RIVALS: Friedman Believes NC State’s 2023 Football Class is Most Underrated

This morning, 5 national recruiting gurus over at Rivals picked the most underrated 2023 recruiting class nationally, and Adam Friedman picked NC State’s 13-man 2023 class.

Below is what Friedman had to say about the Pack’s 2023 football recruiting class:

Who has one of the best developmental programs in the nation? NC State. The Wolfpack currently sit at No. 48 in the team rankings and hold just 13 verbal commitments. It’s not surprising they don’t have a large class of high school commitments – and they’ll surely be active in the transfer portal – but this group of commitments deserves a little more love than it has received so far.

Defensive back, Daemon Fagan, is NC State’s only Rivals250 commit, and he is just one of three four-star commitments. Of the 10 other three-star commits there are a few that could see their ratings go up after the season. Offensive line commits, Darion Rivers and Kamen Smith, have some impressive physical traits that give them a very high ceiling as prospects, but their technical development will be crucial at the next level. NC State’s strength as a program is developing prospects so Rivers and Smith could be candidates to outplay their current ranking.

Tight end commit, Javonte Vereen, was a four-star earlier in the cycle and could be again. And don’t lose track of three-star commits Tamarcus Cooley, Kyron Jones, and Brandon Cisse. All three have caught our attention a couple of times this season and could see their stock rise before all is said and done. (Rivals)