NC State Football Recruiting Update – September 20, 2018:
Big Commit
Target JUCO QB Bailey Hockman has committed to State. He is taking our only 2019 QB spot.
Hockman was a consensus 4* Pro-Style QB in the 2017 class.
He has a very strong arm, very mobile. Good athlete.
Worst case, he provides good quality depth behind Leary and McKay. We should have a very good stable of highly capable QBs next year once Finley leaves.
Spots Left in 2019
3-4
Top 2019 Targets Remaining
4* ATH JR Walker – Officially visiting State on 9/29
3* LB Kevon Glenn
3* WR Brieon Fuller
3* S Tyler Scott
3* S Myles Farmer
3* WR Zay Flowers
3* ATH Mohamad Toure (can play WR or LB)
3* WR Isaiah Washington
3* S Treron Collins
3* ATH Ja’Quan Sheppard
2019 Targets Off The Board
4* JUCO DE Jacoby Jones committed to Oklahoma.
Current Season Stats for 2019 NC State Commits
4* DT CJ Clark has 36 tackles, including 27 solo, a sack and three quarterback hurries in four games.
3* CB Jalen Frazier has 19 tackles (six solo), including a tackle for loss, and an interception in four games.
3* RB Jamious Griffin has 81 carries for 870 yards and 13 scores on the ground and five receptions for 115 yards and two more touchdowns.
4* DE Savion Jackson has 23 tackles (11 solo), two sacks, a fumble recovery and two blocked kicks in four games.
3* RB Zonovan Knight has 37 carries for 641 yards and nine touchdowns in four games. He’s also returned three kickoffs for an average of 59.0 yards and two scores .
4* S Khalid Martin has 26 tackles (12 solo), including a tackle for loss, one interception, three pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in three games. He’s returned two kickoffs for a total of 57 yards.
3* C Dylan McMahon has 22 tackles (14 solo), including a sack and a tackle for loss, a pass breakup and three quarterback hurries in three games.
3* OT Triston Miller has five tackles (two solo), including two tackles for loss in four games.
3* LB Jaylon Scott has 28 tackles (10 solo), including four tackles for loss and a sack, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a blocked punt in five games.
3* LB Drake Thomas has 47 tackles (21 solo), a forced fumble and an interception (pick six), and has rushed 13 times for 108 yards and five scores in five games.
3* TE Chris Toudle has five receptions for 85 yards and eight rushes for 34 yards and a touchdown in 3 games.
Great New Recruiting Graphic:
Jamious Griffin’s Game 4 Highlight Film
Predictions for a Jump
I think if Drake Thomas and Jamious Griffin continue to post as big of numbers as they are currently doing throughout this season, they will both easily be 4* recruits at the end of the cycle.
I think Jamious Griffin is vastly underrated because he plays in a super talent rich area of Georgia on one of the state’s best teams.
Drake Thomas has been overshadowed but some overrated players, but he is just a flat out great football player who is a headhunter and a difference maker on defense.
Big Recruiting Weekends Coming Up
The West Virginia game was shaping up to be a huge weekend for recruiting, but Florence had other plans.
Looks like Florida State on 11/3 and Wake Forest on Thursday, 11/8 are going to be our biggest recruiting events we have left.
The weekend of 11/8 also coincides with home basketball at PNC for us.