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VIDEO: Dave Doeren Meets with Media for the Last Time Before WFU (BULLETED)

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NC State head coach Dave Doeren met with the media after practice today for the last time before the Wolfpack play Wake Forest on Saturday up in Winston Salem. You can watch the video above, and check out a bulleted breakdown below.

WFU as a rival…

  • Definitely see it as an in-state rivalry game.
  • Longest standing in-state rival from a consecutive game standpoint.
  • With our football team, and even in the UNC week, we just have to be the best us.
  • From being here, the build-up to certain games hasn’t been good for us as opposed to the focus to play well.
  • Respect them a lot.
  • We want to be undefeated in the state, and that’s something we still control right now.
    • This is the next step to doing that, and we have to play a really good football team.

Opening up the Playbook for Devin Leary…

  • I think opening up the playbook is the wrong thing to do.
    • Have to execute the playbook.
    • Whatever the plays are, whether we have 50 or 100 in the game plan, we have to execute.
    • Have to catch passes, protect our quarterback, see the run lanes, finish blocks.
  • Devin is excited and has done a good job. Excited for him.
  • I think he’s got a good look to him…but adding plays to a guy going into his first start?
    • That doesn’t make sense. It’s about executing plays.

Moving Freshman Cecil Powell back to Defensive Back…

  • Remarkably not difficult for him.
  • Played both ways in high school, so he’s used to being on both sides.
  • Was recruited by other schools as a wideout, so he has that skillset, and it’s out of necessity for us with four corners out.
  • To have the ability to have even a two-deep at this point is pretty crazy.
    • The fact that we have De’Von Graves, Malik Dunlap, Kishawn Miller and Cecil Powell, we still have 4 guys we feel really good about.

Freshman Defensive Tackle Joshua Harris vs. BC…

  • Joshua has done a good job.
  • Was in a position when he got here where he needed to lose weight.
    • He’s dropped 25 pounds.
    • Still needs to get lighter.
    • Conditioning will always be a factor when you’re at a place where you want to be in the 320’s probably with him.
  • Played well with his hands
  • Better each week since he got back from injury
  • Very valuable for him to be out there.
  • Eats up a lot of space
    • Can take on double teams, and can knock the pocket back.
  • It’s about him being able to sustain it now with his conditioning.

Expectations for Rush Defense…

  • So many things we have to do better than we did at Boston College.
  • Starts with your leverage, guys being gap sound, and tackling.
  • All of those things matter, and the games we’ve done that well, we’ve played really, really good football.
  • Wake Forest does a nice job where a lot of plays are runs with passes, the RPO game, so you’re defending both a majority of the time.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Brandon Lane

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NC State offered Stephen F. Austin (FCS) Transfer Defensive Tackle Brandon Lane (6’3″/300) yesterday.

Lane started in 6 of the 11 games he played in for Stephen F. Austin this past season. He finished the year with 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 74.6, which ranked 4th on the Lumberjacks Defense. His 79.9 Run Defense Grade ranked 3rd on the team. In 2022, Lane played 7 games as a reserve for Stephen F. Austin, recording 11 tackles 2.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack.

Lane spent his first two collegiate seasons at South Dakota State (2000-21). In 2000, he played in 1 game. In 2021, he played in 3 games as a reserve for the Jackrabbits. The 2000 season was the Covid Year, and the 2021 season was his redshirt year. As a result, Lane still has two years of eligibility remaining.

Around a week-and-a-half ago, Lane committed to Michigan St., but then he decommitted from the Spartans on May 2nd.

I don’t think Michigan St. is necessarily off the table, and he has visited Washington and West Virginia.

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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May 3, 2024

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Congratulations to the 7 NC State Football Players that just graduated this Spring.

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2024 Football Spring Graduates

Linebacker Devon Betty (1 year of eligibility)

Defensive End Davin Vann (1 year of eligibility)

Cornerback Aydan White (1 year of eligibility)

Offensive Guard Anthony Carter Jr. (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Matt McCabe (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Tackle Patrick Matan (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Brendan Lawson (no longer on the roster)

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Proposed Bill in the NC House Would Require NC State & UNC To Play One Another, as well as ECU, UNCC and App St.

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A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.

Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:

Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.

For glossary of terms being referenced above:

For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.

2025 – East Carolina (H)

2025 – @ App St.

2026 – App St. (H)

2028 – @ East Carolina

2030 – Charlotte (H)

2031 – @ Charlotte

What are your thoughts?

For more details, check out this article at WRAL.

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. will Take an Official Visit at NC State Next Week

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May 2, 2024

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. (6’1″/195) confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to NC State next week beginning on May 7th.

After receiving an offer from NC State yesterday, it didn’t take him long to set up the visit.

Martin Jr. is familiar with NC State, because he was recruited by Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson before he left West Virginia to come to Raleigh. Even though he never coached him, a relationship was established.

Martin Jr.’s connections to NC State are deeper than that. Former NC State Cornerback Derrek Pitts, who is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is his cousin.

This past year, Martin Jr. recorded 45 tackles, 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups for Akron, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. His PFF Grade was 68.9.

In 2022, he had 53 tackles, 1 interception and 1 pass breakup, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. Martin Jr.’s PFF Grade was 60.9.

In 2019, as a Freshman for West Virginia, Martin Jr. earned PFF Freshman All-American honors, recording a grade of 70.6, with 50 tackles and 3 pass breakups.

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