With the 2019 NC State Football Spring roster released, the jersey numbers of the incoming Freshman have been revealed.

It’s worth noting that both incoming Quarterback’s chose noteworthy numbers. Redshirt Sophomore Quarterback Bailey Hockman is wearing Russell Wilson’s honored #16 jersey, and Freshman Ty Evans chose Ryan Finley’s #15.

• LB Drake Thomas took NIC Stephen Morrison’s #13.
• NIC Jalen Frazier took CB Teshaun Smith’s #20.
• S Khalid Martin took CB Taiyon Palmer’s #25.
• CB Shyheim Battle took CB Vernon Grier’s #27.
• DT Joshua Harris took DE Joe Babros’ #44.
• OL Zovon Lindsay took LS Tyler Griffith’s #57.
• DT CJ Clark took DE Davontae McRae’s #58.
• OL Timothy McKay took C Garrett Bradbury’s #65.
• WR Keyon Lesane took WR Devin Carter’s #85.
• WR Chris Toudle took WR Emeka Emezie’s #86.
• DE Savion Jackson took P AJ Cole’s #90.

Incoming players received their first ever jersey numbers as NC State players, but quite a few of the players already on the team decided to do a switcheroo.

• RS SO TE Adam Boselli took over RB Marcellus Spell’s #46. Boselli was #88.
• RS SO RB Dalton Counts took over TE Matthew Alderfer’s #35. Counts was #33.
• RS FR CB Malik Dunlap switched from #19 to #24.
• JR WR Emeka Emezie took over WR Kelvin Harmon’s #3. Emezie was #86.
• RS SO OG Grant Gibson switched from #73 to #50.
• SO S De’Von Graves took over S Dexter Wright’s #14. Graves was #6.
• RS FR LB Calvin Hart took over CB Chris Ingram’s #15. Hart was #30.
• JR CB Chris Ingram took over NIC Freddie Phillips #7. Ingram was #15.
• RS FR P Mackenzie Morgan is #36 now. Morgan was #98.
• RS FR CB Taiyon Palmer took over CB De’Von Graves #6. Palmer was #25.
• SO RB Ricky Person took over WR Maurice Trowell’s #8. Person was #20.
• SO CB Teshaun Smith switched from #20 to #8.
• RS SO OL Kennan Solomon took over OL Terronne Prescod’s #70. Solomon was #94.
• RS FR TE Camden switched from #93 to #45.

With Spring Football right around the corner, a few players have switched positions in the NC State Secondary.

Cornerback

Redshirt Freshman Malik Dunlap switched over from Safety to Cornerback during last season, and is still listed as a Corner on the Spring roster.

The Wolfpack have 7 scholarship Cornerbacks on the 2019 Spring Roster

Safeties

Sophomore Tanner Ingle has been moved from Nickel to Safety. Ingle played in all 13 games last season as a Nickelback as a True Freshman. He started the first 7 games, before losing his job to Stephen Griffin. He ranked 6th on the team in tackles with 44.

Sophomore De’Von Graves has been moved from Cornerback to Safety. He saw action in 5 games at Corner (33 snaps) last year, and three other games strictly on special teams as a True Freshman.

NC State has 6 scholarship safeties on the 2019 Spring Roster.

Nickelbacks

Sophomore Tyler-Baker Williams has been moved from Safety to Nickelback. Baker-Williams saw action in 8 games last year as a True Freshman, taking snaps at Safety in 3 of them (18 snaps).

NC State has 3 scholarship Nickelbacks on the 2019 Spring Roster.

Keep in mind, incoming Freshman Jakeen Harris and Cecil Powell will get mixed into the Secondary this summer when they arrive.

The invitations for the 2019 NFL Combine are officially out, and 6 NC State Football players were invited.

6️⃣ from 🐺🐺🏈 headed to the #NFLCombine #PackPros pic.twitter.com/jHiugfsSgN

— NC State Football (@PackFootball) February 7, 2019

The Wolfpack are tied for the 6th most players invited to the Combine.

Most players at NFL Combine:

11-Alabama, Clemson
10-Ohio State
9-Georgia, Ole Miss, Washington
8-Florida, Kentucky, Miss St., Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
7-Boston College, Penn St., Stanford
6-Auburn, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Missouri, NC State, Utah, West Virginia

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) February 7, 2019

Honestly, I’m dumbfounded that Terronne Prescod didn’t receive an invite. He had the second highest grade of any offensive guard in the nation according to ProFootballFocus this year.

NC State sent 7 players to the 2018 NFL Combine last season.

#PackPros are built here.

Congrats to our 7 players invited to the @nfl combine.#1Pack1Goal 🐺🐺🏈 pic.twitter.com/YF489SJ6q8

— NC State Football (@PackFootball) February 2, 2018

2019 3-Star Running Back Delbert Mimms (5’11″/205) committed to NC State today.

I’m going to NC State‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/bkIJiiiGo7

— Delbert Mimms III (@dmimms34) February 7, 2019

so proud of you! ❤️ @dmimms34 @NCState you’ve got a good one coming your way. shoutout to @dawand_jones on Ohio State, @THE1PUNTER on Ball State and @22_kenken_ on Marian pic.twitter.com/7zUukx91Xn

— livyliv 🙂 (@_aliviabrown_) February 6, 2019

He originally committed to Vanderbilt on July 18th of last year, but decommitted from the Commodores on January 24th.

Mimms also held offers from Louisville, Kentucky, Washington State, and others.

He finished with 1,232 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns for Ben Davis High School (Indianapolis, Indiana) this year. ESPN ranks Mimms as the #17 player in the state of Indiana.

Mimms is a blueshirt commit.

This means that his scholarship doesn’t count towards the 2019 class, but the 2020 class instead. The way the loophole works, is that a blueshirt isn’t allowed to be actively recruited. That means that Mimms will not get an official visit or be allowed in-home visits with the NC State coaches. Also, as a blueshirt, he will not receive a scholarship until the first day of Fall Camp. You might remember that linebacker Airius Moore showed up for his first day on the first day of Fall Camp as a blueshirt a few years back, and ended up not redshirting, and played in every game as a true Freshman, and was basically a 4-year starter.

Punter Mackenzie Morgan was a blueshirt last year, and Mimms joins Tight End Kam Walker, and long snapper Joe Shimko as the 3rd blueshirt this year.