NC State’s Highest & Lowest Graded Offensive Players vs. Notre Dame

Here’s a look at which NC State Offensive players graded out the best and worst according to ProFootballFocus against Notre Dame in the home opener on Saturday.

Top 5

WR DJ Collins – 71.5
IWR Juice Vereen – 68.6
IWR Porter Rooks – 63.5
WR Keyon Lesane – 63.4
RT Timothy McKay – 60.9

Bottom 5

C Dylan McMahon – 45.0
TE Christopher Toudle – 45.1
TE Trent Pennix – 45.8
IWR Kevin Concepcion – 47.5
Wide Receiver Terrell Timmons – 51.0

Notes

• After missing the season opener against UCONN due to injury, Lyndon Cooper debuted on Saturday against the Irish, and recorded the highest pass protection grade on the Wolfpack Offensive Line (69.3).
  • Anthony Carter Jr., who is battling with Cooper for the Left Guard position, recorded the lowest pass protection grade on the Offensive Line (28.3).
• Wide Receiver Keyon Lesane is proving to be one of the best run blockers for the Wolfpack. In the season opener, Lesane had the 2nd highest run block grade, and he posted the highest run block grade against Notre Dame (70.3).
• While Cooper might have excelled in pass blocking, he graded out as the worst run blocker on Saturday (46.2).
• This marks the 2nd straight week that Terrell Timmons and Christopher Toudle ranked in the Bottom 5.