got about half the reps in practice.
• RS JR Nickel Stephen Griffin still hasn’t practiced. Good thing is he took every rep in the spring. Has played two years of Division-1 football.
• RS SO DT Shug Frazier was back out there today. First full day.
• Excited about FR Nickel Tanner Ingle and RS JR Nickel Freddie Phillips. Better depth than we’ve had there in years.
• RS JR DT Larrell Murchison and RS SR Eurndraus Bryant have done a good job of solidifying the inside during camp. Feels like rotation with RS FR Grant Gibson and RS SO Shug Frazier gives them 4 guys inside.
• Need to solidify the 2’s behind RS JR James Smith-Williams and SR DE Darian Roseboro on the ends. Have moved RS FR Ibrahim Kante back outside, but he has the ability also to play inside now. GR DE Deonte Holden got a lot of reps in camp. Healthy for the 1st time.
• RS JR Larrell Murchison is a different guy. In the 290’s. Playing fast. Strong when he arrived, but didn’t play under control.
• Captains are voted on by the players.
• SR RB Reggie Gallaspy is the starter, but we still have to see who is going to get the ball after him. Options, but not solidified yet.
• SR WR Kelvin Harmon looks good. Like a grown man.
• Rotation at cornerback is still going. Good thing is, a lot of guys are making plays. Pretty impressed with JR Kishawn Miller the past couple of days. JR Nick McCloud has had a very good camp. Just have to get someone across from him. SO Chris Ingram has been out a couple of days, so have been able to rep the younger guys. Teshaun Smith is a FR that’s looked really good. Hit the wall a little bit today with the 2-minute redzone.
• Tomorrow is a day off. First day of school. Get them back on Thursday and get going.
• Coaches will use tonight and tomorrow to solidify 1st and 2nd down gamelans for James Madison, and go over it on Thursday with players. Saturday will have a mock game. Get going into a normal game week on Sunday.
• Think about where they were a few years ago. Couldn’t throw a forward pass the first year, and didn’t have a receiver over 6’0″. Come a long way.
• On the first day RS JR Jakobi Meyers moved to WR, knew he could be really good, but didn’t now if he would buy in. Made the conscious choice to become great.